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. |