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pervasive spreading or present everywhere or throughout.
perverse stubbornly opposed to what is expected or requested of one, or marked by or inclined toward such an attitude. [3 definitions]
perversion an act or instance of perverting, or the condition of being perverted. [2 definitions]
perversity the quality or condition, or an instance, of being perverse.
pervert to lead astray or corrupt. [5 definitions]
perverted being opposite to or different from what is considered right or proper; wicked; distorted. [2 definitions]
pervious subject to passage or entrance, as by water; permeable. [2 definitions]
Pesach see "Passover."
peseta a chief monetary unit, along with the franc, of Andorra, equaling one hundred centimos. [2 definitions]
pesewa the smaller monetary unit of Ghana. (Cf. cedi.)
pesky (informal) pestering or annoying.
peso the chief monetary unit of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the Philippines, equaling one hundred centavos. [3 definitions]
pessary a device worn in the vagina to correct uterine displacement, or to prevent conception. [2 definitions]
pessimism the belief that events will turn out badly; tendency to expect the worst. (Cf. optimism.) [3 definitions]
pessimist one who usu. expects a bad outcome. (Cf. optimist.) [2 definitions]
pessimistic tending to expect unfavorable outcomes. [2 definitions]
pest an insect or animal that causes damage to crops or is harmful in other ways. [3 definitions]
pester to bother continually or repeatedly in ways that are small but annoying; annoy. [2 definitions]
pesthole a place that is infested or likely to become infested with epidemic disease.
pesticide a chemical substance used to kill pests, esp. insects that harm crops.
pesticide resistance the evolved resistance of a pest to one or more pesticides.