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Penalizations
- noun - the act of punishing
Penicillamine
- noun - a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis
Penicillinase
- noun - enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic
Penuriousness
- noun - a disposition to be niggardly with money
- a state of lacking money
Perching Bird
- noun - a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
Perivitelline
- - Situated around the vitellus, or between the vitellus and zona pellucida of an ovum.
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"