| acrobatic | (adjective) vigorously active | Synonyms: athletic, gymnastic |
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| acrocarpous | (adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem | - |
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| acrocentric | (adjective) having a subterminal centromere | - |
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| acrogenic | (adjective) pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | Synonyms: acrogenous |
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| acrogenous | (adjective) pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | Synonyms: acrogenic |
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| acromegalic | (adjective) marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face | - |
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| acronymic | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymous |
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| acronymous | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymic |
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| acropetal | (adjective) of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex | - |
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| acrophobic | (adjective) suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places | - |
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| acroscopic | (adjective) facing or on the side toward the apex | - |
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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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| cancroid | (adjective) of or relating to a cancroid | - |
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| chancroidal | (adjective) of or relating to or having chancroids | - |
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| chancrous | (adjective) of or having chancres | - |
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| crisscross | (adjective) marked with crossing lines | Synonyms: crisscrossed |
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| crisscrossed | (adjective) marked with crossing lines | Synonyms: crisscross |
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| croaky | (adjective) like the sounds of frogs and crows | Synonyms: guttural |
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| crocked | (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet |
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| crocketed | (adjective) (of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage) | - |
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| cromulent | (adjective) Legitimate or valid (frequently used ironically) | - |
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| crookback | (adjective) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | Synonyms: crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic |
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| crookbacked | (adjective) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | Synonyms: crookback, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic |
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| crooked | (adjective) having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned | - |
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| (adjective) not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive | Synonyms: corrupt |
| (adjective) irregular in shape or outline | Synonyms: asymmetrical |
| (adjective) having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect | Synonyms: hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping |
| cropped | (adjective) (of land or soil) used for growing crops | - |
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| cross | (adjective) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | Synonyms: thwartwise, transversal, transverse |
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| (adjective) annoyed and irritable | Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered |
| crossbred | (adjective) bred from parents of different varieties or species | - |
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| crossed | (adjective) placed crosswise | - |
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| (adjective) (of a check) marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it | - |
| crosshatched | (adjective) shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines | Synonyms: hatched |
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| crosstown | (adjective) going or extending across a town or city | Synonyms: cross-town |
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| crosswise | (adjective) lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction | - |
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| (adjective) in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross | - |
| crotchety | (adjective) having a difficult and contrary disposition | Synonyms: cantankerous, ornery |
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| croupy | (adjective) resembling or arising from or indicating croup | - |
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| crowded | (adjective) overfilled or compacted or concentrated | - |
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| crowing | (adjective) exhibiting self-importance | Synonyms: big, boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing |
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| crowned | (adjective) provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination | - |
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| (adjective) having an (artificial) crown on a tooth | - |
| (adjective) crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory | Synonyms: laureled, laurelled |
| crowning | (adjective) forming or providing a crown or summit | - |
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| (adjective) representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment | - |
| crownless | (adjective) not (especially not yet) provided with a crown | Synonyms: uncrowned |
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| encroaching | (adjective) gradually intrusive without right or permission | Synonyms: invasive, trespassing |
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| intercrossed | (adjective) produced by crossbreeding | Synonyms: hybrid |
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| ludicrous | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous |
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| (adjective) broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce | Synonyms: farcical, ridiculous |
| macro | (adjective) very large in scale or scope or capability | - |
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| macrobiotic | (adjective) of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics | - |
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| macrocephalic | (adjective) having an exceptionally large head and brain | Synonyms: macrocephalous |
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| macrocephalous | (adjective) having an exceptionally large head and brain | Synonyms: macrocephalic |
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| macrocosmic | (adjective) relating to or constituting a macrocosm | - |
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| macroeconomic | (adjective) of or relating to macroeconomics | - |
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| macromolecular | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or characterized by macromolecules | - |
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| macroscopic | (adjective) large enough to be visible with the naked eye | Synonyms: macroscopical |
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| (adjective) visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye | Synonyms: macroscopical |
| macroscopical | (adjective) large enough to be visible with the naked eye | Synonyms: macroscopic |
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| (adjective) visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye | Synonyms: macroscopic |
| micro | (adjective) extremely small in scale or scope or capability | - |
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| microbial | (adjective) of or involving or caused by or being microbes | Synonyms: microbic |
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| microbic | (adjective) of or involving or caused by or being microbes | Synonyms: microbial |
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| microcephalic | (adjective) having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephalous, nanocephalic |
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| microcephalous | (adjective) having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephalic, nanocephalic |
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| microcosmic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a microcosm | - |
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| microcrystalline | (adjective) containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope | - |
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| microeconomic | (adjective) of or relating to microeconomics | - |
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| microelectronic | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of miniature electronic components | - |
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| micrometeoric | (adjective) of or relating to micrometeoroids | Synonyms: micrometeoritic |
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| micrometeoritic | (adjective) of or relating to micrometeoroids | Synonyms: micrometeoric |
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| micropylar | (adjective) of or relating to a micropyle | - |
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| microscopic | (adjective) of or relating to or used in microscopy | Synonyms: microscopical |
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| (adjective) extremely precise with great attention to details | - |
| (adjective) so small as to be invisible without a microscope | Synonyms: microscopical |
| (adjective) visible under a microscope; using a microscope | Synonyms: microscopical |
| microscopical | (adjective) of or relating to or used in microscopy | Synonyms: microscopic |
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| (adjective) so small as to be invisible without a microscope | Synonyms: microscopic |
| (adjective) visible under a microscope; using a microscope | Synonyms: microscopic |
| microsomal | (adjective) of or relating to microsomes | - |
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| necromantic | (adjective) relating to or associated with necromancy | Synonyms: necromantical |
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| (adjective) given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead | - |
| necromantical | (adjective) relating to or associated with necromancy | Synonyms: necromantic |
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| necrotic | (adjective) relating to or affected by necrosis | - |
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| sacrosanct | (adjective) must be kept sacred | Synonyms: inviolable, inviolate |
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| scarecrowish | (adjective) resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged | - |
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| scrofulous | (adjective) afflicted with scrofula | - |
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| (adjective) morally contaminated | - |
| (adjective) having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula | - |
| scrotal | (adjective) relating to or having or lying within a scrotum | - |
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| ultramicroscopic | (adjective) too small to be seen without an ultramicroscope | - |
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| uncropped | (adjective) not used for growing crops | - |
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| uncrossed | (adjective) not crossed | - |
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| (adjective) (of a check) not crossed | - |
| uncrowded | (adjective) having or allowing sufficient room | - |
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| uncrowned | (adjective) not (especially not yet) provided with a crown | Synonyms: crownless |
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| (adjective) not having an (artificial) crown on a tooth; used especially of molars and bicuspids | - |