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PERISTAL'TIC, a. [Gr. to involve.] Spiral; vermicular or worm-like. The peristal...
PERISSOL'OGY, n. [Gr. redundant,and discourse.] Superfluous words; much talk to ...
PERISSOLOG'ICAL, a. Redundant in words.
PERISPHER'IC, a. [Gr.] Globular; having the form of a ball.
PER'ISPERM, n. [Gr. around, and See d.] A thick, farinaceous, fleshy, horny or w...
PER'ISHABLENESS, n. Liableness to decay or destruction.
PER'ISHABLE, a. Liable to perish; subject to decay and destruction. The bodies o...
PER'ISH, v.i.[L. pereo, supposed to be compounded of per and eo, to go; literall...
PERIS'CIAN, n. [Gr. around, and shadow.] An inhabitant of a frigid zone or withi...
PERIPOLYG'ONAL, a. [Gr. polygon.] In crystalography, having a great number of si...
PERIPNEU'MONY, n. [Gr. about, and the lungs.] An inflammation of the lungs, or o...
PERIPNEUMON'IC, a. Pertaining to peripneumony; consisting in an inflammation of ...
PER'IPLUS, n. [Gr. about, and to sail.] Circumnavigation; a voyage round a certa...
PERIPHRAS'TICALLY, adv. With circumlocution.
PERIPHRAS'TIC PERIPHRAS'TICAL, a. Circumlocutory; expressing or expressed in mor...
PERIPHRASIS. [See Periphrase .]