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PER-

Definitions: PER-

PER-

1. Originally, denoting that the element to the name of which it is prefixed in the respective compounds exercised its highest valence; now, only that the element has a higher valence than in other similar compounds; thus, barium peroxide is the highest oxide of barium; while nitrogen and manganese peroxides, so-called, are not the highest oxides of those elements.

2. A prefix used to signify through, throughout, by, for, or as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or chance; perennial, that lasts throughout the year; perforce, through or by force; perfoliate, perforate; perspicuous, evident throughout or very evident; perplex, literally, to entangle very much.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Specialty Definitions: PER-

DomainDefinitions

Computing

PER 1. Packed Encoding Rules. 2. partial equivalence relation. (1998-05-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: PER-

English words defined with "PER-": Hyper-Super-. (references)
Etymologies containing "PER-": ImpertransiblePellucid, Peracute, Perbromic, Percarbide, Percarburet, Perchloric, Perchromic, Perempt, Perfervid, Perfoliate, Periodide, Permanent, Peroration, Perpotation, Perquisite, Perturb, Pervious. (references)
Non-English Usage: "PER-" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (parboil, pardon, perfume, persiflage, thoroughly, through), Romanian (per-).

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Modern Translations: PER-

Language Translations for "PER-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

(Each, Every, PER). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

에 의하여 (By, PER). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

er-pay

   

Romanian

  

pro- (pro-), per-, hexa-. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PER-

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: per, rep.

Words within the letters "e-p-r"

-1 letter: er, pe, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-p-r"
 

+1 letter: aper, pare, pear, peer, peri, perk, perm, perp, pert, pier, pore, pree, prep, prex, prey, prez, pure, pyre, rape, reap, repo, repp, reps, ripe, rope.

 

+2 letters: apers, apery, apres, apter, arpen, asper, caper, coper, crape, creep, crepe, crept, crepy, cripe, doper, drape, drupe, duper, ephor, erupt, gaper, grape, gripe, grope, hoper, hyper, japer, kreep, leper, loper, moper, opera, pacer, padre, pager, paler, paper, parae, pared, pareo, parer, pares, pareu, parge, parle, parse, parve, pater, paver, pawer, payer, pearl, pears, peart, pedro, peers, peery, perch, perdu, perdy, perea, peril, peris, perks, perky, perms, perps, perry, perse, peter, piers, piker, piper, plier, plyer, poker, poler, pored, pores, poser, power, prase, prate, preed, preen, prees, preps, presa, prese, press, prest, prexy, preys, price, pride, pried, prier, pries, prime, prise, prize, probe, proem, prole, prone, prose, prove, prude, prune, pryer, puler, puree, purer, purge, purse, pyres, raped, raper, rapes, raphe, reaps, rebop, recap, redip, remap, repay, repeg, repel, repin, reply, repos, repot, repps, repro, riped, ripen, riper, ripes, roped, roper, ropes, ropey, rupee, spare, spear, speer, speir, sperm, spier, spire, spore, spree, sprue, strep, super, taper, toper, tripe, trope, twerp, upper, viper, wiper.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PER-


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 45 52 2D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01000101 01010010 00101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#69 &#82 &#45

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0045 0052 002D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50395215

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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