Words starting with peri
4 letter words starting with peri
- peri — one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
5 letter words starting with peri
- peri- — enclosing, encircling, or around
- peril — exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger: They faced the peril of falling rocks.
- peris — one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- peril point — the lower limit of a tariff on a commodity at which import of that commodity would have a seriously adverse effect on the local producers.
6 letter words starting with peri
- period — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- period costs — Period costs are general costs that cannot be associated with a particular product, such as utilities or insurance.
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- period drama — a drama set in a particular historical period
7 letter words starting with peri
8 letter words starting with peri
- perianth — the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- periblem — the histogen in plants that gives rise to the cortex.
- pericarp — the walls of a ripened ovary or fruit, sometimes consisting of three layers, the epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp.
- pericles — c495–429 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- pericope — a selection or extract from a book.
9 letter words starting with peri
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- periander — died 585 b.c, tyrant of Corinth.
- periapsis — the closest point to a central body reached by a body in orbit
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- peribolos — a colonnade or wall surrounding a Classical temple
10 letter words starting with peri
- periapical — encompassing or surrounding the tip of the root of a tooth.
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- pericardia — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
- pericenter — the point at which a heavenly body orbiting around a primary other than the earth or sun is closest to the primary.
- pericentre — the point in an elliptical orbit that is nearest to the centre of mass of the system
11 letter words starting with peri
- pericardiac — of or relating to the pericardium.
- pericardial — of or relating to the pericardium.
- pericardium — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
- pericentral — arranged around a centre
- pericentric — the point at which a heavenly body orbiting around a primary other than the earth or sun is closest to the primary.
12 letter words starting with peri
- pericarditis — inflammation of the pericardium.
- pericementum — periodontal membrane.
- perichaetial — denoting the leaves in mosses that surround the archegonia and, later, the base of the sporophyte
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- perichoresis — the relationship between or interlinking of the three Persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
13 letter words starting with peri
- periarteritis — inflammation of the outer coat and tissues surrounding an artery.
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- perigastritis — the inflammation of the part of the peritoneum surrounding the stomach
- perihepatitis — the inflammation of the part of the peritoneum surrounding the liver
- perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
14 letter words starting with peri
- periodontology — periodontics.
- peripateticism — walking or traveling about; itinerant.
- peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
- peritoneoscopy — an endoscopy examining the peritoneal cavity
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
15 letter words starting with peri
- period-rotation — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
17 letter words starting with peri
- period-revolution — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- period-luminosity relation — the relationship between the period of light variation and of the absolute magnitude of Cepheid variable stars.
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