Pereskia aculeata
— Noun
– English
~ West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits
perestroika
— Noun
– English
~ an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
perestrojka
— Noun
– Danish
~ præsident Gorbatjovs reformprogram fra slutningen ...
perfect
— Noun
– English
~ a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
perfect participle
— Noun
– English
~ a participle that expresses completed action
perfect game
— Noun
– English
~ a game in which a pitcher does not allow any opposing player to reach base
perfect gas
— Noun
– English
~ a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces
past perfect
— Noun
– English
~ a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"
perfecta
— Noun
– English
~ a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order
perfecter
— Noun
– English
~ a skilled worker who perfects something; "although not the inventor he must be recognized as the perfecter of this technique"
perfectibility
— Noun
– English
~ the capability of becoming perfect; "he believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man"
perfection
— Noun
– English
~ the state of being without a flaw or defect
perfection
— Noun
– English
~ the act of making something perfect
perfection
— Noun
– English
~ an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
perfectionism
— Noun
– English
~ a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable; "his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students"
perfectionist
— Noun
– English
~ a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards
perfective aspect
— Noun
– English
~ the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action
perfective
— Noun
– English
~ a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
perfective
— Noun
– English
~ the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action