P — The Judaism dictionary · page 21 2 3 4 5peoplePeople means more than one person: men, women and children.30 sentencesperadventurePerhaps, maybe; a word from old stories, used when someone is not sure.15 sentencesperceiveTo notice or become aware of something through the senses: perceive a sound.19 sentencesperceivedNoticed or became aware of something, by seeing, hearing or understanding.22 sentencesperceptionNoticing and understanding things with your sensesseeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling. — 18 sentencesperchancePerhaps; possibly, by chance.8 sentencesperemptoryStrict and not allowing any argument or delay.6 sentencesperfectPerfect means with no mistakes or faults at all.24 sentencesperfectionThe state of being perfect, with no faults at all.22 sentencesperfectlyPerfectly means in a perfect way, without any mistakes.12 sentencesperformTo perform is to act, sing, dance or play music for an audience.23 sentencesperfumeA liquid with a nice strong smell that people put on their skin.22 sentencesperfumerA person whose work is making perfume.13 sentencesperhapsPerhaps means maybe; it is possible but not certain.18 sentencesperilGreat danger.11 sentencesperiodA period is a length of time.20 sentencesperiodicalnoun.12 sentencesperipheryThe outer edge or boundary of something.1 sentencesperishTo die, especially in an accident, disaster or war.26 sentencespermeateTo spread through every part of something.10 sentencespermitTo allow someone to do something, or allow something to happen.16 sentencespermutationA change in the order of things, or one of the different ways of arranging a group of things.5 sentencesperpetualLasting forever or for a very long time, never ending.23 sentencesperpetuallyAll the time, without stopping; forever.13 sentencesperpetuityLasting for ever or for an endless time; mostly in the phrase «in perpetuity» (for ever).10 sentencesperplexedPuzzled and unsure, not able to understand something.9 sentencesperplexityPerplexity is a state of being puzzled and not knowing what to think or do.9 sentencespersecuteTo persecute people is to treat them cruelly and unfairly for a long time, especially because of their religion, race, beliefs or who they…17 sentencespersecutionCruel and unfair treatment of a person or group, especially because of their religion, race, beliefs or who they are.11 sentencespersecutorSomeone who treats another person cruelly and unfairly again and again, to hurt or harm them.10 sentencespersianPersian describes Persia, the old name for Iran, and its people, history and culture.17 sentencespersonA person is a man, woman or child, one human being.26 sentencespersonalPersonal means belonging to or about one particular person.15 sentencespersonalityYour personality is the kind of person you are: your character, the way you think, feel and behave.14 sentencespersonhoodThe state of being a person.1 sentencespersuadeTo persuade someone is to make them agree to do something or believe something by giving good reasons or by asking nicely.16 sentencespertain«Pertain to»: to be about, be connected with, or belong to something (the rules pertaining to safety).15 sentencesperverseStubbornly doing wrong or going against what is right.8 sentencesperversenessWickedness or crookedness; doing what is twisted and wrong instead of straight and right.8 sentencesperversionA twisting of something good or natural into something wrong.5 sentencesperversityStubborn and willful wrongness, doing wrong on purpose.1 sentencespervertverb: To change something so that it is used wrongly or for a bad purpose.20 sentencespestilenceA deadly disease that spreads quickly through many people, such as the plague.22 sentencespestleA heavy stick with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding things in a mortar.5 sentencespetitionA petition is a written request, signed by many people, asking someone in power to do or change something.16 sentencesphantomA ghost or spirit that seems to appear and then vanish.9 sentencespharaohA pharaoh was a king of ancient Egypt, who ruled the land and was thought by Egyptians to be a god.20 sentencesphilistineThe Philistines were an ancient people who lived along the coast of Canaan and were often at war with the Israelites; Goliath was a Philis…16 sentencesphilosopherA 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.16 sentencesphilosophicPhilosophic means calm and thoughtful, taking hard things without getting upset.5 sentencesphilosophicalTo do with philosophythinking deeply about big questions like what is true, right or real. — 15 sentencesphilosophiseAn old spelling form (here really the Latin word for philosophy) meaning to think about deep questions.4 sentencesphilosophyPhilosophy is the study of big questions about life, knowledge, right and wrong, the mind and what is real, by thinking carefully and argu…16 sentencesphoenicianBelonging to Phoenicia, an ancient land of trading cities (like Tyre, Sidon and Byblos) on the coast of what is now Lebanon, about 1500–30…11 sentencesphoenixA phoenix is a magical bird from old stories that burns itself in fire and is born again from its own ashes.13 sentencesphoneticConnected with the sounds of speech.10 sentencesphraseA small group of words that go together but is not a whole sentence.16 sentencesphraseologyPhraseology is the particular way words are chosen and put together in speech or writing.6 sentencesphysicalPhysical means about the body, not the mind: physical exercise, physical pain.16 sentencesphysicallyIn a way that is about the body, not the mind: physically fit.12 sentencesphysicianA medical doctor, especially one who treats illness with medicine rather than surgery.14 sentencesphysicsPhysics is the science of matter and energy and how they act: forces, motion, light, sound, heat, electricity, magnetism and the universe.7 sentencesphysiologyThe science of how the bodies of living things work and what their parts do.3 sentencespiPi is a special number, about 3.14, that links the distance around a circle to the distance across it.18 sentencespickTo pick is to take something with your fingers; to pick up is to lift it and get it.17 sentencespictureA picture is a drawing, painting or photo.16 sentencespieceA piece is a part of something that has been cut, broken or divided, like a piece of cake.27 sentencespierceTo make a hole in or through something with a sharp point.21 sentencespiercingA sharp stab or wound, as by a pointed thing.3 sentencespigeonA grey (or brown and white) bird with a small head and a round body, very common in towns and cities.14 sentencespileA pile is a lot of things put one on top of another.21 sentencespilgrimageA journey to a holy place for religious reasons, such as Christians going to Jerusalem or Muslims going to Mecca.13 sentencespillarA pillar is a tall, strong post of stone, wood or metal that holds up part of a building or stands as a monument.22 sentencespilotA pilot is a person who flies a plane or helicopter.18 sentencespimAn ancient Hebrew weight, about two thirds of a shekel.3 sentencespinA pin is a short, thin, sharp piece of metal with a round head, used to hold cloth or paper together.26 sentencespinchTo press something tightly between your thumb and finger, sometimes in a way that hurts someone.19 sentencespineA pine is a tall evergreen tree with thin, sharp leaves called needles that stay green all year. Its seeds grow in pine cones.22 sentencespinionTo hold or tie someone's arms tightly so they cannot move them.18 sentencespinnacleA pinnacle is the very top of a mountain or of a tall building.7 sentencespinonA name of an Edomite chief in Genesis, from the family of Esau.2 sentencespiousPious means very religious, and devoted to God and to prayer.7 sentencespipA small seed in fruit such as an apple, orange, lemon or grape.14 sentencespipeA pipe is a long tube that water, gas or oil flows through.20 sentencespipingThe sound of playing a pipe or flute.3 sentencespiscesThe zodiac sign of the Fish, the twelfth constellation of the year.7 sentencespitA pit is a large hole in the ground, dug by people or made naturally.30 sentencespitchA pitch is a field marked out for a sport, like a football, rugby or cricket pitch (mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ).31 sentencespitcherA pitcher is a large jug with a handle and a lip for pouring drinks such as water, milk or juice (US: any jug; UK: often a big pottery jug).22 sentencespityPity is a feeling of sadness for someone who is suffering or in trouble.22 sentencesplaceA place is a particular area, spot or position: a quiet place.26 sentencesplagueA plague is a serious disease that spreads quickly and kills many people; "the plague" usually means bubonic plague, the Black Death of th…26 sentencesplainPlain means simple, with nothing added or no decoration, like a plain T-shirt or plain yogurt.25 sentencesplainlyPlainly means clearly, so that it is easy to see, hear or understand.21 sentencesplaitA plait is a length of hair divided into three strands that are crossed over each other again and again to make one neat rope-like piece.17 sentencesplanAn idea of what you will do and how.14 sentencesplaneA plane is an aeroplane or airplane, a machine with wings that flies.23 sentencesplanetA very large round object in space that moves around a star, such as the Earth moving around the Sun.16 sentencesplankA plank is a long, flat piece of wood.20 sentencesplannedPlanned is the past form of «plan»: decided in advance what to do and how.11 sentences1 2 3 4 5This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/page/2/