Webster's Dictionary 1913

2809

Peripterous

Pe‐rip″ter‐ous (?), a. 1. (Arch.) Peripteral.2. (Zoöl.) Feathered all around.

2810

Periptery

Pe‐rip″ter‐y (?), n. The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aëroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occur.

2811

Perique

Pe‐rique″ (?), n. A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, tough and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana, and cured in its own juices, so as to be very dark colored, u...

2812

Perisarc

Per″i‐sarc (?), n. [Pref. peri- + Gr. �, �, flesh.] (Zoöl.) The outer, hardened integument which covers most hydroids.

2813

Periscian

Pe‐ris″cian (?), a. [Gr. �; � around + � shadow: cf. F. périscien.] Having the shadow moving all around.

2814

Periscians

{ Pe‐ris″cians (?), ‖Pe‐ris″ci‐i (?), } n. pl. [NL. See Periscian.] Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falli...

2815

Periscope

Per″i‐scope (?), n. [Pref. peri- + -scope.] A general or comprehensive view.

2816

Periscopic

Per′i‐scop″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. périscopique.] Viewing all around, or on all sides.Periscopic spectacles(Opt.), spectacles having concavo-convex or convexo-concave lenses with a c...

2817

Perish

Per″ish (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Perished (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Perishing.] [OE. perissen, perisshen, F. périr, p. pr. périssant, L. perire to go or run through, come to nothing, p...

2818

Perish (2)

Per″ish, v. t. To cause perish. Bacon.

2819

Perishability

Per′ish‐a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Perishableness.

2820

Perishable

Per″ish‐a‐ble (?), a. [F. périssable.] Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.

2821

Perishableness

Per″ish‐a‐ble‐ness, n. The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction. Locke.

2822

Perishably

Per″ish‐a‐bly, adv. In a perishable degree or manner.

2823

Perishment

Per″ish‐ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. perissement.] The act of perishing. Udall.

2824

Perisoma

‖Per′i‐so″ma (?), n.; pl.Perisomata (#). (Zoöl.) Same as Perisome.

2825

Perisome

Per″i‐some (?), n. [Pref. peri- + -some body.] (Zoöl.) The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or cœlenterate; the integument.

2826

Perisperm

Per″i‐sperm (?), n. [F. périsperme. See Peri-, and Sperm.] (Bot.) The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac. — Per′i‐sper″mic (#), a.

2827

Perispheric

{ Per′i‐spher″ic (?), Per′i‐spher″ic‐al (?), } a. Exactly spherical; globular.

2828

Perispomenon

‖Per′i‐spom″e‐non (?), n.; pl.Perispomena (#). (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable. Goodwin.

2829

Perispore

Per″i‐spore (?), n.(Bot.) The outer covering of a spore.

2830

Perissad

Per″is‐sad (?), a.(Chem.) Odd; not even; — said of elementary substances and of radicals whose valence is not divisible by two without a remainder. Contrasted with artiad.

2831

Perisse

Per″isse (?), v. i. To perish. Chaucer.

2832

Perissodactyl

Per′is‐so‐dac″tyl (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Perissodactyla.

2833

Perissodactyla

‖Per′is‐so‐dac″ty‐la (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of ungulate mammals, including those that have an odd number of toes, as the horse, tapir, and rhinoceros; — opposed to Artiod...

2834

Perissological

Per′is‐so‐log″ic‐al (?), a. [Cf. F. périssologique.] Redundant or excessive in words.

2835

Perissology

Per′is‐sol″o‐gy (?), n. [L. perissologia, Gr. �; � odd, superfluous + � discourse.] Superfluity of words. G. Campbell.