Words in english starting with P

• 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
• peristylar — Adjective – English ～ having columniation completely circling an area of the structure
• peristyle — Noun – English ～ a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
• perithecium — Noun – English ～ flask-shaped ascocarp
• perithelial — Adjective – English ～ of or relating to the tissue layer around small blood vessels
• 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
• peritoneal — Adjective – English ～ of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum; "peritoneal cancer"
• 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
• peritrichous — Adjective – English ～ covered all over with uniformly distributed flagella

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