English words: peptidyltransferase to percolative
300 English words, part 52 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 36 have a page of their own.
English words peptidyltransferase to percolative
- peptidyltransferase noun: An aminoacyltransferase involved in protein biosynthesis.
- peptiglycan noun: Synonym of peptidoglycan.
- peptisable adjective: Alternative form of peptizable
- peptisation noun: Alternative spelling of peptization
- peptise verb: Alternative form of peptize.
- peptiser noun: Alternative spelling of peptizer
- peptizable adjective: Able to be peptized.
- peptization noun: The stabilization of a hydrophobic colloidal sol by the addition of an electrolyte that is adsorbed on the particle surfaces
- peptize verb: To disperse in a medium so as to form a colloidal solution.
- peptizer noun: A chemical agent that peptizes.
- Pepto noun: Abbreviation of Pepto-Bismol.
- peptogen noun: Any substance convertible into peptone.
- peptogenic adjective: Producing peptones or pepsin
- peptogenous adjective: Capable of yielding, or being converted into, peptone.
- peptoglycan noun: Alternative form of peptidoglycan.
- peptoid noun: Any of a class of peptide analogues, many of which are peptidomimetic, that have alkyl side chains attached to some of the nitrogen atoms of glycine residues
- peptolide noun: A cyclic or heteromeric depsipeptide
- peptolysis noun: The hydrolysis of peptones.
- peptolytic adjective: Relating to peptolysis.
- peptomer noun: Any homopolymer formed from peptide monomers
- peptomeric adjective: Relating to a peptomer
- peptonate noun: A salt or ester of peptonic acid.
- peptone noun /ˈpɛptoʊn/: Any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and amino acids formed by the partial hydrolysis of protein.
- peptonic adjective: Relating to peptone.
- peptonisation noun: Alternative form of peptonization.
- peptonise verb: Alternative form of peptonize.
- peptonization noun: The conversion of a protein into peptones under the influence of the enzyme pepsin
- peptonize verb: To convert a protein into peptones under the influence of the enzyme pepsin.
- peptonoid noun: A particular substance related to peptone.
- peptonuria noun: The presence of peptone or a similar body in the urine. It was once thought to be a reason for fetal death.
- peptoprime noun: A sequence of amino acids that has never been found in any protein in any species; some of these sequences may be incompatible with life.
- peptosome noun: A spherical vesicle composed of peptides
- peptostreptococcal adjective: Relating to Peptostreptococcus bacteria.
- peptostreptococcus noun: A bacterium of the genus Peptostreptococcus.
- peptotoxin noun: A poisonous ptomaine found in peptones and in putrefying albuminous substances, such as fibrin, casein, brain, liver, and muscle.
- Pepys proper noun /piːps/: A surname.
- Pepysian adjective /ˈpiːpsi.ən/: Of or pertaining to Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, famed for his diary kept during the time of the Great...
- Pequannock proper noun: A township in Morris County, New Jersey.
- Pequeno proper noun: A surname.
- pequi noun: Any of various trees of the genus Caryocar, a souari.
- pequin noun: A small, hot, citrusy and nutty chili pepper cultivar.
- Pequiste adjective, noun: A member of the Parti Québécois.
- Pequod noun: Alternative form of Pequot.
- Pequot noun /ˈpiːˌkwɒt/: A member of a tribe of Native Americans who historically inhabited eastern Connecticut and spoke a variety of Mohegan-Pequot.
- per determiner, noun, prefix, preposition, pronoun /pɜː/: For each.
- per accidens adverb: By chance; by reason of an accidental, incidental or non-essential circumstance; contingently; indirectly.
- per alia adverb: By others; through others. Said of a proposition held to be true because it follows from other true propositions.
- per annum prepositional phrase: In a year.
- per anum adverb: via the anus
- per bend adverb: (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the dexter chief (viewer's top left) along a 45 degree angle towards the sinister base, (especially) into two...
- per bend sinister adverb: (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the sinister chief (viewer's top right) towards the dexter base, (especially) into two halves (formally party...
- per capita adjective, adverb /pɝ ˈkæpɪtə/: Per person.
- per cent noun, prepositional phrase: Alternative form of percent.
- per centum noun: Percent.
- per chevron adverb: (Partitioned) along the bent line(s) of a chevron, (especially) into two areas (formally party per chevron).
- per chief adverb: Partitioned into two parts by a horizontal line one-third of the way down the shield. A shield of this form is now normally viewed as one colour charged...
