English words: perisporium to perm

300 English words, part 58 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 17 have a page of their own.

English words perisporium to perm

perisporium noun: the outer part of a spore wall which often disappears in older spores.
perisprit noun: Alternative form of perispirit.
perispritic adjective: Of or pertaining to the perispirit.
perissad adjective, noun: having an odd valence (one not divisible by two without a remainder).
perissityid noun: Any extinct gastropod in the family Perissityidae.
perissodactyl noun: Any ungulate mammal with an odd number of toes and belonging to the Perissodactyla, an equid, a tapir, or a rhinoceros.
perissodactylate adjective: Of or relating to the Perissodactyla.
perissodactylic adjective: Of or relating to the Perissodactyla.
perissodactylism noun: The property of being a perissodactyl.
perissodactylous adjective: odd-toed, of or relating to the Perissodactyla.
perissologic adjective: Alternative form of perissological.
perissological adjective: Redundant or excessive in words.
perissology noun /pɛ.ɹɪˈsɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/: Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness.
peristalith noun: A series of standing stones surrounding a barrow or burial mound.
peristalsis noun /ˌpɛɹɪˈstalsɪs/: The coordinated, rhythmic, wavelike contraction and relaxation of smooth muscle that propels contents through a hollow organ, particularly food through the...
peristaltic adjective /pɛr.ɪˈstal.tɪk/: of or pertaining to peristalsis
peristaltically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, peristalsis.
peristaltism noun: Synonym of peristalsis.
peristaltoid adjective: Resembling peristalsis.
peristaphyline adjective: Around the uvula or palate.
peristasis noun: A four-sided porch or hall of columns surrounding the cella in an Ancient Greek peripteros temple.
peristatic adjective: Relating to peristasis.
peristediid noun: Any fish in the family Peristediidae.
Peristeri proper noun: A city and a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece.
peristeria noun: Any of the genus Peristeria of orchidaceous plants.
peristeric adjective: That binds in an inactive position near an active site
peristerion noun: The herb vervain (Verbena officinalis).
peristerite noun: A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent.
peristernal adjective: Around the sternum.
peristeronic adjective /pɚˌɪs.tɚˈɒn.ɪk/: Of or pertaining to pigeons.
peristeropod adjective: Synonym of pigeon-toed.
peristeropodous adjective: Having feet like those of a pigeon; said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, such as curassows and megapodes.
peristimulus adjective: Around the time of a stimulus, when neurons fire.
peristole noun: peristalsis, especially of the intestines
peristoma noun: Alternative form of peristome.
peristomal adjective: Of or pertaining to a peristome.
peristomate adjective: Having a peristome.
peristome noun: One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surrounding the opening of the capsule of many mosses.
peristomial adjective: Of or pertaining to a peristome.
peristomium noun: A peristome.
peristrephic adjective: Turning around; rotatory; revolving.
peristriatal adjective: Surrounding the corpus striatum.
peristriate adjective: Around the striatum
peristylar adjective: Having the form of a peristyle.
peristyle noun /ˈpɛɹɪstaɪl/: A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns.
peristyled adjective: Having a peristyle.
peristylium noun: A peristyle.
peristylum noun: A peristyle.
perisulcal adjective: Surrounding a sulcus
perisurgical adjective: Around the time of surgery.
perisutural adjective: Around a suture.
perisylvian adjective /pɛɹəˈsɪlvi.ən/: Around the sylvian fissure in the cerebral cortex
perisylvian syndrome noun: A rare neurological disease characterized by damage to the sylvian fissure, leading to difficulty chewing and swallowing, low muscle tone in the face and...
perisylvic adjective: Synonym of perisylvian.
perisymbiotic adjective: Surrounding a symbiont
perisympathetic adjective: That surrounds the organs of the sympathetic nervous system in some insects
perisynaptic adjective: Near a synapse
perisynaptically adverb: In a perisynaptic manner
perisynovial adjective: Around a synovium.
perisynovitis noun: inflammation of the area around a synovium
perisystole noun: The brief interval between the diastole and systole of the heart.
perisystolic adjective: Relating to the perisystole.
peritalar adjective: Surrounding the talus
perite adjective, noun /pəˈɹaɪt/: skilled
peritectic adjective, noun: Describes the isothermal reversible reaction of a liquid phase and a solid phase to form a second solid phase during cooling
peritectically adverb: In a peritectic manner
peritectoid adjective: Describes the isothermal reversible reaction of multiple solid phases to form a new system of fewer solid phases during cooling.
peritectoidally adverb: By a peritectoid reaction.
peritectoidically adverb: Alternative form of peritectoidally.
peritectomy noun: Peritomy.
peritelomere noun: The area surrounding a telomere
peritelomeric adjective: Surrounding a telomere
peritendinous adjective: Surrounding a tendon.
peritendon noun: The membrane surrounding the tendon.
peritendonous adjective: Around a tendon.
peritenon noun: The connective tissue sheath surrounding a tendon.
peritesticular adjective: Around the testicles.
peritext noun: Images and textual elements which surround, or are secondary to, the main body of a published work, such as an introduction, notes, front covers, etc.
peritextual adjective: Of or relating to peritext.
perithallial adjective: Surrounding a thallus
perithallus noun: The layer of cells surrounding a thallus
perithecal adjective: Around the theca.
perithece noun: Synonym of perithecium.
perithecial adjective: Relating to a perithecium.
peritheciate adjective: Having a perithecium.
perithecioid adjective: Resembling a perithecium.
perithecium noun: An ascocarp shaped like a skittle or ball, distinguished by a small pore, the ostiole, through which the spores are released one by one when ripe.
perithelial adjective: Relating to or composed of perithelium.
perithelioma noun: Synonym of hemangiopericytoma.
peritheliomatous adjective: Relating to a perithelioma
perithelium noun: The layer of connective tissue surrounding the capillaries and smaller blood vessels
peritherapeutic adjective: Around the time of therapy
peritherapeutically adverb: In a peritherapeutic manner
perithoracic adjective: Around the thorax.
perithreshold adjective, noun: Around a threshold value
perithymic adjective: Surrounding the thymus
perithyroidal adjective: Surrounding a thyroid gland
peritidal adjective: Relating to part of a shore, somewhat wider than the intertidal portion, extending from above the highest tide level to below the lowest tide level.
peritidally adverb: In or relating to the peritidal region.
peritomize verb: To perform a peritomy upon.
peritomous adjective: Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.
peritomy noun: The surgical removal of a strip of the conjunctiva of an eye.
peritonæum noun: Dated form of peritonaeum.
peritonaeal adjective: Alternative spelling of peritoneal.
peritonaeum noun: Alternative form of peritoneum.
peritoneal adjective /ˌpɛrətəˈni.əl/: Of, relating to, or affecting the peritoneum.
peritoneal dialysis noun: A treatment for patients with severe chronic kidney disease in which fluids are exchanged from the blood in the patient's peritoneum in the abdomen.
peritonealization noun: The process by which a surgical surface is covered with peritoneum, via surgical means or natural regeneration.
peritonealize verb: To subject to peritonealization.
peritoneally adverb: By way of the peritoneum
peritonectomy noun: Removal of a cancerous part of the peritoneum.
peritoneo- prefix: Related to the peritoneum.
peritoneocentesis noun: Abdominal paracentesis.
peritoneography noun: radiography of the peritoneum
peritoneojugular adjective: Relating to the peritoneum and the jugulum.
peritoneopericardial adjective: Relating to the peritoneum and the pericardium.
peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia noun: A congenital defect characterized by an abnormal opening in the diaphragm.
peritoneoscope noun: A narrow medical instrument used in peritoneoscopy.
peritoneoscopic adjective: Relating to peritoneoscopy.
peritoneoscopist noun: One who performs a peritoneoscopy.
peritoneoscopy noun: Examination of the abdominal cavity using a narrow instrument inserted through a small incision in the peritoneum.
peritoneovenous adjective: Of or relating to the peritoneum and venous system.
peritoneum noun /ˌpɛ.ɹɪ.təˈniː.əm/: In mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.
peritonic adjective: Describes the isothermal, isobaric reversible reaction of a saturated liquid phase and a solid phase to form a new solid phase and removal of the solvent
peritonism noun: Any condition having the symptoms of peritonitis but without the inflammation of the peritoneum.
peritonitic adjective: Having or relating to peritonitis.
peritonitis noun /ˌpɛ.ɹɪ.tə.ˈnaɪ.tɪs/: Inflammation of the peritoneum, especially when caused by an infectious organism introduced into the abdominal cavity.
peritonization noun: Alternative form of peritonealization.
peritonize verb: Alternative form of peritonealize.
peritonsillar adjective: Around the tonsils.
peritrabecular adjective: Surrounding a trabecula
peritracheal adjective: Surrounding the tracheae.
peritrack noun: Synonym of taxiway.
peritransplant adjective, adverb: Around the time of a transplant: soon before, during, or soon after.
peritransplantation adjective, adverb: Synonym of peritransplant.
peritraumatic adjective: Occurring around the time of trauma.
peritrema noun: Alternative form of peritreme
peritremal adjective: of or pertaining to peritremes.
peritrematic adjective: of or pertaining to peritremes.
peritreme noun: That part of the integument of an insect surrounding the spiracles.
peritrich noun: A ciliate protozoan of the subclass Peritrichia.
peritrichious adjective: Alternative form of peritrichous.
peritrichous adjective: Having flagella around the body or around the mouth
peritrichously adverb: In a peritrichous manner.
peritrigonal adjective: Surrounding a trigone
peritrochanteric adjective /pɛrɪˌtrə(ʊ).kənˈtɛrɪk/: Surrounding the trochanter
peritrochium noun: The wheel which, together with the axle, forms the axis in peritrochio.
peritropal adjective: Involving turning oneself around: rotating or circuitous.
peritrophic adjective: Describing a tubular chitinous sheath that lines the midgut of many insects.
peritrophin noun: A protein located in the peritrophic matrix of insects
peritropous adjective: Alternative form of peritropal.
peritruncal adjective: Surrounding the trunk (of the body)
peritubal adjective: Surrounding a tube, especially a Fallopian tube.
perituber adjective: Alternative form of perituberal.
perituberal adjective: Surrounding a tuber
peritubular adjective: Surrounding a tubule or tubules, especially the uriniferous tubules.
peritubular capillary noun: Any of a network of small blood vessels that are located around the nephrons in the kidney.
peritumor adjective: Surrounding a tumor
peritumoral adjective: Around a tumor
peritumorally adverb: Around a tumor
peritumorous adjective: Synonym of peritumoral.
peritumour adjective: Alternative form of peritumor.
peritumoural adjective: Alternative form of peritumoral.
peritumourally adverb: In a peritumoural manner
peritus noun: A Roman Catholic theologian attending an ecumenical council to give advice.
perityphlic adjective: Alternative form of perityphlitic.
perityphlitic adjective: Relating to perityphlitis.
perityphlitis noun: Inflammation of the connective tissue around the caecum.
periulcer adjective: Surrounding an ulcer
periumbilical adjective: Around the umbilicus.
periungual adjective: Around the nail.
periurachal adjective: Around the urachus.
periuranion noun: Periapsis around Uranus.
periurban adjective: Alternative spelling of peri-urban.
periureteral adjective: Around the ureter.
periureterally adverb: Around the ureter.
periureteric adjective: Around the ureter.
periurethral adjective: Surrounding the urethra
periurethral glands noun: Skene's glands
periurethrally adverb: Around the urethra.
periuterine adjective: surrounding the uterus.
periuvular adjective: Around the uvula.
perivacuolar adjective: Surrounding a vacuole
perivaginal adjective: Around the vagina.
Perivale proper noun /pɛɹɪveɪl/: A suburban area in the borough of Ealing, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1683).
perivalvar adjective: Around a valve.
perivalvular adjective: Around a valve.
perivariceal adjective: Surrounding a varix
perivascular adjective: Around or surrounding a blood vessel
perivascularitis noun: Alternative form of perivasculitis.
perivascularity noun: The quality of being perivascular.
perivascularly adverb: In a perivascular manner
perivasculature noun: perivascular tissue
perivasculitis noun: inflammation of the perivascular sheath
perivenous adjective: Surrounding a vein.
periventricular adjective: Surrounding a ventricle
periventricularly adverb: Around the ventricle.
perivenular adjective: Around a vein.
perivertebral adjective: Surrounding the vertebrae.
perivesical adjective: Near, or surrounding the urinary bladder
perivesicular adjective: Surrounding a vesicle
perivessel adjective: perivascular
periviability noun: The period around the limit of viability.
periviable adjective: Around the time of viability; for example, periviable birth is the earliest type of preterm birth that does not inevitably end in miscarriage.
perivillous adjective: Surrounding the villi
perivisceral adjective: Around the viscera.
periviscerokinin noun: Any of a family of neuropeptides present in some insects
perivitellin adjective: Alternative form of perivitelline.
perivitelline adjective: Situated around (or near) the vitellus.
perivulval adjective: Around the vulva.
perivulvar adjective: Surrounding a vulva (of a nematode)
periwig noun, verb /ˈpɛɹɪwɪɡ/: A wig, especially any kind of stylised wig as formerly worn by men and women.
periwigged adjective: Wearing a periwig.
periwinkle adjective, noun /ˈpɛɹ.ɪˌwɪŋ.kəl/: Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
periwinkled adjective: Covered in periwinkles.
periwinkler noun: One who fishes for periwinkles.
periwinkling noun: Fishing for periwinkles.
periworkout adjective, adverb /ˈpɛɹiˌwɜɹk.aʊ̯t/: At the time of or closely after or before the workout.
periwound adjective, noun: Surrounding a wound
perizoma noun /pɛɹɪˈzəʊmə/: A loincloth worn by men and women in ancient Greece.
perizonial adjective: Relating to a perizonium.
perizonium noun: A thin membrane surrounding the auxospore of a diatom.
Perizzite noun: A member of a group of people mentioned many times in the Bible as having lived in the land of Canaan before the arrival of the Israelites.
perjink adjective: Meticulously neat and precise; prim or finicky.
perjinkety adjective: Synonym of perjink.
perjurable adjective: Ability to be perjured.
perjure noun, verb /ˈpɜːd͡ʒə(ɹ)/: To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court.
perjuredly adverb: Having committed perjury.
perjurer noun /ˈpəɹdʒəɹəɹ/: someone who has committed perjury by lying under oath
perjuress noun: A female perjurer.
perjurious adjective: Of or pertaining to perjury.
perjuriously adverb: In a perjurious manner.
perjuriousness noun: Quality of being perjurious.
perjuror noun: One who commits perjury.
perjurous adjective: Alternative form of perjurious.
perjury noun /ˈpɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəɹi/: The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.
perk adjective, noun, verb /pɝk/: Perquisite.
perk one's ears verb: Alternative form of perk up one's ears.
perk up verb: To become more upright
perk up one's ears verb: Synonym of prick up one's ears.
Perkasie proper noun: A borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
perked out adjective: High on Percs (Percocet pills).
perkedel noun: Alternative form of bergedel.
perken verb: To make or become perked or perky.
perkies noun: Perky breasts
perkily adverb: In a perky manner.
perkin noun: A kind of weak perry.
perkiness noun: The condition of being perky
perking noun, verb: The act of something being perked.
Perkinism noun: A pseudoscientific treatment in which two pointed metal rods ("tractors") were waved over the body, supposed to cure inflammation, rheumatism, etc. by...
Perkins proper noun /ˈpɝkɪnz/: An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic from Perkin, a medieval diminutive of Peter.
Perkinsian adjective: Of or relating to William Perkins (1558–1602), clergyman and Cambridge theologian who was one of the foremost leaders of the Puritan movement in the Church...
perkinsid noun: Any member of the family Perkinsidae.
Perkinson proper noun: A surname.
perkinsosis noun: A disease of oysters, caused by the protist Perkinsus marinus.
perkinsozoan noun: Any parasite of the superclass Perkinsozoa
Perkinsville proper noun: An unincorporated community in Yavapai County, Arizona.
perkish adjective: Synonym of perky (“lively”).
Perko proper noun: A surname.
perky adjective, noun /ˈpɝki/: Lively and often cheerful and enthusiastic.
Perky effect noun: The phenomenon whereby sensory input, or perceptions, can be mistaken for a mental image when perceptual processes and mental imagery interfere with each other.
perkyish adjective: Somewhat perky.
Perl proper noun: A family of high-level programming languages, particularly used for text processing.
perlaceous adjective: Alternative form of pearlaceous.
perlapine noun: A sedative and hypnotic drug.
perlative adjective, noun: Describes a case, in very few inflected languages, that expresses movement through or along a referent noun, as "along" in "they travelled along the river".
perlatolic acid noun: An acid found in some lichens.
perlecan noun: A large multidomain proteoglycan that is a key component of the extracellular matrix of cartilage.
perleche noun: Alternative form of perlèche.
perlection noun /pəˈlɛkʃən/: the reading through of something.
perleidiform noun: Any extinct fish of the order Perleidiformes
perlemoen noun: abalone
Perley proper noun: A surname from English.
perlialite noun: A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal pearl white mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and thallium.
perlid noun: Any in the genus Perla or family Perlidae of stoneflies.
perlin noun: A cross breed of a peregrine falcon and a merlin.
Perlin noise noun: Random-looking visual noise generated by a function, widely used in computer graphics to simulate effects such as fire and clouds.
Perlis proper noun: A state in northwestern Malaysia. Capital: Kangar.
Perlish adjective: Typical of, or suited to, the Perl programming language.
perlite noun: An amorphous volcanic glass formed by the hydration of obsidian.
perlitic adjective: Relating to or resembling perlite.
Perlman proper noun: A surname.
Perlman syndrome noun: A rare overgrowth syndrome characterized by macrocephaly, neonatal macrosomia, nephromegaly, renal dysplasia, dysmorphic facial features, and increased risk...
Perlmutter proper noun: A surname from German.
perlo noun: A rustic, one-pot Southern dish featuring chicken, smoked sausage, and rice simmered together in a savory broth.
perlocute verb: To achieve a perlocutionary effect.
perlocution noun /pɜləʊˈkjuʃən/: The effect the terms used by a speaker can have on another speaker and their emotions and responses.
perlocutionary adjective: Of or pertaining to perlocution.
perlodid noun: Any stonefly in the family Perlodidae.
perloffite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing barium, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
perloir noun: An instrument for making bead-shaped ornaments.
Perlow proper noun: A surname from German.
Perlsian adjective: Of or pertaining to Fritz Perls (1893-1970), German-born psychiatrist and psychotherapist who developed Gestalt therapy.
Perlstein proper noun: A surname.
perlucin noun: A matrix protein, found in nacre, that nucleates growth of calcium carbonate crystals
perlustrate verb /pəˈlʌstɹeɪt/: To travel through an area in examination or survey.
perlustration noun /pɜːlʌˈstɹeɪʃən/: the action or fact of perlustrating
perlustrator noun: One who perlustrates.
perlustrin noun: A protein found in the shell of abalones
perm adjective, noun, verb /pɝm/: Clipping of permanent wave (“hairstyle”).

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.