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pente glissante: slippery slope
pente savonneuse: slippery slope
pentecôtisme: Pentecostalism (a Protestant evangelical Christian religious movement)
pentecôtiste: Pentecostal
penthiobarbital: alternative spelling of penthotal
penthode: alternative spelling of pentode
pentode: pentode
pentose: pentose
pentoxyde: pentoxide
pentu: sloping, slopy
pentécontarchie: pentecontarchy
pentécontarque: pentecontarch (the commander of a platoon of fifty men)
pentédécagone: pentadecagon
pentélique: Pentelic
pentétéride: penteteris
pentétérique: penteteric
people: a celebrity, celebrities, famous person(s)
people: showbusiness, popular media that feature stories on celebrities and famous people (as represented by magazines such as People, (UK) Hello!, (France) Paris Match)
peppermint: peppermint (various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb)
pepperoni: pepperoni (sausage); pepperoni (pizza)
peps: pep (energy and enthusiasm)
pepsine: pepsin
pepsinogène: pepsinogen
peptide: peptide
peptidique: peptidic
peptidoglycane: peptidoglycan
peptique: peptic
peptisant: dispersant
peptisation: peptization, dispersion
peptone: peptone
peracétique: peracetic
perborate: perborate
percale: percale
percaline: percaline
percarbure: percarbide
perce-neige: snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
perce-oreille: earwig (insect)
percement: piercing, boring, punching
percepteur: tax collector
perceptibilité: perceptibility
perceptible: perceptible
perceptiblement: perceptibly
perceptif: perceptive
perception: perception; collection (of taxes, fares, etc.)
percer: to pierce; to make it, to have one's breakthrough
percer l'abcès: synonym of crever l'abcès
percer à jour: to see right through (someone)
perceuse: drill (tool)
percevable: collectible, payable (taxes)
percevoir: to perceive, to make out; to perceive (understand); to collect (e.g. taxes, transit fares)
perche: perch (type of fish)
perche: pole; pole-vaulting; pole; T-bar; boom (for microphone etc.); perch (for birds)
perche commune: European perch (Perca fluviatilis)
perche de mer: European seabass
perche de rivière: European perch (Perca fluviatilis)
perche européenne: European perch (Perca fluviatilis)
perche franche: European perch (Perca fluviatilis)
percher: to perch; to boom, operate a boom
perchiste: pole vaulter; boom operator
perchlorate: perchlorate