To perfect.

Of or pertaining to perfection; characterized by perfection.

To perfect.

The doctrine of the Perfectionists.

One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life.

The act of bringing to perfection, or the state of having attained to perfection.

Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of.

The perfective case or aspect.

In a perfective manner.

In a perfect manner or degree; in or to perfection; completely; wholly; thoroughly; faultlessly.

The quality or state of being perfect; perfection.

Very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent.

One who performs or perfects a work; especially, one who endows a charity.

Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; treacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend.

In a perfidious manner.

The quality of being perfidious; perfidy.

The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.

Perfect.

To fix surely; to appoint.

Capable of being blown through.

To blow through.

The act of perflating.

Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.

A division of corals including those that have a porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; -- opposed to Aporosa. A division of Foraminifera, including those having perforated shells.

To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of.

Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes.

The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through.

Having power to perforate or pierce.

One who, or that which, perforates; esp., a cephalotome.

To force; to compel.

To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician performs on the organ.

Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable.

The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty.

One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp.

To rub over.

Emitting perfume; perfuming.

The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma.

Filled or impregnated with perfume; as, perfumed stationery; a perfumed boudoir.

One who, or that which, perfumes.

Perfumes, in general.

In a perfunctory manner; formally; carelessly.

The quality or state of being perfunctory.

Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions; a perfunctory greeting.

To perform in a perfunctory manner; to do negligently.

To suffuse; to fill full or to excess.

The act of perfusing.

Of a nature to flow over, or to spread through.

Like parchment.

Lit., an arbor or bower; An arbor or trellis treated architecturally, as with stone columns or similar massive structure.

A continuous colonnade or arcade; -- applied to the decorative groups of windows, as in Venetian palazzi.

Posibly; by chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be.

An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished.

See Pirogue.

The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished. A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.

The perianth.

A charm worn as a protection against disease or mischief; an amulet.

Among or around the stars.

That point, in the real or apparent orbit of one star revolving around another, at which the former is nearest to the latter.

See Pirogue.

The protoplasmic matter which surrounds the entoblast, or cell nucleus, and undergoes segmentation.

In ancient architecture, an inclosed court, esp., one surrounding a temple.

Surrounding the branchi/; as, a peribranchial cavity.

Around the bronchi or bronchial tubes; as, the peribronchial lymphatics.

A layer of thin-walled young cells in a growing stem, in which layer certain new vessels originate.

Of or pertaining to pericardium; situated around the heart.

Pericardiac.

Pericardiac.

Inflammation of the pericardium.

The double baglike fold of serous membrane which incloses the heart.

The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume.

Of or pertaining to a pericarp.

Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells.

The leafy involucre surrounding the fruit stalk of mosses; perichaetium; perichete.

Of or pertaining to the perich/th.

Same as Perich/th.

Surrounded by set/; -- said of certain earthworms (genus Perich/tus).

Same as Perich/th.

Of or pertaining to the perichondrium; situated around cartilage.

Inflammation of the perichondrium.

The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces.

Around the notochord; as, a perichordal column. See Epichordal.

A grayish or dark green mineral, consisting essentially of magnesia (magnesium oxide), occurring in granular forms or in isometric crystals.

The involucre which surrounds the common receptacle in composite flowers.

To endanger.

Trial; experiment.

A selection or extract from a book; especially (Theol.), a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon.

Of or pertaining to the pericranium.

The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.

Dangerous; full of peril.

Danger; risk.

Inflammation of the tissues surrounding the bladder.

The outer layer of bark.

The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.

The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars.

Chrysolite.

An eruptive rock characterized by the presence of chrysolite (peridot). It also usually contains pyroxene, enstatite, chromite, etc. It is often altered to serpentine.

The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple.

See Peri/cians.

The primitive perivisceral cavity.

Excessive care or diligence.

Surrounding a ganglion; as, the periganglionic glands of the frog.

Surrounding the stomach; -- applied to the body cavity of Bryozoa and various other Invertebrata.

Pertaining to the perigee.

A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another.

Of or pertaining to perigenesis.

That point, in the orbit of the moon or other body orbiting the earth, which is nearest to the earth; -- opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of bodies not orbiting the earth, such as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum.

Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth. In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower.

Same as Perigone.

A careless or inaccurate delineation of anything.

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/.

Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of a flower such as that of the cherry or peach.

That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion.

To be in danger.

A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or Perilla Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage.

Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.

The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies.

Around, or at the side of, a lymphatic vessel.

Pertaining to, or containing, perilymph. Perilymphangial.

The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides.

Of or pertaining to the perimeter, or to perimetry; as, a perimetric chart of the eye.