| determined | (adjective) having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation | - |
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| (adjective) strongly motivated to succeed | Synonyms: compulsive, driven |
| (adjective) characterized by great determination | - |
| (adjective) determined or decided upon as by an authority | Synonyms: dictated, set |
| (adjective) devoting full strength and concentrated attention to | - |
| determining | (adjective) having the power or quality of deciding | Synonyms: deciding, determinant, determinative |
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| deterministic | (adjective) an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes | - |
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| deterrent | (adjective) tending to deter | - |
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| detersive | (adjective) having cleansing power | Synonyms: detergent |
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| detestable | (adjective) unequivocally detestable | Synonyms: abominable, execrable, odious |
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| (adjective) offensive to the mind | Synonyms: abhorrent, obscene, repugnant, repulsive |
| detested | (adjective) treated with dislike or contempt | Synonyms: despised, hated, scorned |
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| detonative | (adjective) exploding almost instantaneously | - |
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| detractive | (adjective) causing to decrease in importance or value | - |
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| detrimental | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: damaging, prejudicial, prejudicious |
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| deuced | (adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal |
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| deuteranopic | (adjective) inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red | Synonyms: green-blind |
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| devalued | (adjective) lowered in value | Synonyms: debased, degraded |
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| devastating | (adjective) physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination | Synonyms: crushing |
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| (adjective) making light of | Synonyms: annihilating, withering |
| (adjective) wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction | Synonyms: annihilating, annihilative, withering |
| developed | (adjective) being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful | - |
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| (adjective) (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads | - |
| (adjective) (used of societies) having high industrial development | Synonyms: highly-developed |
| developing | (adjective) relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply | Synonyms: underdeveloped |
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| developmental | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting development | - |
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| deviant | (adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm | Synonyms: aberrant, deviate |
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| deviate | (adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm | Synonyms: aberrant, deviant |
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| devilish | (adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelian |
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| (adjective) playful in an appealingly bold way | Synonyms: rascally, roguish |
| devious | (adjective) deviating from a straight course | Synonyms: circuitous, roundabout |
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| (adjective) indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading | Synonyms: oblique |
| (adjective) characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive | Synonyms: shifty |
| devoid | (adjective) completely wanting or lacking | Synonyms: barren, destitute, free, innocent |
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| devoted | (adjective) (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use | - |
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| (adjective) zealous in devotion or affection | - |
| devotional | (adjective) relating to worship | - |
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| devouring | (adjective) (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | Synonyms: avid, esurient, greedy |
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| devout | (adjective) deeply religious | Synonyms: god-fearing |
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| (adjective) sincerely earnest | Synonyms: dear, earnest, heartfelt |
| dewy | (adjective) wet with dew | Synonyms: bedewed |
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| dexter | (adjective) on or starting from the wearer's right | - |
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| dexterous | (adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | Synonyms: deft, dextrous |
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| dextral | (adjective) of or on the right | - |
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| (adjective) preferring to use right foot or hand or eye | - |
| dextrorotary | (adjective) rotating to the right | Synonyms: dextrorotatory, right-handed |
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| dextrorotatory | (adjective) rotating to the right | Synonyms: dextrorotary, right-handed |
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| dextrorsal | (adjective) spiraling upward from left to right | Synonyms: dextrorse |
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| dextrorse | (adjective) spiraling upward from left to right | Synonyms: dextrorsal |
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| dextrous | (adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | Synonyms: deft, dexterous |
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| diffident | (adjective) lacking self-confidence | Synonyms: shy, timid, unsure |
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| (adjective) showing modest reserve | - |
| digitigrade | (adjective) (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) | - |
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| discarded | (adjective) thrown away | Synonyms: cast-off, throwaway, thrown-away |
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| disordered | (adjective) not arranged in order | Synonyms: unordered |
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| (adjective) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion | Synonyms: broken, confused, upset |
| (adjective) lacking orderly continuity | Synonyms: confused, disconnected, disjointed, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected |
| disorderly | (adjective) undisciplined and unruly | - |
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| (adjective) in utter disorder | Synonyms: higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy |
| (adjective) completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing | Synonyms: chaotic |
| disregarded | (adjective) not noticed inadvertently | Synonyms: forgotten |
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| dissident | (adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority | Synonyms: dissentient, dissenting |
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| (adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | Synonyms: heretical, heterodox |
| distended | (adjective) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | Synonyms: bloated, intumescent, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid |
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| divided | (adjective) separated into parts or pieces | - |
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| (adjective) distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose | Synonyms: divided up, shared, shared out |
| (adjective) having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions | Synonyms: dual-lane |
| doddering | (adjective) mentally or physically infirm with age | Synonyms: doddery, gaga, senile |
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| doddery | (adjective) mentally or physically infirm with age | Synonyms: doddering, gaga, senile |
