periphrasis
The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.
The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).
The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.

periphrasticity
The condition of being periphrastic.

periphyses
plural of periphysis

periphysis
A short, sterile hypha that develops from above the ascus and grows down a short distance, typically lining the internal walls of the ostiole in a perithecium.

peripolesis
The process by which a cell attaches itself to another cell, thought to be a physiological mechanism involved in regulating immune response.

periposeidia
plural of periposeidion

periposeidion
Periapsis around Neptune.

perique
A kind of tobacco with medium-sized leaf, small stem, and tough and gummy fiber, raised in Louisiana and cured in its own juices, so as to be very dark in color. It is marketed in tightly wrapped rolls called carottes.

periques
plural of perique

perisarc
The outer hardened integument that covers most hydrozoan coelenterates.

perisarcs
plural of perisarc

periscopism
Periscopic vision, covering a wide field without changing the direction of the optical axis.

periselectivities
plural of periselectivity

periselectivity
The preferential generation of one of a group of products having different symmetries during a reaction.

periselenium
The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the moon's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its minimum.

perishabilities
plural of perishability

perishability
The quality of being perishable.

perishableness
The state of being perishable; perishability.

perishablenesses
plural of perishableness

perishment
The act of perishing.

perishments
plural of perishment

perispore
The outer covering of a spore.

perispores
plural of perispore

perissodactylism
The property of being a perissodactyl.

perissologies
plural of perissology

perissology
Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness.

peristalith
A series of standing stones surrounding a barrow or burial mound.

peristaliths
plural of peristalith

peritectomies
plural of peritectomy

peritectomy
Peritomy.

periti
plural of peritus

peritomies
plural of peritomy

peritomy
The surgical removal of a strip of the conjunctiva of an eye.

peritonealization
The process by which a surgical surface is covered with peritoneum, via surgical means or natural regeneration.

peritoneocentesis
Abdominal paracentesis.

peritonization
Alternative form of peritonealization.

peritus
A Roman Catholic theologian attending an ecumenical council to give advice.

perivascularity
The quality of being perivascular.

periviability
The period around the limit of viability.

perjuriousness
Quality of being perjurious.

perjury
The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.

perkiness
The condition of being perky

perkinesses
plural of perkiness

perlection
the reading through of something.

perlections
plural of perlection

perlocution
The effect the terms used by a speaker can have on another speaker and their emotions and responses.

perlocutions
plural of perlocution

perlustration
the action or fact of perlustrating
thorough examination of a document or of correspondence

perlustrations
plural of perlustration

permablock
The act of indefinitely blocking the access of a user.

permablocked
simple past and past participle of permablock

permablocks
plural of permablock

permaculture
Any system of sustainable agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems.
The design, installation and maintenance of indefinitely sustainable human communities set in balanced ecologies, both urban and rural.

permacultures
plural of permaculture

permanence
The state of being permanent.
The reciprocal of magnetic inductance.

permanences
plural of permanence

permanencies
plural of permanency

permanency
The state or quality of permanence.
A person or thing permanently in residence.

permanentness
The quality of being permanent.

permanova
Alternative form of PERMANOVA.

permansion
Permanence.

permatan
A perpetual tan.

permatans
plural of permatan

permayouth
The state of having a perpetually youthful appearance.

permeabilizer
Something that permeabilizes or allows permeabilization.

permeabilizers
plural of permeabilizer

permeableness
The state of being permeable

permeametry
The use of a permeameter.

permeation
The movement of a fluid through a porous or permeable solid.
The spreading of something (especially something malignant) through the body via blood vessels etc.

permeations
plural of permeation

permeativity
The condition of being permeative.

permethylation
Any methylation reaction in which very many, or all possible sites are methylated

permethylations
plural of permethylation

permillile
Synonym of millile.

permilliles
plural of permillile

permish
permission

permissibilities
plural of permissibility

permissibility
The condition of being permissible; legitimacy; allowability.
A permissible act.

permissibleness
The state of being permissible; legitimacy; allowableness.

permission
authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
The act of permitting.
Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.

permissioned
simple past and past participle of permission

permissionlessness
Lack of permission.

permissions
plural of permission

permissiveness
The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.

permissivism
The belief that there are situations where the evidence for a proposition justifies either believing or doubting that proposition.

permition
Misspelling of permission.

permitions
Misspelling of permissions.

permitivity
Misspelling of permittivity.

permittance
The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave.
The power of a dielectric to permit or enhance induction.

permittances
plural of permittance

permittivities
plural of permittivity

permittivity
A property of a dielectric medium that determines the forces that electric charges placed in the medium exert on each other.

permixtion
Obsolete form of permission.

permselectivities
plural of permselectivity

permselectivity
The condition or degree of being permselective.

permutabilities
plural of permutability

permutability
The condition of being permutable
The extent to which something is permutable

permutableness
Quality of being permutable.

permutahedron
Alternative form of permutohedron.

permutahedrons
plural of permutahedron

permutant
Anything that undergoes permutation.
Any of a group (permutation) of proteins derived from another by covalent linkage of its N- and C- termini (to form a circular protein) and subsequent cleavage of its backbone

permutants
plural of permutant

permutation
One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.
A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.
An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.

permutations
plural of permutation

permutativity
The quality of being permutative.

permutator
A special form of rotary converter with stationary commutator and rotating brushes, in which the exciting field is induced by the alternating current in a short-circuited magnetic core instead of being produced by an external magnet.

permutators
plural of permutator

permutite
Any of several artificial aluminosilicates that resemble the zeolites.

permutites
plural of permutite

permutizer
A subgroup of all cyclic subgroups that permute with another

permutizers
plural of permutizer