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Peptidase
- noun - any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis
Peptonize
- - To convert into peptone; to digest or dissolve by means of a proteolytic ferment; as, peptonized food.
Peragrate
- - To travel over or through.
Percaline
- - A fine kind of cotton goods, usually of one color, and with a glossy surface, -- much use for linings.
Perchance
- adverb - by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"
- through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.."
Percolate
- noun - cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance in order to extract a soluble constituent
- gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
- pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
- permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground"
- prepare in a percolator; "percolate coffee"
- spread gradually; "Light percolated into our house in the morning"
- the product of percolation
Perdicine
- - Of or pertaining to the family Perdicid, or partridges.
Peregrine
- adjective - migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"
- a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
Perennate
- verb - survive from season to season, of plants
Perflable
- - Capable of being blown through.