anserine | (adjective) of or resembling a goose | - |
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(adjective) having or revealing stupidity | Synonyms: dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky |
answerable | (adjective) morally or legally responsible to a higher authority | - |
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(adjective) capable of being answered | - |
(adjective) liable to account for one's actions | Synonyms: accountable |
answering | (adjective) replying | Synonyms: respondent |
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antacid | (adjective) acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach) | - |
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antagonistic | (adjective) arousing animosity or hostility | - |
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(adjective) used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect | Synonyms: incompatible |
(adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical |
(adjective) incapable of harmonious association | - |
(adjective) indicating opposition or resistance | Synonyms: counter |
antebellum | (adjective) belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War | - |
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antecedent | (adjective) preceding in time or order | - |
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antecubital | (adjective) of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow | - |
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antediluvial | (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | Synonyms: antediluvian |
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antediluvian | (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | Synonyms: antediluvial |
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(adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antiquated, archaic |
antemeridian | (adjective) before noon | - |
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antemortem | (adjective) preceding death | - |
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antenatal | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antepartum, prenatal |
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antennal | (adjective) of or relating to antennae | Synonyms: antennary |
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antennary | (adjective) of or relating to antennae | Synonyms: antennal |
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antenuptial | (adjective) relating to events before a marriage | Synonyms: premarital, prenuptial |
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antepartum | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antenatal, prenatal |
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antepenultimate | (adjective) third from last | - |
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anterior | (adjective) of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body | - |
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(adjective) earlier in time | Synonyms: prior |
anterograde | (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma | - |
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anthelminthic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelmintic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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anthelmintic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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antheral | (adjective) capable of fertilizing female organs | Synonyms: staminate |
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antheridial | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an antheridium | - |
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anthophagous | (adjective) feeding on flowers | Synonyms: anthophilous |
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anthophilous | (adjective) feeding on flowers | Synonyms: anthophagous |
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anthracitic | (adjective) relating to or resembling anthracite coal | - |
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anthropic | (adjective) relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | Synonyms: anthropical |
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anthropical | (adjective) relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | Synonyms: anthropic |
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anthropocentric | (adjective) human-centered | - |
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anthropogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenic |
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anthropogenic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenetic |
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anthropoid | (adjective) resembling human beings | Synonyms: manlike |
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(adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoidal, apelike |
anthropoidal | (adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoid, apelike |
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anthropological | (adjective) of or concerned with the science of anthropology | - |
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anthropometric | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometrical |
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anthropometrical | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometric |
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anthropomorphic | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphous, humanlike |
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anthropomorphous | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphic, humanlike |
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anthropophagous | (adjective) of or relating to eaters of human flesh | - |
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anti | (adjective) not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) | - |
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antiadrenergic | (adjective) relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body | - |
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antiaircraft | (adjective) designed for defense from a surface position against air attack | - |
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antiapartheid | (adjective) opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa | - |
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antiauthoritarian | (adjective) opposed to authoritarianism | - |
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antibacterial | (adjective) destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth | - |
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antibiotic | (adjective) of or relating to antibiotic drugs | - |
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antiblack | (adjective) discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion | Synonyms: anti-Semite, racist |
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antic | (adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: fantastic, fantastical, grotesque |
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anticancer | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: antineoplastic, antitumor, antitumour |
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anticholinergic | (adjective) inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site | - |
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anticipant | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipative, expectant |
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anticipated | (adjective) expected hopefully | Synonyms: awaited, hoped-for |
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anticipative | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipant, expectant |
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anticipatory | (adjective) in anticipation | Synonyms: prevenient |
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anticlimactic | (adjective) coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactical |
anticlimactical | (adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactic |
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anticlinal | (adjective) sloping downward away from a common crest | - |
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anticlockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: contraclockwise, counterclockwise |
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anticoagulative | (adjective) of or relating to an anticoagulant | - |
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anticyclonic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center | - |
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antidotal | (adjective) counteracting the effects of a poison | - |
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antidromic | (adjective) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal | - |
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antiferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to antiferromagnetism | - |
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antifertility | (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: contraceptive, prophylactic |
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antifungal | (adjective) capable of destroying fungi | Synonyms: fungicidal |
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antigenic | (adjective) of or relating to antigens | - |
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antiheretical | (adjective) opposed to heresy | - |
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antiknock | (adjective) suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines | Synonyms: antiknocking |
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antiknocking | (adjective) suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines | Synonyms: antiknock |
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antimagnetic | (adjective) impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization | - |
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antimicrobial | (adjective) capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms | Synonyms: antimicrobic |
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antimicrobic | (adjective) capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms | Synonyms: antimicrobial |
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antimonial | (adjective) containing antimony | - |
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antimonic | (adjective) relating to or derived from antimony | Synonyms: antimonious |
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antimonious | (adjective) relating to or derived from antimony | Synonyms: antimonic |
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antimonopoly | (adjective) of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices | Synonyms: antitrust |
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antineoplastic | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antitumor, antitumour |
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antinomian | (adjective) relating to or influenced by antinomianism | - |
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antiparallel | (adjective) (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed | - |
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antipathetic | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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(adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetical |
antipathetical | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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(adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetic |
antipersonnel | (adjective) designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction | - |
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antiphlogistic | (adjective) counteracting inflammation | - |
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antiphonal | (adjective) containing or using responses; alternating | Synonyms: responsive |
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(adjective) relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony | Synonyms: antiphonary |
antiphonary | (adjective) relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony | Synonyms: antiphonal |
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antipodal | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodean |
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antipodean | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodal |
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antipollution | (adjective) intended to reduce pollution | - |
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antipyretic | (adjective) preventing or alleviating fever | - |
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antiquarian | (adjective) of or relating to antiques or antiquities | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities | - |
antiquated | (adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antediluvian, archaic |
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antique | (adjective) made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age | - |
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(adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee |
(adjective) belonging to or lasting from times long ago | Synonyms: age-old |
antisatellite | (adjective) of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit | Synonyms: ASAT |
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antisemitic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews | Synonyms: anti-semitic |
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antiseptic | (adjective) thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms | - |
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(adjective) devoid of objectionable language | - |
(adjective) clean and honest | - |
(adjective) freeing from error or corruption | - |
antisocial | (adjective) shunning contact with others | - |
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(adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: asocial |
antistrophic | (adjective) of or relating to an antistrophe | - |
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antisubmarine | (adjective) defensive against enemy submarines | - |
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antitank | (adjective) designed for defense against armored vehicles | - |
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