perchance
— Adverb
– English
~ through chance; "To sleep, perchance to dream..."
perchance
— 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"
percher
— Noun
– English
~ a person situated on a perch
percher
— Noun
– English
~ a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
percheron
— Noun
– English
~ one of a breed of grey or black draft horses originally used in France to draw heavy coaches or artillery
perching bird
— Noun
– English
~ a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
perchlorate
— Noun
– English
~ a salt of perchloric acid
perchloric acid
— Noun
– English
~ a powerful oxidizing agent; forms perchlorates
perchloride
— Noun
– English
~ a chloride containing an unusually high proportion of chlorine
perchloromethane
— Noun
– English
~ a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined
Percidae
— Noun
– English
~ active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches
Perciformes
— Noun
– English
~ one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna