Nouns

penutian

noun

a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior...

peonage

noun

the condition of a peon

peplos

noun

a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at t...

peplum

noun

a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at t...

pepperwood

noun

Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbella...

pepperwort

noun

annual herb used as salad green and garnish

pepsin

noun

an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into...

pepsinogen

noun

precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and convert...

peptidase

noun

any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into sma...

peptone

noun

any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolys...

perak

noun

sultanate and one of the 13 states that constitute the Feder...

percept

noun

the representation of what is perceived; basic component in...

perceptiveness

noun

perception of that which is obscure

perchloride

noun

a chloride containing an unusually high proportion of chlori...

percher

noun

a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches);...

percolation

noun

the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium

percussor

noun

(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percuss...

perdix

noun

a genus of Perdicinae

peregrination

noun

traveling or wandering around

perfecta

noun

a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in th...

perfidiousness

noun

betrayal of a trust

perianth

noun

collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting o...

periarteritis

noun

inflammation of the outer coat of an artery

pericarp

noun

the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary

periclase

noun

a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a...

peridot

noun

a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone

peridotite

noun

a dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of...

perigone

noun

collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting o...

perigon

noun

an angle of 360 degrees

perigonium

noun

collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting o...

perihelion

noun

periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet...

perilymph

noun

the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyr...

perilune

noun

periapsis in orbit around the moon

periodicity

noun

the quality of recurring at regular intervals

periodontics

noun

the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums an...

periodontia

noun

the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums an...

periosteum

noun

a dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (exce...

peripeteia

noun

a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circ...

peripety

noun

a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circ...

periphrasis

noun

a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

perisperm

noun

the nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo i...

perisher

noun

bounder

perissodactyl

noun

placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes o...

perissodactyla

noun

nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct f...

peristyle

noun

a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court

peristome

noun

(botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mout...

perithelium

noun

tissue layer around small blood vessels

perithecium

noun

flask-shaped ascocarp

peritoneum

noun

a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in ma...

peritrate

noun

a coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat...