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1. [**persevere**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/persevere.md) verb (persevere, perseveres, persevered, persevering) 1) To keep trying to do something even when it is difficult or you fail at first, and not give up.
2. [**persian**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/persian.md) adjective (Persian); noun (a Persian, Persians; Persian — the language, uncountable; a Persian cat) Persian describes Persia, the old name for Iran, and its people, history and culture.
3. [**persimmon**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/persimmon.md) noun (plural persimmons) A sweet orange fruit that grows on a tree in warm lands. An unripe persimmon is very hard and bitter.
4. [**persist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/persist.md) verb (persist, persists, persisted, persisting) To persist is to keep doing something even when it is hard or other people want you to stop.
5. [**persistence**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/persistence.md) noun (persistence, uncountable) Persistence is going on trying to do something even when it is hard or other people want you to stop.
6. [**persistent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/persistent.md) adjective (persistent; persistently adv.) A persistent person keeps on trying and does not give up easily.
7. [**persistently**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/persistently.md) adverb Persistently means continuing again and again without stopping or giving up.
8. [**person**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/person.md) noun (person, people, persons) A person is a man, woman or child, one human being.
9. [**personage**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/personage.md) noun (a personage, personages — formal) 1) (formal) An important or famous person. 2) A character in a play or story.
10. [**personal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/personal.md) adjective (personal) Personal means belonging to or about one particular person.
11. [**personalised**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/personalised.md) adjective (personalised); verb (personalise, personalises, personalised, personalising) Personalised means made specially for one person, often with their name or initials on it.
12. [**personality**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/personality.md) noun (a personality, personalities) Your personality is the kind of person you are: your character, the way you think, feel and behave.
13. [**personally**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/personally.md) adverb (personally) Used to give your own opinion: Personally, I prefer cats.
14. [**personification**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/personification.md) noun (personification, uncountable; a personification, personifications) 1) Personification is a way of writing that gives human feelings or actions to things that are not human: «The wind howled.» «The sun…
15. [**personify**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/personify.md) verb (personify, personifies, personified, personifying) To describe a thing, animal or idea as if it were a person, with human feelings or actions: "The wind howled angrily.".
16. [**personnel**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/personnel.md) noun, plural in meaning (personnel); also «Personnel» = a department The people who work for an organisation, such as an army, a hospital or a company; staff.
17. [**perspective**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perspective.md) noun (a perspective, perspectives; perspective — uncountable) A perspective is a way of thinking about or seeing something, a point of view («from my perspective»).
18. [**perspiration**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perspiration.md) noun (perspiration — uncountable) Perspiration is sweat: the salty water that comes out of your skin when you are hot or working hard.
19. [**perspire**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perspire.md) verb (perspire, perspires, perspired, perspiring) 1) (formal or polite) To sweat; to give off liquid through your skin when you are hot, nervous or working hard.
20. [**persuade**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/persuade.md) verb (persuade, persuades, persuaded, persuading) To persuade someone is to make them agree to do something or believe something by giving good reasons or by asking nicely.
21. [**persuasion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/persuasion.md) noun (persuasion, persuasions) Persuasion is getting someone to believe or do something by giving good reasons.
22. [**persuasive**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/persuasive.md) adjective (persuasive, more persuasive, most persuasive; adverb persuasively) Persuasive means good at making people agree with you or do what you want: a persuasive speaker.
23. [**pert**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pert.md) adjective (pert, perter, pertest) 1) Pert means cheeky and bold, not showing proper respect to someone older. 2) (old use) Neat, lively and smart.
24. [**pertain**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pertain.md) verb (pertain, pertains, pertained, pertaining) «Pertain to»: to be about, be connected with, or belong to something (the rules pertaining to safety).
25. [**pertinent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pertinent.md) adjective (pertinent, more pertinent, most pertinent) 1) (formal) Pertinent means closely connected to the subject being talked about, and useful for it; relevant.
26. [**perturbation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perturbation.md) noun (a perturbation, perturbations) Worry or anxiety; being upset: "She showed no perturbation.".
27. [**perturbed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perturbed.md) adjective (perturbed; verb perturb, perturbs, perturbed, perturbing) Worried and unsettled, so that you cannot feel calm.
