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Pervaporate
- verb - cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane
- evaporate through a semipermeable membrane
Pervasively
- adverb - in a pervasive manner
Perversions
- noun - a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"
- an aberrant sexual practice;
- the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"
Pervertible
- - Capable of being perverted.
Pervicacity
- - Obstinacy; pervicaciousness.
Pescatarian
- unknown - One who eats fish and vegetables but not meat
Pessimistic
- adjective - expecting the worst possible outcome
- gloomy
Pestiferous
- adjective - causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
- contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
- tending to corrupt or pervert
Pestilences
- noun - a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"
- a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate