abandoned | (adjective) forsaken by owner or inhabitants | Synonyms: derelict, deserted |
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(adjective) unrestrained and uninhibited | - |
abecedarian | (adjective) alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) | - |
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aberrant | (adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm | Synonyms: deviant, deviate |
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abeyant | (adjective) inactive but capable of becoming active | Synonyms: dormant |
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abranchial | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchiate | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchious | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchiate, gill-less |
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abundant | (adjective) present in great quantity | - |
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acanthoid | (adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn | Synonyms: acanthous, spinous |
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acanthotic | (adjective) of or relating to or having acanthosis | - |
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acanthous | (adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn | Synonyms: acanthoid, spinous |
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accelerando | (adjective) (music) gradually increasing in tempo | - |
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acceptant | (adjective) accepting willingly | Synonyms: acceptive |
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accompanied | (adjective) having companions or an escort | - |
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(adjective) playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment | Synonyms: attended |
accompanying | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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accordant | (adjective) being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with' | - |
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(adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: agreeable, concordant, conformable, consonant |
adamant | (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamantine, inexorable, intransigent |
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adamantine | (adjective) consisting of or having the hardness of adamant | - |
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(adjective) having the hardness of a diamond | - |
(adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamant, inexorable, intransigent |
adjuvant | (adjective) enhancing the action of a medical treatment | - |
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(adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary |
adulterant | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterating |
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advance | (adjective) being ahead of time or need | Synonyms: beforehand |
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(adjective) situated ahead or going before | Synonyms: advanced, in advance |
advanced | (adjective) (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry | - |
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(adjective) situated ahead or going before | Synonyms: advance, in advance |
(adjective) ahead in development; complex or intricate | Synonyms: sophisticated |
(adjective) far along in time | Synonyms: ripe |
(adjective) comparatively late in a course of development | - |
(adjective) farther along in physical or mental development | - |
(adjective) ahead of the times | Synonyms: forward-looking, innovative, modern |
(adjective) at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill | - |
advancing | (adjective) moving forward | Synonyms: forward-moving, forward |
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advantageous | (adjective) giving an advantage | Synonyms: favorable, favourable |
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(adjective) appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness | - |
aeonian | (adjective) of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era) | Synonyms: eonian |
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(adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending |
aeromechanic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aerodynamics | - |
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aesculapian | (adjective) of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art | Synonyms: medical |
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agranulocytic | (adjective) relating to the blood disorder of agranulocytosis | - |
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agrarian | (adjective) relating to farming or agriculture | Synonyms: agricultural, farming |
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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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allantoic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an allantois | - |
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allantoid | (adjective) shaped like a sausage | Synonyms: sausage-shaped |
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allargando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner | - |
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allegiant | (adjective) steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government) | - |
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alphanumeric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumerical |
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alphanumerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumeric |
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amaranthine | (adjective) of or related to the amaranth plant | - |
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(adjective) of an imaginary flower that never fades | Synonyms: unfading |
ambrosian | (adjective) worthy of the gods | Synonyms: ambrosial |
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(adjective) extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant | Synonyms: ambrosial, nectarous |
ambulant | (adjective) able to walk about | Synonyms: ambulatory |
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ameban | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae | Synonyms: amebic, amebous, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous |
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amoeban | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae | Synonyms: ameban, amebic, amebous, amoebic, amoebous |
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amphibian | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia | Synonyms: amphibious |
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anabatic | (adjective) of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope | - |
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anabiotic | (adjective) of or related to the state of anabiosis | - |
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anabolic | (adjective) characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism | - |
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(adjective) of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism | - |
anachronic | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronistic, anachronous |
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anachronistic | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronic, anachronous |
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anachronous | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronic, anachronistic |
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anaclinal | (adjective) of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata | - |
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anaclitic | (adjective) of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another | - |
