English words: peroryctid to Persian cumin
300 English words, part 60 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 36 have a page of their own.
English words peroryctid to Persian cumin
- peroryctid noun: Any member of the family Peroryctidae (now subfamily Peroryctinae of family Peramelidae) of bandicoots.
- perosamine noun: A mannose-derived 4-aminodeoxysugar produced by some bacteria.
- peroshky noun: Alternative form of pirozhki.
- perosis noun: Synonym of chondrodystrophy.
- perosmic adjective: Relating to osmium in its highest oxidation state (+8)
- perospirone noun: An antipsychotic piperazine drug.
- perosseous adjective: Through bone.
- Perot proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- perotic adjective: Of or relating to perosis.
- Perotti proper noun: A surname.
- perovskia noun: Any of the genus Perovskia of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
- perovskite noun /pəˈrɒvskaɪt/: A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO₃, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.
- perovskitic adjective: Of or relating to perovskite.
- perox noun: An oxisol in a continuously humid climate, where precipitation exceeds evapotranspiration in all months.
- peroxalate noun: Any salt or ester of peroxalic acid
- peroxidability noun: The condition of being, or the extent to which something is peroxidable
- peroxidable adjective: Subject to peroxidation
- peroxidal adjective: Relating to peroxides, but especially to the bleaching effect of hydrogen peroxide
- peroxidant noun: Any material that causes peroxidation
- peroxidase noun: Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
- peroxidasin noun: A protein related to peroxidase
- peroxidated adjective: Modified by peroxidation
- peroxidatic adjective: Relating to, or by means of a peroxidase
- peroxidation noun: Any oxidation reaction, especially of an oxide, that produces a peroxide.
- peroxidative adjective: That causes peroxidation
- peroxide noun, verb /pəˈɹɒksaɪd/: A divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group yields hydrogen peroxide when treated...
- peroxide blond noun: A person, especially a man, who bleaches their hair extremely white-blond.
- peroxide blonde noun: A person, especially a woman, who bleaches their hair extremely white-blonde.
- peroxidic adjective: Of, relating to, or involving a peroxide
- peroxidisability noun: Alternative form of peroxidizability.
- peroxidisable adjective: Alternative spelling of peroxidizable.
- peroxidise verb: Alternative spelling of peroxidize.
- peroxidisulphate noun: peroxidisulfate
- peroxidizability noun: The condition of being peroxidizable
- peroxidizable adjective: Able to be converted into a peroxide
- peroxidization noun: Act or process of peroxidizing.
- peroxidize verb: To convert into a peroxide.
- peroxidizement noun: peroxidization
- peroxidoredoxin noun: Alternative form of peroxiredoxin.
- peroxidoxin noun: Any of a family of antioxidant proteins
- peroxin noun: Any of a family of proteins, found in peroxisomes, that are associated with several peroxisomal disorders
- peroxinectin noun: A form of peroxidase, present in crayfish blood, that functions in cell adhesion
- peroxinitrite noun: Alternative form of peroxynitrite.
- peroxiporin noun: A type of aquaporin that transports hydrogen peroxide across membranes
- peroxiredoxin noun: Any of a family of antioxidant enzymes that mediate signal transduction in mammalian cells.
- peroxisomal adjective: Of or pertaining to the peroxisome
- peroxisomally adverb: By means of the peroxisome
- peroxisome noun: An intracellular organelle found in all eukaryotes (except Archezoa) which is the source of the enzymes that catalyze the production and breakdown of...
- peroxocarbonate noun: Alternative form of peroxycarbonate.
- peroxodiphosphate noun: The anion P₂O₈⁴⁻ ,derived from peroxodiphosphoric acid, which is a powerful oxidizing agent
- peroxodiphosphoric acid noun: The strong oxidizing agent H₄P₂O₈
- peroxodisulfate noun: Alternative form of peroxydisulfate.
- peroxodisulphate noun: Alternative form of peroxidisulfate.
- peroxomonosulfate noun: The oxyanion SO₅²⁻; any salt containing this ion
- peroxone noun: A mixture of hydrogen peroxide and ozone used in drinking water treatment
- peroxonitrile noun: peroxonitrite
- peroxonitrite noun: The anion O=N-O-O⁻ isomeric with nitrate
- peroxophosphate noun: The anion PO₅³⁻, derived from peroxophosphoric acid, which is a powerful oxidizing agent.
- peroxophosphoric acid noun: The strong oxidizing agent H₃PO₅
- peroxovanadate noun: A complex of vanadate and hydrogen peroxide
- peroxy noun, prefix: Used to name compounds containing the divalent peroxy -O-O- radical
- peroxyacetic adjective: peracetic
- peroxyacetic acid noun: peracetic acid
- peroxyacetone noun: acetone peroxide
- peroxyacetyl noun: The univalent radical derived from peroxyacetic acid
- peroxyacetyl nitrate noun: An urban air pollutant formed photochemically in the air as part of photochemical smog.
- peroxyacetylnitrate noun: Alternative spelling of peroxyacetyl nitrate.
- peroxyacid noun: Synonym of peracid (“acid containing an acidic -OOH group”).
- peroxycarbonate noun: The anion O-CO-O-O²⁻; any salt containing this anion
- peroxychromate noun: The unstable oxyanion CrO₈³⁻ known only in solution
- peroxydation noun: Reaction with a peroxide
- peroxydisulfate noun: A persulfate containing two sulfate moieties
- peroxyflavin noun: Any peroxy derivative of a flavin, in general formed by the reaction of a reduced flavin with dioxygen molecules.
- peroxygenase noun: Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of an alcohol by reaction with hydrogen peroxide
- peroxyhemiacetal noun: Any derivative of a hemiacetal in which the ether linkage (R-O-R) is replaced by a peroxide (R-O-O-R)
- peroxyl noun: Any univalent radical, R-O-O-, derived from a peroxide
- peroxymethane noun: Synonym of dioxirane.
- peroxymolybdate noun: The oxyanion Mo₄O₁₂(O₂)₂⁴⁻; any salt containing this anion
- peroxymonosulfate noun: Synonym of monopersulfate.
- peroxynitrate noun: The anion NO₄
- peroxynitric acid noun: An oxoacid of nitrogen with the chemical formula HNO₄
- peroxynitrite noun: The unstable oxyanion O=N-O-O⁻, a structural isomer of the nitrate anion; it exhibits cis-trans isomerism
- peroxynitrous acid noun: The conjugate acid of peroxynitrite, with chemical formula HNO₃.
- peroxyredoxin noun: Alternative form of peroxiredoxin.
- peroxyselenic acid noun: any compound of general formula RSe-OOH
- peroxytrichloride noun: Any trichloride that is also a peroxide
- peroxytrifluoroacetic acid noun: Synonym of trifluoroperacetic acid.
- peroxyvanadate noun: The oxyanion V₂O₇⁴⁻ (containing a peroxide link between the two vanadium atoms) or any salt containing this anion
- perp adjective, noun /pɜːp/: A perpetrator.
- perp walk noun, verb: The intentional public display before news cameras of a person in police custody, especially someone famous or notorious, for the purpose of satisfying...
- perpend noun, verb /pəˈpɛnd/: To ponder, consider.
- perpend stone noun: A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder.
- perpender noun: A perpend stone.
- perpendicle noun: Something that hangs down, especially straight down, such as a plumb line.
- perpendicular adjective, noun /ˌpɜː.pənˈdɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/: At or forming a right angle (to something).
- perpendicular bisector noun: A line that divides a line segment into two equal parts while also being perpendicular to said line segment.
- perpendicular distance noun: The distance between two objects measured along a line that is perpendicular to one or both.
- perpendicular magnetic recording noun: Synonym of perpendicular recording
- perpendicular recording noun: A technique of creating magnetic data storage using vertical as opposed to longitudinal magnetization.
- perpendicular universe noun: A separate universe, comparable to a parallel universe.
- perpendicularity noun: The condition of being perpendicular.
- perpendicularly adverb: In a perpendicular manner.
- perpendicularness noun: Quality of being perpendicular.
- perpension noun: Careful consideration; pondering.
- perpensity noun: Perpension.
- perpent noun: Alternative form of perpend.
- perpent stone noun: A perpend stone.
- perper noun /ˈpɜː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)/: A former currency of Montenegro between 1906 and 1918, divided into 100 para.
- perpession noun: suffering; endurance
- perpet noun: Alternative form of perpetuana (“kind of fabric”).
- perpetrable adjective: Capable of being perpetrated.
