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Webster Dictionary :: Perigee

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

Webster Dictionary :: Perigord-stone

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

Webster Dictionary :: Perigraph

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

Webster Dictionary :: Perigynous

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

Webster Dictionary :: Perihelion

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

Webster Dictionary :: Perihexahedral

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

Webster Dictionary :: Peril

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

Webster Dictionary :: Perilous

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

Webster Dictionary :: Perilously

PER'ILOUSLY, adv. Dangerously; with hazard.

Webster Dictionary :: Perilousness

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

Webster Dictionary :: Perimeter

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

Webster Dictionary :: Perioctahedral

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

Webster Dictionary :: Period

PE'RIOD, n. [L. periodus; Gr. about, and way.] 1. Properly, a circuit; hence, th...

Webster Dictionary :: Periodic

PERIOD'IC PERIOD'ICAL, a. 1. Performed in a circuit, or in a regular revolution ...

Webster Dictionary :: Periodically

PERIOD'ICALLY, adv. At stated periods; as a festival celebrated periodically.

Webster Dictionary :: Periosteum

PERIOS'TEUM, n. [Gr. about, and bone.] A nervous vascular membrane endued with q...

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