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Pervious
- adjective - admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat"
Peshitto
- - The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament.
Peskiest
- 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"
Pessimal
- adjective - of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival
Pessimum
- adjective - of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival
Petrific
- - Petrifying; petrifactive.
Pettiest
- adjective - (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
- contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"
- inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
- Most trivial
Pettifog
- verb - argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
Pettings
- noun - affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
Pharisee
- noun - a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions
- a self-righteous or sanctimonious person