Look up: Peri-

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   peri
   [n] - a beautiful and graceful girl 2. [n] - (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
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   peri
   In Persian myth, a beautiful, harmless being, ranking between angels and evil spirits. Peris were ruled by Eblis, the greatest of evil spirits. ...
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   PERI
   Pharmaceutical Education & Research Institute
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   peri
   Industry and equipment technology grouping mini-computers,peripherals,and terminals. Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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   Peri
   Pe'ri noun ; plural Peris . [ Persian perī a female genus, a fairy.] (Persian Myth.) 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. Moore.
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   peri
   noun a beautiful and graceful girl
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   Peri
   In Persian, `peris` are descended from fallen angels who have been denied paradise until they have done penance. In earlier sources they are described as agents of evil; later, they are benevolent. They are exquisite, winged, fairy-like creature ranking between angels and evil spirits. They sometimes visit the realm of mortals. Peris were the target of a lower level of evil beings called divs, who persecuted them by locking them in iron cages. T...
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   Peri
   • (n.) 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.
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   Peri
   Peri is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Wanderer` Alternative meanings (Greek) Mounta In Dweller (Persian) Elf The name Peri doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Peri seems to be unique!
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    peri
    
    1. a beautiful and graceful girl
    2. (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
    
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    peri
    peri (pēr'ē) , in Persian mythology, supernatural being. Peris were said to be fallen angels who were denied paradise until they did penance. Originally agents of evil, in later mythology they were identified as benevolent spirits.
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    Peri (disambiguation)
    A `peri` is a fairy-like creature in Persian mythology. `Peri` may also refer to: * Peri Brown, a fictional character in the television series `Doctor Who` * PERI GmbH, one of the leading providers of formwork and scaffolding systems `People named Peri`: * Cristina Peri Rossi (born 1941), Uruguayan novelist, poet, and author of short stories * Jacopo Peri (1561-1633), Italian composer and singer * Peri Gilpin (born 1961), actress * Peri Tarr,...
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    Peri anastaseos nekron
    (from the article `Athenagoras`) A second work, the tract Peri anastases nekrn (The Resurrection of the Dead), is cautiously attributed to Athenagoras. Rejecting the Platonic tenet ...
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    Peri bion dogmaton kai apophthegmaton ton en philosophia eudokimesanton
    (from the article `Diogenes Laërtius`) Greek author noted for his history of Greek philosophy, the most important existing secondary source of knowledge in the field. One of its ...
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    Peri Brown
    `Peri Brown`, full name `Perpugilliam Brown`, is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant in the long-running British science fiction television series `Doctor Who`. An American college student (her passport lists her residence as Pasadena, California) majoring in botany, Peri is a companion of the Fifth and Sixth Doctors and a regular in the programme from 1984 to 1986. She was the first American character to travel with the Doctor, altho...
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    Peri Gilpin
    `Peri Gilpin` (born `Periwinkle Kay O'Brien` on May 27 1961, in Waco, Texas) is an American actress best known for the role of Roz Doyle on the successful U.S. television series `Frasier`, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
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    PERI GmbH
    `PERI` is a German company that produces formwork and scaffolding systems. The company's headquarters are located in Weißenhorn, Germany, and it employs 4,500 people, of which 850 are engineers (as of 2006). 2006 revenues are 920 million Euros.
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    Perì musik
    (from the article `Aristides Quintilianus`) Greek author of the treatise Perì musik (De musica, `On Music`). This three-volume work constitutes one of the principal sources of modern knowledge ...
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    Peri Peri
    (Portugese) a hot and sour sauce made of hot chili peppers, garlic, onions, tomatoes,horseradish, and lemon juice
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    Peri physeos
    (from the article `Eleaticism`) Parmenides` poem Peri physes (`On Nature`) is divided into three parts: (1) a proem (preface), in which his chariot ride through the heavens to the ...
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    Peri physeos anthropou
    (from the article `Nemesius Of Emesa`) Christian philosopher, apologist, and bishop of Emesa (now im, Syria) who was the author of Peri physes anthrpou (Greek: `On the Nature of Man`), ...
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    Peri phyton historia
    (from the article `arboriculture`) ...earth and originated the practice of shaping the soil around a newly planted tree to form a saucer to retain water, both still practiced. About ...
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    Peri Rossi, Cristina
    short-story writer, novelist, and poet who is considered one of the leading Latin American writers to have published in the period after the `boom of ...
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    Peri sphiston
    (from the article `Alcidamas`) prominent Sophist and rhetorician who taught in Athens. He was a pupil of Gorgias and a rival of Isocrates. His only extant work, Peri sphiston ...
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    Peri Tarr
    `Peri Tarr` received her BS in Zoology from the University of Massachusetts in 1986, and her MS and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1992 and 1996, respectively). Between her BS and MS/PhD, she worked full-time at the University of Massachusetts Physical Plant, attempting to introduce an automated system to help with the Plant's operations. After receiving her PhD, she joined the IBM Thomas J. Watson Resear...
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