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Perspicacious
- adjective - acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators"
- mentally acute or penetratingly discerning; "too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow"; "chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership"; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument"
Perspicuities
- noun - clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
Perspicuously
- adverb - in a clear and lucid manner; "this is a lucidly written book"
Perspirations
- noun - salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow"
- the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process"
Pertinacities
- noun - persistent determination
Perturbations
- noun - (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
- a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
- activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption; "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function"
- an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
- the act of causing disorder
Peruvian Bark
- noun - medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
Peruvian Lily
- noun - an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers
- an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lilylike flowers
Pervaporating
- verb - cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane
- evaporate through a semipermeable membrane