Definition of peri

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Peri (n.) An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished..

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Pericardial :: Pericardial (a.) Of or pertaining to pericardium; situated around the heart.
Ascend :: Ascend (v. i.) To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor..
Morganatic :: Morganatic (a.) Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband..
Prior :: Prior (a.) The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity..
Peritropal :: Peritropal (a.) Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.
Periblast :: Periblast (a.) The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation..
Club :: Club (n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel..
Period :: Period (n.) A complete musical sentence.
Vie :: Vie (n.) A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager..
Young :: Young (superl.) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
Practice :: Practice (v. i.) To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law..
Imperiled :: Imperiled (imp. & p. p.) of Imperi.
Perishably :: Perishably (adv.) In a perishable degree or manner.
Preside :: Preside (v. i.) To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
Anthocarpous :: Anthocarpous (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple..
Imperial :: Imperial (n.) A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars..
Swelter :: Swelter (v. i.) To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.
Imperial :: Imperial (n.) An outside seat on a diligence.
Feudalism :: Feudalism (n.) The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.
Sea-island :: Sea-island (a.) Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia; as, sea-island cotton, a superior cotton of long fiber produced on those islands..
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