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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

  1. periodontopathic adjective: that causes disease of the periodontium
  2. periodontopathogen noun: A periodontal pathogen
  3. periodontopathogenic adjective: pathogenic to the supporting structures of teeth
  4. periodontopathy noun: disease of the periodontium
  5. periodontosis noun: Any of certain chronic periodontal diseases that exhibit degenerative bony changes.
  6. periodoscope noun: A table or other means of calculating the menstrual cycle.
  7. periodt interjection /ˈpɪːɹi.əd/: Used to underscore a statement or indicate that it is not open to dispute.
  8. periodynia noun: pain experienced throughout the body, with no obvious cause
  9. Perioecian noun: A perioecus.
  10. 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.
  11. perioesophageal adjective: Alternative form of periesophageal.
  12. perioestrous adjective: Relating to perioestrus
  13. perioestrus noun: The time surrounding oestrus (of a female animal)
  14. perioikoi noun /ˌpɛɹiˈɔɪkɔɪ/: The ancient inhabitants of Laconia who were free residents of the mountains and the beaches of Laconia.
  15. Perioikos noun: A free inhabitant of ancient Laconia who was without citizenship and lived outside the city of Sparta.
  16. periolivary adjective: Surrounding the olivary body
  17. perionychia noun: Synonym of paronychia (“inflammation and/or infection of epidermis next to nails”).
  18. perionychial adjective: Of, pertaining to, or being a perionychium (singular) or perionychia (plural) (epidermis next to nails).
  19. perionychium noun: The epidermis bordering a nail.
  20. perionyx noun: Synonym of perionychium.
  21. periop adjective: Alternative form of peri-op.
  22. periopathogen noun: Any periopathogenic pathogen
  23. periopathogenic adjective: Contributing to periodontitis.
  24. perioperative adjective: Relating to the period around an operation, including immediate preoperative preparation and postoperative recovery.
  25. perioperatively adverb: In a perioperative manner.
  26. periople noun: The external smooth horny layer of a hoof.
  27. perioplic adjective: Of or relating to the periople.
  28. periopod noun: Alternative form of pereiopod.
  29. perioptic adjective: Surrounding the eyeball or the optic nerve
  30. perioral adjective: Surrounding the mouth.
  31. periorally adverb: In a perioral manner
  32. periorbit adjective: Alternative form of periorbital.
  33. periorbita noun: The area around the orbit.
  34. periorbital adjective: Of, pertaining to or surrounding the orbit of the eyes
  35. periorbitally adverb: In a periorbital manner
  36. periorbitopathy noun: The change in the eyelid and orbit following administration of some eye drops
  37. periorificial adjective: Around the orifices of the body.
  38. perioscope noun: A form of endoscope used to explore and visualize the periodontal pocket, producing an image of a diseased tooth's root.
  39. periost noun: Synonym of periosteum.
  40. periostalgia noun: pain due to periostitis
  41. periosteal adjective: Of or pertaining to the periosteum.
  42. periosteally adverb: In the periosteum.
  43. periostealmost adjective: Closest to the periosteum
  44. periosteoblastic adjective: Surrounding an osteoblast
  45. periosteoclastic adjective: Surrounding an osteoclast
  46. periosteocytic adjective: Around an osteocyte.
  47. periosteophyte noun: Any small, abnormal growth on the periosteum
  48. periosteous adjective: periosteal
  49. periosteum noun: A membrane surrounding a bone.
  50. periostic adjective: Relating to periostitis
  51. periostin noun: A protein normally expressed during cardiac development but also re-expressed following injury to adult tissue.
  52. periostitic adjective: Related to periostitis.
  53. periostitis noun: Inflammation of a periosteum
  54. periostracal adjective: Of or pertaining to periostracum.
  55. periostracum noun: The proteinaceous outer sheath of many molluscan shells.
  56. periot noun: A unit of weight, 9,600 of which make a grain.
  57. periotic adjective, noun: Located in, or pertaining to, the inner ear.
  58. perioval adjective: That surrounds an ovum
  59. periovarial adjective: Surrounding the ovary
  60. periovarian adjective: Surrounding the ovary
  61. periovary adjective: Alternative form of periovarian.
  62. periovular adjective: Surrounding an ovary
  63. periovulation noun: The period of time around which ovulation occurs.
  64. periovulatorily adverb: Around the time of ovulation.
  65. periovulatory adjective: Around the time of ovulation.
  66. peripalloside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  67. peripancreatic adjective: Surrounding the pancreas
  68. peripancreatitis noun: inflammation of the cellular tissue around the pancreas
  69. peripapillar adjective: Alternative form of peripapillary.
  70. peripapillary adjective: Surrounding a papilla
  71. periparasitic adjective: Surrounding a parasite
  72. peripartal adjective: Peripartum.
  73. peripartally adverb: At around the time of childbirth.
  74. 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).
  75. periparturient adjective: Around the time of childbirth.
  76. periparturition adjective: Around the time of childbirth
  77. Peripatecian noun: A Peripatetic; an Aristotelian.
  78. peripatellar adjective: Around the patella.
  79. peripatetic adjective, noun /ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/: Tending to walk about.
  80. peripatetical adjective: Alternative form of peripatetic.
  81. peripatetically adverb: In a peripatetic manner.
  82. peripateticate verb: To travel about.
  83. peripateticism noun: The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics
  84. peripatetics noun: Instruction by means of lectures.
  85. peripatid noun: A velvet worm of the family Peripatidae.
  86. peripatopsid noun: Any velvet worm of the family Peripatopsidae.
  87. peripatric adjective: Living in overlapping territories.
  88. peripatry noun: The state or condition of being peripatric.
  89. peripatus noun: Any onychophoran of the genus Peripatus
  90. peripeduncular adjective: Around a peduncle
  91. peripelvic adjective: Surrounding the pelvis.
  92. peripenial adjective: Surrounding the penis.
  93. peripenile adjective: Surrounding the penis.
  94. peripentonal adjective: That surrounds a penton
  95. peripenultimate adjective: Synonym of antepenultimate.
  96. peripersonal adjective: Around the person; near a person's body.
  97. peripetalous adjective: Surrounding, or situated around, the petals.
  98. peripeteia noun /pɛɹɪpɪˈtɪə/: A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy.
  99. peripeteian adjective: Of or pertaining to peripeteia.
  100. peripetia noun: Alternative form of peripeteia.
  101. peripety noun /pəˈɹɪpəti/: Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”).
  102. periphagocytic adjective: Surrounding a phagocyte
  103. periphallic adjective: Surrounding the phallus
  104. peripharyngeal adjective: Surrounding the pharynx
  105. peripherad adverb: Towards the periphery.
  106. peripheral adjective, noun /pəˈɹɪf(ə)ɹ(ə)l/: On the periphery or boundary.
  107. peripheral artery disease noun: A vascular disease causing abnormal narrowing of arteries.
  108. 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...
  109. peripheral bus noun: A bus used to connect hardware peripherals to the CPU.
  110. 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...
  111. peripheral membrane protein noun: Any of a class of proteins that adhere only temporarily to the biological membrane with which they are associated.
  112. peripheral nervous system noun: The part of the nervous system which is not the central nervous system.
  113. peripheral neuropathy noun: Neuropathy occurring in the peripheral portions of the body, more specifically the lower legs and feet, or the hands and fingers.
  114. peripheral oxygen saturation noun: An estimation of the oxygen saturation level usually measured with a pulse oximeter device.
  115. peripheral vision noun: The part of vision that occurs outside the gaze or central area of focus.
  116. peripheralisation noun: Alternative form of peripheralization.
  117. peripheralise verb: Alternative form of peripheralize.
  118. peripheralism noun: A policy of focusing on what is peripheral.
  119. peripheralist noun: A proponent of peripheralism.
  120. peripherality noun: The quality of being peripheral.
  121. peripheralization noun: The act of peripheralizing; marginalization.
  122. peripheralize verb: To make peripheral; to marginalize.
  123. peripherally adverb: In a peripheral manner.
  124. peripheralness noun: Synonym of peripherality.
  125. peripherial adjective: Alternative form of peripheral.
  126. peripheric adjective: peripheral
  127. peripherical adjective: peripheral
  128. peripherically adverb: Alternative form of peripherally.
  129. peripherin noun: An intermediate filament protein expressed mainly in neurons of the peripheral nervous system
  130. peripherization noun: Alternative form of peripheralization.
  131. peripherolobular adjective: Pertaining to or situated on the peripheral part of a lobule, especially a hepatic lobule.
  132. peripherome noun: The proteome of all membrane peripheral proteins
  133. peripherovascular adjective: Relating to the peripheral blood vessels.
  134. periphery noun /pəˈɹɪf.ə.ɹi/: The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
  135. periphilin noun: Any of a family of proteins associated with the differentiation of skin cells
  136. periphlebitis noun: perivasculitis of the retina
  137. periphloem noun: The phloem sheath.
  138. periphractic adjective: Enclosed; surrounded by some barrier.
  139. 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.
  140. periphrasic adjective /ˈpɛ.ɹiːˌfɹeɪz.ɪk/: Of or pertaining to periphrasis
  141. 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".
  142. periphrastic adjective /ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈfɹæ.stɪk/: Expressed in more words than are necessary.
  143. periphrastic conjugation noun: A conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries.
  144. periphrastical adjective: Alternative form of periphrastic.
  145. periphrastically adverb /pɛɹɪˈfɹæstɪkli/: With circumlocution or periphrasis.
  146. periphrasticity noun: The condition of being periphrastic.
  147. periphysate adjective: Having periphyses.
  148. 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.
  149. periphysoid noun: A periphysis-like structure that grows laterally, found in some crustose pyrenolichens.
  150. periphysoidal adjective: Relating to a periphysoid.
  151. periphytic adjective: Relating to periphytons
  152. periphytivore noun: Any organism that eats periphyton
  153. periphyton noun: A mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.
  154. periplacental adjective: Surrounding or near the placenta.
  155. periplakin noun: A protein that is a component of desmosomes and of the epidermal cornified envelope in keratinocytes.
  156. periplanar adjective: Describing a torsion angle between 0° and 30°, or between 150° and 180°
  157. periplanone noun: Any of a group of sex pheromones produced by the female American cockroach Periplaneta americana.
  158. periplaque adjective: Surrounding a plaque
  159. periplasm noun /ˈpɛɹiˌplæzəm/: The region between the plasma membrane and the outer membrane or cell wall.
  160. periplasmatic adjective: Relating to, or found within the periplasm
  161. periplasmatically adverb: In a periplasmatic manner
  162. periplasmic adjective: Surrounding the plasma of a bacterium
  163. periplasmically adverb: In a periplasmic manner
  164. periplast noun: periblast of algae
  165. periplastic adjective: Alternative form of periblastic.
  166. periplastid adjective: Alternative form of periplastidial.
  167. periplastidal adjective: Alternative form of periplastidial.
  168. periplastidial adjective: Surrounding a plastid
  169. periplastidic adjective: Relating to a periplastid
  170. periplasting adjective: That removes the periplast from cells
  171. periplastronal adjective: Surrounding a plastron
  172. periplatform adjective: Surrounding a geological platform
  173. periplectic adjective: Having the odd canonical form; special peculiar.
  174. 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.
  175. peripleural adjective: Around the pleura.
  176. periplocin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  177. periplocogenin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  178. periplocoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  179. periplocymarin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  180. periplogenin noun: A cardenolide isolated from bael leaves.
  181. periplomatid noun: Any spoonclam in the family Periplomatidae.
  182. periplorhamnoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  183. periplous noun: Alternative form of periplus.
  184. periplus noun /ˈpɛɹɪˌplʌs/: An account of a voyage, particularly those of Hanno and Arrian, recording ports and coastal landmarks.
  185. peripneumonia noun: pneumonia
  186. peripneumonic adjective: pneumonic (of or pertaining to pneumonia (an inflammation of the lungs))
  187. peripneumony noun: Alternative form of peripneumonia.
  188. 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...
  189. peripodial adjective: Surrounding a thoracic disc in some insects
  190. peripodium noun: Synonym of parapodium.
  191. peripolar adjective: Surrounding a (magnetic or electric) pole
  192. peripolesis noun: The process by which a cell attaches itself to another cell, thought to be a physiological mechanism involved in regulating immune response.
  193. peripolygonal adjective: Having very many sides or angles.
  194. peripontine adjective: Surrounding the pons in the brain stem.
  195. periporate adjective: Having pores located in a non-central position.
  196. periportal adjective: Around the portal vein.
  197. periportally adverb: Around the portal vein.
  198. periposeidion noun: Periapsis around Neptune.
  199. periprandial adjective: Around (before and/or after) a meal
  200. periprandially adverb: In a periprandial manner
  201. peripregnancy adjective: Surrounding (the time of) pregnancy
  202. 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).
  203. 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).
  204. periprocedure adjective: Alternative form of periprocedural.
  205. periproct noun: The region surrounding the anus, particularly in echinoderms.
  206. periproctal adjective: Relating to a periproct.
  207. periproctitis noun: Inflammation of the tissues around the rectum or anus.
  208. periprostatic adjective: Around the prostate.
  209. periprosthetic adjective: Around the area of a prosthetic.
  210. peripsocid noun: Any barklouse in the family Peripsocidae.
  211. peripter noun: In classical architecture, a building surrounded by a single row of columns.
  212. peripteral adjective, noun: peripterous
  213. peripteros noun: A type of Ancient Greek or Ancient Roman temple surrounded by a portico with columns.
  214. peripterous adjective: Surrounded by a single row of columns.
  215. 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.
  216. periptychid noun: Any extinct condylarthran in the family Periptychidae.
  217. peripubertal adjective: Around the time of puberty.
  218. peripubertally adverb: In a peripubertal manner
  219. peripuberty noun: The time around puberty.
  220. peripubescent adjective /ˌpɛɹipjʊˈbɛsənt/: Of the first onset of puberty; in the early stages of puberty; that is or are becoming pubescent.
  221. peripupillary adjective: Surrounding the pupil of the eye
  222. peripylarian adjective: Surrounding the pylorus
  223. peripyloric adjective: Around the pylorus.
  224. peripyramidal adjective: Surrounding the renal pyramid.
  225. 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...
  226. periradicular adjective: Surrounding a root or radicle
  227. perireceptor adjective: Surrounding a receptor
  228. perirectal adjective: Around the rectum.
  229. perirectally adverb: Around the rectum.
  230. perirenal adjective: Around the kidney.
  231. periretinal adjective: Surrounding the retina
  232. perirhabdomal adjective: Surrounding a rhabdom
  233. perirhinal adjective: Situated around the nose.
  234. perirolandic adjective: Surrounding the Rolandic fissure
  235. perirural adjective: Surrounding a rural area
  236. perisaccadic adjective: Around the time of a saccade of the eye.
  237. perisaccadically adverb: In a perisaccadic manner
  238. perisarc noun: The outer hardened integument that covers most hydrozoan coelenterates.
  239. perisarcal adjective: Relating to a perisarc
  240. perisarcolemmal adjective: Surrounding the sarcolemma
  241. perisaturnium noun: Synonym of perikrone.
  242. periscapular adjective: Around the scapula.
  243. periscian adjective, noun: Having the shadow moving all around.
  244. periscii noun: The inhabitants of the polar regions, whose shadows, during part of the summer, make a complete revolution.
  245. periscopal adjective: Synonym of periscopic.
  246. 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.
  247. periscopic adjective: Relating to periscopes and their use.
  248. periscopical adjective: Synonym of periscopic.
  249. periscopically adverb: Using a periscope.
  250. periscopism noun: Periscopic vision, covering a wide field without changing the direction of the optical axis.
  251. periseasonal adjective: Relating to each side of a season
  252. periselectivity noun: The preferential generation of one of a group of products having different symmetries during a reaction.
  253. periselene noun: Synonym of pericynthion.
  254. 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.
  255. periseptal adjective: Around a septum.
  256. perisex adjective: Dyadic; endosex; not intersex.
  257. perisexual adjective: Related to sex or sex-seeking, without being explicitly sexual.
  258. perish verb /ˈpɛɹɪʃ/: To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
  259. perish the thought phrase: May the thought perish; said of an idea or suggestion that is deeply undesirable.
  260. 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...
  261. perishability noun: The quality of being perishable.
  262. perishable adjective, noun /ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.ʃə.bəl/: Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.
  263. perishableness noun: The state of being perishable; perishability.
  264. perishably adverb: In a perishable manner.
  265. perisher noun: An annoying child, a brat.
  266. perishing adjective, noun, verb: Extremely cold.
  267. perishingly adverb: extremely
  268. perishless adjective: That does not perish; undying; enduring.
  269. perishment noun: The act of perishing.
  270. perisinusoidal adjective: Surrounding the sinusoids of the liver
  271. perisinusoidally adverb: In the vicinity of the sinusoids.
  272. periskeletal adjective: Around the skeleton.
  273. perisoma noun: A perisome.
  274. perisomal adjective: Relating to the perisome.
  275. perisomatic adjective: Of or pertaining to a perisome
  276. perisomatically adverb: In a perisomatic manner
  277. perisome noun: The outer body of an invertebrate; the integument
  278. perispeckle noun: The periphery of the nuclear speckle of a neuron
  279. perisperm noun: The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.
  280. perispermal adjective: Synonym of perispermic
  281. perispermic adjective: Relating to the perisperm
  282. perispheric adjective: Synonym of perispherical.
  283. perispherical adjective: Exactly spherical; globular.
  284. perisphinctid noun: Any ammonite in the family Perisphinctidae.
  285. perisphinctoid noun: Any member of the Perisphinctoidea superfamily of ammonites.
  286. perispinal adjective: Surrounding the spine
  287. perispindle adjective: Surrounding a spindle
  288. perispiracular adjective: Surrounding a spiracle
  289. 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.
  290. perispiritic adjective: Synonym of perispritic.
  291. perisplanchnic adjective: Around the viscera.
  292. perisplenetic adjective: Around the spleen.
  293. perisplenic adjective: Around the spleen.
  294. perisplenitis noun: Inflammation of the area surrounding the spleen.
  295. perispome adjective, noun, verb /ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.spəʊm/: Having a perispomene on the last syllable.
  296. perispomene adjective, noun: The circumflex ⟨◌͂⟩, a diacritical mark used in the polytonic script of Greek.
  297. perispomeni noun: Alternative form of perispomene.
  298. perispomenon adjective, noun /ˌpɛɹɪˈspəʊmənɒn/: Having a high-low pitch accent on the last syllable.
  299. perispore noun: The outer covering of a spore.
  300. 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.