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Pequot (tribe, North America)
Perahia, Murray (Classical Musician)
perception (in psychology)
Perceval (Religion)
Perceval, Spencer (English statesman/stateswoman)
perch (fish)
Percheron (horse)
Percy, John (Technology)
Percy, Walker (American novelist)
Pereira (city, Colombia)
Perelman, S(idney) J(oseph) (Writer / Humorist)
perennial (in botany)
Peres, Shimon (Political Figure)
perestroika (economics, politics, Russia)
Peretz, I(saac) L(eib) (Polish Jewish poet, novelist, dramatist & jurist)
Pérez de Cuéllar, Javier (Peruvian statesman)
Pérez Galdós, Benito (Spanish novelist & dramatist)
Pérez Jiménez, Marcos (Venezuelan president)
perfect gas (Physics)
performance art (in art, music, theater)
perfume (material)
Pergamum (ancient city, Asia Minor/Turkey)
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (Italian composer)
Periander (Ancient Greek philosopher & statesman/stateswoman)
Pericles (Ancient Greek statesman/stateswoman)
Périer, Casimir (-Pierre) (French statesman/stateswoman)
Périgord (region, France)
period (in geologic time)
periodic motion (Physics)
periodic table (in chemistry)
periodical (in publishing, journalism)
periscope (mechanical device)
peritonitis (disease)
periwinkle (Botany)
perjury (in law)
Perkins, Anthony (Film Personality)
Perkins, Frances (American statesman/stateswoman & labor leader)