| antepartum | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antenatal, prenatal |
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| antiapartheid | (adjective) opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa | - |
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| antiparallel | (adjective) (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed | - |
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| apart | (adjective) having characteristics not shared by others | - |
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| (adjective) remote and separate physically or socially | Synonyms: isolated, obscure |
| appareled | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed |
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| apparent | (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable |
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| (adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so | Synonyms: ostensible, seeming |
| apparitional | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom | Synonyms: ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual |
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| biparous | (adjective) producing two offspring at a time | Synonyms: twinning |
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| bipartisan | (adjective) supported by both sides | Synonyms: bipartizan, two-party, two-way |
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| bipartite | (adjective) divided into two portions almost to the base | - |
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| (adjective) involving two parts or elements | Synonyms: two-part, two-way |
| bipartizan | (adjective) supported by both sides | Synonyms: bipartisan, two-party, two-way |
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| caparisoned | (adjective) clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings) | - |
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| cheeseparing | (adjective) giving or spending with reluctance | Synonyms: close, near, penny-pinching, skinny |
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| comparable | (adjective) able to be compared or worthy of comparison | - |
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| (adjective) conforming in every respect | Synonyms: corresponding, like |
| comparative | (adjective) estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete | Synonyms: relative |
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| (adjective) relating to or based on or involving comparison | - |
| compartmental | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalised, compartmentalized |
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| compartmentalised | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmental, compartmentalized |
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| compartmentalized | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmental, compartmentalised |
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| compartmented | (adjective) divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units | - |
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| departed | (adjective) dead | Synonyms: asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, gone |
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| (adjective) well in the past; former | Synonyms: bygone, bypast, foregone, gone |
| departing | (adjective) that is going out or leaving | Synonyms: outbound, outward-bound, outward |
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| departmental | (adjective) of or relating to a department | - |
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| disparaging | (adjective) expressive of low opinion | Synonyms: derogative, derogatory |
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| disparate | (adjective) fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind | - |
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| (adjective) including markedly dissimilar elements | - |
| endoparasitic | (adjective) of or relating to parasites that live in the internal organs of animals | - |
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| eparchial | (adjective) of or relating to an eparchy | - |
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| fissiparous | (adjective) reproducing by fission | - |
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| (adjective) having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude | Synonyms: breakaway, separatist |
| hemiparasitic | (adjective) of or relating to plants that are hemiparasites | - |
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| imparipinnate | (adjective) (a leaf shape) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex | Synonyms: odd-pinnate |
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| impartial | (adjective) showing lack of favoritism | - |
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| (adjective) free from undue bias or preconceived opinions | Synonyms: unprejudiced |
| incomparable | (adjective) such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared | Synonyms: uncomparable |
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| inseparable | (adjective) not capable of being separated | - |
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| interdepartmental | (adjective) between or among departments | - |
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| intradepartmental | (adjective) within a department | - |
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| irreparable | (adjective) impossible to repair, rectify, or amend | - |
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| multiparous | (adjective) producing more than one offspring at a time | - |
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| multipartite | (adjective) involving more than two parties | - |
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| nonparallel | (adjective) of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations | Synonyms: in series, serial |
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| (adjective) (of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging | - |
| nonparametric | (adjective) not involving an estimation of the parameters of a statistic | - |
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| nonparasitic | (adjective) not parasitic on another organism | Synonyms: free-living, nonsymbiotic |
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| nonpareil | (adjective) eminent beyond or above comparison | Synonyms: matchless, one, one and only, peerless, unmatchable, unmatched, unrivaled, unrivalled |
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| nonparticulate | (adjective) not composed of distinct particles | - |
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| nonpartisan | (adjective) free from party affiliation or bias | Synonyms: nonpartizan |
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| nonpartizan | (adjective) free from party affiliation or bias | Synonyms: nonpartisan |
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| oviparous | (adjective) egg-laying | - |
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| ovoviviparous | (adjective) producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body | - |
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| parabolic | (adjective) resembling or expressed by parables | Synonyms: parabolical |
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| (adjective) having the form of a parabola | Synonyms: parabolical |
| parabolical | (adjective) resembling or expressed by parables | Synonyms: parabolic |
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| (adjective) having the form of a parabola | Synonyms: parabolic |
| paraboloidal | (adjective) having the shape of a paraboloid | - |
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| paradigmatic | (adjective) of or relating to a typical example | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a grammatical paradigm | - |
