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period [ˈpɛriəd,ˈpeːriəd]
n. A length or portion of time. arch. To bring or put a matter to a completion or conclusion.
n. A length or portion of time. arch. To bring or put a matter to a completion or conclusion.
parish, perish,
perish [ˈpɛrɪʃ]
v. To destroy, bring to destruction, kill, starve.
v. To destroy, bring to destruction, kill, starve.
perchink, perjink,
perjink [pərˈdʒɪŋk]
adj. Neat, fastidious, prim, fussy, over-particular.
adv. Primly, fastidiously, in a precise and careful manner.
adj. Neat, fastidious, prim, fussy, over-particular.
adv. Primly, fastidiously, in a precise and careful manner.
perger, perjur, perjure,
perjur [pɛrˈdʒər]
n. Perjury.
v. To swear falsely.
pt. perjured
n. Perjury.
v. To swear falsely.
pt. perjured
perk, purk,
perk [pɛrk]
n. A pole or rod, a perch, a clothes-rail.
n. A pole or rod, a perch, a clothes-rail.
pairkin, parkin, perkin,
perkin [ˈpɛrkɪn]
n. A hard round ginger-flavoured biscuit made of oatmeal, flour and treacle with an almond in the centre.
n. A hard round ginger-flavoured biscuit made of oatmeal, flour and treacle with an almond in the centre.
permeeshion, permeesion, permeession, permeision,
permeesion [pərˈmiʃən]
n. Permission.
n. Permission.
permit [pɛrˈmɪt]
v. To allow to do something.
pt. permittit
v. To allow to do something.
pt. permittit
penurious, perneurious, pernurious,
perneurious [ˈpə(r)n(j)uːr(ɪ)əs]
adj. Penurious, scrupulous, fastidious.
adj. Penurious, scrupulous, fastidious.
pernicked, pernickedy, pernicket, pernicketie, pernicketiness, pernickett, pernickety, pernickit, pernickitie, pernickittiness, pernickity, pernikiti, pernyickerty, pick-nickertie, prignickitie,
pernicketie [pərˈnɪkəti]
adj. Particular, fastidious, difficult.
adv. In a fussy and punctilious way, painstakingly.
adj. Particular, fastidious, difficult.
adv. In a fussy and punctilious way, painstakingly.
Compounds and phrases etc.
pernicketiness: Fussiness, fastidiousness, niggling attention to detail.