Perambulator (n.) One who perambulates.
Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer.
Perambulator (n.) A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing.
Perameles (n.) 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.
Perbend (n.) See Perpender.
Perbreak (n.) See Parbreak.
Perbromate (n.) A salt of perbromic acid.
Perbromic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid, HBrO4, of bromine.
Perbromide (n.) A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any other bromide of the same substance or series.
Perca (n.) A genus of fishes, including the fresh-water perch.
Percale (n.) A fine cotton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printed on one side, -- used for women's and children's wear.
Percaline (n.) A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one color.
Percarbide (n.) A compound containing a relatively large amount of carbon.
Percarburet (n.) A percarbide.
Percarbureted (a.) Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon.
Percase (adv.) Perhaps; perchance.
Perce (v. t.) To pierce.
Perceivable (a.) Capable of being perceived; perceptible.
Perceivance (n.) Power of perceiving.
Perceived (imp. & p. p.) of Perceive
Perceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perceive
Perceive (v. t.) To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord.
Perceive (v. t.) To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand.
Perceive (v. t.) To be affected of influented by.
Perceiver (n.) One who perceives (in any of the senses of the verb).
Percely (n.) Parsley.
Percentage (n.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.
Percept (n.) That which is perceived.
Perceptibility (n.) The quality or state of being perceptible; as, the perceptibility of light or color.
Perceptibility (n.) Perception.
Perceptible (a.) Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable.
Perception (n.) 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.
Perception (n.) 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.
Perception (n.) The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility.
Perception (n.) An idea; a notion.
Perceptive (a.) Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.
Perceptivity (n.) The quality or state of being perceptive; power of perception.
Percesoces (n. 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.
Perch (n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
Perch (n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
Perch (n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.
Perch (n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
Perch (n.) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.
Perch (n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.
Perch (n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
Perched (imp. & p. p.) of Perch
Perching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perch
Perch (v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
Perch (v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
Perch (v. t.) To occupy as a perch.
Perchance (adv.) By chance; perhaps; peradventure.
Perchant (n.) A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering.
Percher (v. i.) One who, or that which, perches.
Percher (v. i.) One of the Insessores.
Percher (v. i.) A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the altar.
Percheron (n.) One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman.
Perchlorate (n.) A salt of perchloric acid.
Perchloric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HClO4), of chlorine; -- called also hyperchloric.
Perchloride (n.) A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.
Perchromic (a.) 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.
Perciform (a.) Pertaining to the Perciformes.
Perciformes (n. pl.) An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidae); the pondfishes (Centrarchidae); the sciaenoids (Sciaenidae); the sparoids (Sparidae); the serranoids (Serranidae), and some other related families.
Percipience (n.) Alt. of Percipiency
Percipiency (n.) The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.
Percipient (a.) Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being.
Percipient (n.) One who, or that which, is percipient.
Perclose (n.) Same as Parclose.
Perclose (n.) Conclusion; end.
Percoid (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidae.
Percoid (n.) Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percidae.
Percoidea (n. pl.) Same as Perciformes.
Percolated (imp. & p. p.) of Percolate
Percolating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Percolate
Percolate (v. t.) To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.
Percolate (v. i.) To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.
Percolation (n.) The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.
Percolator (n.) One who, or that which, filters.
Percomorphi (n. pl.) A division of fishes including the perches and related kinds.
Perculaced (a.) Latticed. See Lattice, n., 2.
Percurrent (a.) Running through the entire length.
Percursory (a.) Running over slightly or in haste; cursory.
Percussed (imp. & p. p.) of Percuss
Percussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Percuss
Percuss (v. t.) To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination.
Percuss (v. i.) To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3.
Percussion (n.) The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report.
Percussion (n.) Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear.
Percussion (n.) 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 (a.) Striking against; percutient; as, percussive force.
Percutient (a.) Striking; having the power of striking.
Percutient (n.) That which strikes, or has power to strike.
Perdicine (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Perdicidae, or partridges.
Perdie (adv.) See Parde.
Perdifoil (n.) A deciduous plant; -- opposed to evergreen.
Perdition (n.) 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.
Perdition (n.) Loss of diminution.
Perditionable (a.) Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition.
Perdix (n.) A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera.
Perdu (a.) One placed on watch, or in ambush.
Perdu (a.) A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.