| perspicuity |
clearness of expression; lucidity. |
| perspicuous |
presented clearly; easily understood. |
| perspiration |
the act or process of excreting moisture through the pores of the skin; sweating. [2 definitions] |
| perspire |
to exude moisture through the pores of the skin; sweat. [2 definitions] |
| persuade |
to cause (another) to do something through reasoning, arguing, or appealing to the emotions. [2 definitions] |
| persuasion |
the act of persuading. [3 definitions] |
| persuasive |
having the ability to cause another to do or believe something. |
| pert |
impudent or saucy. [2 definitions] |
| pertain |
to relate or refer to something; have to do with. [3 definitions] |
| pertinacious |
tenacious in purpose, opinion, or the like; persevering. [2 definitions] |
| pertinacity |
the quality or condition of being tenacious, stubbornly determined, or perseverant. |
| pertinent |
of, concerning, or connected to a subject; relevant. |
| perturb |
to cause great disturbance in (the mind); agitate or worry. [3 definitions] |
| perturbable |
combined form of perturb. |
| perturbation |
the act of perturbing, or the condition of being perturbed. |
| pertussis |
an acute infectious respiratory disease particularly serious in children, marked by intense spasms of coughing and sometimes accompanied by a high-pitched sound as air in inhaled between coughs; whooping cough. |
| Peru |
a South American country on the Pacific coast between Ecuador and Chile. |
| peruke |
a wig such as those worn by men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, often powdered, arranged in large rolls over the ears, and tied at the nape in a ribbon; periwig. |
| perusal |
the act or an instance of reading. [2 definitions] |
| peruse |
to read or examine attentively and in detail. |
| pervade |
to spread or be present everywhere in; permeate. |