English to English Dictionary

Penitential

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

Penury

The state of being extremely poor; extreme poverty.

Perfidious

Deceitful and untrustworthy; deliberately disloyal.

Perido

An archaic or regional term representing a specific state, period, or entity within Romance linguistic traditions.

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.

Perruquier

A maker or seller of wigs, especially historical or theatrical wigs.

Perseverative

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

Perspicacity

The quality of having a ready insight into things; acute mental discernment and penetration.

Petrine

Relating to or characteristic of Saint Peter, the apostle.

Phantasmagoric

Having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as in a dream or created by the imagination.

Phantasmal

Of the nature of a phantasm; illusory, spectral, or dreamlike.