| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| perbromate | noun | A salt of perbromic acid. |
| perbromide | noun | A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any other bromide of the same substance or series. |
| percarbide | noun | A compound containing a relatively large amount of carbon. |
| perceiving | present participle & vb. noun | of Perceive |
| percentage | noun | A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred. |
| perception | noun | The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition., The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man’s constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; — distinguished from conception., The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility., An idea; a notion. |
| perceptive | adjective | Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception. |
| percesoces | noun pl. | An order of fishes including the gray mullets (Mugil), the barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So called from their relation both to perches and to pikes. |
| perchloric | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HClO4), of chlorine; — called also hyperchloric. |
| perchromic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, a certain one of the highly oxidized compounds of chromium, which has a deep blue color, and is produced by the action of hydrogen peroxide. |
| percipient | adjective | Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being., One who, or that which, is percipient. |
| percolated | imp. & past participle | of Percolate |
| percolator | noun | One who, or that which, filters. |
| perculaced | adjective | Latticed. See Lattice, n., 2. |
| percurrent | adjective | Running through the entire length. |
| percursory | adjective | Running over slightly or in haste; cursory. |
| percussing | present participle & vb. noun | of Percuss |
| percussion | noun | The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report., Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear., The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. |
| percussive | adjective | Striking against; percutient; as, percussive force. |
| percutient | adjective | Striking; having the power of striking., That which strikes, or has power to strike. |
| perdurable | noun | Very durable; lasting; continuing long. |
| perdurance | noun | Alt. of Perduration |
| peremption | noun | A quashing; a defeating. |
| peremptory | adjective | Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final., Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical., Firmly determined; unawed. |
| perfecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Perfect |
| perfection | noun | The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in perfection., A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence., To perfect. |
| perfective | adjective | Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; — usually followed by of. |
| perficient | adjective | Making or doing throughly; efficient; effectual., One who performs or perfects a work; especially, one who endows a charity. |
| perfidious | adjective | Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend., Involving, or characterized by, perfidy. |
| perflation | noun | The act of perflating. |
| perfoliate | adjective | Having the basal part produced around the stem; — said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through., Surrounded by a circle of hairs, or projections of any kind. |
| perforated | imp. & past participle | of Perforate, Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes. |
| perforator | noun | One who, or that which, perforates; esp., a cephalotome. |
| performing | present participle & vb. noun | of Perform |
| perfricate | verb t. | To rub over. |
| periastral | adjective | Among or around the stars. |
| periastron | noun | That point, in the real or apparent orbit of one star revolving around another, at which the former is nearest to the latter. |
| pericardic | adjective | Pericardiac. |
| pericarpic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a pericarp. |
| perichaeth | noun | The leafy involucre surrounding the fruit stalk of mosses; perichaetium; perichete. |
| periclinia | plural | of Periclinium |
| periculous | adjective | Dangerous; full of peril. |
| peridotite | noun | An eruptive rock characterized by the presence of chrysolite (peridot). It also usually contains pyroxene, enstatite, chromite, etc. It is often altered to serpentine. |
| periecians | noun pl. | See Perioecians. |
| perigonium | noun | Same as Perigone. |
| perigynium | noun | Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperaceae. |
| perigynous | adjective | Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; — said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach. |
| perihelion | noun | Alt. of Perihelium |
| perihelium | noun | That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; — opposed to aphelion. |
| perimetric | adjective | Alt. of Perimetrical |
| perimysial | adjective | Surrounding a muscle or muscles., Of or pertaining to the perimysium. |
| perimysium | noun | The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers. |
| periodical | adjective | Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods., Performed in a period, or regular revolution; proceeding in a series of successive circuits; as, the periodical motion of the planets round the sun., Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics., Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence., A magazine or other publication which appears at stated or regular intervals. |
| periosteal | adjective | Situated around bone; of or pertaining to the periosteum. |
| periosteum | noun | The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces. |
| peripheral | adjective | Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric., External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system. |
| peripheric | adjective | Alt. of Peripherical |
| periphrase | noun | The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution., To express by periphrase or circumlocution., To use circumlocution. |
| peripteral | adjective | Having columns on all sides; — said of an edifice. See Apteral. |
| periscians | noun pl. | Alt. of Periscii |
| periscopic | adjective | Viewing all around, or on all sides., of or relating to a periscope{2}. |
| perishable | adjective | Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies. |
| perishably | adverb | In a perishable degree or manner. |
| perishment | noun | The act of perishing. |
| perisomata | plural | of Perisoma |
| peristeria | noun | A genus of orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant. |
| peritomous | adjective | Cleaving in more directions than one, parallel to the axis. |
| peritoneal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the peritoneum. |
| peritoneum | noun | The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and, turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearly closed, sac. |
| peritricha | noun pl. | A division of ciliated Infusoria having a circle of cilia around the oral disk and sometimes another around the body. It includes the vorticellas. See Vorticella. |
| peritropal | adjective | Rotatory; circuitous., Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached. |
| perwigging | present participle & vb. noun | of Periwig |
| periwinkle | noun | Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina., A trailing herb of the genus Vinca. |
| perjurious | adjective | Alt. of Perjurous |
| perlaceous | adjective | Pearly; resembling pearl. |
| permanable | adjective | Permanent; durable. |
| permanence | noun | Alt. of Permanency |
| permanency | noun | The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature. |
| permansion | noun | Continuance. |
| permeating | present participle & vb. noun | of Permeate |
| permeation | noun | The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance. |
| permission | noun | The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted. |
| permissive | adjective | Permitting; granting leave or liberty., Permitted; tolerated; suffered. |
| permistion | noun | The act of mixing; the state of being mingled; mixture. |
| permitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Permit |
| permixtion | noun | See Permission. |
| permutable | adjective | Capable of being permuted; exchangeable. |
| pernicious | adjective | Quick; swift (to burn)., Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked. |
| perofskite | noun | A titanate of lime occurring in octahedral or cubic crystals. |
| peroration | noun | The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument. |
| peroxidize | verb t. | To oxidize to the utmost degree, so as to form a peroxide. |
| perpension | noun | Careful consideration; pondering. |
| perpensity | noun | Perpension. |
| perpession | noun | Suffering; endurance. |
| perpetrate | verb t. | To do or perform; to carry through; to execute, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed. |
| perpetuate | verb t. | To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize., Made perpetual; perpetuated. |
| perpetuity | noun | The quality or state of being perpetual; as, the perpetuity of laws., Something that is perpetual., Endless time., The number of years in which the simple interest of any sum becomes equal to the principal., The number of years’ purchase to be given for an annuity to continue forever., A perpetual annuity., Duration without limitations as to time., The quality or condition of an estate by which it becomes inalienable, either perpetually or for a very long period; also, the estate itself so modified or perpetuated. |
| perplexing | present participle & vb. noun | of Perplex, Embarrassing; puzzling; troublesome. |
| perplexity | noun | The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt. |
| perquisite | noun | Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service., Things gotten by a man’s own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent. |
| perruquier | noun | A marker of perukes or wigs. |
| persecuted | imp. & past participle | of Persecute |
| persecutor | noun | One who persecutes, or harasses. |
| persevered | imp. & past participle | of Persevere |
| persicaria | noun | See Lady’s thumb. |
| persiflage | noun | Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery. |
| persifleur | noun | One who indulges in persiflage; a banterer; a quiz. |
| persisting | present participle & vb. noun | of Persist, Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent. |
| persistent | adjective | Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose., Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; — opposed to deciduous, and caducous. |
| persistive | adjective | See Persistent. |
| personable | adjective | Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman., Enabled to maintain pleas in court., Having capacity to take anything granted. |
| personally | adverb | In a personal manner; by bodily presence; in person; not by representative or substitute; as, to deliver a letter personally., With respect to an individual; as regards the person; individually; particularly., With respect to one’s individuality; as regards one’s self; as, personally I have no feeling in the matter. |
| personalty | noun | The state of being a person; personality., Personal property, as distinguished from realty or real property. |
| personated | imp. & past participle | of Personate |
| personator | noun | One who personates. |
| personeity | noun | Personality. |
| perspicacy | noun | Perspicacity. |
| perspiring | present participle & vb. noun | of Perspire |
| perstringe | verb t. | To touch; to graze; to glance on., To criticise; to touch upon. |
| persuading | present participle & vb. noun | of Persuade |
| persuasion | noun | The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination., The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced., A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed., The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness., That which persuades; a persuasive. |
| persuasive | adjective | Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence., That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation. |
| persuasory | adjective | Persuasive. |
| pertaining | present participle & vb. noun | of Pertain |
| pertinence | noun | Alt. of Pertinency |
| pertinency | noun | The quality or state of being pertinent; justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness; relevancy; suitableness. |
| perturbate | verb t. | To perturb., Perturbed; agitated. |
| perversely | adverb | In a perverse manner. |
| perversion | noun | The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use. |
| perversity | noun | The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness. |
| perversive | adjective | Tending to pervert. |
| perverting | present participle & vb. noun | of Pervert |