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Webster Dictionary :: Perioctahedral

PERIOCTAHE'DRAL, a. [Gr. octahedral.] Designating a crystal whose primitive form...

Webster Dictionary :: Perimeter

PERIM'ETER, n. [Gr. about, and measure.] In geometry, the bounds and limits of a...

Webster Dictionary :: Perilousness

PER'ILOUSNESS, n. Dangerousness; danger; hazard.

Webster Dictionary :: Perilously

PER'ILOUSLY, adv. Dangerously; with hazard.

Webster Dictionary :: Perilous

PER'ILOUS, a. Dangerous; hazardous; full of risk; as a perilous undertaking; a p...

Webster Dictionary :: Peril

PER'IL, n. [L. periculum, from Gr. to try, to attempt, that is, to strain; an at...

Webster Dictionary :: Perihexahedral

PERIHEXAHE'DRAL, a. [Gr.] Designating a crystal whose primitive form is a four s...

Webster Dictionary :: Perihelion

PERIHE'LION PERIHE'LIUM, n. [Gr. about, and the sun.] That part of the orbit of ...

Webster Dictionary :: Perigynous

PERIG'YNOUS, a. [Gr. about, and female.] In botany, inserted around the pistil, ...

Webster Dictionary :: Perigraph

PER'IGRAPH, n. [Gr. about, and a writing.] 1. A careless or inaccurate delineati...

Webster Dictionary :: Perigord-stone

PER'IGORD-STONE, n. An ore of manganese of a dark gray color, like basalt or tra...

Webster Dictionary :: Perigee

PER'IGEE PERIGE'UM, n. [Gr. about, and the earth.] That point in the orbit of th...

Webster Dictionary :: Periecian

PERIE'CIAN, n. [Gr.] An inhabitant of the opposite side of the globe,in the same...

Webster Dictionary :: Peridot

PER'IDOT, n. Another name of the chrysolite. It may be known by its leek or oliv...

Webster Dictionary :: Peridodecahedral

PERIDODECAHE'DRAL, a. [Gr.] Designating a crystal whose primitive form is a four...

Webster Dictionary :: Periculous

PERIC'ULOUS, a. [L. periculosus. See Peril .] Dangerous; hazardous.

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