Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 43
Periphrases (n. pl. ) of Periphrasis.
Periphrasis (n.) See Periphrase. Periphrastic
Periphrastic (a.) 委婉的；迂迴的；冗長的 Alt. of Periphrastical
Periphrastical (a.) Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory.
{Periphrastic conjugation} (Gram.), A conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries.
Periphrastic (a.) Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn- out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings." -- T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic) [syn: {circumlocutious}, {circumlocutory}, {periphrastic}, {ambagious}].
Periphrastically (adv.) With circumlocution.
Compare: Circumlocution
Circumlocution (n.) 婉轉；遁辭 The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.
The plain Billingsgate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. -- Swift.
Circumlocution office, A term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.
Circumlocution (n.) A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things [syn: circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage].
Circumlocution (n.) An indirect way of expressing something [syn: circumlocution, indirect expression].
Periplast (n.) (Biol.) Same as Periblast. -- Per`i*plas"tic, a. -- Huxley. Peripneumonia
Peripneumonia (n.) Alt. of Peripneumony.
Peripneumony (n.) (Med.) Pneumonia. [Obsoles.]
Compare: Pneumonia
Pneumonia (n.) (Med.) 【醫】肺炎 [U] Inflammation of the lungs.
Note: Catarrhal pneumonia, or Broncho-pneumonia, Is inflammation of the lung tissue, associated with catarrh and with marked evidences of inflammation of bronchial membranes, often chronic; -- also called lobular pneumonia, from its affecting single lobules at a time.
Croupous pneumonia, or ordinary pneumonia, Is an acute affection characterized by sudden onset with a chill, high fever, rapid course, and sudden decline; -- also called lobar pneumonia, from its affecting a whole lobe of the lung at once. See under Croupous.
Fibroid pneumonia Is an inflammation of the interstitial connective tissue lying between the lobules of the lungs, and is very slow in its course, producing shrinking and atrophy of the lungs.
Pneumonia (n.) Respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants.
Peripneumonic (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to peripneumonia.
Periproct (n.) (Zool.) 圍肛部；尾節 The region surrounding the anus, particularly of echinoderms.
Compare: Echinoderm
Echinoderm (n.) (Zool.) 【動】 棘皮動物 One of the Echinodermata.
Echinoderm (n.) Marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies.
Compare: Echinodermata
Echinodermata (n.) (Zool.) 棘皮類One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata. [Written also Echinoderma.]
Note: The species usually have an exterior calcareous skeleton, or shell, made of many pieces, and often covered with spines, to which the name. They may be star-shaped, cylindrical, disk-shaped, or more or less spherical. The body consists of several similar parts (spheromeres) repeated symmetrically around a central axis, at one end of which the mouth is situated. They generally have suckers for locomotion. The group includes the following classes: Crinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea, and Holothurioidea. See these words in the Vocabulary, and also Ambulacrum.
Echinodermata (n.) Radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers [syn: Echinodermata, phylum Echinodermata].
Periproctitis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of the tissues about the rectum.
Peripteral (a.) (Arch.) Having columns on all sides; -- said of an edifice. See Apteral.
Peripteral (a.) Having columns on all sides [ant: apteral].
Peripterous (a.) (Arch.) Peripteral.
Peripterous (a.) (Zool.) Feathered all around.
Perisarc (n.) (Zool.) The outer, hardened integument which covers most hydroids.
Periscian (a.) Having the shadow moving all around. Periscians
Periscians (n. pl.) Alt. of Periscii.
Periscii (n. pl.) Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass.
Periscope (n.) A general or comprehensive view. [archaic]
Periscope (n.) An optical instrument of tubular shape containing an arrangement of lenses and mirrors (or prisms), allowing a person to observe a field of view otherwise obstructed, as beyond an obstructing object or (as in submarines) above the surface of the water.
Periscope (n.) An optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field.
Periscopic (a.) Viewing all around, or on all sides.
Periscopic (a.) Of or relating to a periscope {2}.
Periscopic spectacles (Opt.), Spectacles having concavo-convex or convexo-concave lenses with a considerable curvature corresponding to that of the eye, to increase the distinctness of objects viewed obliquely.
Perish (v. t.) To cause perish. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Perish the thought I hope it will never happen; -- a phrase used after mention of a possible undesirable event, sometimes facetiously.
Perished (imp. & p. p.) of Perish.
Perishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perish.
Perish (v. i.) To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
I perish with hunger! -- Luke xv. 17.
Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. -- Milton.
The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. -- Locke.
Perish (v.) Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born].
Perishability (n.) Perishableness.
Perishability (n.) Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction [syn: perishability, perishableness].
Perishable (a.) Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.
Perishable (a.) Liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay; "this minute and perishable planet"; "perishable foods such as butter and fruit" [ant: imperishable]
Perishable (n.) Food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated [syn: perishable, spoilable].
Perishableness (n.) The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction. -- Locke.
Perishableness (n.) Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction [syn: perishability, perishableness].
Perishably (adv.) In a perishable degree or manner.
Perishment (n.) The act of perishing. [R.] -- Udall.
Perisomata (n. pl. ) of Perisoma.
Perisoma (n.) Same as Perisome.
Perisome (n.) (Zool.) The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or coelenterate; the integument.
Perisperm (n.) (Bot.) The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac. -- Per`i*sper"mic, a. Perispheric
Perisperm (n.) The nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds.
Perispheric (a.) Alt. of Perispherical.
Perispherical (a.) Exactly spherical; globular.
Perispomena (n. pl. ) of Perispomenon.
Perispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable. -- Goodwin.
Perispore (n.) (Bot.) The outer covering of a spore.
Perissad (a.) (Chem.) Odd; not even; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals whose valence is not divisible by two without a remainder. Contrasted with artiad. [Archaic]
Perisse (v. i.) To perish. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Perissodactyl (n.) (Zool.) One of the Perissodactyla.
Perissodactyl (n.) Placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot [syn: odd-toed ungulate, perissodactyl, perissodactyl mammal] [ant: artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate].
Perissodactyla (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.
Perissodactyla (n.) Nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms [syn: Perissodactyla, order Perissodactyla].
Perissological (a.) Redundant or excessive in words. [R.]
Perissology (n.) Superfluity of words. [R.] -- G. Campbell.
Peristalsis (n.) (Physiol.) Peristaltic contraction or action.
Peristalsis (n.) The process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along [syn: peristalsis, vermiculation] [ant: anastalsis].
Peristaltic (a.) (Physiol.) Pertaining to a wormlike wave motion of the intestines, and by analogy, of other flexible tubular structures. In the body it is produced by a progressive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards in the direction of the wave; as, peristaltic movement. -- Per`i*stal"tic*al*ly, adv.
Peristeria (n.) (Bot.) A genus of orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant.
Peristerion (n.) (Bot.) The herb vervain ({Verbena officinalis).
Peristerite (n.) (Min.) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck.
Peristeromorphous (a.) (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the pigeons or Columbae.
Peristeropodous (a.) (Zool.) Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.
Peristole (n.) (Physiol.) Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines.
Peristomata (n. pl. ) of Peristoma.
Peristoma (n.) [NL.] Same as Peristome.
Peristome (n.) (Bot.) The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double.
Peristome (n.) (Zool.) The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell.
Peristome (n.) (Zool.) The membrane surrounding the mouth of an invertebrate animal.
Peristome (n.) (Botany) Fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule.
Peristome (n.) Region around the mouth in various invertebrates.
Peristomial (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a peristome.
Peristomium (n.) [NL.] Same as Peristome.
Peristrephic (a.) Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama).
Peristyle (n.) (Arch.) A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade.
Compare: Colonnade
Colonnade (n.) (Arch.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.
Note: When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a peristyle.
