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There are 20 words beginning with PERIPH

PERIPHERY	• periphery n. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something. • periphery n. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces. • PERIPHERY n. a line or surface acting as a boundary.
PERIPHERAL	• peripheral adj. On the periphery or boundary. • peripheral adj. Beside the point. • peripheral adj. Unimportant.
PERIPHERIC	• peripheric adj. Peripheral. • PERIPHERIC adj. (archaic) relating to a periphery, also PERIPHERICAL.
PERIPHONIC	• PERIPHONIC adj. relating to a sound system with many speakers.
PERIPHRASE	• periphrase n. (Rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect… • periphrase v. (Transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution. • periphrase v. (Intransitive) To use circumlocution.
PERIPHYTIC	• periphytic adj. Relating to periphytons. • PERIPHYTIC adj. relating to a periphyton.
PERIPHYTON	• periphyton n. (Ecology) A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to… • PERIPHYTON n. aquatic organisms which are attached to, or cling to, stems and leaves of rooted plants, rocks, etc.
PERIPHERALS	• peripherals n. Plural of peripheral. • PERIPHERAL n. a device connected to a computer to provide communication (as input and output) or auxiliary functions (as additional storage).
PERIPHERIES	• peripheries n. Plural of periphery. • PERIPHERY n. a line or surface acting as a boundary.
PERIPHRASED	• periphrased v. Simple past tense and past participle of periphrase. • PERIPHRASE v. to use more words than are necessary to express an idea.
PERIPHRASES	• periphrases n. Plural of periphrase. • periphrases n. Plural of periphrasis. • periphrases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of periphrase.
PERIPHRASIS	• periphrasis n. The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going… • periphrasis n. (Linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather… • periphrasis n. (Rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).
PERIPHYTONS	• periphytons n. Plural of periphyton. • PERIPHYTON n. aquatic organisms which are attached to, or cling to, stems and leaves of rooted plants, rocks, etc.
PERIPHERALLY	• peripherally adv. In a peripheral manner. • peripherally adv. At or towards a periphery. • PERIPHERAL adv. at the edge.
PERIPHERICAL	• peripherical adj. Peripheral. • PERIPHERICAL adj. (archaic) relating to a periphery, also PERIPHERIC.
PERIPHRASING	• periphrasing v. Present participle of periphrase. • PERIPHRASE v. to use more words than are necessary to express an idea.
PERIPHRASTIC	• periphrastic adj. Expressed in more words than are necessary. • periphrastic adj. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory. • periphrastic adj. (Grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.
PERIPHERALITY	• peripherality n. The quality of being peripheral. • PERIPHERALITY n. the state of being peripheral.
PERIPHRASTICAL	• periphrastical adj. Alternative form of periphrastic. • PERIPHRASTICAL adj. of or like periphrasis, the use of longer phrasing in place of shorter form of expression, also PERIPHRASTIC.
PERIPHERALITIES	• peripheralities n. Plural of peripherality. • PERIPHERALITY n. the state of being peripheral.

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