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Showing words for PERIPHRASTIC using the English dictionary

12 Letter Words for Periphrastic

periphrastic

10 Letter Words for Periphrastic

archpriest, archspirit, parritches, peritricha, triarchies, tripperish

9 Letter Words for Periphrastic

chapiters, chappiest, charities, charriest, chippiest, chirpiest, crappiest, epipactis, epipastic, epitaphic, harrisite, hippiater, particeps, peirastic, pericarps, perichtia, peritrich, phratries, piecharts, prescript, priestcap, psephitic, rathripes, sapphiric, scrappier, starchier, strappier, triphaser, triphasic

8 Letter Words for Periphrastic

achirite, airstrip, architis, aspheric, cappiest, carpitis, chapiter, chappier, chappies, chapters, chariest, charpies, charters, chippers, chippier, chippies, chirpers, chirpier, chistera, christie, crapiest, crappers, crappier, crappies, crateris, crispate, crispier, criteria, epicarps, epitaphs, erratics, hairiest, happiest, hepatics, hetairic, hieratic, hippiest, papisher, papistic, parchesi, parchisi, paretics, parisite, parities, parritch, partiers, paschite, pastiche, patchers, patchier, patrices, peatship, periapts, pericarp, perisarc, peritcia, petrarch, phacitis, phrasier, phratric, phreatic, picrates, picrites, piechart, piracies, pistache, pitchers, pitchier, pithecia, prairies, prechart, precrash, pretarsi, priciest, rachitis, rarities, rathripe, recharts, rescript, respirit, rippiers, sapphire, scaphite, scrapper, scrappet, scripter, sephiric, seraphic, serratic, sharpite, shirtier, spiriter, spitcher, starcher, stichera, strapper, stripier, stripper, tappices, theriacs, trapiche, trappers, trappier, trashier, triarchs, triceria, triphase, trippers, trippier

7 Letter Words for Periphrastic

aceship, achiest, airiest, airship, aitches, apeptic, apeshit, aphetic, aphrite, apprest, apprise, archers, archest, artsier, ascript, aseptic, aspirer, astrier, atresic, cahiers, caphite, cappers, cappier, carites, carpers, carpets, carries, carters, cartier, cashier, catpipe, ceriphs, certhia, chairer, chapper, chappie, chapter, charets, charier, charies, charpie, charpit, charter, chaster, chipper, chippie, chipset, chiripa, chirper, chirres, ciphers, cirrate, cithers, crapier, crapper, crappie, crasher, craters, crisper, cristae, ectiris, epacris, eparchs, epicarp, epicist, episcia, epitaph, epitria, eriachs, eristic, erratic, escript, estrich, hairier, happier, happies, haptics, harpers, harpier, harpies, harpist, harries, harriet, hastier, hepatic, hepcats, hippest, hippier, hippies, hipster, hirstie, icespar, icteria, irisate, itchier, pachisi, paciest, parcher, parches, paretic, parries, parters, partier, parties, pastier, patcher, patches, pathics, patrice, peptics, percipi, perhaps, periapt, pertish, phraser, piarist, piaster, picrate, picrite, piperic, pipiest, pirates, piratic, pisachi, pitcher, pitches, piteira, pithier, pitiers, prairie, praiser, praters, praties, preacts, precast, prehaps, prerich, preship, priapic, pricers, pricier, rachets, raciest, rapiers, rappers, rappist, raspier, raspite, ratcher, ratches, rechart, repairs, repatch, repitch, restrap, restrip, rhaetic, richest, richter, riciest, rippers, rippier, ripraps, sapphic, sappier, satiric, scarier, scarper, schappe, scirrhi, scraper, scrapie, scrithe, sephira, serrati, shapier, sharper, sharpie, sheriat, shipper, shirpit, spacier, sparthe, spathic, spectra, spheric, spicate, spicier, spirate, spirier, spraich, spraith, spreath, stacher, stearic, stirrah, striche, striper, tapiser, tappers, tappice, tappish, tariric, tarries, tarrish, tarsier, tephras, theriac, threaps, tichier, tierras, tippers, tippier, tipsier, tracers, traipse, trapish, trapper, trasher, traship, triarch, tricars, triceps, trichia, tripier, tripper