- per contra adverb: in contrast, on the contrary
- per curiam phrase: An opinion delivered by an entire court rather than a single judge.
- per diem adjective, noun /pɚˈdi.əm/: Per day; daily.
- per fess adverb: (Partitioned) horizontally; (especially) partitioned horizontally into two halves (formally party per fess).
- per impossibile adverb: As is impossible.
- per litt. adverb: By letter; in a message to the author.
- per'lous adjective: Alternative form of perilous.
- per mensem adverb: monthly; by the month
- per mil noun: Alternative form of permille.
- per mill noun: Alternative form of permille.
- per mille noun: Alternative form of permille; a part or other object per thousand.
- per myriad adverb: Alternative form of permyriad.
- per nasum adverb: via the nose
- per nocte prepositional phrase: At night.
- per orem adverb: Alternative form of per os: via the mouth; orally.
- per orum adverb: Alternative form of per orem per os; via the mouth; orally
- per pale adverb: (Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).
- per pall adverb: (Partitioned) into three triangular sections, one pointing down from the top of the shield and the others occupying the remainder of the left and right...
- per pro preposition: per procurationem; by the agency of (used when signing a letter in place of someone else)
- per procurationem adverb: by the agency of, especially when signing a letter in place of someone else
- per rectal adjective: Alternative form of per-rectal.
- per rectum adverb: By or through the rectum, as (usually, more specifically) the rectal route of administration for drugs.
- per saltum adverb: At a single leap; all at once.
- per se adjective, adverb /pəˈseɪ/: Without determination by or involvement of extraneous factors; by its very nature.
- per stirpes phrase: A method of distributing an estate to the descendants or heirs of a deceased legatee in which the estate is divided equally among the branches of a family...
- per usual adverb: As is usually the case.
- per vagina adverb: Through the vagina; by way of the vagina (usually with reference to the vaginal route of administration or vaginal bleeding).
- per vaginam adverb: Through the vagina, as (usually, more specifically) by the vaginal route of administration.
- Pera proper noun: A surname.
- peracarid noun: Any crustacean of the superorder Peracarida.
- peracephalus noun: An individual with a malformation of the head
- peracetate noun: Any salt or ester of peracetic acid
- peracetic adjective: Of or pertaining to peracetic acid or its derivatives.
- peracetic acid noun: The peroxy derivative of acetic acid CH₃-CO-OOH; it is a powerful oxidizing agent and disinfectant though can be explosive
- peracetylated adjective: acetylated in all (or almost all) available positions
- peracetylation noun: acetylation in which all available sites are acetylated
- peracid noun: Any acid that contains a peroxy group - e.g. peracetic acid
- peracidic adjective: Relating to a peracid
- peraclid noun: Any sea butterfly in the family Peraclidae.
- peract verb: To go through with, perform, or carry out
- peracute adjective: Very sharp; very violent.
- peradectid noun: Any extinct mammal of the family Peradectidae
- peradventure adverb, noun: Perchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing.
- Peraean adjective, noun: Alternative form of Perean.
- peraeon noun: Alternative form of pereion.
- peraeopod noun: Alternative spelling of pereiopod.
- perafensine noun: An anxiolytic drug.
- peragrate verb: To travel around or through.
- peragration noun /ˌpɜːɹəˈɡɹeɪʃən/: The act or state of travelling, or passing through any space.
- perahera noun: A religious procession.
- perahu noun /ˈpɹɑː.huː/: Alternative form of proa (“sailing vessel”).
- perai noun: Alternative form of pirai (“piranha fish”).
- peraia noun: A place on the other side, usually a territory across the sea from a city or an island, generally a dependency of an ancient Greek city.
- Perak proper noun: A state in western Malaysia. Capital: Ipoh.
- perakine noun: An indole alkaloid isolated from the leaves of Rauvolfia yunnanensis.
- perakizumab noun: A humanized monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of arthritis.
- Peral proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- Perales proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- peralkaline adjective: Describing igneous rocks that have a higher ratio of sodium and potassium to aluminium than is needed to produce feldspar
- peralkalinity noun: The condition of being peralkaline
- Peralta proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- peraluminous adjective: Describing igneous rocks that have a higher molar proportion of aluminium to sodium, potassium and calcium
- peramble verb: To perambulate; to walk around.
- perambulant adjective: That perambulates; walking around.
- perambulate verb /pəɹˈæmbjʊˌleɪt/: To walk around, roam, or stroll.
- perambulation noun /pəˌɹæm.bjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/: A survey, a tour; an instance of walking around.
- perambulative noun: A grammatical case expressing motion around, without a specific goal.
- perambulator noun /pəˈɹæm.bjʊ.leɪ.təɹ/: A baby carriage.
- perambulatorily adverb: In a perambulatory way.
- perambulatory adjective: Relating to perambulation.
- peramelemorphian noun: Any marsupial of the order Peramelemorphia; a bilby or a bandicoot.
- peramelian noun: Any marsupial of the former order Peramelia (now Peramelemorphia)
- peramelid noun: Any member of the family Peramelidae of bandicoots.
- perameloid noun: Any marsupial of the superfamily Perameloidea, including the bandicoots, bilbies, and extinct chaeropodids.
- peramine noun: A fungal alkaloid 2-[3-(2-methyl-1-oxopyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3-yl)propyl]guanidine
- peramivir noun: A neuraminidase inhibitor being developed as an antiviral drug to treat influenza.
- peramorphic adjective: Of or relating to peramorphosis, the development of additional traits past adulthood.
- peramorphocline noun: A sequence of increasingly more peramorphic species
- peramorphosis noun: maturation past adulthood
- perampanel noun: An antiepileptic drug.
- peramurid noun: Any extinct zatherian mammal in the family Peramuridae.
- Peranakan noun /pəɹanəˈkan/: A descendant of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and Nusantara (Indonesian Archipelago), now part of Malaysia,...
- Peranakan Indonesian adjective, noun: Relating to the Peranakan.
- perastatate noun: The anion AtO₄⁻; any salt containing this anion
- Perate noun: A member of an ancient Christian Gnostic sect.
- perathiepin noun: A neuroleptic drug of the tricyclic family.
- peratization noun: The renormalization of unrenormalizable field theories.
- Peraza proper noun: A surname.
- perazine noun: A typical antipsychotic of the phenothiazine class, quite similar to chlorpromazine.
- perbend noun: Alternative form of perpender.
- perbenzoic acid noun: The peroxy derivative of benzoic acid C₆H₅-CO-OOH
- perborate noun: Any salt, derived from borate and hydrogen peroxide, of the hypothetical perboric acid.
- perboric adjective: Relating to perboric acid and its derivatives
- perboric acid noun: An unstable oxyacid of boron known only as the perborates
- perbreak verb: To vomit.
- perbromate noun: The oxyanion of bromine BrO₄⁻.
- perbromic adjective: Relating to the highest oxidation state of bromine.
- perbromic acid noun: An oxyacid of bromine, HBrO₄.
- perbromide noun: A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any other bromide of the same substance or series.
- perbrominate verb: To brominate thoroughly: to add the maximum amount of bromine to.
- perbrominated adjective, verb: Thoroughly brominated: reacted with bromine such that many hydrogen atoms have been replaced with bromine.
- perbromination noun: The act of perbrominating.
- perbromo adjective: Describing a derivative in which all hydrogen atoms have been replaced by bromine
- perbufylline noun: A particular bronchodilator.
- perc adjective, noun /pɜːk/: Clipping of perchloroethylene: a common solvent used in dry-cleaning.
- percale noun /pəˈkeɪl/: A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.
- percaline noun: A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one colour.
- percalles noun: A kind of Oriental cloth.
- percapella noun: A vocal performance that only has percussive accompaniment.
- percapita adjective: Alternative form of per capita.
- percarbide noun: Any of a series of compounds containing the largest proportion of carbon
- percarbonate noun: Any of a family of perhydrates of carbonate compounds.
- percarburet noun: A percarbide.
- percarbureted adjective: Alternative form of percarburetted.
- percarburetted adjective: Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon.
- percase adverb: Perchance; perhaps.
- perceant adjective: Piercing, sharp.
- percebeiro noun: Manual harvester of goose barnacles, particularly in northern Iberia
- perceivability noun: The condition of being perceivable
- perceivable adjective: Capable of being perceived; discernible.
- perceivableness noun: The state of being perceivable
- perceivably adverb: In a way that can be perceived.
- perceivance noun: perception.
- perceivancy noun: Alternative form of perceivance (“power of perception”).
- perceive verb /pəˈsiːv/: To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.
- perceived adjective, verb /pəˈsiːvd/: Generally recognized to be true.
- perceived temperature noun: The apparent temperature of the environment; may be different from the actual temperature because of factors such as wind chill or humidity
- perceivedly adverb: As perceived; apparently.
