peppermint oil
— Noun
– English
~ oil from the peppermint plant used as flavoring
peppermint gum
— Noun
– English
~ red gum tree of Tasmania
pepperoni
— Noun
– English
~ a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage)
pepperwood
— Noun
– English
~ Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
pepperwort
— Noun
– English
~ any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets
pepperwort
— Noun
– English
~ annual herb used as salad green and garnish
peppery
— Adjective
– English
~ having the piquant burning taste of peppers; "corn chips with peppery salsa"
peppiness
— Noun
– English
~ liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep"
peppy
— Adjective
– English
~ marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"
pepsi
— Noun
– English
~ Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola
Pepsi Cola
— Noun
– English
~ Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola
pepsin
— Noun
– English
~ an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones
pepsinogen
— Noun
– English
~ precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach
peptic
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to or promoting digestion; "peptic juices"
peptidase
— Noun
– English
~ any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis
peptide bond
— Noun
– English
~ the primary linkage of all protein structures; the chemical bond between the carboxyl groups and amino groups that unites a peptide
peptide
— Noun
– English
~ amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein
peptide linkage
— Noun
– English
~ the primary linkage of all protein structures; the chemical bond between the carboxyl groups and amino groups that unites a peptide
peptisation
— Noun
– English
~ the process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution
peptise
— Verb
– English
~ disperse in a medium into a colloidal state