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preliminary |
Noun
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a minor match preceding the main event |
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practical |
Adjective
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having or put to a practical purpose or use |
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practical |
Adjective
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concerned with actual use or practice |
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practical |
Adjective
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guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory |
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practical |
Adjective
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being actually such in almost every respect |
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pink-slipped |
Adjective
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having lost your job |
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pitiable |
Adjective
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inspiring mixed contempt and pity |
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pitiable |
Adjective
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deserving or inciting pity |
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pitiful |
Adjective
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inspiring mixed contempt and pity |
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pitiful |
Adjective
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deserving or inciting pity |
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pitiful |
Adjective
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bad |
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panegyric |
Adjective
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formally expressing praise |
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panegyric |
Noun
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a formal expression of praise |
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panegyrical |
Adjective
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formally expressing praise |
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praiseful |
Adjective
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full of or giving praise |
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praising |
Adjective
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full of or giving praise |
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probing |
Adjective
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diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation |
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perfect |
Adjective
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precisely accurate or exact |
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perfect |
Adjective
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being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish |
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perfect |
Noun
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a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) |
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perfect |
Verb
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make perfect or complete |
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perfect |
Adjective
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without qualification |
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photographic |
Adjective
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representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph |
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photographic |
Adjective
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relating to photography or obtained by using photography |
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permutable |
Adjective
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capable of changing sequence |
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plane |
Adjective
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having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another |
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plane |
Noun
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an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets |
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plane |
Noun
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a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood |
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plane |
Noun
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a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood |
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plane |
Noun
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in mathematics, an unbounded two-dimensional shape |
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plane |
Noun
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a level of existence or development |
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plane |
Verb
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cut or remove with or as if with a plane |
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plane |
Verb
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make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane |
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plane |
Verb
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travel on the surface of water |
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patchy |
Adjective
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irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc. |
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pebble-grained |
Adjective
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(of leather) having a rough surface as the result of being treated with a patterned roller |
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prosaic |
Adjective
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not challenging |
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prosaic |
Adjective
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lacking wit or imagination |
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prosaic |
Adjective
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not fanciful or imaginative |
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pejorative |
Adjective
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expressing disapproval |
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plucked |
Adjective
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of a stringed instrument |
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plucked |
Adjective
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having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl |
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paradoxical |
Adjective
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seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true |
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pricey |
Adjective
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having a high price |
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pricy |
Adjective
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having a high price |
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private |
Adjective
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not expressed |
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private |
Adjective
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concerning one person exclusively |
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private |
Adjective
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concerning things deeply private and personal |
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private |
Adjective
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confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy |
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private |
Noun
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an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines |