| prefectural | (adjective) of or relating to a prefecture | - |
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| prerecorded | (adjective) recorded at one time for transmission later | - |
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| projected | (adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | Synonyms: jutting, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out |
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| projectile | (adjective) impelling or impelled forward | - |
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| projecting | (adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | Synonyms: jutting, projected, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out |
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| prospective | (adjective) of or concerned with or related to the future | - |
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| protected | (adjective) kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss | - |
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| (adjective) guarded from injury or destruction | Synonyms: saved |
| protecting | (adjective) shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort | - |
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| protective | (adjective) intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind | - |
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| (adjective) showing care | - |
| (adjective) (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful | - |
| pyrectic | (adjective) having or causing fever | - |
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| pyroelectric | (adjective) relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity | Synonyms: pyroelectrical |
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| pyroelectrical | (adjective) relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity | Synonyms: pyroelectric |
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| pyrotechnic | (adjective) of or relating to the craft of making fireworks | Synonyms: pyrotechnical |
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| (adjective) suggestive of fireworks | - |
| pyrotechnical | (adjective) of or relating to the craft of making fireworks | Synonyms: pyrotechnic |
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| recalcitrant | (adjective) marked by stubborn resistance to authority | - |
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| (adjective) stubbornly resistant to authority or control | Synonyms: fractious, refractory |
| receding | (adjective) (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back | - |
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| receivable | (adjective) awaiting payment | - |
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| received | (adjective) conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers | Synonyms: standard |
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| (adjective) widely accepted as true or worthy | - |
| recent | (adjective) new | - |
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| (adjective) of the immediate past or just previous to the present time | Synonyms: late |
| receptive | (adjective) ready or willing to receive favorably | Synonyms: open |
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| (adjective) able to absorb liquid (not repellent) | - |
| (adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system | Synonyms: centripetal, sensory |
| (adjective) open to arguments, ideas, or change | - |
| recessed | (adjective) resembling an alcove | - |
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| (adjective) having a sunken area | Synonyms: deep-set, sunken |
| recessional | (adjective) of or relating to receding | - |
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| recessionary | (adjective) of or pertaining to a recession | Synonyms: recessive |
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| recessive | (adjective) (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical | - |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to a recession | Synonyms: recessionary |
| rechargeable | (adjective) capable of being recharged | - |
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| recherche | (adjective) lavishly elegant and refined | Synonyms: exquisite |
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| reciprocal | (adjective) concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return | Synonyms: mutual |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function | - |
| reciprocative | (adjective) moving alternately backward and forward | Synonyms: reciprocatory |
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| (adjective) given or done or owed to each other | Synonyms: reciprocatory |
| reciprocatory | (adjective) moving alternately backward and forward | Synonyms: reciprocative |
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| (adjective) given or done or owed to each other | Synonyms: reciprocative |
| reckless | (adjective) marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences | Synonyms: foolhardy, heady, rash |
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| (adjective) characterized by careless unconcern | Synonyms: heedless |
| reclaimable | (adjective) capable of being used again | Synonyms: recyclable, reusable |
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| reclaimed | (adjective) delivered from danger | Synonyms: rescued |
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| recluse | (adjective) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude | Synonyms: reclusive, withdrawn |
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| reclusive | (adjective) providing privacy or seclusion | Synonyms: cloistered, secluded, sequestered |
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| (adjective) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude | Synonyms: recluse, withdrawn |
| recognisable | (adjective) capable of being recognized | Synonyms: placeable, recognizable |
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| recognised | (adjective) generally approved or compelling recognition | Synonyms: accepted, recognized |
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| (adjective) provided with a secure reputation | Synonyms: recognized |
| recognizable | (adjective) capable of being recognized | Synonyms: placeable, recognisable |
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| (adjective) easily perceived; easy to become aware of | - |
| recognized | (adjective) generally approved or compelling recognition | Synonyms: accepted, recognised |
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| (adjective) provided with a secure reputation | Synonyms: recognised |
| recoilless | (adjective) of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil | - |
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| recollective | (adjective) good at remembering | Synonyms: long, retentive, tenacious |
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| recombinant | (adjective) of or relating to recombinant DNA | - |
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| reconcilable | (adjective) capable of being reconciled | - |
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| reconciled | (adjective) made compatible or consistent | - |
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| reconciling | (adjective) tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony | Synonyms: accommodative |
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| recondite | (adjective) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | Synonyms: abstruse, deep |
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| reconstructed | (adjective) adapted to social or economic change | - |
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| reconstructive | (adjective) helping to restore to good condition | Synonyms: rehabilitative |
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| recorded | (adjective) set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction | - |
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| (adjective) (of securities) having the owner's name entered in a register | - |
| recoverable | (adjective) capable of being recovered or regained | - |
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| recovered | (adjective) found after being lost | - |
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| (adjective) freed from illness or injury | Synonyms: cured, healed |
| recovering | (adjective) returning to health after illness or debility | Synonyms: convalescent |
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| recreant | (adjective) lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful | Synonyms: craven |
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| (adjective) having deserted a cause or principle | Synonyms: renegade |
| recreational | (adjective) of or relating to recreation | - |
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| (adjective) engaged in as a pastime | Synonyms: amateur, unpaid |
| recriminative | (adjective) countering one charge with another | Synonyms: recriminatory |
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| recriminatory | (adjective) countering one charge with another | Synonyms: recriminative |
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| recrudescent | (adjective) the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement | - |
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| rectal | (adjective) of or involving the rectum | - |
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| rectangular | (adjective) having four right angles | - |
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| (adjective) having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles | Synonyms: orthogonal |
| rectifiable | (adjective) capable of being repaired or rectified | Synonyms: reparable |
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| rectified | (adjective) having been put right | - |
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| rectilineal | (adjective) characterized by a straight line or lines | Synonyms: rectilinear |
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| rectilinear | (adjective) characterized by a straight line or lines | Synonyms: rectilineal |
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| rectosigmoid | (adjective) of or related to or near the sigmoid colon and the upper part of the rectum | - |
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| 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 |
| recyclable | (adjective) capable of being used again | Synonyms: reclaimable, reusable |
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| reechoing | (adjective) (of sounds) repeating by reflection | Synonyms: echoing |
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| reflected | (adjective) (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back | - |
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| reflecting | (adjective) causing reflection or having a device that reflects | - |
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| reflective | (adjective) capable of physically reflecting light or sound | - |
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| (adjective) devoted to matters of the mind | - |
| (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, ruminative |
| rejected | (adjective) rebuffed (by a lover) without warning | Synonyms: jilted, spurned |
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| rejective | (adjective) rejecting or tending to reject | - |
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| respectable | (adjective) characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals | - |
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| (adjective) large in amount or extent or degree | Synonyms: goodish, goodly, healthy, hefty, sizable, sizeable, tidy |
| (adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: admirable, estimable, good, honorable |
| respected | (adjective) receiving deferential regard | Synonyms: well-thought-of |
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| respectful | (adjective) full of or exhibiting respect | - |
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| (adjective) feeling or manifesting veneration | Synonyms: reverential, venerating |
| respective | (adjective) considered individually | Synonyms: several, various |
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| retrospective | (adjective) concerned with or related to the past | - |
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| scarecrowish | (adjective) resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged | - |
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| screechy | (adjective) having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | Synonyms: screaky, squeaking, squeaky, squealing |
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| sec | (adjective) (of champagne) moderately dry | Synonyms: unsweet |
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| secluded | (adjective) hidden from general view or use | Synonyms: privy, secret |
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| (adjective) providing privacy or seclusion | Synonyms: cloistered, reclusive, sequestered |
| second | (adjective) a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first | - |
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| (adjective) coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 2d, 2nd |
| secondary | (adjective) being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate | - |
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| (adjective) depending on or incidental to what is original or primary | - |
| (adjective) inferior in rank or status | Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern |
| (adjective) not of major importance | - |
| (adjective) belonging to a lower class or rank | - |
| secondhand | (adjective) previously used or owned by another | Synonyms: used |
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| (adjective) derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand | - |
| secret | (adjective) the next to highest level of official classification for documents | - |
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| (adjective) not open or public; kept private or not revealed | - |
| (adjective) having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic |
| (adjective) not expressed | Synonyms: private |
| (adjective) (of information) given in confidence or in secret | Synonyms: confidential |
| (adjective) not openly made known | Synonyms: unavowed |
| (adjective) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, surreptitious, undercover, underground |
| (adjective) designed to elude detection | Synonyms: hidden |
| (adjective) indulging only covertly | - |
| (adjective) hidden from general view or use | Synonyms: privy, secluded |
| (adjective) communicated covertly | - |
| secretarial | (adjective) of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work | - |
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| secretive | (adjective) inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | Synonyms: close, closelipped, closemouthed, tightlipped |
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| secretory | (adjective) of or relating to or producing a secretion | - |
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| sectarian | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects | - |
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| sectional | (adjective) relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane) | - |
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| (adjective) consisting of or divided into sections | Synonyms: sectioned |
| (adjective) related or limited to a distinct region or subdivision of a territory or community or group of people | - |
| sectioned | (adjective) consisting of or divided into sections | Synonyms: sectional |
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| sectorial | (adjective) relating to or resembling a sector | - |
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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 |