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Perkinism
- - A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of two rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part; tractoration, -- first employed by Dr. Elisha Perkins of Norwich, Conn. See Metallotherapy.
Permanent
- adjective - a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
- continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
- not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage"
Perpender
- - A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone.
Personage
- noun - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
- another word for person; a person not meriting identification; "a strange personage appeared at the door"
Personals
- noun - a short newspaper article about a particular person or group
Personate
- verb - attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
- pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
Personify
- verb - attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
- invest with or as with a body; give body to
- represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
Personnel
- noun - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
- the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
Pertinacy
- - The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence.