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Pernios
- noun - inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture
Perpend
- - To weight carefully in the mind.
Perplex
- verb - be a mystery or bewildering to;
- make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
Perrier
- - A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot.
- Additional Meaning: Louis Perrier, doctor who bought a mineral water spring in the south of France in1888.
Perries
- noun - a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
- United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858)
- United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819)
- United States philosopher (1876-1957)
Persalt
- - A term formerly given to the salts supposed to be formed respectively by neutralizing acids with certain peroxides.
Perseid
- - One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are probably fragments of Swift's comet of 1862 (III).
Perseus
- noun - (Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster
- a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way