Words in english starting with P

• perfunctory — Adjective – English ～ done or produced as a formality only; "a one-candidate pro forma election"
• perfunctory — Adjective – English ～ hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"; "In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory"
• perfuse — Verb – English ～ force a fluid through (a body part or tissue); "perfuse a liver with a salt solution"
• perfuse — Verb – English ～ cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color"
• perfusion — Noun – English ～ pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)
• Pergamum — Noun – English ～ an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; the technique of preparing sheepskins as parchment was developed here
• pergola — Noun – English ～ a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park"
• perhaps — Adverb – English ～ by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"
• peri — Noun – English ～ a beautiful and graceful girl
• peri — Noun – English ～ (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
• Periactin — Noun – English ～ an antihistamine (trade name Periactin) used to treat some allergic reactions
• perianal — Adjective – English ～ around the anus
• perianth — Noun – English ～ collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
• periapsis — Noun – English ～ (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited
• periarteritis nodosa — Noun – English ～ a progressive disease of connective tissue that is characterized by nodules along arteries; nodules may block the artery and result in inadequate circulation to the particular area
• periarteritis — Noun – English ～ inflammation of the outer coat of an artery
• Pericallis hybrida — Noun – English ～ herb derived from Pericallis cruenta and widely cultivated in a variety of profusely flowering forms with florets from white to pink to red or purple or violet or blue
• Pericallis — Noun – English ～ cineraria
• Pericallis cruenta — Noun – English ～ herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers
• pericardiac — Adjective – English ～ located around the heart or relating to or affecting the pericardium; "pericardial space"

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