Adjectives

pericardial

adjective

located around the heart or relating to or affecting the per...

peripteral

adjective

having columns on all sides

periphrastic

adjective

roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

permeant

adjective

spreading or spread throughout

persnickety

adjective

characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivia...

perspicuous

adjective

(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable

pertinacious

adjective

stubbornly unyielding

perversive

adjective

tending to corrupt or pervert

pestiferous

adjective

tending to corrupt or pervert

petalous

adjective

(of flowers) having petals

petitionary

adjective

of the nature of or expressing a petition

petrous

adjective

(of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in h...

petticoated

adjective

wearing or furnished with a petticoat

pettish

adjective

easily irritated or annoyed

phantasmagoric

adjective

characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposi...

phantasmal

adjective

resembling or characteristic of a phantom

pharisaic

adjective

excessively or hypocritically pious

pharisaical

adjective

excessively or hypocritically pious

phenotypic

adjective

of or relating to or constituting a phenotype

philatelic

adjective

of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists

phlegmatic

adjective

showing little emotion

phonological

adjective

of or relating to phonology

photoelectric

adjective

of or pertaining to photoelectricity

photometric

adjective

of or relating to photometry

phrenetic

adjective

excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent...

phyletic

adjective

of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms

phytophagous

adjective

(of animals) feeding on plants

picayune

adjective

(informal) small and of little importance

piffling

adjective

(informal) small and of little importance

pilose

adjective

covered with hairs especially fine soft ones

pilous

adjective

covered with hairs especially fine soft ones

pinnate

adjective

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

pinnatifid

adjective

(of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisi...

pinnatisect

adjective

(of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in narrow divis...

piscatory

adjective

relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing

piscatorial

adjective

relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing

piscivorous

adjective

feeding on fishes

pistillate

adjective

bearing or consisting of carpels

placatory

adjective

intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting conces...

placable

adjective

easily calmed or pacified

placative

adjective

intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting conces...

placoid

adjective

as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks

planar

adjective

involving or having two dimensions

plangent

adjective

loud and resounding

planoconvex

adjective

flat on one side and convex on the other

planoconcave

adjective

flat on one side and concave on the other

platyrrhine

adjective

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

platyrrhinian

adjective

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

plausive

adjective

expressing or manifesting praise or approval

plenteous

adjective

affording an abundant supply