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There are 7 words beginning with PERIPHRA

PERIPHRASE	• periphrase n. (Rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect… • periphrase v. (Transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution. • periphrase v. (Intransitive) To use circumlocution.
PERIPHRASED	• periphrased v. Simple past tense and past participle of periphrase. • PERIPHRASE v. to use more words than are necessary to express an idea.
PERIPHRASES	• periphrases n. Plural of periphrase. • periphrases n. Plural of periphrasis. • periphrases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of periphrase.
PERIPHRASIS	• periphrasis n. The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going… • periphrasis n. (Linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather… • periphrasis n. (Rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).
PERIPHRASING	• periphrasing v. Present participle of periphrase. • PERIPHRASE v. to use more words than are necessary to express an idea.
PERIPHRASTIC	• periphrastic adj. Expressed in more words than are necessary. • periphrastic adj. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory. • periphrastic adj. (Grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.
PERIPHRASTICAL	• periphrastical adj. Alternative form of periphrastic. • PERIPHRASTICAL adj. of or like periphrasis, the use of longer phrasing in place of shorter form of expression, also PERIPHRASTIC.

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English Wiktionary: 10 words
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Scrabble in Spanish: no word
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