Pervasion (n.) The act of pervading, passing, or spreading through the whole extent of a thing.
Pervasive (a.) Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality.
Perverse (a.) Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
Perverse (a.) Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
Perversed (a.) Turned aside.
Perversedly (adv.) Perversely.
Perversely (adv.) In a perverse manner.
Perverseness (n.) The quality or state of being perverse.
Perversion (n.) The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use.
Perversity (n.) The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.
Perversive (a.) Tending to pervert.
Perverted (imp. & p. p.) of Pervert
Perverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pervert
Pervert (v. t.) To turnanother way; to divert.
Pervert (v. t.) To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words.
Pervert (v. i.) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
Pervert (n.) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert.
Perverter (n.) One who perverts (a person or thing).
Pervertible (a.) Capable of being perverted.
Pervestigate (v. t.) To investigate thoroughly.
Pervestigation (n.) Thorough investigation.
Pervial (a.) Pervious.
Pervicacious (a.) Obstinate; willful; refractory.
Pervicacity (n.) Obstinacy; pervicaciousness.
Pervicacy (n.) Pervicacity.
Pervigilation (n.) Careful watching.
Pervious (a.) Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
Pervious (a.) Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
Pervious (a.) Capable of penetrating or pervading.
Pervious (a.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.
Perviousness (n.) The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass.
Pervis (n.) See Parvis.
Pery (n.) A pear tree. See Pirie.
Pedes (pl. ) of Pes
Pes (n.) The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot.
Pesade (n.) The motion of a horse when, raising his fore quarters, he keeps his hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing.
Pesage (n.) A fee, or toll, paid for the weighing of merchandise.
Pesane (n.) See Pusane.
Pesanted (a.) Made heavy or dull; debased.
Peschito (n.) See Peshito.
Pese (n.) A pea.
Peseta (n.) A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos.
Peshito (n.) Alt. of Peshitto
Peshitto (n.) The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament.
Pesky (a.) Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.
Peso (n.) A Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian, Colombian, etc., coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a pound weight.
Pessaries (pl. ) of Pessary
Pessary (n.) An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition.
Pessary (n.) A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository.
Pessimism (n.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; -- opposed to optimism.
Pessimism (n.) A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.
Pessimist (n.) One who advocates the doctrine of pessimism; -- opposed to optimist.
Pessimist (n.) One who looks on the dark side of things.
Pessimist (a.) Alt. of Pessimistic
Pessimistic (a.) Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding.
Pessimistical (a.) Pessimistic.
Pessimize (v. i.) To hold or advocate the doctrine of pessimism.
Pessuli (pl. ) of Pessulus
Pessulus (n.) A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.
Pest (n.) A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.
Pest (n.) Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance.
Pestalozzian (a.) Belonging to, or characteristic of, a system of elementary education which combined manual training with other instruction, advocated and practiced by Jean Henri Pestalozzi (1746-1827), a Swiss teacher.
Pestalozzian (n.) An advocate or follower of the system of Pestalozzi.
Pestalozzianism (n.) The system of education introduced by Pestalozzi.
Pestered (imp. & p. p.) of Pester
Pestering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pester
Pester (v. t.) To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations.
Pester (v. t.) To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest.
Pesterer (n.) One who pesters or harasses.
Pesterment (n.) The act of pestering, or the state of being pestered; vexation; worry.
Pesterous (a.) Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome.
Pestful (a.) Pestiferous.
Pesthouse (n.) A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease.
Pestiduct (n.) That which conveys contagion or infection.
Pestiferous (a.) Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.
Pestiferous (a.) Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue.
Pestiferously (adv.) In a pestiferuos manner.
Pestilence (n.) Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.
Pestilence (n.) Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.
Pestilent (a.) Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.
Pestilential (a.) Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence.
Pestilential (a.) Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.
Pestilentially (adv.) Pestilently.
Pestilentious (a.) Pestilential.
Pestilently (adv.) In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively.
Pestilentness (n.) The quality of being pestilent.
Pestilation (n.) The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar.
Pestle (n.) An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.
Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape.
Pestle (n.) The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork.
Pestled (imp. & p. p.) of Pestle
Pestling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pestle
Pestle (v. t. & i.) To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.
Pet (n.) A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.
Pet (n.) Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child.
Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
Pet (a.) Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory.
Petted (imp. & p. p.) of Pet
Petting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pet
Pet (v. t.) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.