| abortifacient | (adjective) causing abortion | - |
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| absorbefacient | (adjective) inducing or promoting absorption | Synonyms: sorbefacient |
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| accidental | (adjective) not of prime or central importance | Synonyms: incidental, nonessential |
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| (adjective) happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally | Synonyms: inadvertent |
| accipitrine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) | - |
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| acicular | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerate, acerose, needle-shaped |
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| aciculate | (adjective) related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts | - |
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| acid | (adjective) having the characteristics of an acid | - |
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| (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acidic, acidulent, acidulous |
| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| acidic | (adjective) being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7) | - |
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| (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidulent, acidulous |
| acidimetric | (adjective) involving or related to acidimetry | - |
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| acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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| acidophilous | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, aciduric |
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| acidotic | (adjective) having or being characterized by acidosis | - |
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| acidulent | (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidic, acidulous |
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| acidulous | (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidic, acidulent |
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| aciduric | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, acidophilous |
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| acinar | (adjective) pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry | - |
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| (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinic, acinose, acinous |
| acinic | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinose, acinous |
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| acinose | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinous |
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| acinous | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinose |
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| adenocarcinomatous | (adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma | - |
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| adscititious | (adjective) added or derived from something outside; not inherent | - |
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| (adjective) supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing | - |
| advancing | (adjective) moving forward | Synonyms: forward-moving, forward |
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| aecial | (adjective) of or belonging to an aecium | - |
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| alopecic | (adjective) pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers | - |
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| altricial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food | - |
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| amerciable | (adjective) of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge | - |
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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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| annunciatory | (adjective) relating to the act of announcing or being announced | - |
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| antacid | (adjective) acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach) | - |
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| anthracitic | (adjective) relating to or resembling anthracite coal | - |
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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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| antisocial | (adjective) shunning contact with others | - |
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| (adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: asocial |
| apothecial | (adjective) of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi | - |
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| appreciable | (adjective) enough to be estimated or measured | - |
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| appreciated | (adjective) fully understood or grasped | Synonyms: apprehended, comprehended |
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| appreciative | (adjective) having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion | - |
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| (adjective) feeling or expressive of gratitude | - |
| arciform | (adjective) forming or resembling an arch | Synonyms: arced, arched, arching, arcuate, bowed |
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| artificial | (adjective) contrived by art rather than nature | Synonyms: unreal |
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| (adjective) artificially formal | Synonyms: contrived, hokey, stilted |
| (adjective) not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes | - |
| ascitic | (adjective) of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity | - |
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| asocial | (adjective) given to avoiding association with others | - |
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| (adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: antisocial |
| associable | (adjective) capable of being associated | - |
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| associate | (adjective) having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status | - |
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| associational | (adjective) of or relating to associations or associationism | - |
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| associative | (adjective) characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination | Synonyms: associatory |
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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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| atrocious | (adjective) provoking horror | Synonyms: frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly |
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| (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
| (adjective) shockingly brutal or cruel | Synonyms: flagitious, grievous, monstrous |
| audacious | (adjective) disposed to venture or take risks | Synonyms: daring, venturesome, venturous |
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| (adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation | Synonyms: brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing |
| (adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety | Synonyms: bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen-faced, brazen, insolent |
| auspicious | (adjective) auguring favorable circumstances and good luck | - |
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| australopithecine | (adjective) of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus | - |
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| autoecious | (adjective) of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host | Synonyms: homoecious |
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| avaricious | (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile |
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| bacciferous | (adjective) producing or bearing berries | Synonyms: baccate, berried |
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| baccivorous | (adjective) feeding on berries | - |
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| bacillar | (adjective) relating to or produced by or containing bacilli | Synonyms: bacillary |
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| (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillary, bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped |
| bacillary | (adjective) relating to or produced by or containing bacilli | Synonyms: bacillar |
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| (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped |
| bacilliform | (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, baculiform, rod-shaped |
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| bactericidal | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: disinfectant, germicidal |
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| beneficial | (adjective) promoting or enhancing well-being | Synonyms: good |
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| beneficiary | (adjective) having or arising from a benefice | - |
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| bicipital | (adjective) having two heads or points of origin as a biceps | - |
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| bifacial | (adjective) having two faces or fronts | Synonyms: biface |
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| biracial | (adjective) consisting of or combining two races | - |
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| bodacious | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety | Synonyms: audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, brassy, brazen-faced, brazen, insolent |
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| (adjective) incorrigible | - |
| boracic | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from or containing boron | Synonyms: boric |
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| bouncing | (adjective) vigorously healthy | - |
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| (adjective) marked by lively action | Synonyms: bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippy |
| bracing | (adjective) imparting vitality and energy | Synonyms: brisk, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonic |
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| caecilian | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae | - |
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| calcic | (adjective) derived from or containing calcium or lime | - |
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| calcicolous | (adjective) growing or living in soil rich in lime | - |
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| calciferous | (adjective) bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite | - |
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| calcific | (adjective) involving or resulting from calcification | - |
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| calcifugous | (adjective) growing or living in acid soil | - |
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| calcitic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing calcite | - |
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| calefacient | (adjective) producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body | Synonyms: warming |
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| calorifacient | (adjective) producing heat; usually used of foods | - |
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| calycinal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a calyx | Synonyms: calyceal, calycine |
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| calycine | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a calyx | Synonyms: calyceal, calycinal |
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| capacious | (adjective) large in capacity | - |
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| capacitive | (adjective) of or relating to capacitance | - |
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| capricious | (adjective) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | Synonyms: impulsive, whimsical |
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| (adjective) changeable | Synonyms: freakish |
| carcinogenic | (adjective) causing or tending to cause cancer | - |
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| carcinomatous | (adjective) being or relating to carcinoma | - |
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| ci | (adjective) being one more than one hundred | Synonyms: 101, hundred and one, one hundred one |
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| cilial | (adjective) of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell | Synonyms: ciliary, ciliate |
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| ciliary | (adjective) relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eye | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell | Synonyms: cilial, ciliate |
| (adjective) of or relating to the human eyelash | Synonyms: ciliate |
| ciliate | (adjective) of or relating to the human eyelash | Synonyms: ciliary |
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| (adjective) of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell | Synonyms: cilial, ciliary |
| (adjective) having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections | Synonyms: ciliated |
| ciliated | (adjective) having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections | Synonyms: ciliate |
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| cinematic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema | - |
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| cinerary | (adjective) containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead | - |
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| cinnabar | (adjective) of a vivid red to reddish-orange color | Synonyms: Chinese-red, vermilion, vermillion |
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| circadian | (adjective) of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals | - |
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| circinate | (adjective) shaped like a ring | Synonyms: annular, annulate, annulated, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed |
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| circuitous | (adjective) deviating from a straight course | Synonyms: devious, roundabout |
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| (adjective) marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct | Synonyms: roundabout |
| circular | (adjective) having the shape or form of a circle | Synonyms: round |
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| (adjective) describing a circle; moving in a circle | Synonyms: orbitual, rotary |
| circulating | (adjective) passing from one to another | - |
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| circulative | (adjective) of or relating to circulation | Synonyms: circulatory |
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