| achlamydeous | (adjective) not having a floral envelope or perianth | - |
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| advantageous | (adjective) giving an advantage | Synonyms: favorable, favourable |
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| (adjective) appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness | - |
| aeolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: eolotropic |
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| aeonian | (adjective) of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era) | Synonyms: eonian |
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| (adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending |
| alliaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium | - |
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| (adjective) smelling of onions or garlic | - |
| alveolar | (adjective) pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs | - |
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| (adjective) pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw | - |
| alveolate | (adjective) pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) | Synonyms: cavitied, faveolate, honeycombed, pitted |
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| amentaceous | (adjective) (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins | Synonyms: amentiferous |
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| amylaceous | (adjective) resembling starch | Synonyms: amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous, starchlike |
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| antineoplastic | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antitumor, antitumour |
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| apocynaceous | (adjective) of or relating to tropical plants of the family Apocynaceae | - |
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| aqueous | (adjective) produced by the action of water | Synonyms: sedimentary |
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| (adjective) similar to or containing or dissolved in water | - |
| araceous | (adjective) relating to a plant of the family Araceae | Synonyms: aroid |
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| arboraceous | (adjective) abounding in trees | Synonyms: arboreous, woodsy, woody |
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| arboreous | (adjective) inhabiting or frequenting trees | Synonyms: arboreal, tree-living |
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| (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
| (adjective) abounding in trees | Synonyms: arboraceous, woodsy, woody |
| archaeologic | (adjective) related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology | Synonyms: archaeological, archeologic, archeological |
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| archaeological | (adjective) related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology | Synonyms: archaeologic, archeologic, archeological |
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| archaeozoic | (adjective) of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era | Synonyms: archeozoic |
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| archeologic | (adjective) related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology | Synonyms: archaeologic, archaeological, archeological |
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| archeological | (adjective) related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology | Synonyms: archaeologic, archaeological, archeologic |
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| archeozoic | (adjective) of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era | Synonyms: archaeozoic |
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| arenaceous | (adjective) resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas | Synonyms: sandlike, sandy |
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| areolar | (adjective) relating to or like or divided into areolae | Synonyms: areolate |
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| areolate | (adjective) relating to or like or divided into areolae | Synonyms: areolar |
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| argillaceous | (adjective) resembling or containing clay | Synonyms: clayey |
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| arundinaceous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling reedlike plants of the genus Arundinaria | - |
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| asclepiadaceous | (adjective) of or relating to plants of the milkweed family | - |
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| beauteous | (adjective) (poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight | - |
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| betulaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees of the birch family | - |
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| bignoniaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Bignoniaceae | - |
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| biogeographic | (adjective) of or relating to or involved with biogeography | Synonyms: biogeographical |
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| biogeographical | (adjective) of or relating to or involved with biogeography | Synonyms: biogeographic |
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| bounteous | (adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bighearted, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded |
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| bourgeois | (adjective) (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to the middle class | - |
| (adjective) conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class | Synonyms: conservative, materialistic |
| bracteolate | (adjective) having bracteoles | - |
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| bulbaceous | (adjective) producing or growing from bulbs | - |
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| burgeoning | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
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| buteonine | (adjective) relating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo | - |
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| butyraceous | (adjective) having the qualities of butter or yielding or containing a substance like butter | - |
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| calcareous | (adjective) composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk | Synonyms: chalky |
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| calceolate | (adjective) of slipper-shaped blossoms | Synonyms: calceiform |
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| camphoraceous | (adjective) being or having the properties of camphor | - |
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| carbonaceous | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon | Synonyms: carbonic, carboniferous, carbonous |
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| caryophyllaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae | - |
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| caseous | (adjective) of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike | - |
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| cetaceous | (adjective) of or relating to whales and dolphins etc | Synonyms: cetacean |
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| chartaceous | (adjective) of or like paper | Synonyms: paperlike, papery |
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| chlamydeous | (adjective) having a floral envelope or perianth consisting of a calyx and/or corolla | - |
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| choreographic | (adjective) of or concerned with choreography | - |
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| chylaceous | (adjective) consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle | Synonyms: chylous |
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| coetaneous | (adjective) of the same period | Synonyms: coeval, contemporaneous |
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| consanguineous | (adjective) related by blood | Synonyms: akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineal, kin |
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| consentaneous | (adjective) in complete agreement | Synonyms: consentient, unanimous |
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| contemporaneous | (adjective) of the same period | Synonyms: coetaneous, coeval |
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| (adjective) occurring in the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporary |
| coriaceous | (adjective) resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | Synonyms: leathered, leatherlike, leathery |
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| corneous | (adjective) made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) | Synonyms: hornlike, horny |
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| courageous | (adjective) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | Synonyms: brave |
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| courteous | (adjective) characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners | - |
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| (adjective) exhibiting courtesy and politeness | Synonyms: gracious, nice |
| cretaceous | (adjective) abounding in chalk | - |
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| crustaceous | (adjective) being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell | - |
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| (adjective) of or belonging to the class Crustacea | Synonyms: crustacean |
| cucurbitaceous | (adjective) of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae | - |
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| curmudgeonly | (adjective) brusque and surly and forbidding | Synonyms: crusty, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured |
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| curvaceous | (adjective) (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | Synonyms: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed |
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| cutaneous | (adjective) relating to or existing on or affecting the skin | Synonyms: cutaneal, dermal |
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| disadvantageous | (adjective) involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness | Synonyms: unfavorable, unfavourable |
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| discourteous | (adjective) showing no courtesy; rude | - |
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| (adjective) lacking social graces | Synonyms: ungracious |
| drupaceous | (adjective) of or related to a drupe | - |
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| duteous | (adjective) willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect | Synonyms: dutiful |
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| eolithic | (adjective) of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (characterized by the use of eoliths) | - |
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| eolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: aeolotropic |
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| eonian | (adjective) of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era) | Synonyms: aeonian |
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| (adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: aeonian, ageless, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending |
| eosinophilic | (adjective) of or relating to eosinophil | - |
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| erroneous | (adjective) containing or characterized by error | - |
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| extemporaneous | (adjective) with little or no preparation or forethought | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed |
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| extraneous | (adjective) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | Synonyms: foreign |
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| (adjective) not pertinent to the matter under consideration | Synonyms: immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal |
| (adjective) coming from the outside | Synonyms: external, outside |
| (adjective) not essential | - |
| farinaceous | (adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency | Synonyms: coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy |
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| (adjective) resembling starch | Synonyms: amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, starchlike |
| faveolate | (adjective) pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) | Synonyms: alveolate, cavitied, honeycombed, pitted |
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| fibreoptic | (adjective) of or relating to fiber optics | Synonyms: fiber-optic, fiberoptic, fibre-optic |
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| foliaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant | - |
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| (adjective) bearing numerous leaves | Synonyms: foliaged, foliose |
| (adjective) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata | Synonyms: foliate, foliated |
| foreordained | (adjective) established or prearranged unalterably | Synonyms: predestinate, predestined |
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| gallinaceous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean | - |
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| gaseous | (adjective) existing as or having characteristics of a gas | - |
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| geocentric | (adjective) having the earth as the center | - |
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| geodesic | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geodesy | Synonyms: geodesical, geodetic |
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| geodesical | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geodesy | Synonyms: geodesic, geodetic |
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| geodetic | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geodesy | Synonyms: geodesic, geodesical |
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| geographic | (adjective) determined by geography | Synonyms: geographical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the science of geography | Synonyms: geographical |
| geographical | (adjective) determined by geography | Synonyms: geographic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the science of geography | Synonyms: geographic |
| geologic | (adjective) of or relating to or based on geology | Synonyms: geological |
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| geological | (adjective) of or relating to or based on geology | Synonyms: geologic |
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| geometric | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geometry | Synonyms: geometrical |
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| (adjective) characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration | Synonyms: geometrical |
| geometrical | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geometry | Synonyms: geometric |
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| (adjective) characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration | Synonyms: geometric |
| geomorphologic | (adjective) pertaining to geological structure | Synonyms: geomorphological, morphologic, morphological, structural |
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| geomorphological | (adjective) pertaining to geological structure | Synonyms: geomorphologic, morphologic, morphological, structural |
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| geophysical | (adjective) of or concerned with geophysics | - |
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| geophytic | (adjective) of or relating to geophytes | - |
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| geopolitical | (adjective) of or relating to geopolitics | - |
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| geostationary | (adjective) of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth | - |
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| geostrategic | (adjective) of or relating to geostrategy | - |
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| geosynchronous | (adjective) of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth) | - |
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