Nouns Starting With PER

Here's the list of all the 864 Nouns Starting With PER in the English Language.

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personal
1. a short newspaper article about a particular person or group
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person
1. a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
2. a human body (usually including the clothing)
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performance
1. a dramatic or musical entertainment
2. the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment
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period
1. an amount of time
2. the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
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percent
1. a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent
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perfect
1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
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permission
1. approval to do something
2. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
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personnel
1. group of people willing to obey orders
2. the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
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permanent
1. a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
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permit
1. a legal document giving official permission to do something
2. the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
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percentage
1. a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent
2. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
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perspective
1. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
2. the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
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performing
1. the performance of a part or role in a drama
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personality
1. the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
2. a person of considerable prominence
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perfume
1. a distinctive odor that is pleasant
2. a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
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perry
1. a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
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perception
1. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
2. a way of conceiving something
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performer
1. an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
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peripheral
1. electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer
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percussion
1. the act of playing a percussion instrument
2. the act of exploding a percussion cap
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perfection
1. the state of being without a flaw or defect
2. an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
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percentile
1. (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total
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persistence
1. the property of a continuous and connected period of time
2. persistent determination
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perimeter
1. the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
2. a line enclosing a plane areas
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perennial
1. (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more
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persecution
1. the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
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periodical
1. a publication that appears at fixed intervals
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persuasion
1. the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action
2. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
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perpendicular
1. a straight line at right angles to another line
2. a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
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persona
1. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
2. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
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peril
1. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
2. a state of danger involving risk
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perch
1. support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
2. a linear measure of 16.5 feet
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perm
1. a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
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permeability
1. the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
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peridot
1. a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone
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peroxide
1. a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels
2. an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-
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perturbation
1. an unhappy and worried mental state
2. (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
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peri
1. a beautiful and graceful girl
2. (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
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periphery
1. the outside boundary or surface of something
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perseverance
1. persistent determination
2. the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
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perjury
1. criminal offense of making false statements under oath
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perfusion
1. pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)
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permutation
1. an event in which one thing is substituted for another
2. the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements
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peregrine
1. a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
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pervert
1. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
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perpetrator
1. someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
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peroxidase
1. any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide
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pertussis
1. a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
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perishable
1. food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated
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periodicity
1. the quality of recurring at regular intervals
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perforation
1. a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place
2. a hole made in something
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perk
1. an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
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permanence
1. the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
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perspiration
1. salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
2. the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid
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perversion
1. a curve that reverses the direction of something
2. an aberrant sexual practice
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periwinkle
1. chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
2. commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
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perdition
1. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
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perpetuity
1. the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless)
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percolation
1. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
2. the act of making coffee in a percolator
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permanency
1. the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
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perchlorate
1. a salt of perchloric acid
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permafrost
1. ground that is permanently frozen
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perusal
1. reading carefully with intent to remember
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persimmon
1. any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
2. orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
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periscope
1. an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field
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pergola
1. a framework that supports climbing plants
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perfectionist
1. a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards
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percussionist
1. a musician who plays percussion instruments
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perusing
1. reading carefully with intent to remember
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peritonitis
1. inflammation of the peritoneum
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permeation
1. the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance
2. mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other
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periodontics
1. the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth
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perfumery
1. perfumes in general
2. store where perfumes are sold
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personification
1. a person who represents an abstract quality
2. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
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personhood
1. being a person
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perpetuation
1. the act of prolonging something
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perigee
1. periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth
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personage
1. another word for person; a person not meriting identification
2. a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
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perplexity
1. trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
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percale
1. a fine closely woven cotton fabric
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personae
1. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
2. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
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pericarditis
1. inflammation of the pericardium
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periodontitis
1. a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth
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perversity
1. deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
2. deliberately deviating from what is good
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perfectionism
1. a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable
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perihelion
1. periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun
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percept
1. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
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perfidy
1. betrayal of a trust
2. an act of deliberate betrayal
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pervasiveness
1. the quality of filling or spreading throughout
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peritoneum
1. a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera
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pertinence
1. relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
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persistency
1. persistent determination
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perestroika
1. an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
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