abactinal | (adjective) (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated | - |
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abaxial | (adjective) facing away from the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: dorsal |
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abbatial | (adjective) of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess | - |
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abdominal | (adjective) of or relating to or near the abdomen | - |
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abdominovesical | (adjective) of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder | - |
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abnormal | (adjective) not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm | Synonyms: unnatural |
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(adjective) departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development | - |
(adjective) much greater than the normal | - |
abomasal | (adjective) relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants) | - |
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aboral | (adjective) opposite to or away from the mouth | - |
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aboriginal | (adjective) characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning | Synonyms: native |
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(adjective) having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state | Synonyms: primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial |
abranchial | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less |
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abysmal | (adjective) resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable | Synonyms: abyssal, unfathomable |
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(adjective) very great; limitless | - |
abyssal | (adjective) relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters | - |
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(adjective) resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable | Synonyms: abysmal, unfathomable |
acapnial | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnic, acapnotic |
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acatalectic | (adjective) (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot | - |
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acaudal | (adjective) lacking a tail or taillike appendage | Synonyms: acaudate |
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accentual | (adjective) (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to accent or stress | - |
accessional | (adjective) of or constituting an accession | - |
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accessorial | (adjective) nonessential but helpful | - |
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accidental | (adjective) not of prime or central importance | Synonyms: incidental, nonessential |
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(adjective) happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally | Synonyms: inadvertent |
accommodational | (adjective) of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye | - |
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acculturational | (adjective) of or relating to acculturation | Synonyms: acculturative |
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accusatorial | (adjective) specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor | - |
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acephalous | (adjective) lacking a head or a clearly defined head | - |
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achenial | (adjective) pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit | - |
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acoustical | (adjective) of or relating to the science of acoustics | Synonyms: acoustic |
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acritical | (adjective) without a crisis (as of some diseases) | - |
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acromegalic | (adjective) marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face | - |
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acropetal | (adjective) of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex | - |
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actinal | (adjective) (of radiate organisms) located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated | - |
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actinometrical | (adjective) of or related to actinometry | Synonyms: actinometric |
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actinomycetal | (adjective) of or belonging to the actinomycetes | Synonyms: actinomycetous |
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actual | (adjective) presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible | Synonyms: existent |
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(adjective) being or existing at the present moment | - |
(adjective) taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated | - |
(adjective) being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something | Synonyms: genuine, literal, real |
(adjective) existing in act or fact | Synonyms: factual |
actuarial | (adjective) of or relating to the work of an actuary | - |
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adaptational | (adjective) of or relating to adaptation | - |
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adaxial | (adjective) nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: ventral |
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additional | (adjective) further or added | Synonyms: extra |
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adenoidal | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adenoids | - |
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(adjective) sounding as if the nose were pinched | Synonyms: nasal, pinched |
adjectival | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adjective | Synonyms: adjective |
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adnexal | (adjective) of or pertaining to adnexa | Synonyms: annexal |
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adrenal | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions | - |
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(adjective) near the kidneys | - |
adrenocortical | (adjective) of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands | - |
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adventitial | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adventitia | - |
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adverbial | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adverb | - |
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aecial | (adjective) of or belonging to an aecium | - |
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aerial | (adjective) existing or living or growing or operating in the air | - |
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(adjective) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | Synonyms: aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal |
aerological | (adjective) of or pertaining to aerology | - |
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aeromedical | (adjective) of or relating to aviation medicine | - |
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aeronautical | (adjective) of or pertaining to aeronautics | Synonyms: aeronautic |
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aesthetical | (adjective) concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste | Synonyms: aesthetic, esthetic, esthetical |
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aestival | (adjective) (rare) of or occurring in summer | Synonyms: estival |
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aetiological | (adjective) relating to the etiology of a disease | Synonyms: aetiologic, etiologic, etiological |
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(adjective) of or relating to the philosophical study of causation | Synonyms: aetiologic, etiologic, etiological |
affectional | (adjective) characterized by emotion | Synonyms: affective, emotive |
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affinal | (adjective) (anthropology) related by marriage | Synonyms: affine |
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affixal | (adjective) of or pertaining to a linguistic affix | Synonyms: affixial |
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affixial | (adjective) of or pertaining to a linguistic affix | Synonyms: affixal |
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agential | (adjective) of or relating to an agent or agency | - |
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agnostical | (adjective) uncertain of all claims to knowledge | Synonyms: agnostic |
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agonadal | (adjective) lacking gonads | - |
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agonal | (adjective) pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies) | - |
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agonistical | (adjective) striving to overcome in argument | Synonyms: agonistic, combative |
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agricultural | (adjective) relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming | - |
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(adjective) relating to farming or agriculture | Synonyms: agrarian, farming |
agrobiological | (adjective) of or pertaining to agrobiology | Synonyms: agrobiologic |
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agrological | (adjective) of or related to agrology | Synonyms: agrologic |
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agronomical | (adjective) of or relating to or promoting agronomy | Synonyms: agronomic |
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ahistorical | (adjective) unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition | - |
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alabaster | (adjective) of or resembling alabaster | Synonyms: alabastrine |
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alabastrine | (adjective) of or resembling alabaster | Synonyms: alabaster |
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alacritous | (adjective) quick and eager | - |
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alar | (adjective) of or relating to the axil | Synonyms: axillary |
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(adjective) having or resembling wings | Synonyms: alary, aliform, wing-shaped |
alarmed | (adjective) experiencing a sudden sense of danger | - |
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alarming | (adjective) frightening because of an awareness of danger | - |
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alary | (adjective) having or resembling wings | Synonyms: alar, aliform, wing-shaped |
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alate | (adjective) (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions | Synonyms: alated |
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alated | (adjective) (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions | Synonyms: alate |
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albescent | (adjective) becoming or shading into white | - |
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albinal | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affected by albinism | Synonyms: albinic, albinistic, albinotic |
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albinic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affected by albinism | Synonyms: albinal, albinistic, albinotic |
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albinistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affected by albinism | Synonyms: albinal, albinic, albinotic |
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albino | (adjective) having albinism | - |
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albinotic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affected by albinism | Synonyms: albinal, albinic, albinistic |
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albitic | (adjective) of or related to albite feldspar | - |
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albuminous | (adjective) relating to or containing or resembling albumin | - |
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albuminuric | (adjective) of or related to the state of albuminuria | - |
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alcalescent | (adjective) tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline | Synonyms: alkalescent |
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alchemic | (adjective) related to or concerned with alchemy | Synonyms: alchemical |
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alchemical | (adjective) related to or concerned with alchemy | Synonyms: alchemic |
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alchemistic | (adjective) of or relating to alchemists | Synonyms: alchemistical |
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alchemistical | (adjective) of or relating to alchemists | Synonyms: alchemistic |
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alcoholic | (adjective) characteristic of or containing alcohol | - |
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(adjective) addicted to alcohol | Synonyms: alcohol-dependent |
aldehydic | (adjective) of or related to or containing aldehydes | - |
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aldermanic | (adjective) of or relating to or like an alderman | Synonyms: aldermanly |
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aldermanly | (adjective) of or relating to or like an alderman | Synonyms: aldermanic |
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aleatory | (adjective) dependent on chance | - |
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alert | (adjective) engaged in or accustomed to close observation | Synonyms: watchful |
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(adjective) mentally perceptive and responsive | Synonyms: alive, awake |
(adjective) quick and energetic | Synonyms: brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy |
aleuronic | (adjective) of or related to aleurone | - |
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alexic | (adjective) of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia | Synonyms: word-blind |
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alfresco | (adjective) in the open air | Synonyms: open-air |
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algal | (adjective) of or relating to alga | - |
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algebraic | (adjective) of or relating to algebra | Synonyms: algebraical |
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algebraical | (adjective) of or relating to algebra | Synonyms: algebraic |
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