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péremptoire: peremptory
péremptoirement: peremptorily
pérenne: perennial; long-lasting
pérennisation: perpetuation; permanence
pérenniser: to perpetuate, sustain
pérennité: durability, longevity, long-lastingness, perennity
péri: peri
périanal: perianal
périanthe: perianth
périapside: periapsis
péricarde: pericardium
péricardique: pericardial
péricardite: pericarditis
péricarpe: pericarp
péricarpien: pericarpial
péricaryon: perikaryon
périchondre: perichondrium
périclase: periclase
péricliter: to be in danger, in peril; to go downhill, go to the dogs
péricope: pericope (section of text forming a coherent thought)
péricrâne: pericranium
périculeux: perilous, dangerous
péricycle: pericycle
péricyclique: pericyclic
pérididyme: perididymis
péridot: peridot
péridotite: peridotite
péridural: epidural
péridurale: epidural (an injection of anaesthetic into the epidural space of the spine, especially associated with pain relief during childbirth)
périglaciaire: periglacial
périgourdin: of Périgord or Périgueux
périgée: perigee (point in the orbit of any object)
périhélie: perihelion (point where the planet or comet is nearest to the sun)
péril: peril, danger
péril jaune: yellow peril
périlleusement: perilously
périlleux: perilous
périlune: perilune
périlymphe: perilymph
périmer: to make obsolete; to become obsolete; to become outdated, to become out of fashion, to expire
périmysium: perimysium
périmètre: perimeter
périmètre de sécurité: security perimeter
périmé: expired; past its expiration date; outdated
périnatal: perinatal
périnatalité: perinatal period
péringle: any of a number of small tree-dwelling passerine birds
périnèvre: perineurium
périnéal: perineal
périnée: perineum
périnéorraphie: perineorrhaphy
périodate: periodate
période: point, locus
période: period; as in interval of time; era
période de sûreté: non-parole period, minimum time served (period during which a prisoner cannot be paroled)
périodicité: periodicity
périodique: periodical
périodique: periodic
périodiquement: periodically (in a regular, periodic manner)
périodisme: synonym of périodicité