| (adjective) related as members of a substitution class | - |
| paradisaic | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisiacal |
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| paradisaical | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisiacal |
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| paradisal | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisiac, paradisiacal |
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| paradisiac | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiacal |
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| paradisiacal | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiac |
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| paradoxical | (adjective) seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true | Synonyms: self-contradictory |
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| parallel | (adjective) being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations | - |
| paralytic | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of paralysis | Synonyms: paralytical |
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| (adjective) affected with paralysis | Synonyms: paralyzed |
| paralytical | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of paralysis | Synonyms: paralytic |
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| paralyzed | (adjective) affected with paralysis | Synonyms: paralytic |
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| paramagnetic | (adjective) of or relating to a paramagnet | - |
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| paramedical | (adjective) of or denoting a person who is trained to assist physicians and nurses in their activities | - |
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| parametric | (adjective) of or relating to or in terms of a parameter | - |
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| paramilitary | (adjective) of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit | - |
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| paramount | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating |
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| paranasal | (adjective) adjacent to the nasal cavities | - |
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| paranoid | (adjective) suffering from paranoia | - |
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| paranormal | (adjective) not in accordance with scientific laws | - |
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| (adjective) seemingly outside normal sensory channels | Synonyms: extrasensory |
| paraphrastic | (adjective) altered by paraphrasing | - |
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| paraplegic | (adjective) suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord | - |
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| parapsychological | (adjective) beyond normal physical explanation | - |
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| parasitic | (adjective) of or pertaining to epenthesis | Synonyms: epenthetic |
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| (adjective) relating to or caused by parasites | Synonyms: parasitical |
| (adjective) of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another | Synonyms: bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitical |
| parasitical | (adjective) relating to or caused by parasites | Synonyms: parasitic |
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| (adjective) of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another | Synonyms: bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic |
| parasiticidal | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, anthelmintic, helminthic |
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| parasympathetic | (adjective) of or relating to the parasympathetic nervous system | - |
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| parasympathomimetic | (adjective) having an effect similar to that resulting from stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system | - |
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| parched | (adjective) toasted or roasted slightly | - |
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| (adjective) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | Synonyms: adust, baked, scorched, sunbaked |
| pardonable | (adjective) admitting of being pardoned | - |
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| parental | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | Synonyms: maternal, paternal |
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| (adjective) designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced | - |
| parented | (adjective) having a parent or parents or cared for by parent surrogates | - |
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| parenteral | (adjective) located outside the alimentary tract | - |
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| (adjective) administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection) | - |
| parenthetic | (adjective) qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetical |
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| parenthetical | (adjective) qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetic |
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| parentless | (adjective) having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates | Synonyms: unparented |
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| pareve | (adjective) containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism | Synonyms: parve |
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| parheliacal | (adjective) relating to or resembling a parhelion | Synonyms: parhelic |
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| parhelic | (adjective) relating to or resembling a parhelion | Synonyms: parheliacal |
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| parietal | (adjective) of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium | - |
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| paripinnate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex | Synonyms: abruptly-pinnate, even-pinnate |
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| parked | (adjective) that have been left | - |
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| parky | (adjective) appreciably or disagreeably cold | Synonyms: chilly |
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| parliamentary | (adjective) relating to or having the nature of a parliament | - |
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| (adjective) having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the legislature or parliament | - |
| (adjective) in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly | - |
| parlous | (adjective) fraught with danger | Synonyms: perilous, precarious, touch-and-go |
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| parochial | (adjective) relating to or supported by or located in a parish | - |
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| (adjective) narrowly restricted in outlook or scope | Synonyms: insular |
| paroicous | (adjective) having male and female reproductive organs separate in a single gametoecium | - |
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| parotid | (adjective) relating to or located near the parotid gland | - |
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| parous | (adjective) having given birth to one or more viable children | - |
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| paroxysmal | (adjective) accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms | - |
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| parrotlike | (adjective) mechanically imitated or repeated without thought or understanding | - |
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| parsimonious | (adjective) excessively unwilling to spend | Synonyms: penurious |
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