| DUKKERIPENS | • DUKKERIPEN n. (Romany) fortune-telling. |
| PERIPATETIC | • peripatetic adj. Tending to walk about. • peripatetic adj. Constantly travelling. • peripatetic adj. (Philosophy, usually capitalized) Alternative letter-case form of Peripatetic. |
| PERIPATUSES | • peripatuses n. Plural of peripatus. • PERIPATUS n. a member of the genus Peripatus, having both arthropod and annelid characteristics. |
| PERIPETEIAN | • PERIPETEIAN adj. of or like a peripeteia, a sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation, also PERIPETIAN. |
| PERIPETEIAS | • peripeteias n. Plural of peripeteia. • PERIPETEIA n. (Greek) a sudden and violent change in circumstances, esp. in drama, also PERIPETIA, PERIPETY. |
| 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. |
| PERIPLASMIC | • periplasmic adj. Surrounding the plasma of a bacterium. |
| PERIPTERIES | • peripteries n. Plural of periptery. • PERIPTERY n. a peripteral building; the turbulent air around a flying object. |