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PERI-

Definition: PERI-

PERI-

1. A prefix used to signify around, by, near, over, beyond, or to give an intensive sense; as, perimeter, the measure around; perigee, point near the earth; periergy, work beyond what is needed; perispherical, quite spherical.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definitions: PERI-

DomainDefinitions

Mining

A prefix meaning around or beyond. (references)

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

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Crosswords: PERI-

Etymologies containing "PERI-": Periblast, Periblem, Pericambium, Pericystitis, Perienteron, Perigone, Perigynous, Perimorph, Perinephritis, Periodontal, Periotic, Periplast, Periproct, Periproctitis, Perisarc, Periscope, Perisome, Peristome, Peritomous, Peritreme, Perityphlitis, Perivitelline. (references)
Non-English Usage: "PERI-" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Romanian (peri-).

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Modern Translations: PERI-

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

Albanian

  

pranë- (para-), rreth-, afër- (para-). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ym- (around, circum-, prefix circum-). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eri-pay

   

Romanian

  

peri-. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PERI-

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: peri, pier, ripe.

Words within the letters "e-i-p-r"

-1 letter: ire, per, pie, rei, rep, rip.

-2 letters: er, pe, pi, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-p-r"
 

+1 letter: cripe, gripe, peril, peris, piers, piker, piper, plier, price, pride, pried, prier, pries, prime, prise, prize, redip, repin, riped, ripen, riper, ripes, speir, spier, spire, tripe, viper, wiper.

 

+2 letters: aspire, ceriph, cipher, copier, cripes, diaper, dipper, dopier, empire, ephori, epimer, esprit, euripi, expire, expiry, gipper, griped, griper, gripes, gripey, grippe, hipper, hirple, impure, jimper, kipper, limper, lipper, lisper, mopier, nipper, orpine, paired, palier, panier, pardie, paries, peerie, perdie, pereia, perils, period, perish, permit, picker, piecer, pierce, pikers, pilfer, pincer, pinder, pinery, pinger, pinier, pinker, pinner, pipers, pipier, pirate, pisser, pitier, pliers, poiser, pokier, praise, precis, prefix, prelim, premie, premix, priced, pricer, prices, pricey, prided, prides, priers, priest, primed, primer, primes, prince, prised, prises, privet, prized, prizer, prizes, protei, pterin, punier, purine, pyrite, rapier, rapine, recipe, redips, redipt, repaid, repair, repine, repins, reship, rimple, ripely, ripens, ripest, ripped, ripper, ripple, ropier, simper, sipper, sniper, speirs, spicer, spider, spiers, spiker, spirea, spired, spirem, spires, sprier, sprite, stripe, tipper, trepid, tripes, triple, typier, umpire, unripe, uprise, vipers, wipers, zipper.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PERI-


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

50 45 52 49 2D

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

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

01010000 01000101 01010010 01001001 00101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#69 &#82 &#73 &#45

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0045 0052 0049 002D

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

5039524315

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INDEX

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


  

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