English words: periodontopathic to perisporiaceous
300 English words, part 57 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 15 have a page of their own.
English words periodontopathic to perisporiaceous
- periodontopathic adjective: that causes disease of the periodontium
- periodontopathogen noun: A periodontal pathogen
- periodontopathogenic adjective: pathogenic to the supporting structures of teeth
- periodontopathy noun: disease of the periodontium
- periodontosis noun: Any of certain chronic periodontal diseases that exhibit degenerative bony changes.
- periodoscope noun: A table or other means of calculating the menstrual cycle.
- periodt interjection /ˈpɪːɹi.əd/: Used to underscore a statement or indicate that it is not open to dispute.
- periodynia noun: pain experienced throughout the body, with no obvious cause
- Perioecian noun: A perioecus.
- perioecus noun /pɛɹɪˈiːkəs/: Someone living on the same latitude as someone else, but on a different or opposite side of the world; one's antithesis.
- perioesophageal adjective: Alternative form of periesophageal.
- perioestrous adjective: Relating to perioestrus
- perioestrus noun: The time surrounding oestrus (of a female animal)
- perioikoi noun /ˌpɛɹiˈɔɪkɔɪ/: The ancient inhabitants of Laconia who were free residents of the mountains and the beaches of Laconia.
- Perioikos noun: A free inhabitant of ancient Laconia who was without citizenship and lived outside the city of Sparta.
- periolivary adjective: Surrounding the olivary body
- perionychia noun: Synonym of paronychia (“inflammation and/or infection of epidermis next to nails”).
- perionychial adjective: Of, pertaining to, or being a perionychium (singular) or perionychia (plural) (epidermis next to nails).
- perionychium noun: The epidermis bordering a nail.
- perionyx noun: Synonym of perionychium.
- periop adjective: Alternative form of peri-op.
- periopathogen noun: Any periopathogenic pathogen
- periopathogenic adjective: Contributing to periodontitis.
- perioperative adjective: Relating to the period around an operation, including immediate preoperative preparation and postoperative recovery.
- perioperatively adverb: In a perioperative manner.
- periople noun: The external smooth horny layer of a hoof.
- perioplic adjective: Of or relating to the periople.
- periopod noun: Alternative form of pereiopod.
- perioptic adjective: Surrounding the eyeball or the optic nerve
- perioral adjective: Surrounding the mouth.
- periorally adverb: In a perioral manner
- periorbit adjective: Alternative form of periorbital.
- periorbita noun: The area around the orbit.
- periorbital adjective: Of, pertaining to or surrounding the orbit of the eyes
- periorbitally adverb: In a periorbital manner
- periorbitopathy noun: The change in the eyelid and orbit following administration of some eye drops
- periorificial adjective: Around the orifices of the body.
- perioscope noun: A form of endoscope used to explore and visualize the periodontal pocket, producing an image of a diseased tooth's root.
- periost noun: Synonym of periosteum.
- periostalgia noun: pain due to periostitis
- periosteal adjective: Of or pertaining to the periosteum.
- periosteally adverb: In the periosteum.
- periostealmost adjective: Closest to the periosteum
- periosteoblastic adjective: Surrounding an osteoblast
- periosteoclastic adjective: Surrounding an osteoclast
- periosteocytic adjective: Around an osteocyte.
- periosteophyte noun: Any small, abnormal growth on the periosteum
- periosteous adjective: periosteal
- periosteum noun: A membrane surrounding a bone.
- periostic adjective: Relating to periostitis
- periostin noun: A protein normally expressed during cardiac development but also re-expressed following injury to adult tissue.
- periostitic adjective: Related to periostitis.
- periostitis noun: Inflammation of a periosteum
- periostracal adjective: Of or pertaining to periostracum.
- periostracum noun: The proteinaceous outer sheath of many molluscan shells.
- periot noun: A unit of weight, 9,600 of which make a grain.
- periotic adjective, noun: Located in, or pertaining to, the inner ear.
- perioval adjective: That surrounds an ovum
- periovarial adjective: Surrounding the ovary
- periovarian adjective: Surrounding the ovary
- periovary adjective: Alternative form of periovarian.
- periovular adjective: Surrounding an ovary
- periovulation noun: The period of time around which ovulation occurs.
- periovulatorily adverb: Around the time of ovulation.
- periovulatory adjective: Around the time of ovulation.
- peripalloside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- peripancreatic adjective: Surrounding the pancreas
- peripancreatitis noun: inflammation of the cellular tissue around the pancreas
- peripapillar adjective: Alternative form of peripapillary.
- peripapillary adjective: Surrounding a papilla
- periparasitic adjective: Surrounding a parasite
- peripartal adjective: Peripartum.
- peripartally adverb: At around the time of childbirth.
- peripartum adjective: That occurs around the time of labor and childbirth (parturition) (typically, within a few weeks before, intrapartum, or within a few weeks after).
- periparturient adjective: Around the time of childbirth.
- periparturition adjective: Around the time of childbirth
- Peripatecian noun: A Peripatetic; an Aristotelian.
- peripatellar adjective: Around the patella.
- peripatetic adjective, noun /ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/: Tending to walk about.
- peripatetical adjective: Alternative form of peripatetic.
- peripatetically adverb: In a peripatetic manner.
- peripateticate verb: To travel about.
- peripateticism noun: The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics
- peripatetics noun: Instruction by means of lectures.
- peripatid noun: A velvet worm of the family Peripatidae.
- peripatopsid noun: Any velvet worm of the family Peripatopsidae.
- peripatric adjective: Living in overlapping territories.
- peripatry noun: The state or condition of being peripatric.
- peripatus noun: Any onychophoran of the genus Peripatus
- peripeduncular adjective: Around a peduncle
- peripelvic adjective: Surrounding the pelvis.
- peripenial adjective: Surrounding the penis.
- peripenile adjective: Surrounding the penis.
- peripentonal adjective: That surrounds a penton
- peripenultimate adjective: Synonym of antepenultimate.
- peripersonal adjective: Around the person; near a person's body.
- peripetalous adjective: Surrounding, or situated around, the petals.
- peripeteia noun /pɛɹɪpɪˈtɪə/: A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy.
- peripeteian adjective: Of or pertaining to peripeteia.
- peripetia noun: Alternative form of peripeteia.
- peripety noun /pəˈɹɪpəti/: Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”).
- periphagocytic adjective: Surrounding a phagocyte
- periphallic adjective: Surrounding the phallus
- peripharyngeal adjective: Surrounding the pharynx
- peripherad adverb: Towards the periphery.
- peripheral adjective, noun /pəˈɹɪf(ə)ɹ(ə)l/: On the periphery or boundary.
- peripheral artery disease noun: A vascular disease causing abnormal narrowing of arteries.
- peripheral brain noun: Any hardware (i.e. handheld, computer, laptop) containing vast amounts of information, which is in constant flux and is important to the owner but not so...
- peripheral bus noun: A bus used to connect hardware peripherals to the CPU.
- peripheral device noun: An electronic device that is outside the computer's system unit (external to the computer's enclosing case), but used by the computer to which it is...
- peripheral membrane protein noun: Any of a class of proteins that adhere only temporarily to the biological membrane with which they are associated.
- peripheral nervous system noun: The part of the nervous system which is not the central nervous system.
- peripheral neuropathy noun: Neuropathy occurring in the peripheral portions of the body, more specifically the lower legs and feet, or the hands and fingers.
- peripheral oxygen saturation noun: An estimation of the oxygen saturation level usually measured with a pulse oximeter device.
- peripheral vision noun: The part of vision that occurs outside the gaze or central area of focus.
- peripheralisation noun: Alternative form of peripheralization.
- peripheralise verb: Alternative form of peripheralize.
- peripheralism noun: A policy of focusing on what is peripheral.
