| decideable | (adjective) capable of being decided as following or not following from the axioms of a logical system | - |
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| decided | (adjective) recognizable; marked | Synonyms: distinct |
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| deciding | (adjective) having the power or quality of deciding | Synonyms: determinant, determinative, determining |
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| deciduous | (adjective) (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season | - |
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| (adjective) (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth | - |
| decimal | (adjective) numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten | Synonyms: denary |
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| decipherable | (adjective) easily deciphered | Synonyms: clear, readable |
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| deciphered | (adjective) converted from cryptic to intelligible language | - |
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| decisive | (adjective) determining or having the power to determine an outcome | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by decision and firmness | - |
| (adjective) forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | Synonyms: critical |
| (adjective) unmistakable | - |
| deckled | (adjective) having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade | Synonyms: deckle-edged, featheredged |
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| declamatory | (adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style | Synonyms: bombastic, large, orotund, tumid, turgid |
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| declarable | (adjective) that must be declared | - |
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| declarative | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration | Synonyms: asserting, declaratory |
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| (adjective) relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements | Synonyms: indicative |
| declaratory | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration | Synonyms: asserting, declarative |
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| declared | (adjective) made known or openly avowed | - |
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| (adjective) declared as fact; explicitly stated | Synonyms: stated |
| declassified | (adjective) having had security classification removed | - |
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| declivitous | (adjective) sloping down rather steeply | Synonyms: downhill, downward-sloping |
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| decollete | (adjective) (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline | Synonyms: low-cut, low-necked |
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| decomposable | (adjective) capable of being partitioned | Synonyms: analyzable |
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| decompositional | (adjective) causing organic decay | - |
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| decompound | (adjective) of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound | - |
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| deconsecrated | (adjective) divested of consecration | - |
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| deconstructionist | (adjective) of or concerned with the philosophical theory of literature known as deconstructionism | - |
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| decorated | (adjective) provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction | Synonyms: adorned |
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| decorative | (adjective) serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose | Synonyms: cosmetic, ornamental |
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| decorous | (adjective) characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct | - |
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| (adjective) according with custom or propriety | Synonyms: becoming, comely, comme il faut, seemly |
| decreased | (adjective) made less in size or amount or degree | Synonyms: reduced |
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| decreasing | (adjective) becoming less or smaller | - |
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| (adjective) (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume | - |
| decreed | (adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: appointed, ordained, prescribed |
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| decrepit | (adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly |
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| (adjective) worn and broken down by hard use | Synonyms: creaky, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone |
| decrescendo | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in volume | Synonyms: diminuendo |
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| decumbent | (adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | Synonyms: accumbent, recumbent |
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| decurved | (adjective) bent down or curved downward | - |
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| decussate | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: intersectant, intersecting |
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| defective | (adjective) markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior | - |
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| (adjective) having a defect | Synonyms: faulty |
| (adjective) not working properly | Synonyms: bad |
| deflective | (adjective) capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) | Synonyms: refractive |
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| dejected | (adjective) affected or marked by low spirits | - |
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| delectable | (adjective) capable of arousing sexual desire | Synonyms: sexually attractive |
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| (adjective) extremely pleasing to the sense of taste | Synonyms: delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy |
| deprecating | (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting |
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| deprecative | (adjective) given to expressing disapproval | - |
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| (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting |
| deprecatory | (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting |
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| depreciating | (adjective) tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value | Synonyms: depreciative, depreciatory |
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| depreciative | (adjective) tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value | Synonyms: depreciating, depreciatory |
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| (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciatory, slighting |
| depreciatory | (adjective) tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value | Synonyms: depreciating, depreciative |
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| (adjective) tending to diminish or disparage | Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, slighting |
| desecrated | (adjective) treated with disrespect and contempt | - |
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| detectable | (adjective) easily seen or detected | Synonyms: perceptible |
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| (adjective) capable of being detected | Synonyms: noticeable |
| detected | (adjective) perceived or discerned | - |
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| (adjective) perceived with the mind | - |
| dialectal | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of a dialect | - |
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| dialectic | (adjective) of or relating to or employing dialectic | Synonyms: dialectical |
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| dialectical | (adjective) of or relating to or employing dialectic | Synonyms: dialectic |
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| dioecian | (adjective) having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals | Synonyms: dioecious |
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| dioecious | (adjective) having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals | Synonyms: dioecian |
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| direct | (adjective) direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short | - |
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| (adjective) (of a current) flowing in one direction only | - |
| (adjective) straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action | - |
| (adjective) similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity | - |
| (adjective) in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child | Synonyms: lineal |
| (adjective) moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth | - |
| (adjective) lacking compromising or mitigating elements | Synonyms: exact |
| (adjective) in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker | Synonyms: verbatim |
| (adjective) having no intervening persons, agents, conditions | Synonyms: unmediated |
| (adjective) being an immediate result or consequence | - |
| directed | (adjective) manageable by a supervising agent | - |
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| (adjective) (often used in combination) having a specified direction | - |
| directing | (adjective) showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | Synonyms: directional, directive, guiding |
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| directional | (adjective) relating to or indicating directions in space | - |
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| (adjective) relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal | - |
| (adjective) showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | Synonyms: directing, directive, guiding |
| directionless | (adjective) aimlessly drifting | Synonyms: adrift, afloat, aimless, planless, rudderless, undirected |
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| directive | (adjective) showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | Synonyms: directing, directional, guiding |
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| disaffected | (adjective) discontented as toward authority | Synonyms: ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious |
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| disconnected | (adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply | Synonyms: staccato |
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| (adjective) having been divided; having the unity destroyed | Synonyms: disunited, fragmented, split |
| (adjective) lacking orderly continuity | Synonyms: confused, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected |
| (adjective) not plugged in or connected to a power source | - |
| (adjective) marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions | Synonyms: abrupt |
| disinfectant | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: bactericidal, germicidal |
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| disrespectful | (adjective) exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous | - |
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| (adjective) neither feeling nor showing respect | Synonyms: aweless, awless |
| dissected | (adjective) having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib | Synonyms: cleft |
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| duodecimal | (adjective) based on twelve | - |
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| dyslectic | (adjective) having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | Synonyms: dyslexic |
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| eccentric | (adjective) not having a common center; not concentric | Synonyms: nonconcentric |
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| (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
| ecclesiastic | (adjective) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) | Synonyms: ecclesiastical |
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| ecclesiastical | (adjective) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) | Synonyms: ecclesiastic |
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| eccrine | (adjective) (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature | - |
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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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| echoic | (adjective) (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound | Synonyms: imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic |
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| (adjective) like or characteristic of an echo | Synonyms: echolike |
| echoing | (adjective) (of sounds) repeating by reflection | Synonyms: reechoing |
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| echoless | (adjective) having or producing no echo | - |
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| echolike | (adjective) like or characteristic of an echo | Synonyms: echoic |
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| echt | (adjective) not fake or counterfeit | Synonyms: genuine |
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| eclectic | (adjective) selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas | - |
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| ecofriendly | (adjective) Good for the environment | - |
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| ecologic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of ecology | Synonyms: bionomic, bionomical, ecological |
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| (adjective) characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment | Synonyms: ecological |
| ecological | (adjective) of or relating to the science of ecology | Synonyms: bionomic, bionomical, ecologic |
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| (adjective) characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment | Synonyms: ecologic |
| econometric | (adjective) of or relating to econometrics | - |
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| economic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of economics | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth | Synonyms: economical |
| (adjective) using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness | Synonyms: economical |
| (adjective) financially rewarding | - |
| (adjective) concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money) | - |
| economical | (adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth | Synonyms: economic |
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| (adjective) using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness | Synonyms: economic |
| (adjective) avoiding waste | Synonyms: frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting |
| ecstatic | (adjective) feeling great rapture or delight | Synonyms: enraptured, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic |
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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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| ectomorphic | (adjective) having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs | - |
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| ectopic | (adjective) exhibiting ectopia | - |
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| ectothermic | (adjective) of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment | Synonyms: heterothermic, poikilothermic, poikilothermous |
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| ectozoan | (adjective) of or relating to epizoa | Synonyms: epizoan |
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| ecumenic | (adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions | Synonyms: ecumenical, oecumenic, oecumenical |
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| ecumenical | (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability | Synonyms: cosmopolitan, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide |
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| (adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions | Synonyms: ecumenic, oecumenic, oecumenical |
| effected | (adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: accomplished, established |
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| effective | (adjective) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect | Synonyms: effectual, efficacious |
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| (adjective) existing in fact; not theoretical; real | - |
| (adjective) able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively | Synonyms: efficient |
| (adjective) works well as a means or remedy | - |
| (adjective) ready for service | - |
| (adjective) exerting force or influence | Synonyms: good, in effect, in force |
| effectual | (adjective) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect | Synonyms: effective, efficacious |
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| (adjective) having legal efficacy or force | Synonyms: legal, sound |
| elect | (adjective) elected but not yet installed in office | - |
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| (adjective) selected as the best | Synonyms: elite |
| elected | (adjective) subject to popular election | Synonyms: elective |
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| elective | (adjective) subject to popular election | Synonyms: elected |
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| (adjective) optional | Synonyms: facultative |
| electoral | (adjective) of or relating to elections | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or composed of electors | - |
| electric | (adjective) using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity | Synonyms: electrical |
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| (adjective) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | Synonyms: galvanic, galvanising, galvanizing |
| (adjective) (of a situation) exceptionally tense | - |
| electrical | (adjective) relating to or concerned with electricity | - |
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| (adjective) using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity | Synonyms: electric |
| electrifying | (adjective) causing a surge of emotion or excitement | Synonyms: thrilling |
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