- perpetrate verb /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pəˌtɹeɪt/: To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.
- perpetration noun: The act of perpetrating
- perpetrator noun /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pɪˌtɹeɪt.ə(ɹ)/: One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
- perpetratorhood noun: The state or perception of being a perpetrator.
- perpetratorless adjective: Without a perpetrator.
- perpetratorness noun: The state or quality of being a perpetrator.
- perpetratress noun: A female perpetrator.
- perpetratrix noun: female perpetrator
- perpetuable adjective /pə(ɹ)ˈpɛtjʊəbəl/: Capable of being perpetuated or continued.
- perpetual adjective, noun /pɚˈpɛt͡ʃuəl/: Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time.
- perpetual beta noun: A marketing strategy in which a maker of computer software or hardware repeatedly launches early versions of new products as a product development feedback...
- perpetual bond noun: A bond with no maturity date, paying coupons forever.
- perpetual canon noun: A limited type of canon in which three or more voices sing exactly the same melody at the unison (and may continue repeating it indefinitely), but with each...
- perpetual check noun: A draw forced by one player by putting the opponent's king in a potentially infinite series of checks.
- perpetual curate noun: A resident parish priest or incumbent curate within the United Church of England and Ireland, supported by a cash stipend, usually maintained by an...
- perpetual futures noun: A futures contract without an expiry date.
- perpetual inventory noun: A system of maintaining a business' inventory in which changes to the inventory are recorded in real time, so that the inventory is always accurate.
- perpetual license noun: A license with no expiration date.
- perpetual motion noun: The motion of some hypothetical device that continues forever with no external input of energy, in violation of the laws of thermodynamics.
- perpetual motion machine noun: A hypothetical, pseudoscientific device that exhibits perpetual motion, especially one that does useful work with no input of energy.
- perpetual motion machine of the first kind noun: A perpetual motion machine that produces work without the input of energy.
- perpetual motion machine of the second kind noun: A perpetual motion machine that spontaneously converts thermal energy into mechanical work.
- perpetual pill noun: A purgative pill made with antimony, able to be swallowed, voided, washed, and taken again.
- perpetual revolution noun: Synonym of permanent revolution.
- perpetual stew noun: A pot of stew kept continuously cooking and having further ingredients added over a long period of time, as well as portions being eaten.
- perpetualism noun: The belief that some state of affairs is, or should be, everlasting.
- perpetualist noun: A proponent of perpetualism.
- perpetuality noun: The quality of being perpetual.
- perpetually adverb /pəˈpɛtʃʊəli/: Seeming to never end; endlessly; constantly.
- perpetualness noun: Quality of being perpetual.
- perpetuana noun: A durable wool serge fabric.
- perpetuance noun: Synonym of perpetuity.
- perpetuano noun: Alternative form of perpetuana (“kind of fabric”).
- perpetuate adjective, verb /pəˈpɛt͡ʃʊeɪt/: To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.
- perpetuation noun /pə(ɹ)ˌpɛtjuˈeɪʃən/: The act of prolonging existence, of keeping something alive or active.
- perpetuator noun: One who perpetuates.
- perpetuity noun /ˌpɜː(ɹ)pɪˈtjuːɪti/: The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
- perpetuous adjective: incessant; perpetual
- perpetuously adverb /pɜːˈpɛtjuːəslɪ/: Synonym of perpetually (“everlastingly, in perpetuity, for ever”).
- perpetuum mobile noun /pəːˌpɛtjʊəm ˈməʊbɪleɪ/: A perpetual motion machine.
- perphenazine noun: A potent anti-psychotic drug.
- Perpignan proper noun /ˈpɜːpɪnjɒn/: A city, the capital of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, formerly in Languedoc-Roussillon.
- perplection noun: Rare spelling of perplexion.
- perplex adjective, noun, verb /pɚˈplɛks/: To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
- perplex number noun: Synonym of split-complex number.
- perplexable adjective: Able to be perplexed; confusable.
- perplexation noun: The state of being perplexed; perplexity.
- perplexed adjective, verb /pɚˈplɛkst/: Confused or puzzled.
- perplexedly adverb: In a confused or puzzled manner.
- perplexedness noun: The quality of being perplexed; bafflement; confusion.
- perplexer noun: One who perplexes.
- perplexful adjective: perplexing
- perplexing adjective, verb /pɚˈplɛksɪŋ/: That causes perplexity.