28. [**perusal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perusal.md) noun (perusal; usually singular) The act of reading something carefully and thoroughly.
29. [**peruse**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/peruse.md) verb (peruse, peruses, perused, perusing) To read or look at something carefully and in detail.
30. [**peruvian**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/peruvian.md) adjective (Peruvian); noun (a Peruvian, Peruvians) 1) From or belonging to Peru, a country in South America. 2) A person from Peru.
31. [**pervade**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pervade.md) verb (pervades, pervaded, pervading) To spread through every part of a place or thing, filling it all.
32. [**pervert**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pervert.md) verb (pervert, perverts, perverted, perverting); noun (a pervert, perverts) verb: To change something so that it is used wrongly or for a bad purpose: "pervert the truth".
33. [**pes**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pes.md) noun (pes, plural pedes) (science, Latin); also an abbreviation or fragment The foot, or the foot part of an animal's back leg; used by scientists, as in "pes planus" (flat foot).
34. [**pesach**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pesach.md) proper noun (Pesach) 1) (Jewish faith) Pesach is the Hebrew name for Passover, a spring festival when Jewish people remember how God freed the Israelites from…
35. [**pest**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pest.md) noun (a pest, pests) A pest is an insect or animal that harms crops, food, gardens or homes, such as rats, mice, cockroaches or greenfly.
36. [**pesticide**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pesticide.md) noun (a pesticide, pesticides; also uncountable) A pesticide is a chemical used to kill pests — insects, weeds, fungi or small animals that damage crops or gardens.
37. [**pestilence**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pestilence.md) noun (a pestilence, pestilences) A deadly disease that spreads quickly through many people, such as the plague.
38. [**pestilent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pestilent.md) adjective (old use) 1) Causing disease or illness, carrying plague. 2) Very annoying or troublesome.
39. [**pestle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pestle.md) noun (plural pestles) A heavy stick with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding things in a mortar.
40. [**pet**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pet.md) noun (pet, pets); verb (pet, pets, petted, petting); adjective (pet) A pet is an animal that lives with people at home and is cared for, like a cat, dog, rabbit, fish or hamster.
41. [**petal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petal.md) noun (a petal, petals) A petal is one of the thin, often brightly coloured parts that make up the outer ring of a flower.
42. [**petite**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petite.md) adjective (petite) 1) (of a girl or woman) Small, short and slim in a pretty way. 2) Used for clothing sizes for shorter women.
43. [**petition**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petition.md) noun (a petition, petitions); verb (petition, petitions, petitioned, petitioning) A petition is a written request, signed by many people, asking someone in power to do or change something.
44. [**petitionary**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petitionary.md) adjective (petitionary) 1) (church, formal) Petitionary means asking for something; petitionary prayer is prayer that asks God for help or for something needed…
45. [**petrifaction**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petrifaction.md) noun (no plural) 1) The turning of something into stone. 2) (formal) A state of being so frightened that you cannot move.
46. [**petrification**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petrification.md) noun (petrification, uncountable) The process by which a dead plant or animal slowly turns into stone over a very long time, as minerals replace it: petrified wood.
47. [**petrifying**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petrifying.md) verb (petrify, petrifies, petrified, petrifying); also adjective 1) To petrify is to turn something into stone. 2) To petrify is to frighten someone so badly they cannot move.
48. [**petrol**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petrol.md) noun (petrol) 1) Petrol is a liquid fuel made from oil that is put into cars and other engines to make them go.
49. [**petroleum**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petroleum.md) noun (petroleum — uncountable) Petroleum is crude oil: a thick, dark liquid found deep underground that is used to make petrol, diesel, plastics and many other things.
50. [**petticoat**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petticoat.md) noun (plural petticoats) 1) A skirt worn under a dress, long ago. 2) (old use, in fairy tales) A magic garment that does odd things in a tale.
51. [**pettifog**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pettifog.md) verb (pettifog, pettifogs, pettifogged, pettifogging — old, rare) 1) (old) To argue about small, unimportant details in a fussy way. 2) (old) To act as a petty, tricky lawyer who works on small, mean cases.
