Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 48
Pervasion (n.) The act of pervading, passing, or spreading through the whole extent of a thing. -- Boyle.
Pervasion (n.) The process of permeating or infusing something with a substance [syn: permeation, pervasion, suffusion].
Pervasive (a.) Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality. "Civilization pervasive and general." -- M. Arnold.
Pervasive (a.) 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" [syn: permeant, permeating, permeative, pervasive].
Perverse (a.) Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
The only righteous in a world perverse. -- Milton.
Perverse (a.) Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
To so perverse a sex all grace is vain. -- Dryden.
Syn: Froward; untoward; wayward; stubborn; ungovernable; intractable; cross; petulant; vexatious.
Usage: Perverse, Froward. One who is froward is capricious, and reluctant to obey. One who is perverse has a settled obstinacy of will, and likes or dislikes by the rule of contradiction to the will of others.
Perverse (a.) Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans".
Perverse (a.) Resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward].
Perverse (a.) 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" [syn: depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate].
Perversed (a.) Turned aside. [Obs.]
Perversedly (adv.) Perversely. [Obs.]
Perversely (adv.) In a perverse manner.
Perversely (adv.) Deliberately deviant; "his perversely erotic notions".
Perversely (adv.) In a contrary disobedient manner [syn: perversely, contrarily, contrariwise].
Perverseness (n.) The quality or state of being perverse. "Virtue hath some perverseness." -- Donne.
Perverseness (n.) Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline [syn: contrariness, perversity, perverseness].
Perverseness (n.) Deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism" [syn: perversity, perverseness].
Perversion (n.) The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying to a wrong end or use. "Violations and perversions of the laws." -- Bacon.
Perversion (n.) A curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords".
Perversion (n.) An aberrant sexual practice; [syn: perversion, sexual perversion].
Perversion (n.) The action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice".
Perversity (n.) The quality or state of being perverse; perverseness.
Perversity (n.) Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline [syn: contrariness, perversity, perverseness].
Perversity (n.) Deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism" [syn: perversity, perverseness].
Perversive (a.) Tending to pervert.
Perversive (a.) Tending to corrupt or pervert [syn: corruptive, perversive, pestiferous].
Perverted (imp. & p. p.) of Pervert.
Perverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pervert.
Pervert (v. t.) To turn another way; to divert. [Obs.]
Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath. -- Shak.
Pervert (v. t.) To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words. -- Dryden.
He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve. -- Milton.
Pervert (v. i.) To become perverted; to take the wrong course. [R.] -- Testament of Love.
Pervert (n.) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert.
That notorious pervert, Henry of Navarre. -- Thackeray.
Pervert (n.) A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate].
Pervert (v.) Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect].
Pervert (v.) Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn: twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate].
Pervert (v.) Change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" [syn: pervert, misuse, abuse].
Perverted (a.) (Used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; "kinky sex"; "perverted practices" [syn: kinky, perverted].
Perverted (a.) Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem" [syn: distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted].
Perverted (a.) 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" [syn: depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate].
Perverter (n.) One who perverts (a person or thing). "His own parents his perverters." -- South. "A perverter of his law." -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Pervertible (a.) Capable of being perverted.
Pervestigate (v. t.) To investigate thoroughly. [Obs.]
Pervestigation (n.) Thorough investigation. [Obs.] -- Chillingworth.
Pervial (a.) Pervious. [Obs.] -- Per"vi*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Pervicacious (a.) Obstinate; willful; refractory. [Obs.] -- Per`vi*ca"cious*ly, adv. -- Per`vi*ca"cious*ness, n.
Pervicacity (n.) Obstinacy; pervicaciousness. [Obs.] -- Bentley.
Pervicacy (n.) Pervicacity. [Obs.]
Pervigilation (n.) Careful watching. [Obs.]
Pervious (a.) Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
[Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way. -- Pope.
Pervious (a.) Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision. [R.]
God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. -- Jer. Taylor.
Pervious (a.) Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] -- Prior.
Pervious (a.) (Zool.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.
Pervious (a.) Admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat" [ant: imperviable, impervious].
Perviousness (n.) The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass. -- Boyle.
Perviousness (n.) The quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) [syn: penetrability, perviousness] [ant: impenetrability, imperviousness].
Pervis (n.) See Parvis.
Pery (n.) A pear tree. See Pirie. [Obs.]
Pirie, (n.) [See Pear.] (Bot.) A pear tree. [Written also pery, pyrie.] [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Pedes (n. pl. ) of Pes.
Pes (n.) (Anat.) The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot.
