permanents

as inbody wave
as incoiffure

Synonyms for permanents

noun hair curling treatment

Word Origin & History

early 15c., from Middle French permanent (14c.) or directly from Latin permanentem (nominative permanens) "remaining," present participle of permanere "endure, hold out, continue, stay to the end," from per- "through" (see per) + manere "stay" (see mansion). As a noun meaning "permanent wave," by 1909. Of clothing, permanent press attested from 1964.

Example Sentences for permanents

Similarly, coexistence is a coexistence of states of two permanents.

The three temporary molars will also be ready for displacement by three permanents.

The two lateral incisors will also have given place to permanents.

The few who stumbled in did not stay unless by chance they were favourably known to one of the "permanents."

The corner incisors and the tusks usually disappear, and are replaced by permanents when the pig is nine months old.

He had heard from the "permanents" that at Christmas each child received an apple, an orange, and twelve nuts in a paper bag.