Nouns starting with P

• peroration — Noun – English ～ a flowery and highly rhetorical oration
• peroxidase — Noun – English ～ any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide
• peroxide — Noun – English ～ an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-
• peroxide blonde — Noun – English ～ a blond whose hair is bleached with peroxide
• peroxide blond — Noun – English ～ a blond whose hair is bleached with peroxide
• peroxide — Noun – English ～ a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels
• perpendicular — Noun – English ～ a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point
• perpendicular — Noun – English ～ an extremely steep face
• perpendicular — Noun – English ～ a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
• perpendicular — Noun – English ～ a straight line at right angles to another line
• perpendicularity — Noun – English ～ the relation of opposition between things at right angles
• perpendicularity — Noun – English ～ the quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon)
• perpendikulær — Noun – Danish ～ lodret linje
• perpetration — Noun – English ～ the act of committing a crime
• perpetrator — Noun – English ～ someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
• perpetual motion machine — Noun – English ～ a machine that can continue to do work indefinitely without drawing energy from some external source; impossible under the law of conservation of energy
• perpetual motion — Noun – English ～ motion that continues indefinitely without any external source of energy; impossible in practice because of friction
• perpetual calendar — Noun – English ～ a chart or mechanical device that indicates the days of the week corresponding to any given date over a long period of years
• perpetuation — Noun – English ～ the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"
• perpetuity — Noun – English ～ the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless)

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