per- /pûr- or pər-/

1. Denoting: (1) the highest degree of combination with oxygen or other element or radical (chem)
2. (2) in words from Latin, through, beyond, or thoroughly, or indicating destruction

per.

1. Period
2. Person

per¹ /pûr or pər/

1. For each or a
2. (chiefly commercial) by
3. In the manner or direction of (heraldry)

as per usual (informal)

As usual

per² /pûr or per/

Through, by means of, according to (also as per)

per annum, diem or mensem /anˈəm or -ŭm, dīˈəm or dēˈem, or menˈsəm or menˈsem/

Yearly, daily or monthly

per ardua ad astra /ärˈdū-ə ad asˈtrə or ärˈdŭ-ä ad asˈträ/

By steep and toilsome ways to the stars (the motto of the RAF)

per capita /kapˈi-tə or kapˈi-tä/ or per caput /kapˈŭt/

1. (counting) by heads
2. For each person
3. All sharing alike

per contra /konˈtrə or konˈträ/

1. On the contrary
2. As a contrast

per curiam /kūˈri-am or kooˈri-am/ (law)

By a court

per fas et nefas /fas et nēˈfas or fäs et neˈfäs/

Through right and wrong

per impossibile /im-po-siˈbi-lē or im-po-siˈbi-le/

1. By an impossibility
2. If it were so, which it is not

per incuriam /in-kūˈri-am or in-kooˈri-am/ (law)

Through lack of care, a phrase designating a court decision that is given in ignorance of the relevant statute, and therefore not binding as a precedent

per minas /mīˈ or mēˈnäs/ (law)

By means of threats, by menaces

per procurationem /prok-ū-rā-shi-ōˈnem or prō-koo-rä-ti-ōˈnem/

By the agency of another, by proxy

per saltum /salˈtəm or salˈtŭm/

1. At a single leap
2. All at once

per se /sē or sā/

1. By himself, etc
2. Essentially
3. In itself

per stirpes /stûrˈpēz or stirˈpās/

(of an inheritance) bequeathed in blocks to families who subdivide it equally among the members, rather than directly to individuals themselves (per capita)

• madoquas
• madras
• madrasa
• madrasah
• madrasahs
• madrasas
• madrases
• kinematically
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• kinematograph
• kines-
• kinescope
• kinescopes
• kineses
• kinesi-
• kinesiatric
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• kinesics
• kinesiological
• kinesiologies
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• impenetrable
• impenetrably
• impenetrate
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