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- English Word Perisperm Definition The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac.
- English Word Perispheric Definition Alt. of Perispherical
- English Word Perispherical Definition Exactly spherical; globular.
- English Word Perispomena Definition of Perispomenon
- English Word Perispomenon Definition A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable.
- English Word Perispore Definition The outer covering of a spore.
- English Word Perissad Definition Odd; not even; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals whose valence is not divisible by two without a remainder. Contrasted with artiad.
- English Word Perisse Definition To perish.
- English Word Perissodactyl Definition One of the Perissodactyla.
- English Word Perissodactyla Definition A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; -- opposed to Artiodactyla.
- English Word Perissological Definition Redundant or excessive in words.
- English Word Perissology Definition Superfluity of words.
- English Word Peristalsis Definition Peristaltic contraction or action.
- English Word Peristaltic Definition Applied to the peculiar wormlike wave motion of the intestines and other similar structures, produced by the successive contraction of the muscular fibers of their walls, forcing their contents onwards; as, peristaltic movement.
- English Word Peristeria Definition A genus of orchidaceous plants. See Dove plant.
- English Word Peristerion Definition The herb vervain (Verbena officinalis).
- English Word Peristerite Definition A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck.
- English Word Peristeromorphous Definition Like or pertaining to the pigeons or Columbae.
- English Word Peristeropodous Definition Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.
- English Word Peristole Definition Peristaltic action, especially of the intestines.