| abbreviated | (adjective) (of clothing) very short | Synonyms: brief |
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| (adjective) cut short in duration | Synonyms: shortened, truncated |
| ablated | (adjective) made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization | - |
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| abranchiate | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchious, gill-less |
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| acaudate | (adjective) lacking a tail or taillike appendage | Synonyms: acaudal |
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| accelerated | (adjective) speeded up, as of an academic course | - |
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| accumulated | (adjective) periodically accumulated over time | Synonyms: accrued |
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| accurate | (adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy | - |
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| (adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | Synonyms: exact, precise |
| acerate | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerose, acicular, needle-shaped |
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| acervate | (adjective) pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass | - |
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| aciculate | (adjective) related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts | - |
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| activated | (adjective) rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive | - |
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| (adjective) (military) set up and placed on active assignment | - |
| (adjective) (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive | Synonyms: excited |
| (adjective) (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition | - |
| actuated | (adjective) moved to action | - |
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| acuate | (adjective) ending in a sharp point | Synonyms: acute, needlelike, sharp |
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| aculeate | (adjective) having or resembling a stinger or barb | Synonyms: aculeated |
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| aculeated | (adjective) having or resembling a stinger or barb | Synonyms: aculeate |
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| acuminate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point | - |
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| addlepated | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlebrained, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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| adequate | (adjective) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: equal |
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| (adjective) about average; acceptable | Synonyms: fair to middling, passable, tolerable |
| (adjective) sufficient for the purpose | Synonyms: enough |
| adnate | (adjective) of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached | - |
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| adsorbate | (adjective) capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid | Synonyms: adsorbable |
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| adulterate | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterated, debased |
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| adulterated | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterate, debased |
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| aerated | (adjective) supplied with carbon dioxide | Synonyms: charged |
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| (adjective) (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification | - |
| aerophilatelic | (adjective) of or relating to airmail stamps | - |
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| affectionate | (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: fond, lovesome, tender |
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| affiliated | (adjective) being joined in close association | Synonyms: attached, connected |
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| agglomerate | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered |
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| agglomerated | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerate, agglomerative, clustered |
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| agglutinate | (adjective) united as if by glue | Synonyms: agglutinative |
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| aggravated | (adjective) incited, especially deliberately, to anger | Synonyms: provoked |
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| (adjective) made more severe or intense especially in law | - |
| aggregate | (adjective) composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets | - |
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| (adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole | Synonyms: aggregated, aggregative, mass |
| aggregated | (adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole | Synonyms: aggregate, aggregative, mass |
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| agitated | (adjective) troubled emotionally and usually deeply | - |
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| (adjective) physically disturbed or set in motion | - |
| agnate | (adjective) related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnatic, paternal |
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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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| alienated | (adjective) caused to be unloved | Synonyms: estranged |
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| (adjective) socially disoriented | Synonyms: anomic, disoriented |
| alleviated | (adjective) (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear | Synonyms: eased, relieved |
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| alternate | (adjective) of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired | - |
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| (adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternative, substitute |
| (adjective) occurring by turns; first one and then the other | Synonyms: alternating |
| (adjective) every second one of a series | - |
| alveolate | (adjective) pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) | Synonyms: cavitied, faveolate, honeycombed, pitted |
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| amalgamate | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused |
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| amalgamated | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamate, coalesced, consolidated, fused |
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| amateur | (adjective) engaged in as a pastime | Synonyms: recreational, unpaid |
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| (adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise | Synonyms: amateurish, inexpert, unskilled |
| amateurish | (adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise | Synonyms: amateur, inexpert, unskilled |
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| ammoniated | (adjective) combined or treated with ammonia | - |
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| angulate | (adjective) having angles or an angular shape | Synonyms: angular |
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| animate | (adjective) endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings | - |
| (adjective) endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness | Synonyms: sentient |
| animated | (adjective) having life or vigor or spirit | Synonyms: alive |
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| (adjective) made to appear to move as living creatures do | - |
| annihilated | (adjective) destroyed completely | Synonyms: exterminated, wiped out |
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| annulate | (adjective) shaped like a ring | Synonyms: annular, annulated, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed |
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| annulated | (adjective) shaped like a ring | Synonyms: annular, annulate, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed |
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| antepenultimate | (adjective) third from last | - |
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| anticipated | (adjective) expected hopefully | Synonyms: awaited, hoped-for |
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| antiquated | (adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antediluvian, archaic |
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| antisatellite | (adjective) of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit | Synonyms: ASAT |
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| apiculate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip | - |
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| apostate | (adjective) not faithful to religion or party or cause | - |
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| appellate | (adjective) of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) | Synonyms: appellant |
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| appreciated | (adjective) fully understood or grasped | Synonyms: apprehended, comprehended |
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| appropriate | (adjective) suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc | - |
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| (adjective) meant or adapted for an occasion or use | Synonyms: suitable, suited |
| approximate | (adjective) located close together | Synonyms: close together |
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| (adjective) very close in resemblance | Synonyms: near |
| (adjective) not quite exact or correct | Synonyms: approximative, rough |
| archegoniate | (adjective) of or relating to an archegonium | Synonyms: archegonial |
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| arcuate | (adjective) forming or resembling an arch | Synonyms: arced, arched, arching, arciform, bowed |
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| areolate | (adjective) relating to or like or divided into areolae | Synonyms: areolar |
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| arillate | (adjective) (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover | Synonyms: ariled |
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| articulate | (adjective) expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language | - |
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| (adjective) consisting of segments held together by joints | Synonyms: articulated |
| articulated | (adjective) consisting of segments held together by joints | Synonyms: articulate |
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| asphyxiated | (adjective) in a state of asphyxia | - |
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| assassinated | (adjective) murdered by surprise attack for political reasons | - |
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| associate | (adjective) having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status | - |
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| asteriated | (adjective) (of some crystals especially gemstones) exhibiting asterism | - |
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| ateleiotic | (adjective) of or relating to ateleiosis | - |
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| attenuate | (adjective) reduced in strength | Synonyms: attenuated, faded, weakened |
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| attenuated | (adjective) reduced in strength | Synonyms: attenuate, faded, weakened |
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| (adjective) of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion | - |
| aureate | (adjective) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold | Synonyms: gilded, gilt, gold, golden |
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| (adjective) elaborately or excessively ornamented | Synonyms: flamboyant, florid |
| auriculate | (adjective) having auricles | Synonyms: auriculated |
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| auriculated | (adjective) having auricles | Synonyms: auriculate |
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| authenticated | (adjective) established as genuine | Synonyms: attested, documented |
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| automated | (adjective) operated by automation | Synonyms: machine-controlled, machine-driven |
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| baccate | (adjective) resembling a berry | Synonyms: berrylike |
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| (adjective) producing or bearing berries | Synonyms: bacciferous, berried |
| barbate | (adjective) having hair on the cheeks and chin | Synonyms: bearded, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery |
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| barbellate | (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | Synonyms: barbed, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny |
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| bated | (adjective) diminished or moderated | - |
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| beaten | (adjective) formed or made thin by hammering | - |
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| (adjective) much trodden and worn smooth or bare | - |
| belated | (adjective) after the expected or usual time; delayed | Synonyms: late, tardy |
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| biaxate | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxal, biaxial |
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| bichromated | (adjective) treated or combined with bichromate | - |
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| bicornate | (adjective) having two horns or horn-shaped parts | Synonyms: bicorn, bicorned, bicornuate, bicornuous |
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| bicornuate | (adjective) having two horns or horn-shaped parts | Synonyms: bicorn, bicornate, bicorned, bicornuous |
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| bicuspidate | (adjective) having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth) | Synonyms: bicuspid |
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| bidentate | (adjective) having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed | - |
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| biflagellate | (adjective) having two flagella | - |
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| bifoliate | (adjective) having two leaves | - |
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| bifurcate | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
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| bifurcated | (adjective) divided into or made up of two parts | - |
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| bilabiate | (adjective) having two lips | Synonyms: two-lipped |
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| bilateral | (adjective) having two sides or parts | Synonyms: two-sided |
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| (adjective) affecting or undertaken by two parties | - |
| (adjective) having identical parts on each side of an axis | Synonyms: bilaterally symmetric, bilaterally symmetrical, isobilateral |
| bilobate | (adjective) divided into two lobes | Synonyms: bilobated, bilobed |
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| bilobated | (adjective) divided into two lobes | Synonyms: bilobate, bilobed |
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| biloculate | (adjective) divided into or containing two cells or chambers | Synonyms: bilocular |
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