- peripheralist noun: A proponent of peripheralism.
- peripherality noun: The quality of being peripheral.
- peripheralization noun: The act of peripheralizing; marginalization.
- peripheralize verb: To make peripheral; to marginalize.
- peripherally adverb: In a peripheral manner.
- peripheralness noun: Synonym of peripherality.
- peripherial adjective: Alternative form of peripheral.
- peripheric adjective: peripheral
- peripherical adjective: peripheral
- peripherically adverb: Alternative form of peripherally.
- peripherin noun: An intermediate filament protein expressed mainly in neurons of the peripheral nervous system
- peripherization noun: Alternative form of peripheralization.
- peripherolobular adjective: Pertaining to or situated on the peripheral part of a lobule, especially a hepatic lobule.
- peripherome noun: The proteome of all membrane peripheral proteins
- peripherovascular adjective: Relating to the peripheral blood vessels.
- periphery noun /pəˈɹɪf.ə.ɹi/: The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
- periphilin noun: Any of a family of proteins associated with the differentiation of skin cells
- periphlebitis noun: perivasculitis of the retina
- periphloem noun: The phloem sheath.
- periphractic adjective: Enclosed; surrounded by some barrier.
- periphrase noun, verb /ˈpɛɹi.fɹeɪz/: The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
- periphrasic adjective /ˈpɛ.ɹiːˌfɹeɪz.ɪk/: Of or pertaining to periphrasis
- periphrasis noun /pəˈɹɪfɹəsɪs/: The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
- periphrastic adjective /ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈfɹæ.stɪk/: Expressed in more words than are necessary.
- periphrastic conjugation noun: A conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries.
- periphrastical adjective: Alternative form of periphrastic.
- periphrastically adverb /pɛɹɪˈfɹæstɪkli/: With circumlocution or periphrasis.
- periphrasticity noun: The condition of being periphrastic.
- periphysate adjective: Having periphyses.
- periphysis noun: A short, sterile hypha that develops from above the ascus and grows down a short distance, typically lining the internal walls of the ostiole in a perithecium.
- periphysoid noun: A periphysis-like structure that grows laterally, found in some crustose pyrenolichens.
- periphysoidal adjective: Relating to a periphysoid.
- periphytic adjective: Relating to periphytons
- periphytivore noun: Any organism that eats periphyton
- periphyton noun: A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
- periplacental adjective: Surrounding or near the placenta.
- periplakin noun: A protein that is a component of desmosomes and of the epidermal cornified envelope in keratinocytes.
- periplanar adjective: Describing a torsion angle between 0° and 30°, or between 150° and 180°
- periplanone noun: Any of a group of sex pheromones produced by the female American cockroach Periplaneta americana.
- periplaque adjective: Surrounding a plaque
- periplasm noun /ˈpɛɹiˌplæzəm/: The region between the plasma membrane and the outer membrane or cell wall.
- periplasmatic adjective: Relating to, or found within the periplasm
- periplasmatically adverb: In a periplasmatic manner
- periplasmic adjective: Surrounding the plasma of a bacterium
- periplasmically adverb: In a periplasmic manner
- periplast noun: periblast of algae
- periplastic adjective: Alternative form of periblastic.
- periplastid adjective: Alternative form of periplastidial.
- periplastidal adjective: Alternative form of periplastidial.
- periplastidial adjective: Surrounding a plastid
- periplastidic adjective: Relating to a periplastid
- periplasting adjective: That removes the periplast from cells
- periplastronal adjective: Surrounding a plastron
- periplatform adjective: Surrounding a geological platform
- periplectic adjective: Having the odd canonical form; special peculiar.
- periplegmatic adjective: Of or pertaining to a space curve contained between two concentric spheres with its concave side facing always toward the common centre of the two spheres.
- peripleural adjective: Around the pleura.
- periplocin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- periplocogenin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- periplocoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- periplocymarin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- periplogenin noun: A cardenolide isolated from bael leaves.
