| nonreciprocating | (adjective) not moving alternately forward and backward | - |
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| nonreflecting | (adjective) not capable of physical reflection | Synonyms: nonreflective |
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| nonspeaking | (adjective) not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines | Synonyms: walk-on |
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| nontelescoping | (adjective) not telescopic | Synonyms: nontelescopic |
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| nourishing | (adjective) of or providing nourishment | Synonyms: alimental, alimentary, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive |
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| numbing | (adjective) causing numbness or insensitivity | - |
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| obliging | (adjective) showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others | Synonyms: complaisant |
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| oblong | (adjective) deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction | - |
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| (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides | - |
| observing | (adjective) quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception | Synonyms: observant |
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| obviating | (adjective) made impossible | Synonyms: preclusive |
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| oceangoing | (adjective) used on the high seas | Synonyms: seafaring, seagoing |
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| offending | (adjective) offending against or breaking a law or rule | - |
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| oncoming | (adjective) moving toward one | - |
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| ongoing | (adjective) currently happening | Synonyms: on-going |
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| oozing | (adjective) leaking out slowly | Synonyms: oozy, seeping |
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| opening | (adjective) first or beginning | - |
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| operating | (adjective) involved in a kind of operation | - |
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| (adjective) being in effect or operation | Synonyms: in operation, operational |
| opposing | (adjective) characterized by active hostility | Synonyms: opponent |
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| orientating | (adjective) positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually | Synonyms: orienting |
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| orienting | (adjective) positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually | Synonyms: orientating |
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| oscillating | (adjective) having periodic vibrations | Synonyms: oscillatory |
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| outflowing | (adjective) that is flowing outward | Synonyms: effluent |
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| outgoing | (adjective) leaving a place or a position | - |
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| (adjective) retiring from a position or office | - |
| (adjective) at ease in talking to others | Synonyms: extroverted, forthcoming |
| outlying | (adjective) relatively far from a center or middle | - |
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| outstanding | (adjective) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | Synonyms: prominent, salient, spectacular, striking |
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| (adjective) of major significance or importance | Synonyms: great |
| (adjective) distinguished from others in excellence | - |
| (adjective) owed as a debt | Synonyms: owing, undischarged |
| overbearing | (adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: authoritarian, dictatorial |
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| (adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
| overflowing | (adjective) covered with water | Synonyms: afloat, awash, flooded, inundated |
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| overlooking | (adjective) used of a height or viewpoint | Synonyms: commanding, dominating |
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| overlying | (adjective) placed on or over something else | Synonyms: superimposed |
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| overpowering | (adjective) so strong as to be irresistible | Synonyms: overwhelming |
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| overreaching | (adjective) revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights | Synonyms: vaulting |
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| overriding | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating |
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| overstrung | (adjective) too tightly strung | - |
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| (adjective) being in a tense state | Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, restive, uptight |
| overweening | (adjective) presumptuously arrogant | Synonyms: uppity |
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| (adjective) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | Synonyms: excessive, extravagant, exuberant |
| overwhelming | (adjective) very strong; urgently felt | Synonyms: consuming |
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| (adjective) so strong as to be irresistible | Synonyms: overpowering |
| owing | (adjective) owed as a debt | Synonyms: outstanding, undischarged |
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| painstaking | (adjective) characterized by extreme care and great effort | Synonyms: conscientious, scrupulous |
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| palpitating | (adjective) having a slight and rapid trembling motion | Synonyms: palpitant |
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| pampering | (adjective) gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires | - |
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| participating | (adjective) taking part in an activity | Synonyms: active |
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| passing | (adjective) of advancing the ball by throwing it | Synonyms: pass |
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| (adjective) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough | Synonyms: casual, cursory, perfunctory, superficial |
| (adjective) lasting a very short time | Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, short-lived, transient, transitory |
| (adjective) allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily | - |
| patronising | (adjective) (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | Synonyms: arch, condescending, patronizing |
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| patronizing | (adjective) (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | Synonyms: arch, condescending, patronising |
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| paying | (adjective) for which money is paid | Synonyms: compensable, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary |
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| (adjective) yielding a fair profit | Synonyms: gainful, paid |
| peacekeeping | (adjective) of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces | - |
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| pending | (adjective) awaiting conclusion or confirmation | - |
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| penetrating | (adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrative, piercing, sharp |
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| (adjective) tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing | Synonyms: penetrative |
| perambulating | (adjective) strolling or walking around | - |
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| permeating | (adjective) spreading or spread throughout | Synonyms: permeant, permeative, pervasive |
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| perplexing | (adjective) lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | Synonyms: confusing, puzzling |
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| persevering | (adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | Synonyms: diligent |
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| persisting | (adjective) relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit | Synonyms: dogging |
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| perturbing | (adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | Synonyms: distressful, distressing, disturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying |
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| pestering | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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| petrifying | (adjective) paralyzing with terror | - |
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| piddling | (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piffling, trivial |
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| piercing | (adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, sharp |
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| (adjective) painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | Synonyms: cutting, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, stabbing |
| piffling | (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, trivial |
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| placating | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: appeasing, placative, placatory |
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| pleading | (adjective) begging | Synonyms: beseeching, imploring |
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| pleasing | (adjective) giving pleasure and satisfaction | - |
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| (adjective) pleasant or agreeable to the senses | - |
| plodding | (adjective) (of movement) slow and laborious | Synonyms: leaden |
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| plumping | (adjective) very large; of exceptional size for its kind | - |
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| plundering | (adjective) given to taking by force what is desired | - |
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| pondering | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminative |
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| positioning | (adjective) causing to fall into line or into position | Synonyms: aligning |
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| pouring | (adjective) flowing profusely | Synonyms: gushing |
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| praising | (adjective) full of or giving praise | Synonyms: laudatory, praiseful |
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| preceding | (adjective) existing or coming before | - |
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| (adjective) of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | Synonyms: past, retiring |
| precipitating | (adjective) bringing on suddenly or abruptly | - |
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| preexisting | (adjective) existing previously or before something | Synonyms: pre-existent, pre-existing, preexistent |
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| preponderating | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant |
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| prepossessing | (adjective) creating a favorable impression | - |
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| pressing | (adjective) compelling immediate action | Synonyms: urgent |
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| prevailing | (adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: dominant, predominant, prevalent, rife |
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| prizewinning | (adjective) holding first place in a contest | Synonyms: champion |
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| probing | (adjective) diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation | Synonyms: inquisitory, searching |
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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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| promising | (adjective) likely to turn out well in the future | Synonyms: bright, hopeful |
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| (adjective) showing possibility of achievement or excellence | - |
| propelling | (adjective) tending to or capable of propelling | Synonyms: propellant, propellent, propulsive |
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| prospering | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
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| protecting | (adjective) shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort | - |
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| protruding | (adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | Synonyms: jutting, projected, projecting, relieved, sticking, sticking out |
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| provoking | (adjective) causing or tending to cause anger or resentment | Synonyms: agitating, agitative |
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| prying | (adjective) offensively curious or inquisitive | Synonyms: nosey, nosy, snoopy |
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| punishing | (adjective) resulting in punishment | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome |
| purging | (adjective) serving to purge or rid of sin | Synonyms: purgatorial, purifying |
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| purifying | (adjective) freeing from noxious matter | - |
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| (adjective) serving to purge or rid of sin | Synonyms: purgatorial, purging |
| (adjective) acting like an antiseptic | Synonyms: cleansing |
| pursuing | (adjective) following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit | - |
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| puzzling | (adjective) not clear to the understanding | Synonyms: enigmatic, enigmatical |
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| (adjective) lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | Synonyms: confusing, perplexing |
| quavering | (adjective) (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear | Synonyms: tremulous |
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| questioning | (adjective) showing curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitive, speculative, wondering |
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| (adjective) marked by or given to doubt | Synonyms: doubting, sceptical, skeptical |
| (adjective) perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know) | Synonyms: quizzical |
| racking | (adjective) causing great physical or mental suffering | Synonyms: wrenching |
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| radiating | (adjective) diverging from a common point | - |
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| raging | (adjective) very severe | - |
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| (adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger | Synonyms: angry, furious, tempestuous, wild |
| (adjective) characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense | Synonyms: hot |
| raiding | (adjective) characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | Synonyms: marauding, predatory |
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| raining | (adjective) falling in drops or as if falling like rain | - |
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| raising | (adjective) increasing in quantity or value | - |
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| rallying | (adjective) rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort | - |
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| rambling | (adjective) of a path e.g. | Synonyms: meandering, wandering, winding |
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| (adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects | Synonyms: digressive, discursive, excursive |
| (adjective) spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly | Synonyms: sprawling, straggling, straggly |