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Percher
- noun - a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
- a person situated on a perch
Perches
- noun - a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- a square rod of land
- an elevated place serving as a seat
- any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
- any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
- cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head"
- sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"
- Sitting on a perch
- spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
- support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
Perigee
- noun - periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth
Periled
- verb - pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Perinea
- noun - the general region between the anus and the genital organs
Perkier
- adjective - characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s"
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)
Perspex
- noun - a transparent thermoplastic acrylic resin