Nouns starting with P

• perissodactyl mammal — Noun – English ～ placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
• perissodactyla — Noun – English ～ nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms
• peristalsis — Noun – English ～ the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
• Peristediinae — Noun – English ～ in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins
• Peristedion — Noun – English ～ in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins
• Peristedion miniatum — Noun – English ～ sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
• peristome — Noun – English ～ (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule
• peristome — Noun – English ～ region around the mouth in various invertebrates
• peristyle — Noun – English ～ a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
• perithecium — Noun – English ～ flask-shaped ascocarp
• perithelium — Noun – English ～ tissue layer around small blood vessels
• peritoneal inflammation — Noun – English ～ inflammation of the peritoneum
• peritoneal cavity — Noun – English ～ the interior of the peritoneum; a potential space between layers of the peritoneum
• peritoneum — Noun – English ～ a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera
• peritonitis — Noun – English ～ inflammation of the peritoneum
• peritonsillar abscess — Noun – English ～ a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis
• Peritrate — Noun – English ～ a coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris
• periwig — Noun – English ～ a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries
• periwinkle — Noun – English ～ small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
• periwinkle — Noun – English ～ commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

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