- perceivedness noun: The state or quality of being perceived.
- perceiver noun: One who perceives.
- perceiverance noun: Perception, awareness.
- perceiving noun, verb /pɚˈsivɪŋ/: The act by which something is perceived.
- perceivingly adverb: So as to perceive; by means of, or accompanied by, perception.
- perceivingness noun: The quality of being perceiving.
- percent adverb, noun, prepositional phrase /pəˈsɛnt/: For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).
- percent-encode verb: To convert special or reserved characters in a string (such as spaces, slashes or query symbols) into a safe format for use in URLs or URIs, by replacing...
- percent-encoding noun, verb: A method used to encode special or reserved characters in URIs and URLs by replacing them with a percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits...
- percent sign noun: The symbol %, denoting a percentage.
- percentage noun /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/: The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.
- percentage dice noun: Dice that have been tampered with for the purpose of cheating.
- percentage point noun: One hundredth of a given value, used to measure the difference between two percentages.
- percentage rate noun: A measure to show a change or relationship between two numbers as a fraction of 100, over a certain time.
- percentagewise adverb: In terms of, or as regards, a percentage.
- percental adjective: In terms of a percentage.
- percenter noun /pəˈsɛn.tə/: A member of a group that forms a specified percentage of a population.
- percentilation noun: The division of a distribution into percentiles
- percentile noun /pəɹˈsɛn.taɪl/: Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.
- percentile dice noun: A pair of ten-sided dice which are rolled to determine a numeral result as a percentage of 100, usually for a roleplaying game.
- percentiler noun: Something with a specified percentile.
- percentual adjective: Of, relating to, or expressed as a percentage,
- percentually adverb: In percentual manner; proportionately, as measured in percent.
- percentwise adjective, adverb: In percentage terms.
- percept noun, verb /ˈpɜːsɛpt/: Something perceived; the object of perception.
- perceptanalysis noun: A method of analysis for the Rorschach test invented by Zygmunt A. Piotrowski.
- perceptibility noun: The condition, quality, or state of being perceptible.
- perceptible adjective, noun /pɚˈsɛptəbl̩/: Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
- perceptibleness noun: The state of being perceptible.
- perceptibly adverb: In a perceptible manner; noticeably.
- perceptic noun: A sense; a perceiving faculty.
- perception noun /pəˈsɛpʃn̩/: The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
- perceptional adjective: Of, pertaining to, or stimulated by perception
- perceptionally adverb: By means of perception
- perceptionism noun: The philosophy that reality is based on our sense of perception
- perceptionist noun: A proponent of perceptionism.
- perceptionistic adjective: Of or relating to perceptionism.
- perceptive adjective, noun /pəˈsɛptɪv/: Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
- perceptively adverb: In a perceptive manner.
- perceptiveness noun: The state of being perceptive; acumen, discernment, insight
- perceptivity noun: The state or quality of being perceptive.
- perceptomotor adjective: Relating to perception and motor skills.
- perceptor noun: That which perceives.
- perceptron noun /pəɹˈsɛp.tɹɑn/: an element, analogous to a neuron, of an artificial neural network consisting of one or more layers of artificial neurons
- perceptronic adjective: Of or relating to perceptrons.
- perceptronium noun: A hypothetical state of matter capable of giving rise to self-awareness and subjectivity.
- perceptual adjective /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛp.tʃ(u)əl/: Relating to perception.
- perceptual blindness noun: Synonym of inattentional blindness.
- perceptual control theory noun: A model of behavior, in numerous disparate fields, based on the properties of negative feedback control loops that maintain a sensed variable at or near a...
- perceptual set noun: A mental predisposition to perceive things in a certain way.
- perceptualisation noun: Alternative spelling of perceptualization.
- perceptuality noun: The quality of being perceptual.
- perceptualization noun: The act of perceptualizing.
- perceptualize verb: To make (something) perceptual or sensed.
- perceptually adverb: In a perceptual manner.
- perceptually blind adjective: Synonym of inattentionally blind.
- perceptualness noun: The quality of being perceptual.
- perceptum noun: Something that is perceived.
- perceptuomotor adjective: Describing the movement of a limb in response to a perception; especially describing the ability to reach towards an object that is being looked at
- percesocine adjective: Relating to, or resembling, fish of suborder Percesoces, including gray mullets, barracudas, and silversides.
- Perceval proper noun: A surname
- perch noun, verb /pɜːtʃ/: Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- perch plate noun: A plate or block above or below a carriage-reach, at the kingbolt.
