Coleperch :: Coleperch (n.) A kind of small black perch.

Gutta-percha :: Gutta-percha (n.) A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material..

Hyperchloric :: Hyperchloric (a.) See Perchloric.

Hyperchromatism :: Hyperchromatism (n.) The condition of having an unusual intensity of color.

Overperch :: Overperch (v. t.) To perch upon; to fly over.

Perch :: Perch (n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis)..

Perch :: Perch (n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches..

Perch :: Perch (n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat..

Perch :: Perch (n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole..

Perch :: Perch (n.) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.

Perch :: Perch (n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework..

Perch :: Perch (n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

Perch :: Perch (v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost..

Perch :: Perch (v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch..

Perch :: Perch (v. t.) To occupy as a perch.

Perchance :: Perchance (adv.) By chance; perhaps; peradventure.

Perchant :: Perchant (n.) A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering..

Perched :: Perched (imp. & p. p.) of Perc.

Percher :: Percher (v. i.) One who, or that which, perches..

Percher :: Percher (v. i.) One of the Insessores.

Percher :: Percher (v. i.) A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the altar..

Percheron :: Percheron (n.) One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman..

Perching :: Perching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perc.

Perchlorate :: Perchlorate (n.) A salt of perchloric acid.

Perchloric :: Perchloric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HClO4), of chlorine; -- called also hyperchloric..

Perchloride :: Perchloride (n.) A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.

Perchromic :: Perchromic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a certain one of the highly oxidized compounds of chromium, which has a deep blue color, and is produced by the action of hydrogen peroxide..

Sea Perch :: Sea perch () The European bass (Roccus, / Labrax, lupus); -- called also sea dace..

Sea Perch :: Sea perch () The cunner.

Sea Perch :: Sea perch () The sea bass.

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