permeateTo pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture
permeationThe movement of a fluid through a porous or permeable solid.
permethrinA synthetic insecticide, C₂₁H₂₀Cl₂O₃, used to treat head lice, nits, and scabies; as an active ingredient in flea collars; and to eradicate woodworm infestations.
permethrinasepyrethroid hydrolase, an enzyme involved in degradation of pyrethroid pesticides
permethylHaving all its hydrogen atoms replaced by methyl groups
permethylatedmodified by the addition of many (or as many as possible) methyl groups
permethylationAny methylation reaction in which very many, or all possible sites are methylated
PermianAn inhabitant of the Russian region of Perm; specifically, one belonging to a branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples, including Komis and Udmurts, who speak Permic languages.
PermicA group of Finno-Ugric languages spoken in the northwest Urals, including Komi and Udmurt.
permittingUsed in an absolute clause to indicate that the statement modified by the clause (typically an expression of intent) will only be fulfilled if not impeded by the noun.
permittivityA property of a dielectric medium that determines the forces that electric charges placed in the medium exert on each other.
permutatorA special form of rotary converter with stationary commutator and rotating brushes, in which the exciting field is induced by the alternating current in a short-circuited magnetic core instead of being produced by an external magnet.
permutohedronA polytope with n-1 dimensions that is embedded in an n-dimensional space, its vertices formed by permuting the coordinates of the vector (1, 2, 3, ..., n).
permutonA probability measure Φ on the σ-algebra of Borel sets of the unit square [0,1]² such that Φ has uniform marginals (that is, Φ ([α, β] × [0,1]) = Φ ([0,1] × [α, β]) = β − α for every 0 ≤ α ≤ β ≤ 1).
pernambucoThe hard, reddish wood of a tree of the tribe Caesalpinieae, often used as dyewood; especially Paubrasilia echinata, used to make violin bows.
pernambuconeThe tropone 3,8-dimethyl-5-isopropyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-azulene-1,6-dione present in Croton argyroglossum
pernancyA taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.
perneTo spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).
pernilSlow-roasted marinated pork leg or shoulder, typically marinated with sofrito, as prepared in the cuisines of Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
peronealPertaining to the fibula or to the part of the leg containing it, the outside (lateral aspect) of the lower leg (that is, what anatomical terminology calls the leg, from knee to foot).
peroneotibialRelating to the perone (fibula) and the tibia.
peroneumA small sesamoid bone in the foot found in some humans.
peroneusAny of several muscles of the lateral side of the leg, which arise from the fibula and act to move the foot.
PeronismThe eclectic political ideology attributed to the former Argentine leaders Juan Perón and Eva Duarte de Perón, combining populism, nationalism and state intervention, but originally chiefly centred on their personalities.
PeronistA supporter of Juan Perón and/or Eva Perón and/or their regime.
PeronneA locality in the Shire of West Wimmera, western Victoria, Australia.
perorateTo speak or declaim at great length, especially in a pompous or grandiloquent manner; to harangue.
perorationThe concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.