Perspired (imp. & p. p.) of Perspire
Perspiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perspire
Perspire (v. i.) To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
Perspire (v. i.) To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
Perspire (v. t.) To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.
Perstreperous (a.) Noisy; obstreperous.
Perstringe (v. t.) To touch; to graze; to glance on.
Perstringe (v. t.) To criticise; to touch upon.
Persuadable (a.) That may be persuaded.
Persuaded (imp. & p. p.) of Persuade
Persuading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Persuade
Persuade (v. t.) To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
Persuade (v. t.) To try to influence.
Persuade (v. t.) To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
Persuade (v. t.) To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.
Persuade (v. i.) To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.
Persuade (n.) Persuasion.
Persuaded (p. p. & a.) Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced.
Persuader (n.) One who, or that which, persuades or influences.
Persuasibility (n.) Capability of being persuaded.
Persuasible (a.) Capable of being persuaded; persuadable.
Persuasible (a.) Persuasive.
Persuasion (n.) 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.
Persuasion (n.) The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced.
Persuasion (n.) 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.
Persuasion (n.) The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness.
Persuasion (n.) That which persuades; a persuasive.
Persuasive (a.) Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence.
Persuasive (n.) That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation.
Persuasory (a.) Persuasive.
Persulphate (n.) A sulphate of the peroxide of any base.
Persulphide (n.) A sulphide containing more sulphur than some other compound of the same elements; as, iron pyrites is a persulphide; -- formerly called persulphuret.
Persulphocyanate (n.) A salt of persulphocyanic acid.
Persulphocyanic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline substance (called also perthiocyanic acid), analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containing more sulphur.
Persulphocyanogen (n.) An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; -- called also pseudosulphocyanogen, perthiocyanogen, and formerly sulphocyanogen.
Persulphuret (n.) A persulphide.
Pert (a.) Open; evident; apert.
Pert (a.) Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart.
Pert (a.) Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
Pert (v. i.) To behave with pertness.
Pertained (imp. & p. p.) of Pertain
Pertaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pertain
Pertain (v. i.) To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant life.
Pertain (v. i.) To have relation or reference to something.
Perterebration (n.) The act of boring through.
Perthiocyanogen (n.) Same as Persulphocyanogen.
Perthite (n.) A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors.
Pertinacious (a.) Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar.
Pertinacious (a.) Resolute; persevering; constant; steady.
Pertinacity (n.) The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy; perseverance; persistency.
Pertinacy (n.) The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence.
Pertinacy (n.) Pertinacity.
Pertinate (a.) Pertinacious.
Pertinately (adv.) Pertinaciously.
Pertinence (n.) Alt. of Pertinency
Pertinency (n.) The quality or state of being pertinent; justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness; relevancy; suitableness.
Pertinent (a.) 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.
Pertinent (a.) Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining.
Pertly (adv.) In a pert manner.
Pertness (n.) The quality or state of being pert.
Pertransient (a.) Passing through or over.
Perturb (v. t.) To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.
Perturb (v. t.) To disorder; to confuse.
Perturbability (n.) The quality or state of being perturbable.
Perturbable (a.) Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted.
Perturbance (n.) Disturbance; perturbation.
Perturbate (v. t.) To perturb.
Perturbate (a.) Perturbed; agitated.
Perturbation (n.) The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind.
Perturbation (n.) A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other motion of a heavenly body, produced by some force additional to that which causes its regular motion; as, the perturbations of the planets are caused by their attraction on each other.
Perturbational (a.) Of or pertaining to perturbation, esp. to the perturbations of the planets.
Perturbative (a.) Tending to cause perturbation; disturbing.
Perturbator (n.) A perturber.
Perturbed (a.) Agitated; disturbed; troubled.
Perturber (n.) One who, or that which, perturbs, or cause perturbation.
Pertusate (a.) Pierced at the apex.
Pertuse (a.) Alt. of Pertused
Pertused (a.) Punched; pierced with, or having, holes.
Pertusion (n.) The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein.
Pertusion (n.) A punched hole; a perforation.
Pertussis (n.) The whooping cough.
Peruke (n.) A wig; a periwig.
Peruke (v. t.) To dress with a peruke.
Perulae (pl. ) of Perula
Perula (n.) One of the scales of a leaf bud.
Perula (n.) A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.
Perule (n.) Same as Perula.
Perusal (n.) The act of carefully viewing or examining.
Perusal (n.) The act of reading, especially of reading through or with care.
Perused (imp. & p. p.) of Peruse
Perusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peruse
Peruse (v. t.) To observe; to examine with care.
Peruse (v. t.) To read through; to read carefully.
Peruser (n.) One who peruses.
Peruvian (a.) Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America.
Peruvian (n.) A native or an inhabitant of Peru.
Pervaded (imp. & p. p.) of Pervade
Pervading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pervade
Pervade (v. t.) To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate.
Pervade (v. t.) To pass or spread through the whole extent of; to be diffused throughout.