Pes (n.) The part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot" [syn: foot, human foot, pes].
PES, () Programmed Electrical Stimulation.
PES, () Proposed Encryption Standard (cryptography).
PES, () Packetized Elementary Stream (DVB, ISO, IEC 13818-2/13818-3).
PES, () P-bit Errored Seconds (DS3/ E3, BIT).
PES, () Photo-Electric Scanning (DTP).
Pesade (n.) [F.] (Man.) The motion of a horse when, raising his fore quarters, he keeps his hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing.
Pesage (n.) A fee, or toll, paid for the weighing of merchandise.
Pesage , () mer. law. In England a toll bearing this name is charged for weighing avoirdupois goods other than wool. 2 Chit. Com. Law. 16.
Pesane (n.) (Anc. Armor.) See Pusane.
Pusane (n.) (Anc. Armor) A piece of armor for the breast; often, an addition to, or re["e]nforcement of. the breastplate; -- called also pesane.
Pesanted (a.) Made heavy or dull; debased. [Obs.] "Pesanted to each lewd
thought's control." -- Marston.
Peschito (n.) See Peshito.
Peshito, Peshitto, (n.) The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament. [Written also peschito.]
Pese (n.) A pea. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Peseta (n.) [Sp.] A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents, and divided into 100 centesimos. Now replaced by the euro. Peshito
Peseta (n.) Formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos [syn: peseta, Spanish peseta].
Peshito (n.) Alt. of Peshitto.
Peshitto (n.) The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament. [Written also peschito.]
Pesky (a.) Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive. [Colloq. & Low, U.S.] -- Judd.
Pesky (a.) Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing].
Peso (n.) A Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian, Colombian, etc., coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a pound weight.
Peso (n.) The basic unit of money in Uruguay; equal to 100 centesimos [syn: Uruguayan peso, peso].
Peso (n.) The basic unit of money in the Philippines; equal to 100 centavos [syn: Philippine peso, peso].
Peso (n.) The basic unit of money in Mexico; equal to 100 centavos [syn: Mexican peso, peso].
Peso (n.) The basic unit of money in Guinea-Bissau; equal to 100 centavos [syn: Guinea-Bissau peso, peso].
Peso (n.) The basic unit of money in the Dominican Republic; equal to 100 centavos [syn: Dominican peso, peso].
Peso (n.) The basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos [syn: Cuban peso, peso].
Peso (n.) The basic unit of money in Colombia; equal to 100 centavos [syn: Colombian peso, peso].
Peso (n.) The basic unit of money in Chile; equal to 100 centesimos [syn: Chilean peso, peso].
Pessaries (n. pl. ) of Pessary.
Pessary (n.) (Med.) （避孕用之）子宮帽；陰道藥栓；（糾正子宮位置的）子宮托 An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a malposition.
Pessary (n.) (Med.) A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass, designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal suppository.
Pessary (n.) A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix [syn: diaphragm, pessary, contraceptive diaphragm].
Pessimism (n.) (Metaph.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for or tends to the worst, or that the world is wholly evil; -- opposed to optimism.
Pessimism (n.) A disposition to take the least hopeful view of a situation.
Pessimism (n.) The feeling that things will turn out badly [ant: optimism].
Pessimism (n.) A general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things [ant: optimism].
PESSIMISM, (n.) A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.
Pessimist (n.) (Metaph.) One who advocates the doctrine of pessimism; -- opposed to optimist.
Pessimist (n.) One who looks on the dark side of things. Pessimist
Pessimist (a.) Alt. of Pessimistic.
Pessimistic (a.) (Metaph.) Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding. "Giving utterance to pessimistic doubt." -- Encyc. Brit.
Pessimist (n.) A person who expects the worst [ant: optimist].
Pessimistical (a.) Pessimistic.
Pessimize (v. i.) To hold or advocate the doctrine of pessimism. -- London Sat. Rev.
Pessuli (n. pl. ) of Pessulus.
Pessulus (n.) (Anat.) A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.
Pest (n.) A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.
England's sufferings by that scourge, the pest. -- Cowper.
Pest (n.) Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance. "A pest and public enemy." -- South.
Pest (n.) A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal [syn: plague, pestilence, pest, pestis].
Pest (n.) Any epidemic disease with a high death rate [syn: plague, pestilence, pest].
Pest (n.) A persistently annoying person [syn: pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly].
Pest (n.) Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides".
PEST, () Parameter Estimation by Sequential Testing.
Pestalozzian (a.) Belonging to, or characteristic of, a system of elementary education which combined manual training with other instruction, advocated and practiced by Jean Henri Pestalozzi (1746-1827), a Swiss teacher.
