Adjectives

Words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns

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presentational

adjective

of or relating to a presentation (especially in psychology o...

presocratic

adjective

before the time of Socrates

presumable

adjective

capable of being inferred on slight grounds

pretorial

adjective

of or relating to a Roman praetor

prevenient

adjective

in anticipation

priapic

adjective

resembling or being a phallus

primaeval

adjective

having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or origina...

probatory

adjective

tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you...

procurable

adjective

capable of being obtained

procumbent

adjective

having stems that trail along the ground without putting dow...

prodromal

adjective

symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease

prodromic

adjective

symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease

profanatory

adjective

profaning or tending to desecrate

prognathous

adjective

having a projecting lower jaw

prognathic

adjective

having a projecting lower jaw

prohibitory

adjective

tending to discourage (especially of prices)

prolate

adjective

having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diamet...

prolix

adjective

tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great le...

promotive

adjective

tending to further or encourage

propaedeutic

adjective

preceding and preparing for something

propellent

adjective

tending to or capable of propelling

propertied

adjective

owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue

propitiatory

adjective

intended to reconcile or appease

proportionable

adjective

proportionate

prosy

adjective

lacking wit or imagination

prostyle

adjective

marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only...

protanopic

adjective

inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and blu...

protogeometric

adjective

characteristic of the earliest phase of geometric art especi...

protozoal

adjective

of or relating to the Protozoa

protrusive

adjective

thrusting outward

protractile

adjective

able to be extended

protrusible

adjective

capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue

protrusile

adjective

capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue

protuberant

adjective

curving outward

provisionary

adjective

under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

provisory

adjective

subject to a proviso

pseudohermaphrodite

adjective

having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external...

pseudonymous

adjective

bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name

pseudoperipteral

adjective

having columniation completely circling an area of the struc...

pseudoprostyle

adjective

marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only...

psychogenetic

adjective

of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder

psychopathological

adjective

suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder

ptolemaic

adjective

of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system

puberulent

adjective

covered with fine soft hairs or down

pucka

adjective

absolutely first class and genuine

pulchritudinous

adjective

used of persons only; having great physical beauty

pulmonic

adjective

relating to or affecting the lungs

punic

adjective

of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or i...

punitory

adjective

inflicting punishment

purblind

adjective

lacking in insight or discernment