Peristyle (n.) A colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court.
Perisystole (n.) (Physiol.) The interval between the diastole and systole of the heart. It is perceptible only in the dying.
Perite (a.) Skilled. [Obs.]
Perithecium (n.) (Bot.) An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification. -- Henslow.
Perithecium (n.) Flask-shaped ascocarp.
Peritomous (a.) Cleaving in more directions than one, parallel to the axis.
Peritonaeum (n.) (Anat.) Same as Peritoneum.
Peritoneum (n.) (Anat.) The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and, turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearly closed, sac. [Written also periton[ae]um.]
Peritoneal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the peritoneum.
Peritoneal (a.) Of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum; "peritoneal cancer."
Peritoneum (n.) (Anat.) 【解】腹膜 The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and, turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearly closed, sac. [Written also periton[ae]um.]
Peritoneum (n.) A transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera.
Peritonitis (n.) (Med.) 【醫】腹膜炎 Inflammation of the peritoneum.
Compare: Peritoneum
Peritoneum (n.) (Anat.)【解】腹膜 The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and, turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearly closed, sac. [Written also periton[ae]um.]
Peritoneum (n.) A transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera.
Peritonitis (n.) Inflammation of the peritoneum [syn: peritonitis, peritoneal inflammation].
Peritracheal (a.) (Zool.) Surrounding the tracheae.
Compare: Trachea
Trachea (n. pl. -eae) (Anat.)【解】氣管；【植】導管；螺旋紋管The windpipe. See Illust. of Lung.
Trachea (n.) (Zool.) One of the respiratory tubes of insects and arachnids.
Trachea (n.) (Bot.) One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.
Trachea (n.) Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi [syn: trachea, windpipe].
Trachea (n.) One of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids.
Peritreme (n. pl. -s) (Zool.) That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles.
Peritreme (n.) (Zool.) The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.
Peritreme (n. pl. -s) A rounded plate that surrounds the spiracles in some insects.
Peritreme (n.) The edge of the aperture of a shell.
Peritricha (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of ciliated Infusoria having a circle of cilia around the oral disk and sometimes another around the body. It includes the vorticellas. See Vorticella.
Peritrochium (n.) (Mech.) The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the axis in peritrochio, which see under Axis.
Peritropal (a.) Rotatory; circuitous. [R.]
Peritropal (a.) Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.
Peritropous (a.) Peritropal.
Perityphlitis (n.) (Med.) Inflammation of the connective tissue about the caecum.
Periuterine (a.) (Med.) Surrounding the uterus.
Perivascular (a.) Around the blood vessels; as, perivascular lymphatics.
Compare: Lymphatic
Lymphatic (a.) 淋巴的；輸送淋巴的；蒼白無力的 pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
Lymphatic (a.) Madly enthusiastic; frantic. [Obs.] " Lymphatic rapture. " -- Sir T. Herbert. [See Lymphate.]
Lymphatic gland (Anat.), One of the solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called also lymphatic ganglion, and conglobate gland.
Lymphatic temperament (Old Physiol.), A temperament in which the lymphatic system seems to predominate, that is, a system in which the complexion lacks color and the tissues seem to be of loose texture; hence, a temperament lacking energy, inactive, indisposed to exertion or excitement. See Temperament.
Lymphatic (n.) (Anat.)【解】 淋巴腺，淋巴管 One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct.
Lymphatic (n.) A mad enthusiast; a lunatic. [Obs.]
Lymphatic (a.) Of or relating to or produced by lymph.
Perivertebral (a.) (Anat.) Surrounding the vertebr[ae].
Compare: Vertebra
Vertebra (n.) (pl. Vertebrae) (Anat.) 【解】 脊椎骨名詞複數：vertebrae, vertebras One of the serial segments of the spinal column.
