| percussive | (adjective) involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments | - |
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| percutaneous | (adjective) through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches) | Synonyms: transcutaneous, transdermal, transdermic |
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| perpendicular | (adjective) intersecting at or forming right angles | - |
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| (adjective) at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line | Synonyms: vertical |
| (adjective) so steep as to be nearly vertical | - |
| perspicuous | (adjective) (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable | Synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid |
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| precursory | (adjective) warning of future misfortune | Synonyms: premonitory |
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| preoccupied | (adjective) having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something | Synonyms: haunted, obsessed, taken up |
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| (adjective) deeply absorbed in thought | Synonyms: bemused, lost |
| procumbent | (adjective) having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots | - |
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| procurable | (adjective) capable of being obtained | Synonyms: getable, gettable, obtainable |
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| promiscuous | (adjective) not selective of a single class or person | - |
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| (adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | Synonyms: easy, light, loose, sluttish, wanton |
| recumbent | (adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | Synonyms: accumbent, decumbent |
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| recuperative | (adjective) promoting recuperation | Synonyms: restorative |
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| recurrent | (adjective) recurring again and again | Synonyms: perennial, repeated |
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| recurring | (adjective) coming back | Synonyms: revenant |
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| recursive | (adjective) of or relating to a recursion | - |
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| recurvate | (adjective) curved backward or inward | Synonyms: recurved |
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| recurved | (adjective) curved backward or inward | Synonyms: recurvate |
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| recusant | (adjective) refusing to submit to authority | - |
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| (adjective) (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England | Synonyms: dissentient |
| rescued | (adjective) delivered from danger | Synonyms: reclaimed |
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| reticular | (adjective) resembling or forming a network | Synonyms: reticulate |
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| reticulate | (adjective) resembling or forming a network | Synonyms: reticular |
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| ridiculous | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous |
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| (adjective) broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce | Synonyms: farcical, ludicrous |
| (adjective) inspiring scornful pity | Synonyms: pathetic, silly |
| rubicund | (adjective) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life | Synonyms: florid, ruddy, sanguine |
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| sacculate | (adjective) formed with or having saclike expansions | Synonyms: sacculated |
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| sacculated | (adjective) formed with or having saclike expansions | Synonyms: sacculate |
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| sculpted | (adjective) cut into a desired shape | Synonyms: graven, sculptured |
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| sculptural | (adjective) relating to or consisting of sculpture | - |
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| (adjective) resembling sculpture | Synonyms: modeled, modelled, sculptured, sculpturesque |
| sculptured | (adjective) cut into a desired shape | Synonyms: graven, sculpted |
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| (adjective) resembling sculpture | Synonyms: modeled, modelled, sculptural, sculpturesque |
| sculpturesque | (adjective) resembling sculpture | Synonyms: modeled, modelled, sculptural, sculptured |
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| scummy | (adjective) of the most contemptible kind | Synonyms: abject, low-down, low, miserable, scurvy |
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| (adjective) covered with scum | - |
| scurfy | (adjective) having or producing or covered with scurf | - |
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| (adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | Synonyms: lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly |
| scurrilous | (adjective) expressing offensive reproach | Synonyms: abusive, opprobrious |
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| scurrying | (adjective) moving with great haste | Synonyms: hurrying |
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| scurvy | (adjective) of the most contemptible kind | Synonyms: abject, low-down, low, miserable, scummy |
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| secular | (adjective) of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows | - |
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| (adjective) not concerned with or devoted to religion | Synonyms: profane |
| (adjective) characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world | Synonyms: temporal, worldly |
| (adjective) of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations | - |
| (adjective) characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy | Synonyms: laic, lay |
| secure | (adjective) free from fear or doubt; easy in mind | Synonyms: unafraid, untroubled |
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| (adjective) free from danger or risk | - |
| (adjective) not likely to fail or give way | - |
| (adjective) immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with | Synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, strong, unassailable, unattackable |
| (adjective) financially safe | Synonyms: dependable, good, safe |
| semicircular | (adjective) curved into a half circle | - |
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| sericultural | (adjective) of or relating to sericulture | - |
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| sociocultural | (adjective) relating to both social and cultural matters | - |
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| spectacular | (adjective) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | Synonyms: outstanding, prominent, salient, striking |
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| (adjective) characteristic of spectacles or drama | - |
| (adjective) sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | Synonyms: dramatic, striking |
| specular | (adjective) capable of reflecting light like a mirror | Synonyms: mirrorlike |
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| speculative | (adjective) showing curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitive, questioning, wondering |
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| (adjective) not based on fact or investigation | Synonyms: notional |
| (adjective) not financially safe or secure | Synonyms: bad, high-risk, risky |
| subacute | (adjective) less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it | - |
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| subcutaneous | (adjective) relating to or located below the epidermis | Synonyms: hypodermic |
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| subocular | (adjective) situated on or below the floor of the eye socket | Synonyms: suborbital |
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| succulent | (adjective) tender and full of juice | Synonyms: lush |
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| superincumbent | (adjective) lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else | - |
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| supraocular | (adjective) located or occurring above the eye socket | Synonyms: supraorbital |
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| sustentacular | (adjective) serving to sustain or support | - |
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| tentacular | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling tentacles | - |
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| testicular | (adjective) of or involving the testes | - |
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| trabecular | (adjective) of or relating to trabeculae | Synonyms: trabeculate |
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| trabeculate | (adjective) of or relating to trabeculae | Synonyms: trabecular |
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| transcultural | (adjective) extending through all human cultures | - |
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| transcutaneous | (adjective) through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches) | Synonyms: percutaneous, transdermal, transdermic |
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| tricuspid | (adjective) having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth) | Synonyms: tricuspidate |
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| tricuspidate | (adjective) having three cusps or points (especially a molar tooth) | Synonyms: tricuspid |
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| truculent | (adjective) defiantly aggressive | - |
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| tubercular | (adjective) relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it | - |
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| (adjective) pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle | - |
| (adjective) characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles | - |
| (adjective) constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus | Synonyms: tuberculous |
| tuberculate | (adjective) covered with tubercles | - |
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| tuberculoid | (adjective) resembling tuberculosis | - |
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| tuberculous | (adjective) constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus | Synonyms: tubercular |
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| unaccustomed | (adjective) unusual or unfamiliar | - |
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| unarticulate | (adjective) without or deprived of the use of speech or words | Synonyms: inarticulate |
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| unarticulated | (adjective) not consisting of segments that are held together by joints | - |
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| (adjective) uttered without the use of normal words or syllables | - |
| uncultivable | (adjective) not suitable for cultivation or tilling | Synonyms: uncultivatable |
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| uncultivatable | (adjective) not suitable for cultivation or tilling | Synonyms: uncultivable |
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| uncultivated | (adjective) (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops | - |
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| (adjective) characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes | Synonyms: lowbrow, lowbrowed |
| (adjective) (of persons) lacking art or knowledge | Synonyms: artless, uncultured |
| uncultured | (adjective) (of persons) lacking art or knowledge | Synonyms: artless, uncultivated |
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| uncurbed | (adjective) not restrained or controlled | Synonyms: unbridled, unchecked, ungoverned |
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| uncured | (adjective) not seasoned | - |
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| uncurled | (adjective) not having been curled | - |
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| (adjective) not curled | - |
| uncurtained | (adjective) not provided with curtains | Synonyms: curtainless |
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| uncurved | (adjective) having no curves | Synonyms: uncurving |
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| uncurving | (adjective) having no curves | Synonyms: uncurved |
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| uncut | (adjective) not cut | - |
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| (adjective) (of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge | - |
| (adjective) not shaped by cutting or trimming | Synonyms: rough |
| (adjective) (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine | Synonyms: unmown |
| (adjective) not trimmed | Synonyms: untrimmed |
| (adjective) complete | Synonyms: full-length |
| (adjective) not injured by cutting | - |
| undocumented | (adjective) lacking necessary documents (as for e.g. permission to live or work in a country) | - |
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| unencumbered | (adjective) free of encumbrance | - |
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| (adjective) not burdened with cares or responsibilities | - |
| unexcused | (adjective) not excused | - |
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| unfocused | (adjective) (of an image) not being in or brought into focus | Synonyms: unfocussed |
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| (adjective) not concentrated at one point or upon one objective | Synonyms: unfocussed |
| unfocussed | (adjective) (of an image) not being in or brought into focus | Synonyms: unfocused |
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| (adjective) not concentrated at one point or upon one objective | Synonyms: unfocused |
| unguiculate | (adjective) having or resembling claws or nails | Synonyms: unguiculated |
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| unguiculated | (adjective) having or resembling claws or nails | Synonyms: unguiculate |
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| unicuspid | (adjective) having a single cusp or point | - |
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| unoccupied | (adjective) not held or filled or in use | - |
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| (adjective) not seized and controlled | - |
| (adjective) not leased to or occupied by a tenant | Synonyms: untenanted |
| unprocurable | (adjective) not capable of being obtained | Synonyms: inaccessible, unobtainable, untouchable |
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| unsecured | (adjective) without financial security | Synonyms: unguaranteed |
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| (adjective) not firmly fastened or secured | Synonyms: unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unlocked |
| unspectacular | (adjective) not spectacular | - |
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| upcurved | (adjective) curving upward | - |
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| vacuolate | (adjective) formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell | Synonyms: vacuolated |
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| vacuolated | (adjective) formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell | Synonyms: vacuolate |
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| vacuous | (adjective) devoid of matter | - |
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| (adjective) devoid of intelligence or thought | Synonyms: mindless, vacant |
| (adjective) devoid of significance or force | Synonyms: empty, hollow |
| vascular | (adjective) of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids | - |
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| vehicular | (adjective) of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles | - |
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| ventricular | (adjective) of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain) | - |
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| vermicular | (adjective) decorated with wormlike tracery or markings | Synonyms: vermiculate, vermiculated |
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| vermiculate | (adjective) decorated with wormlike tracery or markings | Synonyms: vermicular, vermiculated |
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| (adjective) infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms | Synonyms: worm-eaten, wormy |
| vermiculated | (adjective) decorated with wormlike tracery or markings | Synonyms: vermicular, vermiculate |
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| vernacular | (adjective) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | Synonyms: common, vulgar |
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| vesicular | (adjective) of or relating to or involving vesicles | - |
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| vulpecular | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a fox | Synonyms: vulpine |
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