| permeation | (noun) mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other | Synonyms: interpenetration |
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| (noun) the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance | Synonyms: pervasion, suffusion |
| permeative | (adjective) spreading or spread throughout | Synonyms: permeant, permeating, pervasive |
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| permed | (adjective) (of hair) styled with permanent waves | - |
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| permissibility | (noun) admissibility as a consequence of being permitted | - |
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| permissible | (adjective) that may be permitted especially as according to rule | Synonyms: allowable |
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| (adjective) that may be accepted or conceded | - |
| permissibly | (adverb) in a permissible manner | Synonyms: allowably |
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| permission | (noun) the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | Synonyms: license, permit |
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| (noun) approval to do something | - |
| permissive | (adjective) granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline | - |
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| (adjective) not preventive | - |
| permissively | (adverb) in a permissive manner | - |
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| permissiveness | (noun) a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior | Synonyms: tolerance |
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| permissivism | (noun) lenience toward or indulgence of a wide variety of social behavior. | - |
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| permit | (noun) the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization | Synonyms: license, permission |
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| (noun) large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies | Synonyms: Trachinotus falcatus |
| (noun) a legal document giving official permission to do something | Synonyms: licence, license |
| (verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: allow, countenance, let |
| (verb) allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting | Synonyms: allow, tolerate |
| (verb) make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen | Synonyms: allow, let |
| permutability | (noun) ability to change sequence | Synonyms: permutableness, transposability |
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| permutable | (adjective) capable of changing sequence | Synonyms: transposable |
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| permutableness | (noun) ability to change sequence | Synonyms: permutability, transposability |
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| permutation | (noun) complete change in character or condition | - |
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| (noun) the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements | - |
| (noun) act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group | - |
| (noun) an event in which one thing is substituted for another | Synonyms: replacement, substitution, switch, transposition |
| permute | (verb) change the order or arrangement of | Synonyms: commute, transpose |
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| pernicious | (adjective) working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | Synonyms: insidious, subtle |
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| (adjective) exceedingly harmful | Synonyms: baneful, deadly, pestilent |
| perniciously | (adverb) in a noxiously baneful way | Synonyms: banefully |
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| (adverb) in a harmfully insidious manner | Synonyms: insidiously |
| perniciousness | (noun) grave harmfulness or deadliness | Synonyms: toxicity |
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| pernickety | (adjective) characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details | Synonyms: persnickety |
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| pernio | (noun) inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture | Synonyms: chilblain, chilblains |
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| peroneal | (adjective) of or relating to the fibula or the outer part of the leg below the knee | - |
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| peroneus | (noun) muscle of the lower leg that is involved in moving the foot | - |
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| perorate | (verb) deliver an oration in grandiloquent style | - |
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| (verb) conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation | - |
| peroration | (noun) (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration | - |
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| (noun) a flowery and highly rhetorical oration | - |
| peroxidase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide | - |
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| peroxide | (noun) a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels | Synonyms: hydrogen peroxide |
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| (noun) an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O- | - |
| (verb) bleach with peroxide | - |
| perpendicular | (adjective) intersecting at or forming right angles | - |
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| (adjective) at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line | Synonyms: vertical |
| (adjective) so steep as to be nearly vertical | - |
| (noun) an extremely steep face | - |
| (noun) a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point | Synonyms: plumb line |
| (noun) a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting | Synonyms: English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular style |
| (noun) a straight line at right angles to another line | - |
| perpendicularity | (noun) the quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon) | - |
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| (noun) the relation of opposition between things at right angles | Synonyms: orthogonal opposition, orthogonality |
| perpendicularly | (adverb) in a perpendicular manner | - |
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| (adverb) straight up or down without a break | Synonyms: sheer |
| perpetrate | (verb) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation | Synonyms: commit, pull |
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| perpetration | (noun) the act of committing a crime | Synonyms: commission, committal |
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| perpetrator | (noun) someone who perpetrates wrongdoing | Synonyms: culprit |
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| perpetual | (adjective) uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | Synonyms: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, unceasing, unremitting |
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| (adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, unceasing, unending |
| perpetually | (adverb) invariably | Synonyms: always, constantly, forever, incessantly |
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| (adverb) everlastingly; for all time | - |
| perpetuate | (verb) cause to continue or prevail | - |
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| perpetuation | (noun) the act of prolonging something | Synonyms: lengthening, prolongation, protraction |
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| perpetuity | (noun) the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) | Synonyms: sempiternity |
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| perphenazine | (noun) tranquilizer and antidepressant (trade name Triavil) sometimes used as an antiemetic for adults | Synonyms: Triavil |
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| perplex | (verb) make more complicated | Synonyms: complicate |
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| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
| perplexed | (adjective) full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment | - |
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| perplexedly | (adverb) in a perplexed manner | Synonyms: confoundedly |
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| perplexing | (adjective) lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | Synonyms: confusing, puzzling |
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| perplexity | (noun) trouble or confusion resulting from complexity | - |
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| perquisite | (noun) a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) | Synonyms: exclusive right, prerogative, privilege |
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| (noun) an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right) | Synonyms: fringe benefit, perk |
| perry | (noun) a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider | - |
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| persecute | (verb) cause to suffer | Synonyms: oppress |
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| persecution | (noun) the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) | - |
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| persecutor | (noun) someone who torments | Synonyms: tormenter, tormentor |
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| perseverance | (noun) the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior | Synonyms: perseveration, persistence |
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| (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
| perseverate | (verb) repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus | - |
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| perseveration | (noun) the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior | Synonyms: perseverance, persistence |
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| (noun) the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it | - |
| persevere | (verb) be persistent, refuse to stop | Synonyms: hang in, hang on, hold on, persist |
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| persevering | (adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | Synonyms: diligent |
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| perseveringly | (adverb) with perseverance | - |
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| persicot | (noun) a cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit. | - |
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| persiflage | (noun) light teasing | - |
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| persimmon | (noun) orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe | - |
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| (noun) any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros | Synonyms: persimmon tree |
| persist | (verb) be persistent, refuse to stop | Synonyms: hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere |
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| (verb) be in a certain place and not leave | Synonyms: remain, stay, stay put, stick, stick around |
| (verb) continue to exist | Synonyms: die hard, endure, prevail, run |
| persistence | (noun) the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior | Synonyms: perseverance, perseveration |
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| (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, perseverance, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
| (noun) the property of a continuous and connected period of time | Synonyms: continuity |
| persistency | (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
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| persistent | (adjective) retained; not shed | Synonyms: lasting |
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| (adjective) never-ceasing | Synonyms: relentless, unrelenting |
| (adjective) stubbornly unyielding | Synonyms: dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding |
| (adjective) continually recurring to the mind | Synonyms: haunting |
| persistently | (adverb) with persistence | - |
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| (adverb) in a persistent manner | - |
| persisting | (adjective) relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit | Synonyms: dogging |
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| persnickety | (adjective) characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details | Synonyms: pernickety |
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| (adjective) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant | Synonyms: bigheaded, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish |
| person | (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul |
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| (noun) a human body (usually including the clothing) | - |
| (noun) a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party | - |
| persona | (noun) (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world | Synonyms: image |
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| (noun) an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | Synonyms: character, part, role, theatrical role |
| personable | (adjective) (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality | - |
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| personableness | (noun) the complex of attributes that make a person socially attractive | - |
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| personage | (noun) another word for person; a person not meriting identification | - |
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| (noun) a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Synonyms: important person, influential person |
| personal | (adjective) concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality | - |
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| (adjective) indicating grammatical person | - |
| (adjective) of or arising from personality | - |
| (adjective) intimately concerning a person's body or physical being | - |
| (noun) a short newspaper article about a particular person or group | - |
| personalise | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, individualize, personalize |
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| personalised | (adjective) made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual | Synonyms: individualised, individualized, personalized |
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| personality | (noun) the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual | - |
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| (noun) a person of considerable prominence | - |
| personalize | (verb) make personal or more personal | Synonyms: individualise, individualize, personalise |
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| personalized | (adjective) made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual | Synonyms: individualised, individualized, personalised |
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| (adjective) pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual personality or intimate affairs especially offensively | - |
| personally | (adverb) as a person | - |
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| (adverb) as yourself | - |
| (adverb) concerning the speaker | - |
| (adverb) in a personal way | - |
| (adverb) in the flesh; without involving anyone else | Synonyms: in person |
| personalty | (noun) movable property (as distinguished from real estate) | Synonyms: personal estate, personal property, private property |
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| personate | (verb) attribute human qualities to something | Synonyms: personify |
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| (verb) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions | Synonyms: impersonate, pose |
| personation | (noun) imitating the mannerisms of another person | Synonyms: impersonation |
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| (noun) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | Synonyms: characterization, enactment, portrayal |
| personhood | (noun) being a person | - |
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| personification | (noun) the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. | Synonyms: incarnation |
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| (noun) representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature | Synonyms: prosopopoeia |
| (noun) a person who represents an abstract quality | - |
| personify | (verb) attribute human qualities to something | Synonyms: personate |
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| (verb) represent, as of a character on stage | Synonyms: be, embody |
| (verb) invest with or as with a body; give body to | Synonyms: body |
| personnel | (noun) group of people willing to obey orders | Synonyms: force |
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| (noun) the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management | Synonyms: personnel department, personnel office, staff office |
| perspective | (noun) the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer | Synonyms: linear perspective |
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| (noun) a way of regarding situations or topics etc. | Synonyms: position, view |
| perspicacious | (adjective) mentally acute or penetratingly discerning | Synonyms: clear-eyed, clear-sighted |
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| (adjective) acutely insightful and wise | Synonyms: sagacious, sapient |
| perspicaciousness | (noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: astuteness, perspicacity, shrewdness |
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| perspicacity | (noun) the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions | Synonyms: judgement, judgment, sound judgement, sound judgment |
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| (noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: astuteness, perspicaciousness, shrewdness |
| perspicuity | (noun) clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous | Synonyms: perspicuousness, plainness |
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| perspicuous | (adjective) (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable | Synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid |
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| perspicuously | (adverb) in a clear and lucid manner | Synonyms: limpidly, lucidly, pellucidly |
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| perspicuousness | (noun) clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous | Synonyms: perspicuity, plainness |
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| perspiration | (noun) salty fluid secreted by sweat glands | Synonyms: sudor, sweat |
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| (noun) the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid | Synonyms: diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation, sweating |
| perspire | (verb) excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | Synonyms: sudate, sweat |
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| perspirer | (noun) a person who perspires | Synonyms: sweater |
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| persuadable | (adjective) being susceptible to persuasion | Synonyms: convincible, persuasible, suasible |
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| persuade | (verb) cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm | - |
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| (verb) win approval or support for | Synonyms: carry, sway |
| persuader | (noun) someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on | Synonyms: inducer |
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| persuasible | (adjective) being susceptible to persuasion | Synonyms: convincible, persuadable, suasible |
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