Perilous, a. Dangerous, hazardous, full of danger, fraught with danger, full of risk.
Period, n.
- 1. Circuit.
- 2. Cycle, circle of time, revolution of time, round of years.
- 3. Time, term, era, epoch, age, date.
- 4. Duration, continuance.
- 5. End, limit, bound, termination, conclusion, determination.
- 6. (Rhet.) Sentence (full or completed), proposition, phrase, clause.
- 7. (Gram.) Dot, full stop.
Periodic, Periodical, a. Recurring (regularly).
Periodical, n. Magazine, review, serial.
Periodically, ad. Regularly, statedly, at stated times, at regular times, at fixed periods.
Peripatetic, a.
- 1. Itinerant, walking about, wandering.
- 2. Aristotelian, of Aristotle.
Peripatetic, n.
- 1. Disciple of Aristotle.
- 2. Pedestrian, walker (ludicrously).
Periphery, n.
- 1. Outside, surface, superficies.
- 2. Perimeter, outer boundary.
- 3. Circumference.