- perplexingly adverb: In a way or to an extent that is perplexing.
- perplexingness noun: The quality of being perplexing.
- perplexion noun: Condition or state of being perplexed; perplexity.
- perplexity noun /pəˈplɛksɪti/: The state or quality of being perplexed.
- perplexiveness noun: The quality of being perplexing; perplexingness
- perplexly adverb: perplexedly
- perplexment noun /pəˈplɛksmənt/: The state of being perplexed; perplexity.
- perplural noun: Synonym of superplural
- perpotassic adjective: Having a high potassium content relative to other elements.
- perpotation noun: excessive drinking; boozing
- perprotonated adjective: protonated at all possible positions
- perpyne noun: A 16th-century French gold coin bearing a porcupine emblem.
- perq noun: Alternative form of perk (a perquisite)
- perquire adjective, adverb: Exactly.
- perquisite noun /ˈpɜːkwɪzɪt/: Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
- perquisited adjective: Supplied with perquisites.
- perquisition noun: A thorough inquiry or search.
- perquisitor noun: The first purchaser of an estate.
- Perrache proper noun: A quarter in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, named after Antoine Michel Perrache.
- perradial adjective: Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate.
- perradially adverb: In a perradial manner.
- perradius noun: Any of the primary rays of a medusa
- Perranporth proper noun: A small town in Perranzabuloe parish, on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7554).
- Perrault proper noun: A surname from French.
- Perraultian adjective: Of or relating to Charles Perrault (1628–1703), French author who laid the foundations for the fairy tale genre with his works derived from folktales.
- perraultite noun: A monoclinic-sphenoidal orange brown mineral containing barium, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium,...
- Perreault proper noun: A surname from French.
- Perreira proper noun: A surname.
- Perrella proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Perrelli proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Perren proper noun: A surname.
- Perret proper noun: A surname.
- Perrett proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- Perretta proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Perrhaebian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Perrhaebia.
- perrhenate noun: The ReO₄⁻ oxyanion; any salt containing this anion
- perrhenic acid noun: The oxyacid of rhenium HReO₄
- Perri proper noun: A male given name.
- Perricone proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- perridiculous adjective: Thoroughly ridiculous.
- perrier noun: A short mortar used for throwing stone shot.
- Perrigo proper noun: A surname.
- Perriman proper noun: A surname.
- Perrin proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- Perrineau proper noun: A surname from French.
- Perring proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- perrinitid noun: Any ammonite in the family Perrinitidae.
- Perrins proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- Perris proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- perrisodactyl adjective, noun /pɛɹɪsəʊˈdæktɪl/: having one or an odd number of toes, especially in designation of certain ungulates
- Perritt proper noun: A surname.
- PERRL phrase: Initialism of pupils are equal, round and react to light.
- PERRLA phrase: Acronym of pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation.
- Perro proper noun: A surname.
- perron noun /ˈpɛɹən/: A stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.
- Perrone proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- perroquet auk noun: Synonym of parakeet auklet.
- perrostral adjective: Of a suture of a trilobite, running along the edge of a rostrum.
- Perrott proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
- Perrotta proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Perrotti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- perroudite noun: An orthorhombic-disphenoidal light red mineral containing bromine, chlorine, iodine, mercury, silver, and sulfur.
- perruque noun: Alternative form of peruke.
- perruqued adjective: Alternative form of peruked.
- perruquier noun: A maker of perukes or wigs.
- perruthenate noun: The oxyanion of ruthenium RuO₄⁻ or any salt containing this anion
- perry noun /ˈpɛɹ.i/: A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears, similar to hard apple cider.
- Perry boy noun: A member of the casual subculture in Manchester in the 1980s.
- Perry Mason moment noun: A moment during legal or judicial proceedings when evidence or other information, usually unknown to most present, is introduced into the record in a manner...
- perryite noun: A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal gray white mineral containing iron, nickel, phosphorus, and silicon.
- Perryman proper noun: A surname.
- Perryton proper noun: An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio, United States.
- Perryville proper noun: A census-designated place in Alaska.
- pers adjective, adverb, noun, pronoun: That which belongs to per, theirs (singular): possessive case of per, used in place of a noun.
- pers. comm. noun: Abbreviation of personal communication: used by authors to reference personal correspondence in academic works.
