nounal

Walked on Day 17 after a fight the previous night; Brendan later claimed they would have been disqualified for nounal abuse.)

A nounal or noun adjective is one that comes before a noun and can easily be manipulated to become a noun in usage: esi, ebe.

This form of adjective is subdivided into five types: pre-noun adjective, post-noun adjective, numeral adjective, nounal adjective, and restricted adjective.

There are other differences like nounal anagram indicators and in current Times crosswords, unindicated definition by example: "bay" in the clue indicating HORSE in the answer, without a qualification like "bay, perhaps".