periosteum
— Noun
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～ 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
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～ a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
peripatetic
— Noun
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～ a person who walks from place to place
peripatetic
— Adjective
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～ traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger"
peripatetic
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy; "Aristotelean logic"
peripateticism
— Noun
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～ (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
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～ a family of Onychophora
Peripatopsidae
— Noun
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～ a family of Onychophora
Peripatopsis
— Noun
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～ type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions
peripatus
— Noun
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～ any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms
peripeteia
— Noun
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～ 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
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～ 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
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～ 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
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～ electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"
peripheral
— Noun
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～ electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"
peripheral
— Adjective
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～ related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"
peripheral
— Adjective
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～ on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs"