permanent

adjective

Lasting or remaining without essential change.

adjective

Not expected to change in status, condition, or place.

noun

Any of several long-lasting hair styles usually achieved by chemical applications that straighten, curl, or wave the hair.

Lasting or intended to last indefinitely; fixed or enduring in character, condition, state, position, occupation, use, or the like; remaining or intended to remain unchanged or unremoved; not temporary or subject to change; abiding: as, a permanent building; permanent colors; permanent employment; permanent possession.

In zoology, always present in a species or group.

noun

In the plural, a general name for light cotton cloth, sometimes glazed and generally dyed in bright colors.

adjective

Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved; abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting.

adjective

hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide; — also called incondensible gases or incoercible gases, before their liquefaction in 1877. The term is now archaic.

adjective

the roadbed and superstructure of a finished railway; — so called in distinction from the contractor’s temporary way.

adjective

barium sulphate (heavy spar), used as a white pigment or paint, in distinction from white lead, which tarnishes and darkens from the formation of the sulphide.