- Persad proper noun: A surname.
- Persae noun: The ancient Persians.
- persalt noun: The form of a salt of a particular base/acid combination in which the base has the highest valency; i.e. the salt formally derived from a peroxide.
- Persaud proper noun: A surname.
- perscopate verb /ˈpɜːskəpeɪt/: to bristle or horripilate
- perscrutate verb /pəːˈskruː.teɪt/: To scrutinize, peruse, inspect (something).
- perscrutation noun /pəː.skɹuːˈteɪʃən/: A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny.
- perse adjective, noun /pɜːs/: A very dark (almost black) purple or blue-gray colour.
- Persean adjective, noun: Relating to the mythological Perseus.
- persecutable adjective: Able to be persecuted
- persecute verb /ˈpɝsəkjut/: To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
- persecutee noun: One who is subjected to persecution.
- persecutingly adverb: So as to persecute.
- persecution noun /ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/: The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.
- persecution complex noun: A fixed, irrational, and delusional belief that one is being mistreated, oppressed, or harassed by others, despite a lack of evidence.
- persecutional adjective: Of or relating to persecution.
- persecutive adjective: persecutory
- persecutor noun: A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
- persecutorial adjective: Synonym of persecutory.
- persecutorily adverb: In a persecutory manner.
- persecutory adjective /ˌpɜːsəˈkjuːtəɹi/: Of or relating to persecution.
- persecutress noun: A female persecutor.
- persecutrix noun /ˌpɜː.sɪˈkjuː.tɹɪks/: A female persecutor.
- perseid adjective, noun /ˈpɜː.sɪ.ɪd/: A descendant of Perseus.
- perseitol noun: A sugar alcohol (2S,3R,5R,6R)-heptane-1,2,3,4,5,6,7-heptol
- perselenide noun: Any selenide containing two or more selenium atoms
- perself pronoun: Per, themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form of per.
- persephin noun: A particular glial neurotrophic factor
- Persephone proper noun /pəˈsɛfəni/: A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and...
- Persephonean adjective: Of or relating to Persephone in Ancient Greek mythology.
- Persepolis proper noun /pəˈsɛpəlɪs/: The ceremonial capital city of Achaemenid Persia; its ruins in the present day.
- Persepolitan adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Persepolis.
- Perseus proper noun /ˈpɝ.si.əs/: The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was...
- perseverance noun /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəɹəns/: Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
- perseverance of the saints noun: A doctrine, one of the Five Points of Calvinism, stating that true believers in Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross (the "saints") cannot...
- perseverant adjective /pɚsɪˈvɪɹənt/: Enduring; persistent, resistant.
- perseverantly adverb: With perseverance; persistently.
- perseverate verb /pəːˈsɛvəɹeɪt/: To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended.
- perseverating adjective, verb /pəˈsɛvəɹeɪtɪŋ/: Exhibiting perseveration; persisting, continuing.
- perseveration noun /pəˌsɛvəˈɹeɪʃən/: An uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by...
- perseverative adjective /pə(ɹ)ˈsɛvəɹətɪv/: Of or pertaining to perseveration.
- perseverative assimilation noun: Synonym of progressive assimilation.
- perseveratively adverb: In a perseverative manner
- perseverativeness noun: The quality of being perseverative.
- perseverator noun: One who perseverates.
- persevere verb /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪə/: To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
- perseverent adjective: Alternative spelling of perseverant.
- perseverer noun: One who perseveres.
- persevering adjective, noun, verb: perseverance
- perseveringly adverb: In a persevering manner; with perseverance.
- perseveringness noun: The state or condition of being persevering.
- Pershing proper noun /ˈpɝʃɪŋ/: A surname.
- Pershore proper noun: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9446).
- Persia proper noun /ˈpɜː.ʒə/: Iran, a country in West Asia.
- Persian adjective, noun /ˈpɜː.ʒən/: Of, from, or pertaining to Persia.
- Persian apple noun: A peach (Prunus persica)
- Persian arch noun: A kind of four-centred arch found in Islamic architecture.
- Persian berry noun: The fruit of several buckthorns.
- Persian blue noun: Any of various shades of blue associated with Persian pottery.
- Persian cat noun: A cat of a long-haired breed with a round face and short muzzle.
- Persian cumin noun: caraway
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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.