| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| peraeopod | noun | One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. of Crustacea. |
| peragrate | verb t. | To travel over or through. |
| perameles | noun | Any marsupial of the genus Perameles, which includes numerous species found in Australia. They somewhat resemble rabbits in size and form. See Illust. under Bandicoot. |
| perbromic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid, HBrO4, of bromine. |
| percaline | noun | A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one color. |
| perceived | imp. & past participle | of Perceive |
| perceiver | noun | One who perceives (in any of the senses of the verb). |
| perchance | adverb | By chance; perhaps; peradventure. |
| percheron | noun | One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; — called also Percheron-Norman. |
| perciform | adjective | Pertaining to the Perciformes. |
| percoidea | noun pl. | Same as Perciformes. |
| percolate | verb t. | To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain., To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone. |
| percussed | imp. & past participle | of Percuss |
| perdicine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the family Perdicidae, or partridges. |
| perdifoil | noun | A deciduous plant; — opposed to evergreen. |
| perdition | noun | Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death., Loss of diminution. |
| perdulous | adjective | Lost; thrown away. |
| peregrine | adjective | Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic., The peregrine falcon. |
| perennial | adjective | ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains., Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing., Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant., A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not. |
| perennity | noun | The quality of being perennial. |
| perfected | imp. & past participle | of Perfect |
| perfecter | noun | One who, or that which, makes perfect. |
| perfectly | adverb | In a perfect manner or degree; in or to perfection; completely; wholly; throughly; faultlessly. |
| perfervid | adjective | Very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent. |
| perfidies | plural | of Perfidy |
| perflable | adjective | Capable of being blown through. |
| perforata | noun pl. | A division of corals including those that have a porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; — opposed to Aporosa., A division of Foraminifera, including those having perforated shells. |
| perforate | verb | To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of., Alt. of Perforated |
| performed | imp. & past participle | of Perform |
| performer | noun | One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp. |
| perfuming | present participle & vb. noun | of Perfume |
| perfumery | noun | Perfumes, in general., The art of preparing perfumes. |
| perfusing | present participle & vb. noun | of Perfuse |
| perfusion | noun | The act of perfusing. |
| perfusive | adjective | Of a nature to flow over, or to spread through. |
| periauger | noun | See Pirogue. |
| periblast | adjective | The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation. |
| peribolos | noun | In ancient architecture, an inclosed court, esp., one surrounding a temple. |
| perichete | noun | Same as Perichaeth. |
| periclase | noun | Alt. of Periclasite |
| periculum | noun | Danger; risk., In a narrower, judicial sense: Accident or casus, as distinguished from dolus and culpa, and hence relieving one from the duty of performing an obligation. |
| peridrome | noun | The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple. |
| perigonia | plural | of Perigonium |
| perigraph | noun | A careless or inaccurate delineation of anything. |
| perigynia | plural | of Perigynium |
| perihelia | plural | of Perihelium |
| perilling | of Peril | |
| perilymph | noun | The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies. |
| perimeter | noun | The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides., An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision. |
| perimetry | noun | The art of using the perimeter; measurement of the field of vision. |
| perimorph | noun | A crystal of one species inclosing one of another species. See Endomorph. |
| perinaeum | noun | See Perineum. |
| periodate | noun | A salt of periodic acid. |
| periodide | noun | An iodide containing a higher proportion of iodine than any other iodide of the same substance or series. |
| perioplic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the periople; connected with the periople. |
| peripatus | noun | A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa, Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda. |
| periphery | noun | The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface., The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure. |
| periplast | noun | Same as Periblast. |
| periproct | noun | The region surrounding the anus, particularly of echinoderms. |
| periscian | adjective | Having the shadow moving all around. |
| periscope | noun | A general or comprehensive view., an optical instrument of tubular shape containing an arrangement of lenses and mirrors (or prisms), allowing a person to observe a field of view otherwise obstructed, as beyond an obstructing object or (as in submarines) above the surface of the water. |
| perishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Perish |
| perisperm | noun | The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac. |
| perispore | noun | The outer covering of a spore. |
| peristole | noun | Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines. |
| peristoma | noun | Same as Peristome. |
| peristome | noun | The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double., The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell., The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal. |
| peristyle | noun | A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade. |
| peritreme | noun | That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles., The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell. |
| perwigged | imp. & past participle | of Periwig |
| perjuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Perjure |
| perjurous | adjective | Guilty of perjury; containing perjury. |
| perjuries | plural | of Perjury |
| perkinism | noun | A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of two rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part; tractoration, — first employed by Dr. Elisha Perkins of Norwich, Conn. See Metallotherapy. |
| permanent | adjective | Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved; abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting; as, a permanent impression. |
| permeable | adjective | Capable of being permeated, or passed through; yielding passage; passable; penetrable; — used especially of substances which allow the passage of fluids; as, wood is permeable to oil; glass is permeable to light. |
| permeably | adverb | In a permeable manner. |
| permeated | imp. & past participle | of Permeate |
| permitted | imp. & past participle | of Permit |
| permittee | noun | One to whom a permission or permit is given. |
| permitter | noun | One who permits. |
| pernicion | noun | Destruction; perdition. |
| pernicity | noun | Swiftness; celerity. |
| perpender | noun | A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; — called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone. |
| perpetual | adjective | Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous. |
| perplexed | imp. & past participle | of Perplex, Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious. |
| perplexly | adverb | Perplexedly. |
| perradial | adjective | Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate. |
| perroquet | noun | See Paroquet, Parakeet. |
| persecute | verb t. | To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship., To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy. |
| persevere | verb i. | To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken. |
| persimmon | noun | An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious. |
| persisted | imp. & past participle | of Persist |
| personage | noun | Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person., Character assumed or represented., A notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature tall. |
| personate | verb t. | To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise., To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion., To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask., To personify; to typify; to describe., To play or assume a character., Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon. |
| personify | verb t. | To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being., To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law. |
| personize | verb t. | To personify. |
| personnel | noun | The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; — distinguished from materiel. |
| perspicil | noun | An optical glass; a telescope. |
| perspired | imp. & past participle | of Perspire |
| persuaded | imp. & past participle | of Persuade, Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. |
| persuader | noun | One who, or that which, persuades or influences. |
| pertained | imp. & past participle | of Pertain |
| pertinacy | noun | The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence., Pertinacity. |
| pertinate | adjective | Pertinacious. |
| pertinent | adjective | Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence., Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining. |
| perturbed | adjective | Agitated; disturbed; troubled. |
| perturber | noun | One who, or that which, perturbs, or cause perturbation. |
| pertusate | adjective | Pierced at the apex. |
| pertusion | noun | The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein., A punched hole; a perforation. |
| pertussis | noun | The whooping cough. |
| pervading | present participle & vb. noun | of Pervade |
| pervasion | noun | The act of pervading, passing, or spreading through the whole extent of a thing. |
| pervasive | adjective | Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality. |
| perversed | adjective | Turned aside. |
| perverted | imp. & past participle | of Pervert |
| perverter | noun | One who perverts (a person or thing). |
| pervicacy | noun | Pervicacity. |