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Showing words for PECULIAR using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Peculiar

peculiar

7 Letter Words for Peculiar

auricle, caliper, ciruela, earclip, epiural, peculia, picarel, pleuric, replica

6 Letter Words for Peculiar

acerli, aculei, alecup, alpieu, apercu, aperiu, capuli, carlie, carpel, claire, clupea, craple, culpae, curiae, curial, curpel, curple, eclair, epical, epural, erical, lacier, lauric, lepric, pacier, pairle, palier, parcel, pareil, paulie, perula, piacle, picule, placer, plaice, pleura, plicae, pulier, purace, raucle, rupial, uracil, uralic

5 Letter Words for Peculiar

acier, aeric, alice, alure, aperu, april, ariel, aulic, aurei, auric, calpe, capel, caper, caple, capri, capul, carle, carli, carpe, carpi, cauli, ceral, ceria, clair, clape, clare, clear, clipe, craie, crape, crile, cripe, cruel, culpa, cupel, curia, curie, elaic, erica, eruca, ileac, irula, lacer, laure, lepra, lucia, lucre, pacer, paire, paler, parel, pareu, parle, parli, pearl, perai, perau, perca, peril, pical, picea, picra, picul, pilar, pilea, piler, place, plica, plier, prela, prial, price, pucer, puler, purae, raile, rapic, rauli, recal, recap, recip, relap, relic, repic, repla, ripal, rupia, rupie, ulcer, uraei, urali, ureal, ureic, urial, uriel

4 Letter Words for Peculiar

acer, acle, aclu, acre, aiel, aile, aire, alce, alec, alep, aper, aril, arle, arui, cair, calp, cape, capi, care, carl, carp, caul, caup, ceil, cepa, cera, ciel, cira, cire, cirl, clap, clar, clep, clip, clue, crap, crip, crpe, crue, crup, cuir, culp, cura, cure, curl, earl, ecru, eila, eira, epic, epil, eral, eria, eric, eruc, iare, icer, ilea, irpe, iure, lace, laer, laic, lair, lare, lari, laur, leap, lear, leir, lepa, lerp, liar, lice, lier, lieu, lipa, lipe, lira, lire, luce, lupe, lura, lure, pace, pacu, pail, pair, pale, pali, parc, pare, pari, parl, paul, peai, peal, pear, pela, pelu, peri, peru, pial, pica, pice, pier, pila, pile, pirl, piua, plea, plia, plie, plur, prau, prec, prie, puca, puce, puer, puir, pula, pule, puli, pure, puri, purl, race, rail, rale, rape, real, reap, repl, rial, rice, riel, rile, ripa, ripe, rule, rupa, upla, ural, urea, uria, uric

3 Letter Words for Peculiar

ace, aer, ail, air, alc, ale, alp, apc, ape, apl, apr, arc, are, aru, aul, cai, cal, cap, car, cel, cep, cer, cia, cie, cir, cli, clr, cpa, cpi, cpl, cpr, cpu, crl, cru, cue, cul, cup, cur, ear, eau, ecu, eir, ela, eli, epa, epi, era, ice, ile, ipl, ipr, ira, ire, lac, lai, lap, lar, lca, lea, lei, lep, ler, leu, lie, lip, lir, lue, lur, pac, pal, par, pau, pci, pea, pec, pel, per, pia, pic, pie, pil, pir, piu, pli, plu, prc, pre, pua, pul, pur, rai, rap, rea, rec, rei, rel, rep, ria, rie, rip, rle, ruc, rue, uca, ula, ule, ura, ure, urp

Definitions for Peculiar

[1] strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
[2] uncommon; unusual: the peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats.
[3] distinctive in nature or character from others.
[4] belonging characteristically (usually followed by to ): an expression peculiar to Canadians.
[5] belonging exclusively to some person, group, or thing: the peculiar properties of a drug.
[6] Astronomy . designating a star or galaxy with special properties that deviates from others of its spectral type or galaxy class.
[7] a property or privilege belonging exclusively or characteristically to a person.
[8] British . a particular parish or church that is exempted from the jurisdiction of the ordinary or bishop in whose diocese it lies and is governed by another.
[9] peculiars. Also called arbitraries. British Printing . special characters not generally included in standard type fonts, as phonetic symbols, mathematical symbols, etc.
[10] strange or unusual; odd a peculiar individual ; a peculiar idea
[11] distinct from others; special
[12] (postpositive foll by to ) belonging characteristically or exclusively (to) peculiar to North America
[13] Also called: arbitrary printing a special sort, esp an accented letter
[14] Church of England a church or parish that is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary in whose diocese it lies

Words related to Peculiar

distinct, distinctive, specific, personal, idiosyncratic, particular, unique, special, funny, unusual, unconventional, singular, quaint, eccentric, wonderful, outlandish, offbeat, extraordinary, strange, wacky

Words nearby Peculiar

pectus, pectus carinatum, pectus excavatum, pectus recurvatum, peculate, peculiar, peculiar institution, peculiar people, peculiarity, peculiarize, peculium

Origin of Peculiar

1400–50; late Middle English; < Latin pecūliāris as one's own, equivalent to pecūli(um ) property (derivative of pecū flock, farm animals; akin to pecus cattle (see fee)) + -āris -ar1

Other words from Peculiar

pe·cu·liar·ly , adverb
un·pe·cu·liar , adjective
un·pe·cu·liar·ly , adverb

Word origin for Peculiar

C15: from Latin pecūliāris concerning private property, from pecūlium, literally: property in cattle, from pecus cattle

Synonyms for Peculiar

distinct, distinctive, idiosyncratic, particular, personal, special, specific, unique, appropriate, diacritic, diagnostic, endemic, exclusive, individual, intrinsic, local, private, proper, restricted, typical