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anacoluthic | (adjective) of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons | - |
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anadromous | (adjective) migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn | - |
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anaemic | (adjective) relating to anemia or suffering from anemia | Synonyms: anemic |
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(adjective) lacking vigor or energy | Synonyms: anemic |
anaerobic | (adjective) living or active in the absence of free oxygen | Synonyms: anaerobiotic |
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(adjective) not aerobic | - |
anaerobiotic | (adjective) living or active in the absence of free oxygen | Synonyms: anaerobic |
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anaesthetic | (adjective) relating to or producing insensibility | Synonyms: anesthetic |
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(adjective) characterized by insensibility | Synonyms: anesthetic |
anaglyphic | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphical, anaglyptic, anaglyptical |
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anaglyphical | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyptic, anaglyptical |
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anaglyptic | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptical |
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anaglyptical | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptic |
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anagogic | (adjective) based on or exemplifying anagoge | Synonyms: anagogical |
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anagogical | (adjective) based on or exemplifying anagoge | Synonyms: anagogic |
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anagrammatic | (adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram | Synonyms: anagrammatical |
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anagrammatical | (adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram | Synonyms: anagrammatic |
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anal | (adjective) a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. | Synonyms: anal retentive |
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(adjective) of or related to the anus | - |
analeptic | (adjective) stimulating the central nervous system | - |
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analgesic | (adjective) capable of relieving pain | Synonyms: analgetic, anodyne |
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analgetic | (adjective) capable of relieving pain | Synonyms: analgesic, anodyne |
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analog | (adjective) of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input | Synonyms: analogue, linear |
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analogical | (adjective) expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy | - |
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analogous | (adjective) corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin | - |
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(adjective) similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar | Synonyms: correspondent |
analogue | (adjective) of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input | Synonyms: analog, linear |
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analphabetic | (adjective) not alphabetic | - |
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(adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic | - |
(adjective) having little acquaintance with writing | Synonyms: unlettered |
analytic | (adjective) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | Synonyms: analytical |
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(adjective) expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection | Synonyms: uninflected |
(adjective) using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | Synonyms: analytical |
(adjective) using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus | - |
analytical | (adjective) using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | Synonyms: analytic |
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(adjective) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | Synonyms: analytic |
analyzable | (adjective) capable of being partitioned | Synonyms: decomposable |
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analyzed | (adjective) examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts | - |
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anamnestic | (adjective) of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory | - |
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anamorphic | (adjective) pertaining to a kind of distorting optical system | - |
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(adjective) pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another | - |
anapaestic | (adjective) (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one | Synonyms: anapestic |
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anapestic | (adjective) (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one | Synonyms: anapaestic |
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anaphasic | (adjective) of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase | - |
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anaphoric | (adjective) relating to anaphora | - |
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anaphrodisiac | (adjective) tending to diminish sexual desire | - |
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anaphylactic | (adjective) related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis | - |
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anaplastic | (adjective) of or relating to anaplasia | - |
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anarchic | (adjective) without law or control | Synonyms: anarchical, lawless |
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anarchical | (adjective) without law or control | Synonyms: anarchic, lawless |
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anarchistic | (adjective) of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism | - |
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anasarcous | (adjective) characterized by or affected by dropsy | - |
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anastigmatic | (adjective) not astigmatic | Synonyms: stigmatic |
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(adjective) pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images) | Synonyms: stigmatic |
anastomotic | (adjective) of or relating to or exhibiting anastomosis | - |
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anatomic | (adjective) of or relating to the structure of the body | Synonyms: anatomical |
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(adjective) of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms | Synonyms: anatomical |
anatomical | (adjective) of or relating to the structure of the body | Synonyms: anatomic |
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(adjective) of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms | Synonyms: anatomic |
anatropous | (adjective) (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk | Synonyms: inverted |
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ancestral | (adjective) of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor | - |
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(adjective) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | Synonyms: hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible |
anchoritic | (adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical |
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ancient | (adjective) very old | - |
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(adjective) belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire | - |
ancillary | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary |
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