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| downtrodden | (adjective) abused or oppressed by people in power | - |
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| dreaded | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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| dumbfounded | (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck |
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| dumfounded | (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck |
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| duodecimal | (adjective) based on twelve | - |
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| duodenal | (adjective) in or relating to the duodenum | - |
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| eastside | (adjective) of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan | - |
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| ecdemic | (adjective) of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs | - |
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| ectodermal | (adjective) of or relating to the ectoderm | Synonyms: ectodermic |
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| ectodermic | (adjective) of or relating to the ectoderm | Synonyms: ectodermal |
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| edematous | (adjective) swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid | Synonyms: dropsical |
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| edental | (adjective) having few if any teeth | Synonyms: edentate, edentulate |
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| edentate | (adjective) having few if any teeth | Synonyms: edental, edentulate |
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| edentulate | (adjective) having few if any teeth | Synonyms: edental, edentate |
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| edentulous | (adjective) having lost teeth | - |
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| eidetic | (adjective) of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy | - |
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| elder | (adjective) used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son | Synonyms: older, sr. |
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| elderly | (adjective) advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | Synonyms: aged, older, senior |
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| eldest | (adjective) first in order of birth | Synonyms: firstborn |
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| embedded | (adjective) inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole | - |
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| (adjective) enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass | - |
| emboldened | (adjective) made bold or courageous | - |
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| emended | (adjective) improved or corrected by critical editing | Synonyms: edited |
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| endearing | (adjective) lovable especially in a childlike or naive way | Synonyms: adorable, lovely |
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| ended | (adjective) having come or been brought to a conclusion | Synonyms: all over, complete, concluded, over, terminated |
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| endemic | (adjective) of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality | Synonyms: endemical |
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| (adjective) native to or confined to a certain region | - |
| (adjective) originating where it is found | Synonyms: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, indigenous |
| endemical | (adjective) of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality | Synonyms: endemic |
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| endergonic | (adjective) (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants | - |
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| endermatic | (adjective) acting by absorption through the skin | Synonyms: endermic |
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| endermic | (adjective) acting by absorption through the skin | Synonyms: endermatic |
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| epideictic | (adjective) designed primarily for rhetorical display | Synonyms: epideictical |
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| epideictical | (adjective) designed primarily for rhetorical display | Synonyms: epideictic |
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| epidemic | (adjective) (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously | - |
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| epidemiologic | (adjective) of or relating to epidemiology | Synonyms: epidemiological |
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| epidemiological | (adjective) of or relating to epidemiology | Synonyms: epidemiologic |
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| epidermal | (adjective) of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula | Synonyms: cuticular, dermal, epidermic |
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| epidermic | (adjective) of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula | Synonyms: cuticular, dermal, epidermal |
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| eroded | (adjective) worn away as by water or ice or wind | Synonyms: scoured |
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| euclidean | (adjective) relating to geometry as developed by Euclid | Synonyms: euclidian |
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| eudemonic | (adjective) producing happiness and well-being | Synonyms: eudaemonic |
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| evenhanded | (adjective) without partiality | - |
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| evidenced | (adjective) supported by evidence | - |
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| evident | (adjective) capable of being seen or noticed | Synonyms: discernible, observable |
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| (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable |
| evidential | (adjective) serving as or based on evidence | Synonyms: evidentiary |
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| evidentiary | (adjective) pertaining to or constituting evidence | - |
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| (adjective) serving as or based on evidence | Synonyms: evidential |
| expanded | (adjective) increased in extent or size or bulk or scope | - |
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| exploded | (adjective) showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another | - |
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| extended | (adjective) fully extended or stretched forth | - |
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| (adjective) beyond the literal or primary sense | - |
| (adjective) large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity | Synonyms: extensive |
| (adjective) drawn out or made longer spatially | Synonyms: elongated, lengthened, prolonged |
| (adjective) relatively long in duration; tediously protracted | Synonyms: drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, protracted |
| faded | (adjective) having lost freshness or brilliance of color | Synonyms: bleached, washed-out, washy |
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| (adjective) reduced in strength | Synonyms: attenuate, attenuated, weakened |
| fatheaded | (adjective) (used informally) stupid | Synonyms: blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thick, thickheaded, wooden-headed |
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| federal | (adjective) characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the central government of a federation | - |
| (adjective) national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units | - |
| federate | (adjective) united under a central government | Synonyms: federated |
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| federated | (adjective) united under a central government | Synonyms: federate |
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| feebleminded | (adjective) retarded in intellectual development | Synonyms: backward, half-witted, slow-witted |
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| flooded | (adjective) covered with water | Synonyms: afloat, awash, inundated, overflowing |
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