Note: In many fishes the vertebrae are simple cartilaginous disks or short cylinders, but in the higher vertebrates they are composed of many parts, and the vertebrae in different portions of the same column vary very greatly. A well-developed vertebra usually consists of a more or less cylindrical and solid body, or centrum, which is surmounted dorsally by an arch, leaving an opening which forms a part of the canal containing the spinal cord. From this dorsal, or neural, arch spring various processes, or apophyses, which have received special names: a dorsal, or neural, spine, spinous process, or neurapophysis, on the middle of the arch; two anterior and two posterior articular processes, or zygapophyses; and one or two transverse processes on each side. In those vertebrae which bear well-developed ribs, a tubercle near the end of the rib articulates at a tubercular facet on the transverse process (diapophysis), while the end, or head, of the rib articulates at a more ventral capitular facet which is sometimes developed into a second, or ventral, transverse process (parapophysis). In vertebrates with well-developed hind limbs, the spinal column is divided into five regions in each of which the vertebrae are specially designated: those vertebrae in front of, or anterior to, the first vertebra which bears ribs connected with the sternum are cervical; all those which bear ribs and are back of the cervicals are dorsal; the one or more directly supporting the pelvis are sacral and form the sacrum; those between the sacral and dorsal are lumbar; and all those back of the sacral are caudal, or coccygeal. In man there are seven cervical vertebrae, twelve dorsal, five lumbar, five sacral, and usually four, but sometimes five and rarely three, coccygeal.
Vertebra (n.) (Zool.) One of the central ossicles in each joint of the arms of an ophiuran.
Vertebra (n.) One of the bony segments of the spinal column.
Perivisceral (a.) (Anat.) Around the viscera; as, the perivisceral cavity.
Perivitelline (a.) (Biol.) Situated around the vitellus, or between the vitellus and zona pellucida of an ovum.
Periwig (n.) A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig. -- Shak.
Perwigged (imp. & p. p.) of Periwig.
Perwigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Periwig.
Periwig (v. t.) To dress with a periwig, or with false hair. -- Swift.
Periwig (n.) A wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries [syn: periwig, peruke].
Periwinkle (n.) (Zool.) Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species ({Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina.
Note: In America the name is often applied to several large univalves, as Fulgur carica, and Fulgur canaliculata.
Periwinkle (n.) (Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.
Note: The common perwinkle ({Vinca minor) has opposite evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in their axils. In America it is often miscalled myrtle. See under Myrtle.
Periwinkle (n.) Chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers.
Periwinkle (n.) Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers [syn: periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea].
Periwinkle (n.) Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked [syn: periwinkle, winkle].
Periwinkle (n.) Edible marine gastropod [syn: periwinkle, winkle].
Perjenet (n.) A kind of pear. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Perjured (imp. & p. p.) of Perjure.
Perjuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perjure.
Perjure (v. t.) 使發假誓；使作偽證；為……作偽證 To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself.
Want will perjure The ne'er-touched vestal. -- Shak.
Perjure (v. t.) To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations. [Obs.]
And with a virgin innocence did pray For me, that perjured her. -- J. Fletcher.
Syn: To Perjure, Forswear.
Usage: These words have been used interchangeably; but there is a tendency to restrict perjure to that species of forswearing which constitutes the crime of perjury at law, namely, the willful violation of an oath administered by a magistrate or according to law.
Perjure (n.) A perjured person. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Perjure (v.) Knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury.
Perjured (a.) 偽證的；perjure 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Guilty of perjury; having sworn falsely; forsworn. -- Shak. "Perjured persons." -- 1 Tim. i. 10. "Their perjured oath." -- Spenser.
Perjurer (n.) 發假誓者；作偽證者 One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense. Perjurious
Perjurer (n.) A person who deliberately gives false testimony [syn: perjurer, false witness].
Perjurious (a.) Alt. of Perjurous.
Perjurious (a.) 發假誓的，作偽證的 Perjurous, [ L. perjuriosus, perjurus.] Guilty of perjury; containing perjury. [Obs.] -- Quarles. B. Johnson.