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.
Periplast (n.) (Biol.) Same as Periblast. -- Per`i*plas"tic, a. -- Huxley. Peripneumonia
Peripneumonia (n.) Alt. of Peripneumony.
Peripneumony (n.) (Med.) Pneumonia. [Obsoles.]
Peripneumonic (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to peripneumonia.
Periproct (n.) (Zool.) The region surrounding the anus, particularly of echinoderms.
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.
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. 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.
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.) Inflammation of the peritoneum.
Peritonitis (n.) Inflammation of the peritoneum [syn: peritonitis, peritoneal inflammation].
Peritracheal (a.) (Zool.) Surrounding the tracheae.
Peritreme (n.) (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.
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.
Perivertebral (a.) (Anat.) Surrounding the vertebrae.
Perivisceral (a.) (Anat.) Around the viscera; as, the perivisceral cavity.
Perivitelline (a.) 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.
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.
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.