| allergic | (adjective) characterized by or caused by allergy | - |
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| (adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) | Synonyms: hypersensitised, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized |
| alliaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium | - |
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| (adjective) smelling of onions or garlic | - |
| allocable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocatable, apportionable |
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| allocatable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, apportionable |
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| allochronic | (adjective) (of taxa) occurring in different geologic times | - |
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| allochthonous | (adjective) of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed | - |
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| allogeneic | (adjective) denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible) | - |
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| allographic | (adjective) of or relating to an allograph | - |
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| allometric | (adjective) relating to or marked by allometry | - |
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| allomorphic | (adjective) pertaining to allomorphs | - |
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| allopathic | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of allopathy | - |
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| allopatric | (adjective) (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another | - |
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| allophonic | (adjective) pertaining to allophones | - |
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| allotropic | (adjective) of or related to or exhibiting allotropism | Synonyms: allotropical |
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| allotropical | (adjective) of or related to or exhibiting allotropism | Synonyms: allotropic |
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| allylic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the allyl radical | - |
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| alopecic | (adjective) pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers | - |
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| alphabetic | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
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| (adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
| alphabetical | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetic |
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| (adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetic |
| alphameric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphamerical, alphanumeric, alphanumerical |
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| alphamerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphanumeric, alphanumerical |
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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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| altricial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food | - |
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| altruistic | (adjective) showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: selfless |
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| amaurotic | (adjective) pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis | - |
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| amblyopic | (adjective) pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology | - |
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| ambulacral | (adjective) pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms | - |
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| amebic | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae | Synonyms: ameban, amebous, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous |
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| amenorrheic | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrhoeal, amenorrhoeic |
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| amenorrhoeic | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal |
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| amentaceous | (adjective) (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins | Synonyms: amentiferous |
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| amerciable | (adjective) of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge | - |
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| ametabolic | (adjective) undergoing slight or no metamorphosis | Synonyms: ametabolous |
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| (adjective) undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis | - |
| ametropic | (adjective) of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina | - |
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| amicable | (adjective) characterized by friendship and good will | - |
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| aminic | (adjective) pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia | Synonyms: amino |
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| amitotic | (adjective) pertaining to a simple method of cell division | - |
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| ammoniac | (adjective) pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia | Synonyms: ammoniacal |
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| ammoniacal | (adjective) pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia | Synonyms: ammoniac |
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| ammonitic | (adjective) of or related to an order of fossil cephalopods | - |
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| amnesiac | (adjective) suffering from a partial loss of memory | Synonyms: amnesic |
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| amnesic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by amnesia | Synonyms: amnestic |
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| (adjective) suffering from a partial loss of memory | Synonyms: amnesiac |
| amnestic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by amnesia | Synonyms: amnesic |
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| amnic | (adjective) of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion | Synonyms: amnionic, amniotic |
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| amnionic | (adjective) of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion | Synonyms: amnic, amniotic |
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| amniotic | (adjective) of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion | Synonyms: amnic, amnionic |
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| amoebic | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae | Synonyms: ameban, amebic, amebous, amoeban, amoebous |
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| amoristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to romantic love | - |
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| amphibiotic | (adjective) having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form | Synonyms: semiaquatic |
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| amphiprotic | (adjective) having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either | Synonyms: amphoteric |
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| amphitheatric | (adjective) of or related to an amphitheater | Synonyms: amphitheatrical |
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| amphitheatrical | (adjective) of or related to an amphitheater | Synonyms: amphitheatric |
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| amphoric | (adjective) the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle | - |
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| amphoteric | (adjective) having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either | Synonyms: amphiprotic |
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| amuck | (adjective) wildly frenzied and out of control | Synonyms: amok, berserk |
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| amylaceous | (adjective) resembling starch | Synonyms: amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous, starchlike |
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| amylolytic | (adjective) of or related to the process of amylolysis | - |
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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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| 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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| 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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| analogical | (adjective) expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy | - |
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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 |
| 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 |