| anencephalous | (adjective) characterized by partial or total absence of a brain | Synonyms: anencephalic |
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| aneroid | (adjective) containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid | - |
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| anesthetic | (adjective) relating to or producing insensibility | Synonyms: anaesthetic |
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| (adjective) characterized by insensibility | Synonyms: anaesthetic |
| anestric | (adjective) of or relating to anestrus | Synonyms: anestrous, anoestrous |
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| anestrous | (adjective) (of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to anestrus | Synonyms: anestric, anoestrous |
| aneuploid | (adjective) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number | - |
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| aneurismal | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismatic, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic |
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| aneurismatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic |
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| aneurysmal | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurismatic, aneurysmatic |
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| aneurysmatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurismatic, aneurysmal |
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| angelic | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelical |
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| (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
| (adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
| angelical | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelic |
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| (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
| (adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
| angered | (adjective) marked by extreme anger | Synonyms: enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened |
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| anginose | (adjective) of or related to the pain of angina pectoris | Synonyms: anginal, anginous |
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| angiospermous | (adjective) of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms | - |
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| angled | (adjective) forming or set at an angle | - |
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| anguine | (adjective) of or related to or resembling a snake | - |
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| anguished | (adjective) experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | Synonyms: tormented, tortured |
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| angulate | (adjective) having angles or an angular shape | Synonyms: angular |
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| anicteric | (adjective) without jaundice | - |
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| (adjective) not affected by jaundice | - |
| anile | (adjective) of or like a feeble old woman | - |
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| animate | (adjective) endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings | - |
| (adjective) endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness | Synonyms: sentient |
| animated | (adjective) having life or vigor or spirit | Synonyms: alive |
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| (adjective) made to appear to move as living creatures do | - |
| aniseikonic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the visual defect aniseikonia | - |
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| anisogametic | (adjective) relating to either of a pair of dissimilar (anisogamic) gametes combining in sexual reproduction | - |
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| anisometric | (adjective) having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements | Synonyms: unsymmetrical |
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| anisometropic | (adjective) relating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyes | - |
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| annelid | (adjective) relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida | Synonyms: annelidan |
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| annelidan | (adjective) relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida | Synonyms: annelid |
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| annexal | (adjective) of or pertaining to adnexa | Synonyms: adnexal |
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| annexational | (adjective) relating to annexation | - |
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| annihilated | (adjective) destroyed completely | Synonyms: exterminated, wiped out |
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| annihilative | (adjective) wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction | Synonyms: annihilating, devastating, withering |
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| announced | (adjective) declared publicly; made widely known | Synonyms: proclaimed |
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| annoyed | (adjective) aroused to impatience or anger | Synonyms: irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung |
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| (adjective) troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances | Synonyms: harassed, harried, pestered, vexed |
| annulate | (adjective) shaped like a ring | Synonyms: annular, annulated, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed |
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| annulated | (adjective) shaped like a ring | Synonyms: annular, annulate, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed |
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| anodyne | (adjective) capable of relieving pain | Synonyms: analgesic, analgetic |
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| anoestrous | (adjective) of or relating to anestrus | Synonyms: anestric, anestrous |
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| anoperineal | (adjective) relating to the anus and surrounding perineum | - |
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| anopheline | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes | - |
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| anorectal | (adjective) pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together | - |
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| anorectic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorexigenic |
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| (adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorexic |
| anorexic | (adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorectic |
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| anorexigenic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorectic |
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| another | (adjective) any of various alternatives; some other; entity, singular, other pronoun; quantifier, singular, another | Synonyms: some other |
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| anoxemic | (adjective) relating to or marked by abnormally little oxygen in arterial blood | - |
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| anserine | (adjective) of or resembling a goose | - |
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| (adjective) having or revealing stupidity | Synonyms: dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky |
| answerable | (adjective) morally or legally responsible to a higher authority | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being answered | - |
| (adjective) liable to account for one's actions | Synonyms: accountable |
| answering | (adjective) replying | Synonyms: respondent |
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| antebellum | (adjective) belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War | - |
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| antecedent | (adjective) preceding in time or order | - |
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| antecubital | (adjective) of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow | - |
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| antediluvial | (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | Synonyms: antediluvian |
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| antediluvian | (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | Synonyms: antediluvial |
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| (adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antiquated, archaic |
| antemeridian | (adjective) before noon | - |
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| antemortem | (adjective) preceding death | - |
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| antenatal | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antepartum, prenatal |
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| antennal | (adjective) of or relating to antennae | Synonyms: antennary |
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| antennary | (adjective) of or relating to antennae | Synonyms: antennal |
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| antenuptial | (adjective) relating to events before a marriage | Synonyms: premarital, prenuptial |
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| antepartum | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antenatal, prenatal |
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| antepenultimate | (adjective) third from last | - |
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| anterior | (adjective) of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body | - |
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| (adjective) earlier in time | Synonyms: prior |
| anterograde | (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma | - |
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| anthelminthic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelmintic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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| anthelmintic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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| antheral | (adjective) capable of fertilizing female organs | Synonyms: staminate |
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| antheridial | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an antheridium | - |
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| anthropocentric | (adjective) human-centered | - |
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| anthropogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenic |
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| anthropogenic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenetic |
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| anthropometric | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometrical |
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| anthropometrical | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometric |
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| antiadrenergic | (adjective) relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body | - |
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| antiapartheid | (adjective) opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa | - |
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| antibacterial | (adjective) destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth | - |
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| anticancer | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: antineoplastic, antitumor, antitumour |
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| anticholinergic | (adjective) inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site | - |
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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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| anticlockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: contraclockwise, counterclockwise |
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| anticoagulative | (adjective) of or relating to an anticoagulant | - |
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| antiferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to antiferromagnetism | - |
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| antifertility | (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: contraceptive, prophylactic |
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| antigenic | (adjective) of or relating to antigens | - |
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| antiheretical | (adjective) opposed to heresy | - |
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| antimagnetic | (adjective) impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization | - |
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| antineoplastic | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antitumor, antitumour |
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| antiparallel | (adjective) (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed | - |
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| antipathetic | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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| (adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetical |
| antipathetical | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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| (adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetic |
| antipersonnel | (adjective) designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction | - |
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| antipodean | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodal |
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| antipyretic | (adjective) preventing or alleviating fever | - |
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| antiquated | (adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antediluvian, archaic |
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| antique | (adjective) made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age | - |
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| (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee |
| (adjective) belonging to or lasting from times long ago | Synonyms: age-old |
| antisatellite | (adjective) of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit | Synonyms: ASAT |
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| antisemitic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews | Synonyms: anti-semitic |
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| antiseptic | (adjective) thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms | - |
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| (adjective) devoid of objectionable language | - |
| (adjective) clean and honest | - |
| (adjective) freeing from error or corruption | - |