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Pertinences
- noun - relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
Pertinently
- adverb - in a pertinent way; "what is singular about his use of them is that no other artist, of his time or any other, has painted them so directly, intimately and pertinently"
Perturbable
- - Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted.
Perturbance
- - Disturbance; perturbation.
Pestiferous
- adjective - causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
- contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
- tending to corrupt or pervert
Pestilences
- noun - a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"
- a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Pestilently
- - In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively.
Petticoated
- adjective - wearing or furnished with a petticoat; "petticoated ladies"; "a petticoated table"
Pettifogged
- verb - argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"