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| PEPPERMILL | | n. Device for grinding pepper by hand. | |
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| PEPPERMINT | | n. - a mint plant grown for its strong-flavoured oil. B this oil.
- sweet flavoured with peppermint. | |
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| PERCENTAGE | | n. - rate or proportion per cent.
- proportion. | |
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| PERCENTILE | | n. Statistics 1 each of 99 points at which a range of data is divided to make 100 groups of equal size.
- each of these groups. | |
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| PERCEPTION | | n. - act or faculty of perceiving.
- (often foll. By of) intuitive recognition of a truth, aesthetic quality, etc.; way of seeing, understanding. perceptual adj. | |
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| PERCEPTIVE | | adj. - sensitive; discerning.
- capable of perceiving. perceptively adv. Perceptiveness n. Perceptivity n. | |
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| PERCIPIENT | | adj. Able to perceive; conscious. percipience n. [latin: related to *perceive] | |
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| PERCOLATOR | | n. Machine making coffee by circulating boiling water through ground beans. | |
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| PERCUSSION | | cap n. Small amount of explosive powder contained in metal or paper and exploded by striking.
- n. - a (often attrib.) Playing of music by striking instruments with sticks etc. (percussion instrument). B such instruments collectively.
- gentle tapping of the body in medical diagnosis.
- forcible striking of one esp. Solid body against another. percussionist n. Percussive adj. [latin percutio -cuss- strike] | |
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| PEREMPTORY | | adj. - (of a statement or command) admitting no denial or refusal.
- (of a person, manner, etc.) Imperious; dictatorial. peremptorily adv. Peremptoriness n. [latin peremptorius deadly, decisive] | |
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