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Pejorative
- adjective - expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"
Pendentive
- - The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola. (b) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel.
Pentaptote
- - A noun having five cases.
Pentaptych
- - A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centerpiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece.
Pentastich
- - A composition consisting of five verses.
Pentastyle
- - Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture. -- n. A portico having five columns.
Percentage
- noun - a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;
Percentile
- noun - (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
Perception
- noun - a way of conceiving something; "Luther had a new perception of the Bible"
- becoming aware of something via the senses
- knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"
- the process of perceiving
- the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
Perceptive
- adjective - having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation"
- of or relating to perception; "perceptive faculties"