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pairkin, parkin, perkin,
perkin [ˈpɛrkɪn]
n. A hard round ginger-flavoured biscuit made of oatmeal, flour and treacle with an almond in the centre.
permeeshion, permeesion, permeession, permeision,
permeesion [pərˈmiʃən]
n. Permission.
penurious, perneurious, pernurious,
perneurious [ˈpə(r)n(j)uːr(ɪ)əs]
adj. Penurious, scrupulous, fastidious.
pernicked, pernickedy, pernicket, pernicketie, pernicketiness, pernickett, pernickety, pernickit, pernickitie, pernickittiness, pernickity, pernikiti, pernyickerty, pick-nickertie, prignickitie,
pernicketie [pərˈnɪkəti]
adj. Particular, fastidious, difficult.
adv. In a fussy and punctilious way, painstakingly.
Compounds and phrases etc.
pernicketiness: Fussiness, fastidiousness, niggling attention to detail.
perqueer, perqueir, perquire, perquyre,
perqueer [pərˈkwiːr]
adv. By heart, from memory. Word for word.
adj. Of people: thoroughly-versed, word-perfect, expert. Of things: clear, distinct, accurate, skilfully made, elaborate.
parsel, parsil, parsley, parslie, parsly, persel, persely, persil,
persel [ˈpɛrsəl]
n. Parsley Petroselinum crispum.
Compounds and phrases etc.
sea persel: Scots lovage Ligusticum scoticum.
perskeet,
perskeet [pərˈskit]
adj. Fastidious, precise, meticulous, over-particular, demanding, hard-to-please. Prim, prudish, straitlaced.
adv. Sprucely, fastidiously, with care and attention to detail.
pairsonal, pers$nul, personal,
person [ˈpɛrsən]
n. A person.
Compounds and phrases etc.
personal: Personal.
parspicuous, perspicuous,
perspicuous [pərˈspɪk(ju)əs]
adj. Perspicuous
persuit,
persuit [pərˈsyt, -ˈsət]
n. Pursuit.
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