peradventure | (noun) doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case | - |
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perambulation | (noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) | Synonyms: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll |
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(noun) a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries | - |
perambulator | (noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller |
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percale | (noun) a fine closely woven cotton fabric | - |
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perceiver | (noun) a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | Synonyms: beholder, observer, percipient |
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percent | (noun) a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent | Synonyms: pct, per centum, percentage |
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percentage | (noun) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | Synonyms: part, portion, share |
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(noun) a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent | Synonyms: pct, per centum, percent |
percentile | (noun) (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total | Synonyms: centile |
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percept | (noun) the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept | Synonyms: perception, perceptual experience |
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perceptibility | (noun) the property of being perceptible by the mind or the senses | - |
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perception | (noun) becoming aware of something via the senses | Synonyms: sensing |
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(noun) the process of perceiving | - |
(noun) the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept | Synonyms: percept, perceptual experience |
(noun) a way of conceiving something | - |
(noun) knowledge gained by perceiving | - |
perceptiveness | (noun) the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding | - |
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(noun) delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) | Synonyms: appreciation, discernment, taste |
(noun) perception of that which is obscure | Synonyms: discernment |
(noun) a feeling of understanding | Synonyms: insight, perceptivity |
perceptivity | (noun) a feeling of understanding | Synonyms: insight, perceptiveness |
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perceptuality | (noun) The quality of being related to the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information. | - |
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perch | (noun) spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes | - |
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(noun) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes | - |
(noun) support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) | - |
(noun) any of numerous fishes of America and Europe | - |
(noun) an elevated place serving as a seat | - |
(noun) a linear measure of 16.5 feet | Synonyms: pole, rod |
(noun) a square rod of land | Synonyms: pole, rod |
percher | (noun) a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists | Synonyms: Insessores, order Insessores, perching bird |
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(noun) a person situated on a perch | - |
perchlorate | (noun) a salt of perchloric acid | - |
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perchloride | (noun) a chloride containing an unusually high proportion of chlorine | - |
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perchloromethane | (noun) a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined | Synonyms: carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, tetrachloromethane |
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percipient | (noun) a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | Synonyms: beholder, observer, perceiver |
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percoid | (noun) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes | Synonyms: percoid fish, percoidean |
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percoidean | (noun) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes | Synonyms: percoid, percoid fish |
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percolate | (noun) the product of percolation | - |
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percolation | (noun) the act of making coffee in a percolator | - |
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(noun) the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification | - |
(noun) the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium | Synonyms: infiltration |
percolator | (noun) a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans | - |
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percussion | (noun) the act of exploding a percussion cap | - |
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(noun) the act of playing a percussion instrument | - |
(noun) tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes | Synonyms: pleximetry |
(noun) the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments | Synonyms: percussion section, rhythm section |
percussionist | (noun) a musician who plays percussion instruments | - |
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percussor | (noun) (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes | Synonyms: plessor, plexor |
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perdition | (noun) (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment | Synonyms: Hell, infernal region, Inferno, nether region, pit |
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perdurability | (noun) the property of being extremely durable | - |
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peregrination | (noun) traveling or wandering around | - |
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peregrine | (noun) a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry | Synonyms: Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon |
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perennation | (noun) the process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant) | - |
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perennial | (noun) (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more | - |
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perestroika | (noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy | - |
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perfect | (noun) a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) | Synonyms: perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense |
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perfecta | (noun) a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order | Synonyms: exacta |
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perfecter | (noun) a skilled worker who perfects something | - |
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perfectibility | (noun) the capability of becoming perfect | - |
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perfection | (noun) the act of making something perfect | - |
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(noun) an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept | Synonyms: beau ideal, idol, paragon |
(noun) the state of being without a flaw or defect | Synonyms: flawlessness, ne plus ultra |
perfectionism | (noun) a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable | - |
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perfectionist | (noun) a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards | - |
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perfective | (noun) the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action | Synonyms: perfective aspect |
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(noun) a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) | Synonyms: perfect, perfect tense, perfective tense |
perfidiousness | (noun) betrayal of a trust | Synonyms: perfidy, treachery |
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perfidy | (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: betrayal, treachery, treason |
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(noun) betrayal of a trust | Synonyms: perfidiousness, treachery |
perfluorocarbon | (noun) a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum | Synonyms: PFC |
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perforation | (noun) the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation) | - |
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(noun) a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place | - |
(noun) a hole made in something | - |
performance | (noun) the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it | Synonyms: carrying into action, carrying out, execution |
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(noun) the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment | - |
(noun) any recognized accomplishment | - |
(noun) a dramatic or musical entertainment | Synonyms: public presentation |
(noun) process or manner of functioning or operating | Synonyms: functioning, operation |
performer | (noun) an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience | Synonyms: performing artist |
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performing | (noun) the performance of a part or role in a drama | Synonyms: acting, playacting, playing |
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perfume | (noun) a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor | Synonyms: essence |
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(noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant | Synonyms: aroma, fragrance, scent |
perfumer | (noun) a person who makes (and sells) perfumes | - |
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perfumery | (noun) the art of making perfumes | - |
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(noun) an establishment where perfumes are made | - |
(noun) store where perfumes are sold | - |
(noun) perfumes in general | - |
perfusion | (noun) pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels) | - |
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pergola | (noun) a framework that supports climbing plants | Synonyms: arbor, arbour, bower |
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peri | (noun) a beautiful and graceful girl | - |
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(noun) (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done | - |
perianth | (noun) collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils | Synonyms: chlamys, floral envelope, perigone, perigonium |
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periapsis | (noun) (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited | Synonyms: point of periapsis |
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periarteritis | (noun) inflammation of the outer coat of an artery | - |
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pericarditis | (noun) inflammation of the pericardium | - |
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pericardium | (noun) a serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heart | - |
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pericarp | (noun) the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary | Synonyms: seed vessel |
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pericementoclasia | (noun) pus pocket formation around a tooth | - |
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periclase | (noun) a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium | Synonyms: magnesia, magnesium oxide |
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peridinian | (noun) flagellate with a thick test composed of plates | - |
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peridium | (noun) outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi | - |
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peridot | (noun) a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone | - |
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peridotite | (noun) a dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine | - |
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perigee | (noun) periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth | - |
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perigon | (noun) an angle of 360 degrees | Synonyms: round angle |
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perigone | (noun) collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils | Synonyms: chlamys, floral envelope, perianth, perigonium |
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perigonium | (noun) collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils | Synonyms: chlamys, floral envelope, perianth, perigone |
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perihelion | (noun) periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun | - |
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perijove | (noun) periapsis in orbit around Jupiter | - |
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peril | (noun) a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury | Synonyms: danger, risk |
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(noun) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune | Synonyms: endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, risk |
(noun) a state of danger involving risk | Synonyms: riskiness |
perilousness | (noun) the state of being dangerous | Synonyms: hazardousness |
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perilune | (noun) periapsis in orbit around the moon | Synonyms: periselene |
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perilymph | (noun) the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear | - |
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perimeter | (noun) the size of something as given by the distance around it | Synonyms: circumference |
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(noun) the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | Synonyms: border, margin |
(noun) a line enclosing a plane areas | - |
perimysium | (noun) the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of muscle fibers | - |
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perinatologist | (noun) an obstetrician specializing in perinatology | - |
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perinatology | (noun) the branch of obstetrics concerned with the anatomy and physiology and diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the mother and the fetus or newborn baby during late pregnancy and childbirth and the puerperium | - |
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perineotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the perineum | - |
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perineum | (noun) the general region between the anus and the genital organs | - |
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perineurium | (noun) the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of nerve fibers | - |
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period | (noun) a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | Synonyms: full point, full stop, point, stop |
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(noun) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | Synonyms: catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum |
(noun) an amount of time | Synonyms: period of time, time period |
(noun) the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon | - |
(noun) a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed | Synonyms: geological period |
(noun) the end or completion of something | - |
(noun) (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games | - |
periodical | (noun) a publication that appears at fixed intervals | - |
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periodicity | (noun) the quality of recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: cyclicity |
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periodontia | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth | Synonyms: periodontics |
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periodontics | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth | Synonyms: periodontia |
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periodontist | (noun) a dentist specializing in diseases of the gums and other structure surrounding the teeth | - |
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periodontitis | (noun) a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth | Synonyms: periodontal disease |
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periosteum | (noun) a dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles; contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the enclosed bone | - |
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peripatetic | (noun) a person who walks from place to place | - |
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peripateticism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science | Synonyms: Aristotelianism |
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peripatus | (noun) any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms | Synonyms: onychophoran, velvet worm |
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peripeteia | (noun) a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) | Synonyms: peripetia, peripety |
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peripetia | (noun) a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) | Synonyms: peripeteia, peripety |
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peripety | (noun) a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) | Synonyms: peripeteia, peripetia |
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peripheral | (noun) electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer | Synonyms: computer peripheral, peripheral device |
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