Perceptibility
Per‐cep′ti‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. perceptibilité.] 1. The quality or state of being perceptible; as, the perceptibility of light or color.2. Perception. Dr. H. More.
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Perceptible
Per‐cep″ti‐ble (pẽr‐sĕp″tĭ‐b'l), a. [L. perceptibilis: cf. F. perceptible. See Perceive.] Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable.With a perceptible bla...
Perception
Per‐cep″tion (–shŭn), n. [L. perceptio: cf. F. perception. See Perceive.] 1. The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apprehension by the bodily organs, or ...
Perceptive
Per‐cep″tive (?), a. [Cf. F. perceptif.] Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception. “His perceptive and r...
Perceptivity
Per′cep‐tiv″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being perceptive; power of perception. Locke.
Percesoces
‖Per‐ces″o‐ces (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. perca a perch + esox, -ocis, a pike.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes including the gray mullets (Mugil), the barracudas, the silversides, and...
Perch
Perch (pẽrch), n. [Written also pearch.] [OE. perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. πέρκη; cf. περκνόσ dark-colored, Skr. pṛçni spotted, speckled, and E. freckle.] (Zoöl.) 1. Any...
Perch (2)
Perch (?), n. [F. perche, L. pertica.] 1. A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated res...
Perch (3)
Perch, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Perched (pẽrcht); p. pr. & vb. n.Perching.] [F. percher. See Perch a pole.] To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.Wrens make prey where eagle...
Perch (4)
Perch, v. t. 1. To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.2. To occupy as a perch. Milton.
Perchance
Per‐chance″ (pẽr‐chȧns″), adv. [F. par by (L. per) + chance. See Par, and Chance.] By chance; perhaps; peradventure.
Perchant
Perch″ant (?), n. A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering.
Percher
Perch″er (?), n. [From Perch, v. i.] 1. One who, or that which, perches. J. Burroughs.2. One of the Insessores.3. [From Perch a pole.] A Paris candle anciently used in England; ...
Percheron
Per″che‐ron (?), n. One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; — called also Percheron-Norman.
Perchlorate
Per‐chlo″rate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of perchloric acid.
Perchloric
Per‐chlo″ric (?), a. [Pref. per- + chloric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HClO4), of chlorine; — called also hyperchloric.
Perchloride
Per‐chlo″ride (?), n.(Chem.) A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.
Perchromic
Per‐chro″mic (?), a. [Pref. per- + chromic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a certain one of the highly oxidized compounds of chromium, which has a deep blue color, and ...
Perciform
Per″ci‐form (?), a. [NL., & L. perca a perch + -form.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Perciformes.
Perciformes
‖Per′ci‐for″mes (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidæ); the pondfishes (Centrarchidæ); the sciænoids (Sciænidæ); the s...
Percipience
{ Per‐cip″i‐ence (?), Per‐cip″i‐en‐cy (?), } n. The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception. Mrs. Browning.
Percipient
Per‐cip″i‐ent (?), a. [L. percipiens, -entis, p. pr. of percipere. See Perceive.] Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being. Bentley. — n. One who, or...
Perclose
Per‐close″ (?), n. [OF. parclose an inclosed place; L. per through + claudere, clausum, to shut.] 1. (Eccl. Arch.) Same as Parclose.2. Conclusion; end. Sir W. Raleigh.
Percoid
Per″coid (?), a. [L. perca a perch + -oid: cf. F. percoïde.] (Zoöl.) Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidæ. — n. Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied gen...
Percoidea
‖Per‐coi″de‐a (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Same as Perciformes.
Percolate
Per″co‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Percolated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Percolating.] [L. percolatus, p. p. of percolare to percolate; per through + colare to strain.] To cause to pa...
Percolate (2)
Per″co‐late, v. i. To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.