downcast | (adjective) filled with melancholy and despondency | Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low-spirited, low |
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(adjective) directed downward | - |
downfield | (adjective) located at, or relatively closer to, the defending team's end of the playing field | - |
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downhearted | (adjective) filled with melancholy and despondency | Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, gloomy, grim, low-spirited, low |
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downhill | (adjective) sloping down rather steeply | Synonyms: declivitous, downward-sloping |
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downlike | (adjective) like down or as soft as down | Synonyms: downy, flossy, fluffy |
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downmarket | (adjective) designed for low-income consumers | - |
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downright | (adjective) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: absolute, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer |
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(adjective) characterized by plain blunt honesty | - |
downscale | (adjective) intended for people with low incomes | - |
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downstage | (adjective) of the front half of a stage | - |
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downstair | (adjective) on or of lower floors of a building | Synonyms: downstairs |
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downstairs | (adjective) on or of lower floors of a building | Synonyms: downstair |
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downstream | (adjective) in the direction of a stream's current | - |
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downtown | (adjective) of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center | - |
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downtrodden | (adjective) abused or oppressed by people in power | - |
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downward | (adjective) extending or moving from a higher to a lower place | Synonyms: down |
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(adjective) on or toward a surface regarded as a base | - |
downwind | (adjective) towards the side away from the wind | Synonyms: lee |
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downy | (adjective) covered with fine soft hairs or down | Synonyms: puberulent, pubescent, sericeous |
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(adjective) like down or as soft as down | Synonyms: downlike, flossy, fluffy |
dozen | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units | Synonyms: 12, twelve, xii |
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dozy | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: drowsing, drowsy |
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endocentric | (adjective) fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents | - |
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endocrinal | (adjective) of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions | Synonyms: endocrine |
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endocrine | (adjective) of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions | Synonyms: endocrinal |
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endodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving or practicing endodontics | - |
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endoergic | (adjective) (of a nuclear reaction) occurring with absorption of energy | Synonyms: energy-absorbing |
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endogamic | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: endogamous |
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(adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind | Synonyms: endogamous |
endogamous | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: endogamic |
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(adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind | Synonyms: endogamic |
endogenetic | (adjective) of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: endogenic |
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endogenic | (adjective) derived or originating internally | Synonyms: endogenous |
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(adjective) of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: endogenetic |
endogenous | (adjective) derived or originating internally | Synonyms: endogenic |
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(adjective) of or resembling an endogen | - |
endometrial | (adjective) of or relating to the endometrium | - |
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endomorphic | (adjective) having a squat and fleshy build | Synonyms: pyknic |
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endoparasitic | (adjective) of or relating to parasites that live in the internal organs of animals | - |
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endoscopic | (adjective) of or relating to endoscopy | - |
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endothelial | (adjective) of or relating to or located in the endothelium | - |
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endothermal | (adjective) (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat | Synonyms: endothermic, heat-absorbing |
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endothermic | (adjective) (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat | Synonyms: endothermal, heat-absorbing |
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endovenous | (adjective) within or by means of a vein | Synonyms: intravenous |
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endowed | (adjective) provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature) | - |
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endozoan | (adjective) of or relating to entozoa | Synonyms: entozoan |
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endozoic | (adjective) living within a living animal usually as a parasite | Synonyms: entozoan, entozoic |
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exodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving exodontics | - |
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foreshadowing | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: adumbrative, prefigurative |
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gonadotrophic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving gonadotropin | Synonyms: gonadotropic |
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gonadotropic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving gonadotropin | Synonyms: gonadotrophic |
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hangdog | (adjective) frightened into submission or compliance | - |
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(adjective) showing a sense of guilt | Synonyms: guilty, shamed, shamefaced |
hazardous | (adjective) involving risk or danger | Synonyms: risky, wild |
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hebdomadal | (adjective) of or occurring every seven days | Synonyms: hebdomadary, weekly |
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hebdomadary | (adjective) of or occurring every seven days | Synonyms: hebdomadal, weekly |
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hedonic | (adjective) devoted to pleasure | Synonyms: epicurean, hedonistic |
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hedonistic | (adjective) devoted to pleasure | Synonyms: epicurean, hedonic |
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heterodox | (adjective) characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | Synonyms: dissident, heretical |
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horrendous | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrific, terrible |
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idolatrous | (adjective) relating to or practicing idolatry | - |
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(adjective) blindly or excessively devoted or adoring | - |
idolised | (adjective) regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) | Synonyms: adored, idolized, worshipped |
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idolized | (adjective) regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) | Synonyms: adored, idolised, worshipped |
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incommunicado | (adjective) without the means or right to communicate | - |
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indocile | (adjective) incapable of being controlled | Synonyms: uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly |
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indolent | (adjective) disinclined to work or exertion | Synonyms: faineant, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy |
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(adjective) (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless | - |
indomitable | (adjective) impossible to subdue | Synonyms: never-say-die, unsubduable |
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indoor | (adjective) located, suited for, or taking place within a building | - |
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(adjective) within doors | - |
inodorous | (adjective) having no odor | Synonyms: odorless, odourless |
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kaleidoscopic | (adjective) continually shifting or rapidly changing | Synonyms: kaleidoscopical |
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kaleidoscopical | (adjective) continually shifting or rapidly changing | Synonyms: kaleidoscopic |
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knockdown | (adjective) (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled | - |
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lepidote | (adjective) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | Synonyms: leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy |
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lordotic | (adjective) having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses) | Synonyms: dipped, swayback, swaybacked |
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malodorous | (adjective) having an unpleasant smell | Synonyms: ill-smelling, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling |
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malodourous | (adjective) having an unpleasant smell | Synonyms: ill-smelling, malodorous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling |
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methodological | (adjective) relating to the methodology of some discipline | - |
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monocotyledonous | (adjective) (of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies | - |
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neuroendocrine | (adjective) of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together) | - |
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nonrandom | (adjective) not random | - |
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odoriferous | (adjective) having a natural fragrance | Synonyms: odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, sweet |
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(adjective) emitting an odor | Synonyms: odorous |
odorless | (adjective) having no odor | Synonyms: inodorous, odourless |
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odorous | (adjective) having odor or a characteristic odor | - |
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(adjective) having a natural fragrance | Synonyms: odoriferous, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, sweet |
(adjective) emitting an odor | Synonyms: odoriferous |
odourless | (adjective) having no odor | Synonyms: inodorous, odorless |
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orthodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving or practicing orthodontics | - |
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orthodox | (adjective) adhering to what is commonly accepted | - |
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outdoor | (adjective) located, suited for, or taking place in the open air | Synonyms: out-of-door, outside |
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(adjective) pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities | - |
outdoorsy | (adjective) characteristic of or suitable to outdoor life | - |
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overdone | (adjective) cooked too long but still edible | - |
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(adjective) represented as greater than is true or reasonable | Synonyms: exaggerated, overstated |
paradoxical | (adjective) seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true | Synonyms: self-contradictory |
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pardonable | (adjective) admitting of being pardoned | - |
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pelecypodous | (adjective) bivalve | Synonyms: lamellibranch, pelecypod |
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periodontal | (adjective) of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics | Synonyms: periodontic |
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periodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics | Synonyms: periodontal |
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postdoctoral | (adjective) of or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completed | - |
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preadolescent | (adjective) of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12 | Synonyms: preteen |
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predominant | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominate, preponderant, preponderating |
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(adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: dominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife |
predominate | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, preponderant, preponderating |
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prosthodontic | (adjective) of or relating to prosthodontics | - |
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pseudo | (adjective) (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of | - |
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pseudohermaphrodite | (adjective) having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex | Synonyms: pseudohermaphroditic |
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pseudohermaphroditic | (adjective) having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex | Synonyms: pseudohermaphrodite |
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pseudonymous | (adjective) bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name | - |
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pseudoperipteral | (adjective) having columniation completely circling an area of the structure | Synonyms: peristylar |
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pseudoprostyle | (adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure | Synonyms: prostyle |
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pseudoscientific | (adjective) based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific | - |
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pteridological | (adjective) of or relating to the study of ferns | - |
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putdownable | (adjective) (of a book) poorly written and not entertaining | - |
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