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- English Word Peritricha Definition 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.
- English Word Peritrochium Definition The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the axis in peritrochio, which see under Axis.
- English Word Peritropal Definition Rotatory; circuitous.
- English Word Peritropal Definition Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.
- English Word Peritropous Definition Peritropal.
- English Word Perityphlitis Definition Inflammation of the connective tissue about the caecum.
- English Word Periuterine Definition Surrounding the uterus.
- English Word Perivascular Definition Around the blood vessels; as, perivascular lymphatics.
- English Word Perivertebral Definition Surrounding the vertebrae.
- English Word Perivisceral Definition Around the viscera; as, the perivisceral cavity.
- English Word Perivitelline Definition Situated around the vitellus, or between the vitellus and zona pellucida of an ovum.
- English Word Periwig Definition A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig.
- English Word Periwig Definition To dress with a periwig, or with false hair.
- English Word Periwinkle Definition 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.
- English Word Periwinkle Definition A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.
- English Word Perjenet Definition A kind of pear.
- English Word Perjure Definition 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.
- English Word Perjure Definition To make a false oath to; to deceive by oaths and protestations.
- English Word Perjure Definition A perjured person.
- English Word Perjured Definition of Perjure