Nouns

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas

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pernis

noun

a common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streak...

perodicticus

noun

a genus of Lorisidae

perognathus

noun

pocket mice

peromyscus

noun

New World wood mice

peronospora

noun

genus of destructive downy mildews

peronosporaceae

noun

parasitic fungi: downy mildews

peronosporales

noun

order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi: Albuginaceae and Per...

perpendicularity

noun

the relation of opposition between things at right angles

persea

noun

avocado

perseveration

noun

the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeatin...

persistency

noun

persistent determination

personation

noun

imitating the mannerisms of another person

persoonia

noun

Australian undershrubs to small trees: geebungs

perspirer

noun

a person who perspires

pertainym

noun

meaning relating to or pertaining to

pertinence

noun

relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at han...

pertinency

noun

relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at han...

pertness

noun

inappropriate playfulness

pertusaria

noun

crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of...

pertusariaceae

noun

a fungus family of division Lichenes

pervaporation

noun

the concentration of a colloidal solution whose colloid will...

pervasion

noun

the process of permeating or infusing something with a subst...

perviousness

noun

the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missi...

pesah

noun

(Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissa...

pesantran

noun

a Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders;...

pesantren

noun

a Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders;...

pesewa

noun

100 pesewas equal 1 cedi in Ghana

peshmerga

noun

a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for...

pesterer

noun

a persistently annoying person

pesthole

noun

a breeding ground for epidemic disease

petabit

noun

a unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits

petabyte

noun

a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes

petasites

noun

genus of rhizomatous herbs of north temperate regions: butte...

petaurista

noun

very large Asiatic flying squirrels

petauristidae

noun

Old World flying squirrels

petaurus

noun

a genus of Phalangeridae

petchary

noun

a kingbird that breeds in the southeastern United States and...

petfood

noun

food prepared for animal pets

petiteness

noun

the property of being very small in size

petitio

noun

the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premis...

petrarca

noun

an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)

petrification

noun

the process of turning some plant material into stone by inf...

petrissage

noun

massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed

petrocoptis

noun

perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mount...

petrogale

noun

rock wallabies

petromyzon

noun

typical lampreys

petromyzoniformes

noun

lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes

petromyzontidae

noun

lampreys

petroselinum

noun

parsley

petteria

noun

one species: Dalmatian laburnum