word-initial
Linguistics
adjective
Occurring at the beginning of a word.
noun
A letter or sound occurring in this position.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- pericentric inversion
- pericentriolar
- pericentromeric
- pericephalic
- pericerebral
- perichaetial
- perichaetine
- perichaetium
- perichetial
- perichetium
- pericholecystitis
- perichondral
- perichondrial
- perichondritic
- perichondritis
- perichondrium
- perichordal
- perichoresis
- perichoretic
- periclase
- Periclean
- Pericles
- periclinal
- periclinally
- pericline