acetylenic | (adjective) of or related to acetylene | - |
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achenial | (adjective) pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit | - |
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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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allergenic | (adjective) relating to or having the effect of an allergen | - |
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androgenic | (adjective) of or related to the male hormone androgen | - |
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anorexigenic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorectic |
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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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antigenic | (adjective) of or relating to antigens | - |
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arenicolous | (adjective) growing or living or burrowing in sand | - |
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arsenical | (adjective) relating to or containing arsenic | - |
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arsenious | (adjective) relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent | - |
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asthenic | (adjective) having a slender physique | - |
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(adjective) lacking energy or vitality | Synonyms: adynamic, debilitated, enervated |
austenitic | (adjective) composed of austenite | - |
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autogenic | (adjective) originating within the body | Synonyms: autogenous |
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axenic | (adjective) (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions | - |
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(adjective) (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms | - |
benighted | (adjective) lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture | Synonyms: dark |
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(adjective) overtaken by night or darkness | Synonyms: nighted |
benign | (adjective) pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence | Synonyms: benignant |
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(adjective) not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor) | - |
(adjective) kindness of disposition or manner | - |
benignant | (adjective) pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence | Synonyms: benign |
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(adjective) characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects | Synonyms: gracious |
bimillenial | (adjective) of or relating to a bimillennium | - |
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biogenic | (adjective) produced by living organisms or biological processes | - |
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(adjective) essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes | - |
cacogenic | (adjective) pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced | Synonyms: dysgenic |
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calisthenic | (adjective) of or relating to calisthenics | - |
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carcinogenic | (adjective) causing or tending to cause cancer | - |
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catamenial | (adjective) of or relating to menstruation or the menses | Synonyms: menstrual |
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collagenic | (adjective) relating to or consisting of collagen | Synonyms: collagenous |
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congenial | (adjective) suitable to your needs | - |
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(adjective) (used of plants) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted | - |
congenital | (adjective) present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development | Synonyms: inborn, innate |
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convenient | (adjective) suited to your comfort or purpose or needs | - |
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(adjective) large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: commodious |
cosmogenic | (adjective) pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe | Synonyms: cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmologic, cosmological |
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cryogenic | (adjective) of or relating to very low temperatures | - |
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cyanogenic | (adjective) capable of producing cyanide | Synonyms: cyanogenetic |
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cytopathogenic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing pathological changes in cells | - |
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darkening | (adjective) becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over | - |
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deadening | (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: boring, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome |
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deafening | (adjective) loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | Synonyms: earsplitting, thunderous, thundery |
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deepening | (adjective) accumulating and becoming more intense | Synonyms: thickening |
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deniable | (adjective) capable of being denied or contradicted | - |
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denigrating | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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denigrative | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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denigratory | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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disheartening | (adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance | Synonyms: demoralising, demoralizing, dispiriting |
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dysgenic | (adjective) pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced | Synonyms: cacogenic |
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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 |
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 |
enigmatic | (adjective) resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought | Synonyms: oracular |
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(adjective) not clear to the understanding | Synonyms: enigmatical, puzzling |
enigmatical | (adjective) not clear to the understanding | Synonyms: enigmatic, puzzling |
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enlightening | (adjective) tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance | Synonyms: illuminating, informative |
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(adjective) enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement | Synonyms: edifying |
enlivening | (adjective) giving spirit and vivacity | Synonyms: animating |
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estrogenic | (adjective) relating to or caused by estrogen | - |
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eugenic | (adjective) pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced | - |
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exogenic | (adjective) derived or originating externally | Synonyms: exogenous |
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fattening | (adjective) subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter | - |
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frightening | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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genial | (adjective) of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw | Synonyms: mental |
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(adjective) diffusing warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: affable, amiable, cordial |
(adjective) agreeable, conducive to comfort | Synonyms: kind |
genic | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by or being a gene | Synonyms: genetic, genetical |
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geniculate | (adjective) bent at a sharp angle | - |
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genital | (adjective) of or relating to the external sex organs | Synonyms: venereal |
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genitive | (adjective) serving to express or indicate possession | Synonyms: possessive |
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genitourinary | (adjective) of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions | Synonyms: GU |
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glistening | (adjective) reflecting light | Synonyms: glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shining, shiny |
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glycogenic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving glycogen | - |
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greenish | (adjective) of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass | Synonyms: dark-green, green, light-green |
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haematogenic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic |
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hallucinogenic | (adjective) capable of producing hallucinations | - |
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heartening | (adjective) cheerfully encouraging | Synonyms: inspiriting |
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heathenish | (adjective) not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam | Synonyms: ethnic, heathen, pagan |
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hebephrenic | (adjective) suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior | - |
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heightening | (adjective) reaching a higher intensity | - |
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hematogenic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematogenic, haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic |
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homogenised | (adjective) formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance | Synonyms: homogenized |
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(adjective) made homogeneous | Synonyms: homogenized |
homogenized | (adjective) formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance | Synonyms: homogenised |
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(adjective) made homogeneous | Synonyms: homogenised |
hoydenish | (adjective) used of girls; wild and boisterous | Synonyms: tomboyish |
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hygienic | (adjective) tending to promote or preserve health | Synonyms: hygienical |
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hygienical | (adjective) tending to promote or preserve health | Synonyms: hygienic |
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iatrogenic | (adjective) induced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment) | - |
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icterogenic | (adjective) producing jaundice | - |
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immunogenic | (adjective) possessing the ability to elicit an immune response | - |
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impenitent | (adjective) not penitent or remorseful | Synonyms: unremorseful, unrepentant |
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(adjective) impervious to moral persuasion | - |
inconvenient | (adjective) not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs | - |
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(adjective) not conveniently timed | - |
ingenious | (adjective) showing inventiveness and skill | Synonyms: clever, cunning |
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intervening | (adjective) occurring or falling between events or points in time | - |
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irenic | (adjective) conducive to peace | - |
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juvenile | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people | - |
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(adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | Synonyms: adolescent, jejune, puerile |
kittenish | (adjective) playful like a lively kitten | Synonyms: frisky |
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lactogenic | (adjective) inducing lactation | - |
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lenient | (adjective) characterized by tolerance and mercy | - |
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(adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: indulgent, soft |
(adjective) not strict | Synonyms: easy |
lenitive | (adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | Synonyms: alleviative, alleviatory, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative |
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lysogenic | (adjective) capable of producing or undergoing lysis | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to lysogeny | - |
maddening | (adjective) extremely annoying or displeasing | Synonyms: exasperating, infuriating, vexing |
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menial | (adjective) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) | Synonyms: humble, lowly |
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meningeal | (adjective) relating to the meninges | - |
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monogenic | (adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes | - |
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mutagenic | (adjective) capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution) | - |
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neotenic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by neoteny | Synonyms: neotenous |
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neurasthenic | (adjective) of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia | - |
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neurogenic | (adjective) arising in or stimulated by nerve tissues | - |
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nonopening | (adjective) not open; not opening | - |
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oecumenic | (adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions | Synonyms: ecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenical |
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oecumenical | (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability | Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, universal, world-wide, worldwide |
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(adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions | Synonyms: ecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenic |