| palaeolithic | (adjective) of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic) | Synonyms: paleolithic |
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| palaeontological | (adjective) of or relating to paleontology | Synonyms: paleontological |
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| palatable | (adjective) acceptable to the taste or mind | Synonyms: toothsome |
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| palatal | (adjective) relating to or lying near the palate | Synonyms: palatine |
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| (adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatalised, palatalized |
| palatalised | (adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatal, palatalized |
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| palatalized | (adjective) produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin') | Synonyms: palatal, palatalised |
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| palatial | (adjective) relating to or being a palace | - |
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| (adjective) suitable for or like a palace | - |
| palatine | (adjective) of or relating to a palace | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives | - |
| (adjective) relating to or lying near the palate | Synonyms: palatal |
| palatoglossal | (adjective) relating to the palate and tongue | - |
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| pale | (adjective) abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress | Synonyms: pallid, wan |
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| (adjective) lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness | Synonyms: pallid |
| (adjective) very light colored; highly diluted with white | - |
| (adjective) not full or rich | - |
| (adjective) (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble | Synonyms: pallid, sick, wan |
| paleoanthropological | (adjective) of or concerned with the scientific study of human fossils | - |
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| paleocortical | (adjective) of or relating to the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | - |
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| paleolithic | (adjective) of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic) | Synonyms: palaeolithic |
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| paleontological | (adjective) of or relating to paleontology | Synonyms: palaeontological |
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| palingenetic | (adjective) of or relating to palingenesis | - |
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| palish | (adjective) slightly pale | - |
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| palliative | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory |
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| pallid | (adjective) abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress | Synonyms: pale, wan |
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| (adjective) lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness | Synonyms: pale |
| (adjective) (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble | Synonyms: pale, sick, wan |
| pally | (adjective) (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals | Synonyms: chummy, matey, palsy-walsy |
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| palmar | (adjective) relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot | Synonyms: volar |
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| palmate | (adjective) of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point | Synonyms: palm-shaped |
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| (adjective) (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected by a thin fold of skin | - |
| palmatifid | (adjective) of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed | - |
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| palmlike | (adjective) resembling a palm tree | - |
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| palmy | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
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| palpable | (adjective) capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt | Synonyms: tangible |
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| (adjective) so intense as to be almost touched or felt | - |
| (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable |
| (adjective) (medicine) can be felt by palpation | - |
| palpatory | (adjective) relating to or involving palpation | - |
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| palpebrate | (adjective) having eyelids | - |
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| palpitant | (adjective) having a slight and rapid trembling motion | Synonyms: palpitating |
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| palpitating | (adjective) having a slight and rapid trembling motion | Synonyms: palpitant |
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| palsied | (adjective) affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor | - |
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| paltry | (adjective) contemptibly small in amount | Synonyms: measly, miserable |
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| (adjective) not worth considering | Synonyms: negligible, trifling |