peas

A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.

The edible seed of some of these plants.

A ball travelling at high velocity.

(Indiana) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.

Any of several varieties of bean.

A peafowl

Wampum.

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.

“The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.”

The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.

“They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing.”

The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.

The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

“peak-brails”

The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.

The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.

A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.