acceleratory | (adjective) tending to increase velocity | Synonyms: accelerative |
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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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accusatory | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusing, accusive |
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achromatous | (adjective) having little or inadequate color | - |
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adenocarcinomatous | (adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma | - |
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adjudicatory | (adjective) concerned with adjudicating | Synonyms: adjudicative |
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adjuratory | (adjective) earnestly or solemnly entreating | - |
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(adjective) containing a solemn charge or command | - |
adulatory | (adjective) obsequiously complimentary | Synonyms: flattering |
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affirmatory | (adjective) affirming or giving assent | Synonyms: affirmative |
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aleatory | (adjective) dependent on chance | - |
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alleviatory | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviative, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative |
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alligatored | (adjective) of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide | Synonyms: cracked |
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amatory | (adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance | Synonyms: amorous, romantic |
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ambulatory | (adjective) relating to or adapted for walking | - |
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(adjective) able to walk about | Synonyms: ambulant |
amelioratory | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorating, ameliorative, meliorative |
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amendatory | (adjective) effecting amendment | - |
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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 |
angiomatous | (adjective) of or related to or having a tumor of the kind known as an angioma | - |
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annunciatory | (adjective) relating to the act of announcing or being announced | - |
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anticipatory | (adjective) in anticipation | Synonyms: prevenient |
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applicatory | (adjective) readily applicable or practical | Synonyms: applicative |
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approbatory | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbative, approving, plausive |
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articulatory | (adjective) of or relating to articulation | Synonyms: articulative |
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assimilatory | (adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilating, assimilative |
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associatory | (adjective) characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: associative |
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astomatous | (adjective) having no mouth or mouthlike opening | Synonyms: mouthless |
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atheromatous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling atheroma | Synonyms: atheromatic |
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atomic | (adjective) (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy | Synonyms: nuclear |
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(adjective) of or relating to or comprising atoms | - |
(adjective) immeasurably small | - |
atomistic | (adjective) divided into separate and often disparate elements | Synonyms: atomistical |
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atomistical | (adjective) divided into separate and often disparate elements | Synonyms: atomistic |
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atonal | (adjective) characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality | Synonyms: unkeyed |
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atonalistic | (adjective) of or relating to atonalism | - |
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atonic | (adjective) (used of syllables) carrying no stress | Synonyms: unaccented |
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(adjective) characterized by a lack of tonus | - |
atoxic | (adjective) not producing or resulting from poison | Synonyms: nontoxic |
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auscultatory | (adjective) of or relating to auscultation | - |
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automatonlike | (adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | Synonyms: automatic, machinelike, robotic, robotlike |
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calumniatory | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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carcinomatous | (adjective) being or relating to carcinoma | - |
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cardiorespiratory | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions | Synonyms: cardiopulmonary |
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catatonic | (adjective) characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs | - |
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catoptric | (adjective) of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors | Synonyms: catoptrical |
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catoptrical | (adjective) of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors | Synonyms: catoptric |
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celebratory | (adjective) used for celebrating | - |
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certificatory | (adjective) serving to certify or endorse authoritatively | - |
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chatoyant | (adjective) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles | Synonyms: changeable, iridescent, shot |
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chromatographic | (adjective) of or relating to chromatography | Synonyms: chromatographical |
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chromatographical | (adjective) of or relating to chromatography | Synonyms: chromatographic |
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circulatory | (adjective) relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to circulation | Synonyms: circulative |
clamatorial | (adjective) of or relating to Clamatores | - |
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classificatory | (adjective) relating to or involving classification | - |
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comatose | (adjective) relating to or associated with a coma | - |
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(adjective) in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli | - |
combinatorial | (adjective) relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets | - |
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(adjective) relating to or involving combinations | Synonyms: combinative, combinatory |
combinatory | (adjective) marked by or relating to or resulting from combination | Synonyms: combinative |
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(adjective) relating to or involving combinations | Synonyms: combinative, combinatorial |
