Adjectives

Words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns

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physiologic

adjective

of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning

phytophagic

adjective

(of animals) feeding on plants

phytophilous

adjective

(of animals) feeding on plants

pictural

adjective

pertaining to or consisting of pictures

pietistic

adjective

of or relating to Pietism

pietistical

adjective

of or relating to Pietism

pilary

adjective

covered with hairs especially fine soft ones

pillared

adjective

having pillars

pilotless

adjective

lacking a pilot

pinioned

adjective

bound fast especially having the arms restrained

pinnated

adjective

(of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side...

placeable

adjective

capable of being recognized

plagiarised

adjective

copied and passed off as your own

plagiaristic

adjective

copied and passed off as your own

plainspoken

adjective

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without sub...

planate

adjective

having been flattened

planetal

adjective

of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital char...

planless

adjective

aimlessly drifting

platelike

adjective

as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks

platitudinal

adjective

dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or or...

platyrhine

adjective

of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart...

platyrhinian

adjective

of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart...

platyrrhinic

adjective

of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart...

pleonastic

adjective

repetition of same sense in different words

plumaged

adjective

having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form

plumbable

adjective

(of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth

plumelike

adjective

resembling a plume

plumlike

adjective

resembling a plum fruit

plutocratical

adjective

of or relating to or characteristic of a plutocrat

pocketable

adjective

small enough to be carried in a garment pocket

podlike

adjective

resembling a pod

poikilothermic

adjective

of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature...

poikilothermous

adjective

of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature...

pointillist

adjective

of or relating to pointillism

pointillistic

adjective

of or relating to pointillism

pollyannaish

adjective

pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic

polychromic

adjective

having or exhibiting many colors

polydactylous

adjective

of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more...

polyestrous

adjective

having more than one period of estrus per year

polygenic

adjective

of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlle...

polymorphic

adjective

relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more...

polyoestrous

adjective

having more than one period of estrus per year

polyoicous

adjective

having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant

polyphonous

adjective

of or relating to or characterized by polyphony

polysemantic

adjective

of words; having many meanings

polysemous

adjective

of words; having many meanings

pomaded

adjective

(of hair) groomed with pomade

porose

adjective

forming a continuous series of pores

positivistic

adjective

of or relating to positivism

postmortal

adjective

occurring or done after death