6 Letter Words for Periphrastic

achier, achter, acrite, airers, airest, airier, airish, airths, aperch, appert, archei, archer, arches, archie, archit, ariser, ariste, arrect, arrest, arrets, arrish, artics, artier, arties, ascher, ascite, ashier, ashpit, aspect, aspire, astrer, cahier, capers, capite, capper, cappie, capris, carers, carest, carets, caries, carper, carpet, carter, cartes, casher, casiri, casper, caster, caters, cerias, ceriph, cerris, certis, chairs, chaise, chapes, chappe, charer, chares, charet, charie, charrs, charts, chaser, chaste, cheaps, cheats, cherts, chirps, chirre, chirrs, chirts, chitra, christ, cipher, cistae, citers, cither, cities, crapes, crares, crater, crates, crepis, criers, cripes, crista, criths, earths, epacts, eparch, epithi, epitra, eriach, ericas, escarp, eschar, esprit, ethics, hairse, hairst, happer, haptic, harier, harper, harris, haster, haters, hearst, hearts, hectar, hepars, hepcat, hersir, hestia, hipper, hippic, hippie, hirers, hister, histie, iatric, iciest, irater, irrate, irrite, irtish, isatic, ischar, ischia, ishtar, itches, pacers, pacier, paiche, pairer, paires, papers, papier, papish, papist, parers, paries, pariet, parish, parsec, parser, parter, partes, partie, partis, paster, pastie, patesi, pathic, patise, pearch, pearst, peptic, peract, perais, percha, perish, periti, persia, persic, pesach, petars, petsai, phaeic, phares, phaser, phasic, phatic, phrase, piache, picras, picris, pieris, pierst, pietas, pietic, pipers, pipier, pipits, pirais, pirate, pirrie, pistia, pistic, pitchi, pithes, pitier, pities, pitris, pracis, praise, prater, prates, pratie, preach, precis, priapi, pricer, prices, priers, priest, priser, pritch, pteria, pteric, pteris, racers, raches, rachet, rachis, racier, racist, raiser, rapers, raphes, raphis, rapier, rapist, rapper, rapter, rarest, rarish, rasher, rasper, raster, raters, rather, reacts, rearii, recaps, recart, recash, recast, rechar, rechip, recits, rehair, repair, repart, repast, reship, restir, retira, retrip, rhapis, ricers, richea, richer, riches, richts, ricier, ripers, ripest, ripier, ripper, rippet, rippit, riprap, risper, ristra, sachet, sairer, saithe, saphie, sapper, satire, scaith, scaphe, scarer, scarpe, scarph, scarre, scarth, scathe, scheat, sciath, scrape, scrath, screar, script, scrite, search, secpar, septic, seraph, seriph, serrai, shaper, sharer, sheria, sherpa, shicer, shiite, shirra, shrape, shrite, sierra, siphac, sipper, sippet, sircar, sirpea, sirrah, sitrep, spacer, sparch, sparer, sparre, sparth, spathe, spetch, sphaer, sphear, spicae, spicer, spirae, spirea, spiric, spirit, sprier, sprite, starch, starer, steric, stiria, stirra, stirre, striae, strich, stripe, taches, taipei, taisch, tapers, tapirs, tapper, tarish, tarres, tarrie, tashie, teaish, tephra, terais, teraph, tercia, terras, thapes, thecia, theics, theirs, therap, thiasi, thrace, thraep, threip, thrice, thrips, tiches, tipper, tishri, tracer, traces, trapes, treasr, triace, triacs, tricae, tricar, tricep, trices, trichi, triers, tripes, trisha

5 Letter Words for Periphrastic

acers, acher, aches, acier, acies, acres, acris, aeric, aesir, airer, airth, airts, aitch, aitis, apers, apert, aphis, apish, appet, apres, apter, arces, arche, archt, arest, arets, aries, arise, arish, arist, arite, arith, arret, arrie, arris, arter, artic, ascii, asher, ashet, ashir, asper, aspic, aster, astir, astre, atrip, caper, capes, caphs, capri, carer, cares, caret, carpe, carpi, carps, carri, carrs, carse, carte, carts, caser, caste, cater, cates, ceras, cerat, ceria, certs, cesar, cesta, cesti, chair, chais, chait, chape, chaps, chare, charr, chars, chart, chase, chati, chats, cheap, cheat, cheir, chert, chest, chias, chips, chirp, chirr, chirt, chits, chria, cippi, cires, cirri, cista, citer, cites, craie, crape, craps, crare, crash, crate, crept, crest, creta, crier, cries, cripe, crips, crise, crisp, crith, crits, earsh, earst, earth, ecart, echar, epact, ephas, epics, epist, epris, erica, erics, escar, ethic, haire, hairs, haiti, hares, harps, harre, harst, harts, haste, hater, hates, heaps, hears, heart, heast, heats, heirs, heist, hepar, hiate, hiera, hiper, hippi, hirer, hires, hirse, hirst, icers, iches, icier, irate, irish, isiac, iters, ither, pacer, paces, pacts, paire, pairs, pairt, paise, paper, papes, parch, parer, pares, paris, parps, parrs, parse, parsi, parte, parti, parts, pasch, paste, patch, pates, paths, peach, pears, peart, peats, pechs, pecht, pepsi, perai, perca, perch, peris, perit, perps, perst, perth, perts, pesah, petar, petas, petri, phaet, phare, phase, phies, picas, picea, pichi, picra, piers, piert, piest, pieta, piets, pipas, piper, pipes, pipis, pipit, pipra, pirai, piste, pitas, pitch, piths, prase, prate, prats, preps, presa, preta, price, prich, prier, pries, racer, races, rache, raise, raits, raper, rapes, raphe, rapic, rappe, rares, raser, ratch, rater, rates, rathe, raths, reach, react, reais, reaps, rears, reast, recap, recip, recit, recpt, recti, reich, reist, repas, repic, repps, resat, resit, restr, retar, retch, retia, retip, rheas, rheic, rhies, ricer, rices, riche, richt, riper, ripes, ripps, riser, rishi, rites, rithe, sacre, saice, saith, sapir, sapit, sarip, scape, scapi, scare, scarp, scart, scath, sceat, scrae, scrap, scrat, scrip, scrit, sepia, sepic, seppa, septa, serac, serai, seric, serra, serta, shape, share, sharp, shear, sheat, shiai, shice, shier, shipt, shire, shirr, shirt, shita, shrap, shrip, sicer, sicht, sieth, siper, sirih, sirra, sitar, sitch, sithe, space, spaer, spahi, spair, spait, spare, spart, spate, spath, spear, speat, spect, speir, spica, spice, spier, spira, spire, spite, sprat, spret, sprit, stair, staph, stare, starr, stchi, stear, stech, steri, stich, stipa, stipe, stire, stirp, strae, strap, strep, stria, strip, taces, tache, tachi, tachs, tahrs, taich, taise, taish, taper, tapes, tapir, tapis, tares, tarie, tarps, tarre, tarri, tarse, tarsi, taser, tchai, teach, tears, techs, tehrs, tepas, terai, terap, teras, terra, terrs, thars, theca, theia, theic, their, thrae, thrap, thrip, tiars, ticer, tices, tiers, tirer, tires, tirrs, tisar, tisic, trace, trape, traps, trash, treas, triac, trias, trica, trice, trier, tries, tripe, trips

4 Letter Words for Periphrastic

acer, aces, ache, acpt, acre, acth, acts, aire, airs, airt, aith, aits, aper, apes, apii, apis, apps, appt, apse, apts, arch, arcs, ares, aret, aris, arri, arte, arts, asci, astr, ates, atip, atis, cair, cape, caph, capi, caps, capt, care, carp, carr, cars, cart, case, cash, cast, cate, cath, cats, ceas, cepa, ceps, cera, cert, cest, ceti, chai, chap, char, chas, chat, cher, chia, chip, chis, chit, cira, cire, cist, cite, cits, crap, cres, crip, cris, crit, crpe, crts, each, ears, east, eath, eats, echt, eira, epha, epic, epit, eras, erat, eria, eric, eris, errs, ersh, erst, erth, esca, etas, etch, eths, etic, haec, haes, hair, hait, haps, hare, harp, harr, hart, hasp, hast, hate, hats, heap, hear, heat, heii, heir, heps, hept, hera, herp, herr, hers, hert, hesp, hest, hets, hics, hies, hipe, hips, hipt, hire, hist, hits, iare, icer, ices, ichs, ipse, ires, iris, irpe, isth, itai, itas, itch, iter, pace, pacs, pact, pahi, pahs, paip, pair, pais, pape, paps, parc, pare, pari, parp, parr, pars, part, pase, pash, pasi, past, pate, path, pats, peai, pear, peas, peat, pech, pecs, pehs, peps, perh, peri, perp, pers, pert, pesa, pest, peta, pets, phar, phat, phis, phit, pias, pica, pice, pich, pics, pict, pier, pies, piet, pipa, pipe, pipi, pips, pirr, pirs, pisa, pise, pish, pist, pita, pith, pits, prat, prec, prep, pres, pret, prie, psec, psha, psia, ptah, race, rach, rahs, rais, rait, rape, raps, rapt, rare, rash, rasp, rast, rate, rath, rats, rcpt, reap, rear, recs, rect, rehs, reit, repp, repr, reps, rept, resp, rest, rets, rhea, rhet, rias, rice, rich, rier, ries, ripa, ripe, ripp, rips, ript, risc, rise, risp, rist, rita, rite, rits, saic, saip, sair, sare, sari, sart, sate, sati, scap, scar, scat, scet, seah, sear, seat, sech, sect, seir, seit, sept, serr, sert, seta, seth, shap, shea, sher, shet, shia, ship, shir, shit, shpt, shri, sice, sich, sier, sipe, sire, siri, sita, site, sith, siti, spae, spar, spat, spec, spet, spic, spie, spit, srac, stap, star, step, ster, stie, stir, stra, stre, tace, tach, tahr, tais, tape, taps, tare, tari, tarp, tarr, tars, tash, tche, tchr, teap, tear, teas, teca, tech, tehr, tepa, tera, terp, terr, thae, thai, thar, thea, thir, this, tiar, tice, tich, tics, tier, ties, tipe, tips, tire, tirr, trac, trah, trap, tres, trie, trip, tshi, tsia

3 Letter Words for Periphrastic

ace, ach, act, aer, aes, ahi, ahs, air, ais, ait, apc, ape, aph, app, apr, apt, arc, are, arr, ars, art, ase, ash, asp, ast, ate, atp, cai, cap, car, cat, cep, cer, cha, che, chi, chs, cia, cie, cir, cis, cit, cpa, cpi, cpr, cps, cpt, crs, crt, csi, csp, cst, cte, ctr, cts, ear, eas, eat, ech, ect, ehs, eir, epa, epi, era, err, ers, ert, esc, esp, esr, est, eta, etc, eth, hae, hap, has, hat, hei, hep, her, hes, het, hia, hic, hie, hip, hir, his, hit, hrs, hts, ice, ich, ihi, ihp, ihs, iph, ipr, ips, ira, ire, irs, ise, ish, ist, ita, its, pac, pah, pap, par, pas, pat, pci, pcp, pct, pea, pec, peh, pep, per, pes, pet, phi, phr, pht, pia, pic, pie, pip, pir, pis, pit, ppa, pph, ppi, ppr, pps, ppt, prc, pre, prp, prs, psi, pst, pta, pte, ptp, pts, rah, rai, rap, ras, rat, rct, rea, rec, reh, rei, rep, res, rha, rhe, ria, rie, rip, rit, rps, rpt, rte, rti, sac, sah, sai, sap, sar, sat, sch, sci, scr, sct, sea, sec, sei, sep, ser, set, sha, she, shi, shp, shr, sht, sic, sie, sip, sir, sit, spa, spp, spt, sri, sta, str, tai, tap, tar, tas, tch, tcp, tea, tec, ter, tes, tha, the, tic, tie, tip, tis, tph, tpi, tps, tra, tri, trp, trs, tsh, tsi, tsp

Definitions for Periphrastic

[1] circumlocutory; roundabout.
[2] Grammar . noting a construction of two or more words having the same syntactic function as an inflected word, as of Mr. Smith in the son of Mr. Smith, which is equivalent to Mr. Smith's in Mr. Smith's son.
[3] employing or involving periphrasis
[4] expressed in two or more words rather than by an inflected form of one: used esp of a tense of a verb where the alternative element is an auxiliary verb. For example, He does go and He will go involve periphrastic tenses

Words related to Periphrastic

bombastic, chatty, diffuse, discursive, flatulent, gabby, garrulous, inflated, lengthy, long-winded, loquacious, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, redundant, rhetorical, tedious, turgid, verbose, voluble

Words nearby Periphrastic

peripheralism, peripheric, periphery, periphlebitis, periphrasis, periphrastic, periphyton, periplasm, periporitis, periproct, periproctitis

Origin of Periphrastic

1795–1805; < Greek periphrastikós, derivative of periphrázein to use periphrasis. See peri-, phrase, -tic

Other words from Periphrastic

per·i·phras·ti·cal·ly , adverb
un·per·i·phras·tic , adjective
un·per·i·phras·ti·cal·ly , adverb

Synonyms for Periphrastic

bombastic, chatty, diffuse, discursive, flatulent, gabby, garrulous, inflated, lengthy, long-winded, loquacious, palaverous, pleonastic, prolix, rambling, redundant, rhetorical, tedious, turgid, verbose, voluble, windy