- periplomatid noun: Any spoonclam in the family Periplomatidae.
- periplorhamnoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
- periplous noun: Alternative form of periplus.
- periplus noun /ˈpɛɹɪˌplʌs/: An account of a voyage, particularly those of Hanno and Arrian, recording ports and coastal landmarks.
- peripneumonia noun: pneumonia
- peripneumonic adjective: pneumonic (of or pertaining to pneumonia (an inflammation of the lungs))
- peripneumony noun: Alternative form of peripneumonia.
- peripneustic adjective: Of one of the categories of hemipneustic tracheal systems, in which the spiracles are in incomplete rows along each side of the body, as in the holopneustic...
- peripodial adjective: Surrounding a thoracic disc in some insects
- peripodium noun: Synonym of parapodium.
- peripolar adjective: Surrounding a (magnetic or electric) pole
- peripolesis noun: The process by which a cell attaches itself to another cell, thought to be a physiological mechanism involved in regulating immune response.
- peripolygonal adjective: Having very many sides or angles.
- peripontine adjective: Surrounding the pons in the brain stem.
- periporate adjective: Having pores located in a non-central position.
- periportal adjective: Around the portal vein.
- periportally adverb: Around the portal vein.
- periposeidion noun: Periapsis around Neptune.
- periprandial adjective: Around (before and/or after) a meal
- periprandially adverb: In a periprandial manner
- peripregnancy adjective: Surrounding (the time of) pregnancy
- periprocedural adjective: Occurring at about the same time as a medical procedure: shortly before it, during it, and/or shortly after it (but without further specificity).
- periprocedurally adverb /ˌpɛr.ə.prəˈsiː.d͡ʒər.ə.li/: In a periprocedural manner: shortly before, during, and/or shortly after a procedure (but without further specificity).
- periprocedure adjective: Alternative form of periprocedural.
- periproct noun: The region surrounding the anus, particularly in echinoderms.
- periproctal adjective: Relating to a periproct.
- periproctitis noun: Inflammation of the tissues around the rectum or anus.
- periprostatic adjective: Around the prostate.
- periprosthetic adjective: Around the area of a prosthetic.
- peripsocid noun: Any barklouse in the family Peripsocidae.
- peripter noun: In classical architecture, a building surrounded by a single row of columns.
- peripteral adjective, noun: peripterous
- peripteros noun: A type of Ancient Greek or Ancient Roman temple surrounded by a portico with columns.
- peripterous adjective: Surrounded by a single row of columns.
- periptery noun: The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occurs.
- periptychid noun: Any extinct condylarthran in the family Periptychidae.
- peripubertal adjective: Around the time of puberty.
- peripubertally adverb: In a peripubertal manner
- peripuberty noun: The time around puberty.
- peripubescent adjective /ˌpɛɹipjʊˈbɛsənt/: Of the first onset of puberty; in the early stages of puberty; that is or are becoming pubescent.
- peripupillary adjective: Surrounding the pupil of the eye
- peripylarian adjective: Surrounding the pylorus
- peripyloric adjective: Around the pylorus.
- peripyramidal adjective: Surrounding the renal pyramid.
- perique noun: A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, and tough and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana and cured in its own juices, so as to be very dark in...
- periradicular adjective: Surrounding a root or radicle
- perireceptor adjective: Surrounding a receptor
- perirectal adjective: Around the rectum.
- perirectally adverb: Around the rectum.
- perirenal adjective: Around the kidney.
- periretinal adjective: Surrounding the retina
- perirhabdomal adjective: Surrounding a rhabdom
- perirhinal adjective: Situated around the nose.
- perirolandic adjective: Surrounding the Rolandic fissure
- perirural adjective: Surrounding a rural area
- perisaccadic adjective: Around the time of a saccade of the eye.
- perisaccadically adverb: In a perisaccadic manner
- perisarc noun: The outer hardened integument that covers most hydrozoan coelenterates.
