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