Pestalozzian (n.) An advocate or follower of the system of Pestalozzi.
Pestalozzianism (n.) The system of education introduced by Pestalozzi.
Pestered (imp. & p. p.) of Pester.
Pestering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pester.
Pester (v. t.) To trouble; to disturb; to annoy; to harass with petty vexations.
We are pestered with mice and rats. -- Dr. H. More.
A multitude of scribblers daily pester the world. -- Dryden.
Pester (v. t.) To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest. [Obs.] -- Milton.
All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with fishes. -- Holland.
Pester (v.) Annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer].
Pesterer (n.) One who pesters or harasses.
Pesterer (n.) A persistently annoying person [syn: pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly].
Pesterment (n.) The act of pestering, or the state of being pestered; vexation; worry. "The trouble and pesterment of children." -- B. Franklin.
Pesterous (a.) Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Pestful (a.) Pestiferous. "After long and pestful calms." -- Coleridge.
Pesthouse (n.) A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease.
Pesthouse (n.) Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) [syn: lazaretto, lazaret, lazarette, lazar house, pesthouse].
Pestiduct (n.) (pl. Pestiducts) That which conveys contagion or infection. [Obs.] --Donne.
Pestiferous (a.) 傳播疾病的，邪惡的 Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies. "Poor, pestiferous creatures begging alms." -- Evelyn.
"Unwholesome and pestiferous occupations." -- Burke.
Pestiferous (a.) Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue.
Pestiferous reports of men very nobly held. -- Shak.
Pestiferous (a.) Contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn: dirty, pestiferous].
Pestiferous (a.) Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers" [syn: pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey].
Pestiferous (a.) Tending to corrupt or pervert [syn: corruptive, perversive, pestiferous].
Pestiferous (a.) Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing].
Pestiferously (adv.) In a pestiferuos manner.
Pestilence (n.) 瘟疫 Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.
The pestilence that walketh in darkness. -- Ps. xci. 6.
Pestilence (n.) Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.
I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. -- Shak.
Pestilence weed (Bot.), The butterbur coltsfoot ({Petasites vulgaris), so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague. -- Dr. Prior.
Pestilence (n.) A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal [syn: plague, pestilence, pest, pestis].
Pestilence (n.) Any epidemic disease with a high death rate [syn: plague, pestilence, pest].
Pestilence (n.) A pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst" [syn: pestilence, canker].
Pestilent (a.) 致命的，傳染性的，有害的 Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. "Corrupt and
pestilent." -- Milton. "What a pestilent knave is this same!" -- Shak.
Pestilent (a.) Exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent].
Pestilent (a.) Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air" -- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers" [syn: pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey].
Pestilential (a.) 瘟疫的，有害的，有惡臭的 Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. "Sends the
pestilential vapors." -- Longfellow.
Pestilential (a.) Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.
So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin. -- Jer. Taylor.
Pestilential (a.) Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers" [syn: {pestilent}, {pestilential}, {pestiferous}, {plaguey}].
Pestilential (a.) 瘟疫的，有害的，有惡臭的 Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease.
Pestilentially (adv.) 傳染地；致命地 Pestilently.
Pestilentious (a.) 瘟疫的，有害的，有惡臭的 Pestilential. [Obs.]
Pestilently (adv.) 傳染地；致命地 In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively. "Above
all measure pestilently noisome." -- Dr. H. More.
Pestilentness (n.) The quality of being pestilent.
Pestillation (n.) The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar. --Sir T. Browne.
Pestle (n.) An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar ; as, to grind with a mortar and pestle.
Pestle (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Pestle (n.) The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork.
Pestled (imp. & p. p.) of Pestle.
Pestling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pestle.
Pestle (v. t. & i.) To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle.
Pet (n.) A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.
Pet (n.) Any person especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child; as, a teacher's pet.
The love of cronies, pets, and favorites. -- Tatler.
Pet (n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness. "In a pet she started up." -- Tennyson.
Pet (n.) Any animal kept as a companion, usually in or around one's home, typically domesticated and cared for attentively and often affectionately. Distinguished from animals raised for food or to perform useful tasks, as a draft animal or a farm animal.
Pet (a.) Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory ; a pet animal.
Some young lady's pet curate. -- F. Harrison.
Pet cock. [Perh. for petty cock.] (Mach.) A little faucet in a water pipe or pump, to let air out, or at the end of a steam cylinder, to drain it. [Also spelled petcock.]
Petted (imp. & p. p.) of Pet.
Petting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pet.
Pet (v. t.) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.