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Perpetually

In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually.

Perpetuation

The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of time; continuance.

Perpetuity

The quality or state of being perpetual; as, the perpetuity of laws.

Perplexed

Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious.

Perplexity

The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.

Perpotation

The act of drinking excessively; a drinking bout.

Perquisite

Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; -- examples are, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service; the use of a company automobile or other company property.

Perradial

Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate.

Perrie

Precious stones; jewels.

Perrier

The name of a brand of bottled mineral water; a glass or bottle of such water; as, I'll have a Perrier..

Perron

An out-of-door flight of steps, as in a garden, leading to a terrace or to an upper story; -- usually applied to medi/vel or later structures of some architectural pretensions.

Perry

A sudden squall. See Pirry.

Pers

Light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shades at different periods. A cloth of sky-blue color.

Persalt

A term formerly given to the salts supposed to be formed respectively by neutralizing acids with certain peroxides.

Persecute

To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship.

Persecution

The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship.

Perseid

One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are probably fragments of Swift's comet of 1862 (III).

Perseus

A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Dana/, who slew the Gorgon Medusa.

Perseverance

The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.

Persevere

To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken.

Persian

A native or inhabitant of Persia.

Persic

Of or relating to Persia. The Persian language.

Persicot

A cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit.

Persienne

Properly, printed calico, whether Oriental or of fanciful design with flowers, etc., in Western work. Hence, as extended in English, material of a similar character.

Persiennes

Window blinds having movable slats, similar to Venetian blinds.

Persiflage

Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery.

Persifleur

One who indulges in persiflage; a banterer; a quiz.

Persimmon

An American tree (Diospyros Virginiana) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious.

Persis

A kind of coloring matter obtained from lichens.

Persist

To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy.

Persistency Persistence

The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy.

Persistent

Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.

Persisting

Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent.

Persnickety

Finicky or fussy; demanding excessive attention to petty details or niceties; unduly particular; fastidious; -- of people.

Person

To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.

Personable

Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman.

personableness

The complex of attributes that make a person socially attractive.

Personage

Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person.

personal computer

A computer{2} designed for use by one person at a time; -- contrasted with shared-time computers such as a mainframe, server or minicomputer, which may be accessed by multiple users each operating from a different input device (in the 1990's, usually a terminal or personal computer). A personal computer typically uses a microprocessor for its CPU.

Personalism

The quality or state of being personal; personality.

Personality

That which constitutes distinction of person; the externally evident aspects of the character or behavior of a person; individuality.

personalized

Made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual; modified for a particular person; as, personalized luggage; personalized advice.

Personally

In a personal manner; by bodily presence; in person; not by representative or substitute; as, to deliver a letter personally.

Personalty

The state of being a person; personality.

Personate

Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.

Personation

The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another; impersonation.

Personify

To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.

Personnel

The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from materiel.

Persoonia

A genus of Australian undershrubs to small trees; the geebungs.

Perspectograph

An instrument for obtaining, and transferring to a picture, the points and outlines of objects, so as to represent them in their proper geometrical relations as viewed from some one point.

Perspectography

The science or art of delineating objects according to the laws of perspective; the theory of perspective.

Perspicacious

Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.

Perspicacity

The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.

Perspicuity

The quality or state of being transparent or translucent.

Perspicuous

Capable of being through; transparent; translucent; not opaque.

Perspirative

Performing the act of perspiration; perspiratory.

Perspiratory

Of, pertaining to, or producing, perspiration; as, the perspiratory ducts.

Perspire

To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.

Persuaded

Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced.

Persuader

One who, or that which, persuades or influences.

Persuasion

The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination.

Persuasive

That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation.

Persulphide

A sulphide containing more sulphur than some other compound of the same elements; as, iron pyrites is a persulphide; -- formerly called persulphuret.

Persulphocyanic

Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline substance (called also perthiocyanic acid), analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containing more sulphur.

Persulphocyanogen

An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; -- called also pseudosulphocyanogen, perthiocyanogen, and formerly sulphocyanogen.

Pert

To behave with pertness.

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