- perch pole noun: An acrobat's pole for climbing.
- perch stay noun: One of the side rods bracing the perch of a carriage to the rear axle.
- percha noun: Synonym of gutta-percha.
- perchable adjective: Suitable for perching upon.
- perchance adverb /ˌpɜːˈtʃɑːns/: Perhaps.
- Perche proper noun: A former province in northwestern France, corresponding to the modern departments of Orne, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher and Sarthe.
- perched adjective, verb: Situated as if balancing above something.
- percher noun: One who fishes for perch.
- percheron noun: A breed of draught horse of a large, strong, usually dapple-grey type.
- perchery noun: A series of cages, each containing several perches, in which hens are kept for intensive egg production.
- perching noun, verb: The act of something that perches.
- perching bird noun: Synonym of passerine.
- perching duck noun: Any species of ducks distinguished by their readiness to perch high in trees.
- perchless adjective: Without a perch.
- perchlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the perch fish.
- perchling noun: A diminutive or young perch (fish)
- perchlorate noun /pə(ɹ)ˈklɔːɹeɪt/: Any salt of perchloric acid; used in pyrotechnics and as powerful oxidizing agents.
- perchloric adjective: Describing compounds containing the most highly oxidized state of chlorine.
- perchloric acid noun: A clear colourless liquid that is a strong acid and a violent, sometimes explosive, oxidizing agent: HClO₄, the oxyacid of chlorine in which chlorine has...
- perchloride noun: A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.
- perchlorinate verb: To chlorinate thoroughly: to add the maximum amount of chlorine to.
- perchlorinated adjective, verb: Thoroughly chlorinated: reacted with chlorine such that many hydrogen atoms have been replaced with chlorine.
- perchlorination noun: The act of perchlorinating.
- perchloro adjective: Describing a derivative in which all hydrogen atoms have been replaced by chlorine
- perchlorobenzene noun: hexachlorobenzene
- perchlorobenzoic adjective: Of or pertaining to perchlorobenzoic acid or its derivatives
- perchlorobenzoic acid noun: The fully chlorinated derivative of benzoic acid; pentachlorobenzoic acid.
- perchloroethylene noun /pəˌklɔːɹəʊˈɛθɪliːn/: Synonym of tetrachloroethylene, a nonflammable, non-polar solvent with low toxicity, especially in the dry-cleaning trade
- perchloroheteroaromatic adjective: Describing any fully chlorinated heteroaromatic compound
- perchloromethane noun: Carbon tetrachloride.
- perchloropentacyclodecane noun: Mirex.
- perchromate noun: A salt or ester of perchromic acid.
- perchromic acid noun: A certain highly oxidized chromic compound, having a deep blue colour, and produced by the action of hydrogen peroxide.
- perciatelli noun: Synonym of bucatini (“type of pasta”).
- percichthyid noun: Any fish in the family Percichthyidae.
- percid noun: Any fish in the family Percidae, the perches and darters.
- perciform adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to any of very many fish, of the order Perciformes, that have fin spines, a swim bladder without a duct, usually ctenoid scales, and 17 or...
- percine adjective, noun: Resembling a perch (the fish).
- percipience noun /pəˈsɪp.i.əns/: perception
- percipiency noun /pə(ɹ)ˈsɪpiənsi/: The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.
- percipiendum noun: That which is to be perceived.
- percipient adjective, noun /pəˈsɪp.i.ənt/: Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly.
- percipiently adverb: In a percipient manner.
- Percival proper noun /ˈpɜː(ɹ)sɪvəl/: A male given name from the Celtic languages.
- Percival's cattleya noun: An orchid of species Cattleya percivaliana.
- perclose noun: Alternative form of parclose (“partition, or enclosed place”).
- Percocet proper noun /ˈpɜɹkəˌsɛt/: A brand name for an analgesic combination drug containing oxycodone and paracetamol, often used for recreational purposes.
- percoid adjective, noun: Of or belonging to Percoidea, a taxonomic superfamily in the order Perciformes.
- percoidean noun: Any member of a species of suborder or superfamily Percoidea of fish related to perches.
- percolate noun, verb /ˈpɜːkəleɪt/: To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.
- percolation noun /pɝkəˈleɪʃən/: The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.
- percolation theory noun: A mathematical theory that models a cluster structure in a random graph to describe the spread of phenomena passing through the edges.
- percolative adjective: That percolates
Part 51 · Part 53 · English words: P
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.