pertness
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ inappropriate playfulness
perturb
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet"
perturb
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
perturb
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"
perturb
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order"
perturbation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the act of causing disorder
perturbation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
perturbation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption; "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function"
perturbation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
perturbation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
perturbed
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
perturbing
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
Pertusaria
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~ crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus
Pertusariaceae
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a fungus family of division Lichenes
pertussis
— Navneord
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~ a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
peru
— Navneord
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~ a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries
peruke
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries
peruked
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries
perusal
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ reading carefully with intent to remember
peruse
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure"