Nouns starting with P

• periodical — Noun – English ～ a publication that appears at fixed intervals
• periodicity — Noun – English ～ the quality of recurring at regular intervals
• periodontal disease — Noun – English ～ a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth
• periodontia — Noun – English ～ the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth
• periodontics — Noun – English ～ the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth
• periodontist — Noun – English ～ a dentist specializing in diseases of the gums and other structure surrounding the teeth
• periodontitis — Noun – English ～ a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth
• Periophthalmus — Noun – English ～ a genus of Gobiidae
• periosteum — Noun – English ～ a dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles; contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the enclosed bone
• Peripatetic — Noun – English ～ a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
• peripatetic — Noun – English ～ a person who walks from place to place
• peripateticism — Noun – English ～ (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science; "Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought"
• Peripatidae — Noun – English ～ a family of Onychophora
• Peripatopsidae — Noun – English ～ a family of Onychophora
• Peripatopsis — Noun – English ～ type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions
• peripatus — Noun – English ～ any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
• peripeteia — Noun – English ～ a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling"
• peripetia — Noun – English ～ a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling"
• peripety — Noun – English ～ a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling"
• peripheral device — Noun – English ～ electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"

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