- perisarcal adjective: Relating to a perisarc
- perisarcolemmal adjective: Surrounding the sarcolemma
- perisaturnium noun: Synonym of perikrone.
- periscapular adjective: Around the scapula.
- periscian adjective, noun: Having the shadow moving all around.
- periscii noun: The inhabitants of the polar regions, whose shadows, during part of the summer, make a complete revolution.
- periscopal adjective: Synonym of periscopic.
- periscope noun, verb /ˈpɛɹɪskəʊp/: A form of viewing device that allows the viewer to see things at a different height level and usually with minimal visibility.
- periscopic adjective: Relating to periscopes and their use.
- periscopical adjective: Synonym of periscopic.
- periscopically adverb: Using a periscope.
- periscopism noun: Periscopic vision, covering a wide field without changing the direction of the optical axis.
- periseasonal adjective: Relating to each side of a season
- periselectivity noun: The preferential generation of one of a group of products having different symmetries during a reaction.
- periselene noun: Synonym of pericynthion.
- periselenium noun: The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the moon's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its minimum.
- periseptal adjective: Around a septum.
- perisex adjective: Dyadic; endosex; not intersex.
- perisexual adjective: Related to sex or sex-seeking, without being explicitly sexual.
- perish verb /ˈpɛɹɪʃ/: To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
- perish the thought phrase: May the thought perish; said of an idea or suggestion that is deeply undesirable.
- Perish Trap noun: A strategy in competitive Pokémon in which a player traps an opponent’s Pokémon on the field, usually with the Ability Shadow Tag, and uses the move Perish...
- perishability noun: The quality of being perishable.
- perishable adjective, noun /ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.ʃə.bəl/: Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.
- perishableness noun: The state of being perishable; perishability.
- perishably adverb: In a perishable manner.
- perisher noun: An annoying child, a brat.
- perishing adjective, noun, verb: Extremely cold.
- perishingly adverb: extremely
- perishless adjective: That does not perish; undying; enduring.
- perishment noun: The act of perishing.
- perisinusoidal adjective: Surrounding the sinusoids of the liver
- perisinusoidally adverb: In the vicinity of the sinusoids.
- periskeletal adjective: Around the skeleton.
- perisoma noun: A perisome.
- perisomal adjective: Relating to the perisome.
- perisomatic adjective: Of or pertaining to a perisome
- perisomatically adverb: In a perisomatic manner
- perisome noun: The outer body of an invertebrate; the integument
- perispeckle noun: The periphery of the nuclear speckle of a neuron
- perisperm noun: The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.
- perispermal adjective: Synonym of perispermic
- perispermic adjective: Relating to the perisperm
- perispheric adjective: Synonym of perispherical.
- perispherical adjective: Exactly spherical; globular.
- perisphinctid noun: Any ammonite in the family Perisphinctidae.
- perisphinctoid noun: Any member of the Perisphinctoidea superfamily of ammonites.
- perispinal adjective: Surrounding the spine
- perispindle adjective: Surrounding a spindle
- perispiracular adjective: Surrounding a spiracle
- perispirit noun: A layer of an abstract, ethereal material that is said by spiritualists to serve as the bond between one's spirit and physical body.
- perispiritic adjective: Synonym of perispritic.
- perisplanchnic adjective: Around the viscera.
- perisplenetic adjective: Around the spleen.
- perisplenic adjective: Around the spleen.
- perisplenitis noun: Inflammation of the area surrounding the spleen.
- perispome adjective, noun, verb /ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.spəʊm/: Having a perispomene on the last syllable.
- perispomene adjective, noun: The circumflex ⟨◌͂⟩, a diacritical mark used in the polytonic script of Greek.
- perispomeni noun: Alternative form of perispomene.
- perispomenon adjective, noun /ˌpɛɹɪˈspəʊmənɒn/: Having a high-low pitch accent on the last syllable.
- perispore noun: The outer covering of a spore.
- perisporiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Perisporiaceae family of fungi.
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.