52. [**petting**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petting.md) verb form (-ing form of «pet»: pet, pets, petted, petting); noun (petting) 1) Stroking an animal gently and kindly. 2) (as in «petting zoo») A place where children can touch and stroke farm animals.
53. [**pettishly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pettishly.md) adverb (pettishly) 1) In a cross, sulky, childish way, as when someone is easily annoyed about small things.
54. [**petty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/petty.md) adjective (petty, pettier, pettiest) 1) Small and unimportant: petty problems. 2) Caring too much about small things in a mean way: «Don't be so petty!» 3) Minor, less…
55. [**pew**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pew.md) noun (a pew, pews); interjection (pew, also pee-yew, informal) A long wooden bench with a back, where people sit in a church.
56. [**pewter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pewter.md) noun (no plural) A soft grey metal, a mix of tin with lead or other metals, used for plates, cups and toy soldiers.
57. [**ph**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ph.md) noun (pH); letters (ph) pH is a number that shows how acidic or alkaline a liquid is, on a scale from 0 to 14.
58. [**phage**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phage.md) noun (a phage, phages); short for bacteriophage A tiny virus that attacks and kills bacteria, not people.
59. [**phantom**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phantom.md) noun (plural phantoms) 1) A ghost or spirit that seems to appear and then vanish. 2) Something that seems to be there but is not real.
60. [**pharaoh**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pharaoh.md) noun (a pharaoh, pharaohs; Pharaoh as a title) A pharaoh was a king of ancient Egypt, who ruled the land and was thought by Egyptians to be a god.
61. [**pharmacist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pharmacist.md) noun (a pharmacist, pharmacists) 1) A trained person who prepares and sells medicines and explains how to take them safely.
62. [**pharmacy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pharmacy.md) noun (a pharmacy, pharmacies) A pharmacy is a shop or part of a shop where medicines are sold and prescriptions are given out.
63. [**phase**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phase.md) noun (a phase, phases); verb (phase in, phase out) A phase is one stage of something that changes over time.
64. [**pheasant**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pheasant.md) noun (a pheasant, pheasants or pheasant) A large bird with a long tail; the males have bright copper, green and red feathers, while females are brown.
65. [**phenomenon**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phenomenon.md) noun (a phenomenon, phenomena) Something that happens or exists, which can be seen or studied, especially in nature or science: a natural phenomenon.
66. [**pheromone**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pheromone.md) noun (a pheromone, pheromones) 1) A pheromone is a chemical that an animal gives off to send a message to others of its own kind, such as «follow me», «danger» or «I am…
67. [**phial**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phial.md) noun (plural phials) A small glass bottle for holding liquid, often medicine.
68. [**philippine**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/philippine.md) adjective (Philippine); noun (the Philippines) Philippine means belonging to or coming from the Philippines, a country in Southeast Asia made of more than 7,000 islands.
69. [**philistine**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/philistine.md) noun (a philistine, philistines; the Philistines — Bible); adjective (philistine) 1) (Bible) The Philistines were an ancient people who lived along the coast of Canaan and were often at war with the Israelites; Goliath…
70. [**philologist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/philologist.md) noun (philologists) 1) A philologist is a person who studies how languages developed and how words changed over time.
71. [**philosopher**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/philosopher.md) noun (a philosopher, philosophers) A philosopher is a person who thinks and writes about big questions, such as what is true, what is right and wrong, and what life means.
72. [**philosophical**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/philosophical.md) adjective (philosophical; adverb philosophically) To do with philosophy — thinking deeply about big questions like what is true, right or real.
73. [**philosophy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/philosophy.md) noun (philosophy, philosophies) 1) Philosophy is the study of big questions about life, knowledge, right and wrong, the mind and what is real, by thinking carefully and…
74. [**philtre**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/philtre.md) noun (philtres) 1) A philtre is a magic drink that is meant to make someone fall in love or act strangely.
75. [**phoebe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phoebe.md) noun (a phoebe, phoebes); proper noun (Phoebe — a name) Phoebe is a girl's name, from an old Greek word meaning bright or shining.
76. [**phoenician**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phoenician.md) adjective (Phoenician); noun (a Phoenician, Phoenicians) 1) Belonging to Phoenicia, an ancient land of trading cities (like Tyre, Sidon and Byblos) on the coast of what is now Lebanon, about…
77. [**phoenix**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phoenix.md) noun (a phoenix, phoenixes); proper noun (Phoenix, a city) A phoenix is a magical bird from old stories that burns itself in fire and is born again from its own ashes.
78. [**phone**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phone.md) noun (phone, phones); verb (phone, phones, phoned, phoning) A phone is a device for calling and talking to people far away.
79. [**phoneme**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phoneme.md) noun (a phoneme, phonemes) 1) (language) The smallest unit of sound in a language that can change the meaning of a word, such as /c/, /a/, /t/ in "cat"; changing /c/…
80. [**phonetic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phonetic.md) adjective (phonetic) 1) Connected with the sounds of speech. 2) Written in a way that shows exactly how a word sounds: "a phonetic spelling". 3) (phonetic…
81. [**phonetically**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phonetically.md) adverb (phonetically) In a way that matches the sounds of speech: "Spell it phonetically" means write it the way it sounds.
82. [**phonics**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phonics.md) noun (phonics — uncountable, used with a singular verb) Phonics is a way of learning to read by matching letters and groups of letters to the sounds they make.
83. [**phosphoric**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phosphoric.md) adjective (phosphoric) Containing phosphorus, especially in "phosphoric acid", a chemical used in fertilisers, rust remover and some fizzy drinks like cola.
84. [**phosphorus**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phosphorus.md) noun (phosphorus — uncountable); adjective forms: phosphorous, phosphoric Phosphorus is a chemical element, a non-metal with the symbol P and atomic number 15.
85. [**photo**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/photo.md) noun (photo, photos) 1) A photo is a picture taken with a camera or a phone. 2) Photo is short for photograph.
86. [**photocopier**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/photocopier.md) noun (a photocopier, photocopiers) A photocopier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents or pictures quickly.
87. [**photograph**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/photograph.md) noun (photograph, photographs); verb (photograph, photographs, photographed, photographing) 1) A photograph is a picture made with a camera. 2) To photograph something is to take a picture of it with a camera.
88. [**photographer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/photographer.md) noun (photographer, photographers) 1) A person who takes photographs, either as a job or as a hobby. 2) The person who took a particular photo.
89. [**photographic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/photographic.md) adjective (photographic) Photographic means to do with photographs or photography.
90. [**photography**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/photography.md) noun (photography, uncountable) Photography is the art, hobby or job of taking photographs with a camera or phone.
91. [**photoshop**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/photoshop.md) verb (photoshop, photoshops, photoshopped, photoshopping); noun (Photoshop – the program, a trademark) 1) (Photoshop, noun) A computer program used to edit pictures. 2) (verb, informal) To change a photo digitally, often to make it look…
92. [**photosphere**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/photosphere.md) noun (the photosphere) The photosphere is the bright outer surface of the Sun (or another star) that we see, from which most of its light shines out.
93. [**photosynthesis**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/photosynthesis.md) noun (photosynthesis) 1) Photosynthesis is the way green plants make their own food using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide from the air, giving out oxygen.
94. [**phrasal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phrasal.md) adjective (phrasal) 1) Made of a phrase, or to do with phrases. 2) In "phrasal verb": a verb made of a verb plus a small word like up, out, off or on, which…
95. [**phrase**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/phrase.md) noun (a phrase, phrases); verb (phrase, phrases, phrased, phrasing) A small group of words that go together but is not a whole sentence.
96. [**physical**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/physical.md) adjective (physical); noun (a physical — US, a medical check) Physical means about the body, not the mind: physical exercise, physical pain.
97. [**physically**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/physically.md) adverb (physically) In a way that is about the body, not the mind: physically fit.
98. [**physician**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/physician.md) noun (a physician, physicians) 1) (formal, especially US) A medical doctor, especially one who treats illness with medicine rather than surgery.
99. [**physicist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/physicist.md) noun (a physicist, physicists) 1) A scientist who studies physics: the science of matter, energy, forces, light, sound, electricity and how the universe works.
100. [**physics**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/physics.md) noun (physics, uncountable) Physics is the science of matter and energy and how they act: forces, motion, light, sound, heat, electricity, magnetism and the universe.

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