Adjectives
Words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns
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parasiticidal
adjective
capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms
pardonable
adjective
admitting of being pardoned
pareve
adjective
containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus e...
parrotlike
adjective
mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or underst...
parthenogenetic
adjective
(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and femal...
particoloured
adjective
having sections or patches colored differently and usually b...
particularised
adjective
directed toward a specific object
particularized
adjective
directed toward a specific object
parvenue
adjective
characteristic of someone who has risen economically or soci...
passee
adjective
out of fashion
pastelike
adjective
resembling paste in color; pallid
patriarchic
adjective
(of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced throu...
patricentric
adjective
centered upon the father
patrimonial
adjective
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal...
patristical
adjective
of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers
patronless
adjective
having little patronage or few clients
pederastic
adjective
of homosexuality between a man and a boy
pedunculate
adjective
having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk
pericardiac
adjective
located around the heart or relating to or affecting the per...
perinasal
adjective
near the nose
periodontic
adjective
of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics
perirhinal
adjective
near the nose
peristylar
adjective
having columniation completely circling an area of the struc...
peritrichous
adjective
covered all over with uniformly distributed flagella
periwigged
adjective
wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries
permeative
adjective
spreading or spread throughout
permutable
adjective
capable of changing sequence
persuadable
adjective
being susceptible to persuasion
persuasible
adjective
being susceptible to persuasion
perturbing
adjective
causing distress or worry or anxiety
peruked
adjective
wearing a wig popular for men in the 17th and 18th centuries
pessimal
adjective
of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival
pessimum
adjective
of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival
petaled
adjective
(of flowers) having petals
petalled
adjective
(of flowers) having petals
petalless
adjective
(of flowers) having no petals
petallike
adjective
resembling a petal
phantasmagorical
adjective
characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposi...
pharmaceutic
adjective
of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
pharmacologic
adjective
of or relating to pharmacology
phenotypical
adjective
of or relating to or constituting a phenotype
philatelical
adjective
of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists
philhellenic
adjective
characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things
phlegmatical
adjective
showing little emotion
phonologic
adjective
of or relating to phonology
photoelectrical
adjective
of or pertaining to photoelectricity
photometrical
adjective
of or relating to photometry
phylliform
adjective
having the shape of a leaf
phyllodial
adjective
having a phyllode
phylogenetic
adjective
of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms