| peculiarly | (adverb) in a manner differing from the usual or expected | Synonyms: curiously, inexplicably, oddly |
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| (adverb) uniquely or characteristically | Synonyms: particularly |
| (adverb) to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | Synonyms: especially, particularly, specially |
| pedophilia | (noun) a sexual attraction to children | Synonyms: paedophilia |
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| perfoliate | (adjective) (of a leaf) having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem | - |
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| perithelial | (adjective) of or relating to the tissue layer around small blood vessels | - |
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| phacelia | (noun) any plant of the genus Phacelia | Synonyms: scorpion weed, scorpionweed |
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| philia | (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
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| phocomelia | (noun) an abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps; rare condition that results from taking thalidomide during pregnancy | Synonyms: seal limbs |
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| pignolia | (noun) edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some pinons of southwestern North America | Synonyms: pine nut, pinon nut |
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| pliability | (noun) adaptability of mind or character | Synonyms: pliancy, pliantness, suppleness |
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| (noun) the property of being easily bent without breaking | Synonyms: bendability |
| pliable | (adjective) able to adjust readily to different conditions | Synonyms: elastic, flexible, pliant |
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| (adjective) capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking | Synonyms: bendable, pliant, waxy |
| (adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | Synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliant, tensile, tractile |
| (adjective) susceptible to being led or directed | Synonyms: fictile |
| pliancy | (noun) adaptability of mind or character | Synonyms: pliability, pliantness, suppleness |
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| (noun) the property of being pliant and flexible | Synonyms: pliantness, suppleness |
| pliant | (adjective) able to adjust readily to different conditions | Synonyms: elastic, flexible, pliable |
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| (adjective) capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking | Synonyms: bendable, pliable, waxy |
| (adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | Synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliable, tensile, tractile |
| (adjective) capable of being influenced or formed | Synonyms: plastic |
| pliantness | (noun) adaptability of mind or character | Synonyms: pliability, pliancy, suppleness |
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| (noun) the property of being pliant and flexible | Synonyms: pliancy, suppleness |
| psychedelia | (noun) the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs | - |
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| quinquefoliate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having five leaflets | - |
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| reaffiliation | (noun) affiliation anew | - |
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| reconciliation | (noun) getting two things to correspond | Synonyms: balancing |
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| (noun) the reestablishing of cordial relations | Synonyms: rapprochement |
| regalia | (noun) paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office) | - |
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| (noun) especially fine or decorative clothing | Synonyms: array, raiment |
| reliability | (noun) the quality of being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: dependability, dependableness, reliableness |
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| reliable | (adjective) worthy of reliance or trust | Synonyms: dependable |
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| (adjective) conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief | Synonyms: authentic |
| (adjective) worthy of being depended on | Synonyms: dependable, honest, true |
| reliableness | (noun) the quality of being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: dependability, dependableness, reliability |
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| reliably | (adverb) in a faithful manner | Synonyms: dependably, faithfully |
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| reliance | (noun) certainty based on past experience | Synonyms: trust |
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| (noun) the state of relying on something | - |
| reliant | (adjective) relying on another for support | - |
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| reptilian | (adjective) of or relating to the class Reptilia | - |
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| (noun) any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms | Synonyms: reptile |
| retaliate | (verb) make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil | Synonyms: strike back |
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| (verb) take revenge for a perceived wrong | Synonyms: avenge, revenge |
| retaliation | (noun) action taken in return for an injury or offense | Synonyms: revenge |
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| retaliative | (adjective) of or relating to or having the nature of retribution | Synonyms: retaliatory, retributive, retributory, vindicatory |
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| retaliator | (noun) someone who takes vengeance | Synonyms: avenger |
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| retaliatory | (adjective) of or relating to or having the nature of retribution | Synonyms: retaliative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory |
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| saturnalia | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot |
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| scholia | (noun) a marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature) | Synonyms: scholium |
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| scholiast | (noun) a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) | - |
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| sesquipedalia | (noun) a very long word (a foot and a half long) | Synonyms: sesquipedalian |
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| sesquipedalian | (adjective) (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables | Synonyms: polysyllabic |
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| (adjective) given to the overuse of long words | - |
| (noun) a very long word (a foot and a half long) | Synonyms: sesquipedalia |
| sobralia | (noun) any of various showy orchids of the genus Sobralia having leafy stems and bright-colored solitary or racemose flowers similar to those of genus Cattleya | - |
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| spoliation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation |
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| (noun) (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence | - |
| stapelia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers | Synonyms: carrion flower, starfish flower |
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| sterculia | (noun) any tree of the genus Sterculia | - |
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| suppliant | (adjective) humbly entreating | Synonyms: supplicant, supplicatory |
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| (noun) one praying humbly for something | Synonyms: petitioner, requester, supplicant |
| tagliatelle | (noun) pasta cut in narrow ribbons | - |
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| technophilia | (noun) enthusiasm for new technology | - |
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| trifoliata | (noun) small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges | Synonyms: Poncirus trifoliata, trifoliate orange, wild orange |
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| trifoliate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having three leaflets | Synonyms: trifoliated, trifoliolate |
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| trifoliated | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having three leaflets | Synonyms: trifoliate, trifoliolate |
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| trombiculiasis | (noun) infestation with chiggers | - |
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| unaffiliated | (adjective) not affiliated | - |
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| unfamiliar | (adjective) not known or well known | - |
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| unfamiliarity | (noun) unusualness as a consequence of not being well known | Synonyms: strangeness |
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| unifoliate | (adjective) having a single leaf | - |
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| unparliamentary | (adjective) so rude and abusive as to be unsuitable for parliament | - |
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| unreliability | (noun) the trait of not being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: undependability, undependableness, unreliableness |
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| unreliable | (adjective) not worthy of reliance or trust | Synonyms: undependable |
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| (adjective) dangerously unstable and unpredictable | Synonyms: treacherous |
| (adjective) liable to be erroneous or misleading | Synonyms: undependable |
| (adjective) lacking a sense of responsibility | - |
| unreliableness | (noun) the trait of not being dependable or reliable | Synonyms: undependability, undependableness, unreliability |
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| unreliably | (adverb) in an unfaithful undependable unreliable manner | Synonyms: undependably, unfaithfully |
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| valiance | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour |
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| valiancy | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, heroism, valiance, valor, valorousness, valour |
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| valiant | (adjective) having or showing valor | Synonyms: valorous |
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| valiantly | (adverb) with valor; in a valiant manner | Synonyms: valorously |
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| vaudevillian | (noun) a performer who works in vaudeville | - |
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| vedalia | (noun) native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects | Synonyms: Rodolia cardinalis |
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| zoophilia | (noun) a sexual attraction to animals | Synonyms: zoophilism |
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