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Peridotite
- noun - a dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine
Perigonium
- noun - collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
Perigynium
- - Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperace.
Perihelion
- noun - periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun
Perihelium
- - That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion.
Perimysial
- - Surrounding a muscle or muscles. (b) Of or pertaining to the perimysium.
Perimysium
- noun - the sheath of connective tissue that covers a bundle of muscle fibers
Peripeties
- noun - 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"
Permeating
- verb - pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
- penetrate mutually or be interlocked; "The territories of two married people interpenetrate a lot"
- spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
- spreading or spread throughout;