"Pests" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Pests refer to animals, insects, or plants that cause harm or damage to people, crops, property, or the environment. They can be destructive, invasive, or disease-carrying, and may require control or eradication measures to prevent the harm they cause. Examples of pests include rodents, cockroaches, mosquitoes, and weeds.
Pestilent refers to something that is causing or spreading disease, or has a noxious or harmful effect. It can also describe something that is morally corrupting or degrading. In general, it implies a widespread and destructive influence.
Pestilential refers to something that is causing or spreading disease; extremely unpleasant or disturbing. It can also describe a place or situation that is Belt-like and unsanitary. In general, pestilential connotes a sense of danger, decay, and mortality, often evoking images of plague, pestilence, and death.
A pestle is a club-shaped tools used with a mortar to mix, crush, or grind foods, medicines, and other substances. It is typically made of wood, metal, or ceramic and is used to grind and mix ingredients in a mortar and pestle set.
A pet is an animal that is kept for pleasure rather than for practical use, such as a dog, cat, or fish.
The petabit (plural: petabits) is a unit of digital information or computer storage, equal to 1,024,000,000,000 bits (or 1 exabit).