Same as Peonage.

A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus P/onia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation.

To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

Stocked with, or as with, people; inhabited.

Destitute of people.

A settler; an inhabitant.

Vulgar.

An Algonquin tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Illinois.

Same as Maturative.

A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc.

A genus of plants including water purslane.

A peplos. Hence: An overskirt hanging like an ancient peplos; also, a short fitted skirt attached to a waist or coat.

An upper garment worn by Grecian and Roman women.

Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd. See Gourd.

To fire numerous shots (at).

A buttress on the left-hand wall of a fives court as the game is played at Eton College, England.

See 1st Bunt.

A dried berry of the black pepper (Piper nigrum).

A grocer; -- formerly so called because he sold pepper.

Any herb of the cruciferous genus Lepidium, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, Lepidium sativum; -- called also pepperwort. All the species have a pungent flavor. The common pillwort of Europe (Pilularia globulifera). See Pillwort.

A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries, -- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo.

Hot; pungent; peppery.

An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (Mentha piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery.

a hard sausage of beef and pork, highly seasoned.

A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper.

A Pacific coast tree (Umbellularia californica) having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood.

See Peppergrass.

Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.

Full of pep; spirited; bouncy{2}; as, the peppy and interesting talk.

Pepsi Cola; -- a familiar contraction; as, I prefer Pepsi to Coke.

A carbonated soft drink flavored by extract from the cola nut (kola nut). The nut is found on trees of the species Cola acuminata and Cola nitida.

A proteolytic enzyme (MW 34,500) contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It degrades proteins to proteoses and peptides, and is notable for having a very low pH optimum for its activity. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals.

Same as Peptohydrochloric.

A proenzyme, the antecedent of the enzyme pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin.

An agent that promotes digestion.

The science of digestion.

A substance convertible into peptone.

Same as Peptogenous.

Capable of yielding, or being converted into, peptone.

Designating a hypothetical acid (called peptohydrochloric acid, pepsinhydrochloric acid, and chloropeptic acid) which is supposed to be formed when pepsin and dilute (0.1-0.4 per cent) hydrochloric acid are mixed together.

The soluble polypeptides produced by hydrolysis of protein; specifically the soluble peptides into which food is transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices. Peptones are also formed from protein matter by the action of boiling water and boiling dilute acids. Collectively, in a broader sense, all the products resulting from the solution of proteinaceous matter in either gastric or pancreatic juice. In this case, however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as antialbumose, hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true peptones. Also termed albuminose.

To convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of a proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food.

A substance related to peptone.

The presence of peptone, or a peptonelike body, in the urine; now referred to as proteinuria.

A toxic alkaloid found occasionally associated with the peptones formed from fibrin by pepsinhydrochloric acid.

A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited Eastern Connecticut.

Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.

To go through with; to perform.

Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever.

Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond peradventure.

One of the thoracic legs of a crustacean. See Illust. of Crustacea.

To travel over or through.

The act or state of passing through any space; as, the peragration of the moon in her monthly revolution.

To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.

Strolling or walking around; as, in the field we met some perambulating veterans.

The act of perambulating; traversing.

One who perambulates.

Any marsupial of the genus Perameles, which includes numerous species found in Australia. They somewhat resemble rabbits in size and form. See Illust. under Bandicoot.

See Perpender.

See Parbreak.

Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid, HBrO4, of bromine.

A bromide having a higher proportion of bromine than any other bromide of the same substance or series.

A genus of fishes, including the fresh-water perch.

A fine cotton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printed on one side, -- used for women's and children's wear, and for bedsheets.

A fine kind of cotton goods, usually of one color, and with a glossy surface, -- much use for linings.

A compound containing a relatively large amount of carbon.

A percarbide.

Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon.

Perhaps; perchance.

To pierce.

Capable of being perceived; perceptible.

Power of perceiving.

To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord.

Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues; as, a perceived threat.

One who perceives (in any of the senses of the verb).

Parsley.

A proportion multiplied by 100; as, he receives a percent of the proceeds; 3 is 75 percent of 4. Often symbolized by the character /%/; as, at 6% interest.

A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

That object or phenomenon which is perceived.

The quality or state of being perceptible; as, the perceptibility of light or color.

Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable; large enough to be perceived; not so small as to be incapable of perception.

The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apprehension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apprehension; cognition.

Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

The quality or state of being perceptive; power of perception.

An order of fishes including the gray mullets (Mugil), the barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So called from their relation both to perches and to pikes.

Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percid/, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens syn. Perca Americana), and the European perch (Perca fluviatilis).

To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.

By chance; perhaps; peradventure.

A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering.

One who, or that which, perches.

One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman.

A salt of perchloric acid.

Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HClO4), of chlorine; -- called also hyperchloric.

A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.

Pertaining to, or designating, a certain one of the highly oxidized compounds of chromium, which has a deep blue color, and is produced by the action of hydrogen peroxide.

Pertaining to the Perciformes.

An extensive order of fishes, including the true perches (Percid/); the pondfishes (Centrarchid/); the sci/noids (Sci/nid/); the sparoids (Sparid/); the serranoids (Serranid/), and some other related families.

The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.

Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being. One who, or that which, is percipient.

Same as Parclose.

Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percid/. Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percid/; a percoidean.

Same as Perciformes.

Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes.

To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.

The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.

One who, or that which, filters.

A division of fishes including the perches and related kinds.

Latticed. See Lattice, n., 2.

Running through the entire length.

Running over slightly or in haste; cursory.

To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3.

The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report.

A musical instrument which is played by striking, as a drum, cymbal, or xylophone.

A musician who plays percussion instruments.

Striking against; percutient; as, percussive force.

Striking; having the power of striking. That which strikes, or has power to strike.

Of or pertaining to the family Perdicid/, or partridges.

See Parde.

A deciduous plant; -- opposed to evergreen.

Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin.