plenary : complete; full
plenipotentiary : fully empowered
plumb : checking perpendicularity; vertical
poignant : keen; piercing; severe
politic : expedient; prudent; well devised
polyglot : speaking several languages
portentous : ominous; serious
portly : stately; stout
posthumous : after death
potential : expressing possibility; latent
practicable : feasible
practical : based on experience; useful
pragmatic : practical; concerned with practical values
precarious : uncertain; risky
precedent : preceding in time, rank, etc.
precipitate : headlong; rash
precipitous : steep
precocious : developed ahead of time
predatory : plundering
preeminent : outstanding; superior
prefatory : introductory
preposterous : absurd; ridiculous
pretentious : ostentatious; ambitious
prim : very precise and formal; exceedingly proper
primordial : existing at the beginning of time; rudimentary
pristine : characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled