Peruvian balsam
— Noun
– English
~ tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam
Peruvian
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to or characteristic of Peru or its people; "Peruvian artifacts"
pervade
— Verb
– English
~ spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
pervaporate
— Verb
– English
~ cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane
pervaporate
— Verb
– English
~ evaporate through a semipermeable membrane
pervaporation
— Noun
– English
~ the concentration of a colloidal solution whose colloid will not pass through a semipermeable membrane; solution is placed in a bag of the membrane and the solvent is evaporated off
pervasion
— Noun
– English
~ the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance
pervasive
— Adjective
– English
~ spreading or spread throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion"
pervasively
— Adverb
– English
~ in a pervasive manner
pervasiveness
— Noun
– English
~ the quality of filling or spreading throughout; "the pervasiveness of the odor of cabbage in tenement hallways"
perverse
— Adjective
– English
~ marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"
perverse
— Adjective
– English
~ resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
perverse
— Adjective
– English
~ deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
perversely
— Adverb
– English
~ in a contrary disobedient manner
perverseness
— Noun
– English
~ deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
perverseness
— Noun
– English
~ deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"
perversion
— Noun
– English
~ the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"
perversion
— Noun
– English
~ an aberrant sexual practice
perversion
— Noun
– English
~ a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"