English to English Dictionary

Paraphasia

A type of language disorder in which a person produces unintended syllables, words, or phrases during speech.

Paronymous

Having the same derivation or root; cognate.

Patriate

To legislate for the transfer of a colonial or dependent country's constitution from the mother country to its own jurisdiction.

Pelter

A person or thing that pelts, beats, or hurls things repeatedly.

Pendente lite injunction

A temporary court order issued during the course of ongoing litigation designed to maintain the status quo and prevent irreparable harm until a final judgment is rendered.

Pendulously

In a manner that hangs loosely or swings as if suspended.

Penial

Relating to or connected with the penis.

Penitential

Relating to or expressing penance, remorse, or the feeling of sorrow for having done wrong.

Perfidious

Deceitful and untrustworthy; deliberately disloyal.

Permian

Relating to or denoting the last period of the Paleozoic era, lasting from about 299 to 252 million years ago.

Pernicious

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Perseverative

Relating to or characterized by perseveration, the repetitive and uncontrollable continuation of a motor, verbal, or cognitive response past the point of relevance.