Index of English words, starting with "pe"

(1) - Periscope (n.) an optical instrument of tubular shape containing an arrangement of lenses and mirrors (or prisms), allowing a person to observe a field of view otherwise obstructed, as beyond an obstructing object or (as in submarines) above the surface of the water.
(2) - Periscope (n.) A general or comprehensive view.

(1) - Perish (v. t.) To cause perish.
(2) - Perish (v. i.) To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.

(1) - Perishable (a.) Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.

(1) - Perishableness (n.) The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction.

(1) - Perishably (adv.) In a perishable degree or manner.