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penampilan
(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance
penampilan perdana
The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.
penampungan
A place where anything is kept in store.
penanam
A person who cultivates.
penanganan
A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
penanggalan
A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.
penangkapan ikan
(uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
penantang
One who challenges; especially, one who plays against the current champion of a game or contest in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.
penanyaan
A question put; an inquiry.
penapis
A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.
penapisan
(medicine) Identifying cases of a disease in a population of asymptomatic persons.
penaraan
(technology) The act of calibrating something.
penari
(dance) A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.
penarik
(banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
penarikan
Request of the return of a faulty product.
penata kanselerai
The office or staff of a chancellor.
penata rambut
A person who cuts or styles hair as an occupation or profession.
penaungan
A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
pencadangan
(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.
pencahayaan
The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
pencairan
The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.
pencakar langit
(architecture) A very tall building with a large number of floors. [from 1880s]
pencampur
A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients.
pencangkokan
A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
pencarian
A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
pencelup
A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
pencemaran
Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]
pencengkeram
(literally) One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
pencerahan
An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
pencermatan
Intense study of someone or something.
pencernaan
The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
pencetak
(computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.
pencilan
(statistics) A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.
Pencipta
(religion) A god who created the Universe; God.
penciptaan
(uncountable) The act of creating something.
pencitraan
(figuratively) A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
penciuman
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
pencolok
(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
pencopet
One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.
pencuci mulut
A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.
pencukur
A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
penculikan
The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.
pencuri
One who carries out a theft.
pencurian
The act of stealing property.
pendaftaran
A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
pendahuluan
An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
pendamba
One who admires.
pendapat
A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
pendapatan
Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
pendapatan kotor
Income generated before deducting expenses, taxes, insurance, etc.
pendatang
A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
pendatang baru
Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
pendekapitasian
Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating.
pendekar
A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
pendekatan
(linguistics) The act of producing a near-simulation of the pronunciation of a foreign language for a loanword therefrom, or any given pronunciation resulting from that act.
pendengar
Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
pendeta
(countable, Protestantism) A minister or priest in a church.
pendidikan
(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
pendiri
One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
pendokumentasian
Something transposed from a thought to a document; the written account of an idea.
penduduk
Someone or thing who lives in a place.
penduduk bumi
(chiefly, science fiction) An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet; specifically, a sentient member of any species native to Earth. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
pendudukan
(geopolitics, military) The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.
pendugaan
A test made with a probe or sonde.
pendukung
A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.
pendurhaka
One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
pendusta
A person who lies or deceives.
penegakan
The act of enforcing; compulsion.
penelitian
(uncountable, countable, _, in some dialects) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to one's self).
penembak jitu
A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.
penembak runduk
A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
penemuan
Something discovered.
penemuan baru
Something invented.
penenang
(pharmaceutical drug) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.
penengah
An agent acting as a mediator between sides to facilitate agreement or cooperation.
penentang
One who antagonizes or stirs.
penentangan
The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
penentu
A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.
penerangan
The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
penerapan
The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.
penerbang
An aircraft pilot, especially a military pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot.
penerbangan
The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
penerbit
A person or (especially) a company who publishes, especially books.
penerima
One who accepts.
penerima radio
(countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
penerimaan
The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.
penerjemah
(music, theater) A performer who presents a piece of art in a distinct style, particularly so as to make older works relevant to their audience.
penerjemahan
(translation studies) The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).
penerowongan
(physics) The quantum mechanical passing of a particle through an energy barrier.
penerus
A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
penetrasi
The act of penetrating something. [from 15th c.]
pengacara
Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]
pengacau
(often, in the plural) An undesirable person.
pengadaan
(countable) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
pengadilan
The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
pengadon
One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
pengaduk
One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together.
pengagum
One who admires.
pengairan
The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
pengajar
A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
pengajaran
The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.
pengajuan
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
pengaktifan
Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
pengakuan
The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
pengalih
Something that distracts.
pengalihwahanaan
(uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
pengaman lebur
(electrical engineering) A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
pengambilan keputusan
The process of reaching a decision.
pengampelasan
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
pengampunan
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
pengangguran
The state of having no job; joblessness.
penganiayaan
Cruel, abusive, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (or rarely an object).
pengantin
A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
pengantin perempuan
A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
pengar
Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
pengarang
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
pengarsip
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.
pengaruh
The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
pengasingan
(Marxism) The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the division of labour and living in a society of stratified social classes.
pengasuh anak
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
pengasuhan
An arrangement by which one person mentors another.
pengatur
A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
pengaturan
(uncountable) The quality of being organized.
pengaudit
One who audits bookkeeping accounts.
pengawal
A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
pengawasan
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
pengayak
A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
pengebirian
(surgery) The act of removing the testicles.
pengeblog
(blogging) A contributor to a blog (from weblog) or online journal.
pengecut
(countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.
pengedit
(television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.
pengejaran
(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.
pengejus
A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.
pengeksporan
(uncountable) The act of exporting.
pengelabuan
The act of circumventing security with an alias.
pengelaju
(US, UK, Canada) To and from work and home.
pengelana
One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
pengelasan
joining two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination, or
pengelola
The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
pengelompokan
(countable) A collection of things or people united as a group.
pengemasan
The act of packing something.
pengembalian
An amount of money returned.
pengembalian dana
An amount of money returned.
pengembalian uang
An amount of money returned.
pengembang
A real estate developer; a person or company who prepares a parcel of land for sale, or creates structures on that land.
pengembangan
(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
pengembangbiakan
The multiplication or natural increase in a population.
pengembara
A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
pengemis
A person who begs.
pengenalan
The act or process of introducing.

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