| PERISTALITH | • peristalith n. A series of standing stones surrounding a barrow or burial mound. • PERISTALITH n. a prehistoric stone circle. |
| PERISTALITHS | • peristaliths n. Plural of peristalith. • PERISTALITH n. a prehistoric stone circle. |
| PERISTALSES | • peristalses n. Plural of peristalsis. • PERISTALSIS n. the movement of the food through the gut. |
| PERISTALSIS | • peristalsis n. (Medicine) The rhythmic, wave-like contraction and relaxation of muscles so as to propagate motion… • PERISTALSIS n. the movement of the food through the gut. |
| PERISTALTIC | • peristaltic adj. (Physiology) of or pertaining to peristalsis. • PERISTALTIC adj. relating to peristalsis. |
| PERISTALTICALLY | • peristaltically adv. In terms of, or by means of, peristalsis. • PERISTALTIC adv. relating to peristalsis. |
| PERISTERITE | • peristerite n. (Mineralogy) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent. • PERISTERITE n. an albite feldspar with a pigeon-like play of colour. |
| PERISTERITES | • peristerites n. Plural of peristerite. • PERISTERITE n. an albite feldspar with a pigeon-like play of colour. |
| PERISTERONIC | • peristeronic adj. Of or pertaining to pigeons. • PERISTERONIC adj. of or relating to pigeons. |
| PERISTOMAL | • peristomal adj. Of or pertaining to a peristome. • PERISTOMAL adj. relating to the peristome, the area, or a structure, surrounding a mouth, also PERISTOMATIC, PERISTOMIAL. |
| PERISTOMATIC | • PERISTOMATIC adj. relating to the peristome, the area, or a structure, surrounding a mouth, also PERISTOMAL, PERISTOMIAL. |
| PERISTOME | • peristome n. (Botany) One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses. • peristome n. (Zoology) The parts of or surrounding the mouths of numerous invertebrates. • peristome n. The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell. |
| PERISTOMES | • peristomes n. Plural of peristome. • PERISTOME n. the area, or a structure, surrounding a mouth. |
| PERISTOMIAL | • peristomial adj. Of or pertaining to a peristome. • PERISTOMIAL adj. relating to the peristome, the area, or a structure, surrounding a mouth, also PERISTOMAL, PERISTOMATIC. |
| PERISTREPHIC | • peristrephic adj. (Dated) Turning around; rotatory; revolving. • PERISTREPHIC adj. moving round; revolving; rotatory. |
| PERISTYLAR | • peristylar adj. Having the form of a peristyle. • PERISTYLAR adj. relating to a peristyle, a range of columns around a building or courtyard. |
| PERISTYLE | • peristyle n. A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns. • peristyle n. A porch surrounded by columns. • peristyle n. (Voodoo) A sacred roofed courtyard with a central pillar (the potomitan), used as a space for voodoo… |
| PERISTYLES | • peristyles n. Plural of peristyle. • PERISTYLE n. a range of columns around a building or courtyard. |