(adjective) able to or tending to combine | Synonyms: combinable, combinational |
comminatory | (adjective) containing warning of punishment | Synonyms: denunciative, denunciatory |
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communicatory | (adjective) able or tending to communicate | Synonyms: communicative |
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conciliatory | (adjective) intended to placate | Synonyms: conciliative |
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(adjective) making or willing to make concessions | Synonyms: compromising, flexible |
condemnatory | (adjective) containing or imposing condemnation or censure | Synonyms: condemning |
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confirmatory | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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congratulatory | (adjective) expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune | Synonyms: gratulatory |
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consolatory | (adjective) affording comfort or solace | Synonyms: comforting, consoling |
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conspiratorial | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators | Synonyms: conspirative |
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consultatory | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: advisory, consultative, consultive |
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copulatory | (adjective) of or relating to coitus or copulation | Synonyms: coital |
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corroboratory | (adjective) serving to support or corroborate | Synonyms: collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying |
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cosignatory | (adjective) signing jointly with others | - |
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criminatory | (adjective) charging or suggestive of guilt or blame | Synonyms: criminative, incriminating, incriminatory |
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curatorial | (adjective) of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator | - |
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damnatory | (adjective) threatening with damnation | Synonyms: damning |
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declamatory | (adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style | Synonyms: bombastic, large, orotund, tumid, turgid |
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declaratory | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration | Synonyms: asserting, declarative |
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defamatory | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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denigratory | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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denunciatory | (adjective) containing warning of punishment | Synonyms: comminatory, denunciative |
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depilatory | (adjective) able to remove hair or render hairless | - |
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deprecatory | (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting |
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depreciatory | (adjective) tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value | Synonyms: depreciating, depreciative |
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(adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, slighting |
dermatologic | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing dermatology | Synonyms: dermatological |
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dermatological | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing dermatology | Synonyms: dermatologic |
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derogatory | (adjective) expressive of low opinion | Synonyms: derogative, disparaging |
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dextrorotatory | (adjective) rotating to the right | Synonyms: dextrorotary, right-handed |
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diatomic | (adjective) of or relating to a molecule made up of two atoms | - |
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diatonic | (adjective) based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals | - |
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(adjective) based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music | - |
dictatorial | (adjective) of or characteristic of a dictator | - |
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(adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: authoritarian, overbearing |
(adjective) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty | Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical |
dilatory | (adjective) wasting time | Synonyms: laggard, pokey, poky |
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discriminatory | (adjective) being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand | Synonyms: prejudiced |
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(adjective) manifesting partiality | Synonyms: preferential |
(adjective) capable of making fine distinctions | Synonyms: discriminative |
(adjective) containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice | Synonyms: invidious |
divinatory | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy | Synonyms: mantic, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vatical |
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(adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence | Synonyms: conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious |
edematous | (adjective) swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid | Synonyms: dropsical |
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emphysematous | (adjective) relating to or resembling or being emphysema | - |
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epistolatory | (adjective) written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence | Synonyms: epistolary |
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equatorial | (adjective) of or existing at or near the geographic equator | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator | - |
(adjective) of or relating to or at an equator | - |
erythematous | (adjective) relating to or characterized by erythema | - |
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eschatological | (adjective) of or relating to or dealing with or regarding the ultimate destiny of mankind and the world | - |
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excitatory | (adjective) (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate | Synonyms: excitant, excitative |
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exclamatory | (adjective) sudden and strong | Synonyms: emphatic |
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exculpatory | (adjective) clearing of guilt or blame | - |
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excusatory | (adjective) offering or expressing apology | Synonyms: apologetic |
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exhortatory | (adjective) giving strong encouragement | Synonyms: exhortative, hortative, hortatory |
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expiatory | (adjective) having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation | Synonyms: expiative, propitiatory |
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expiratory | (adjective) of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration | - |
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