| aberrant | (adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm | Synonyms: deviant, deviate |
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| accelerando | (adjective) (music) gradually increasing in tempo | - |
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| accelerated | (adjective) speeded up, as of an academic course | - |
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| accelerative | (adjective) tending to increase velocity | Synonyms: acceleratory |
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| acceleratory | (adjective) tending to increase velocity | Synonyms: accelerative |
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| accoutered | (adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) | Synonyms: accoutred |
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| acerate | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerose, acicular, needle-shaped |
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| acerb | (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerbic, astringent |
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| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| acerbic | (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerb, astringent |
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| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| acerose | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerate, acicular, needle-shaped |
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| acervate | (adjective) pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass | - |
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| adherent | (adjective) sticking fast | - |
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| adrenergic | (adjective) relating to epinephrine (its release or action) | Synonyms: sympathomimetic |
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| adulterant | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterating |
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| adulterate | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterated, debased |
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| adulterated | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterate, debased |
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| adulterating | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterant |
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| adulterine | (adjective) conceived in adultery | - |
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| adulterous | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: extracurricular, extramarital |
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| (adjective) not faithful to a spouse or lover | Synonyms: cheating, two-timing |
| adverbial | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adverb | - |
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| adversative | (adjective) expressing antithesis or opposition | Synonyms: oppositive |
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| adverse | (adjective) in an opposing direction | Synonyms: contrary |
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| (adjective) contrary to your interests or welfare | Synonyms: inauspicious, untoward |
| advertent | (adjective) giving attention | Synonyms: heedful |
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| advertised | (adjective) called to public attention | - |
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| aerated | (adjective) supplied with carbon dioxide | Synonyms: charged |
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| (adjective) (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification | - |
| aerial | (adjective) existing or living or growing or operating in the air | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | Synonyms: aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal |
| aeriferous | (adjective) conveying air; as the bronchial tubes | - |
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| aeriform | (adjective) resembling air or having the form of air | Synonyms: airlike |
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| (adjective) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | Synonyms: aerial, aery, airy, ethereal |
| aerobic | (adjective) depending on free oxygen or air | Synonyms: aerophilic, aerophilous |
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| (adjective) based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency | - |
| aerobiotic | (adjective) living or active only in the presence of oxygen | - |
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| aerodynamic | (adjective) of or relating to aerodynamics | - |
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| (adjective) designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow | Synonyms: flowing, sleek, streamlined |
| aerolitic | (adjective) of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites | - |
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| aerological | (adjective) of or pertaining to aerology | - |
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| aeromechanic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aerodynamics | - |
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| aeromedical | (adjective) of or relating to aviation medicine | - |
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| aeronautic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aeronautics | Synonyms: aeronautical |
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| aeronautical | (adjective) of or pertaining to aeronautics | Synonyms: aeronautic |
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| aerophilatelic | (adjective) of or relating to airmail stamps | - |
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| aerophilic | (adjective) depending on free oxygen or air | Synonyms: aerobic, aerophilous |
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| aerophilous | (adjective) depending on free oxygen or air | Synonyms: aerobic, aerophilic |
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| aerosolised | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolized |
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| aerosolized | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolised |
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| aery | (adjective) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | Synonyms: aerial, aeriform, airy, ethereal |
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| afferent | (adjective) of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS | - |
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| aflicker | (adjective) shining unsteadily | Synonyms: flickering |
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| aflutter | (adjective) excited in anticipation | Synonyms: nervous |
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| after | (adjective) located farther aft | - |
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| aftermost | (adjective) located closest to the stern or tail | - |
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| aftershafted | (adjective) having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) | - |
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| agglomerate | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered |
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| agglomerated | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerate, agglomerative, clustered |
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| agglomerative | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerate, agglomerated, clustered |
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| aglitter | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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| alabaster | (adjective) of or resembling alabaster | Synonyms: alabastrine |
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| aldermanic | (adjective) of or relating to or like an alderman | Synonyms: aldermanly |
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| aldermanly | (adjective) of or relating to or like an alderman | Synonyms: aldermanic |
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| alert | (adjective) engaged in or accustomed to close observation | Synonyms: watchful |
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| (adjective) mentally perceptive and responsive | Synonyms: alive, awake |
| (adjective) quick and energetic | Synonyms: brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy |
| allergenic | (adjective) relating to or having the effect of an allergen | - |
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| allergic | (adjective) characterized by or caused by allergy | - |
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| (adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) | Synonyms: hypersensitised, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized |
| alliterative | (adjective) having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable | - |
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| allomerous | (adjective) pertaining to allomerism | - |
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| allover | (adjective) covering the entire surface | - |
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| alphameric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphamerical, alphanumeric, alphanumerical |
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| alphamerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphanumeric, alphanumerical |
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| alphanumeric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumerical |
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| alphanumerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumeric |
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| alterable | (adjective) capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic | - |
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| (adjective) (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe | - |
| alterative | (adjective) tending to cure or restore to health | Synonyms: curative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic |
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| altered | (adjective) changed in form or character without becoming something else | - |
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| (adjective) having testicles or ovaries removed | Synonyms: neutered |
| (adjective) changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose | Synonyms: adapted |
| alternate | (adjective) of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired | - |
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| (adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternative, substitute |
| (adjective) occurring by turns; first one and then the other | Synonyms: alternating |
| (adjective) every second one of a series | - |
| alternating | (adjective) (of a current) reversing direction | - |
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| (adjective) occurring by turns; first one and then the other | Synonyms: alternate |
| alternative | (adjective) necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities | - |
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| (adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternate, substitute |
| (adjective) pertaining to unconventional choices | - |
| aluminiferous | (adjective) containing alum or aluminum | - |
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| amber | (adjective) of a medium to dark brownish yellow color | Synonyms: brownish-yellow, yellow-brown |
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| ambiversive | (adjective) intermediate between introversive and extroversive | - |
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| amentiferous | (adjective) (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins | Synonyms: amentaceous |
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| amerciable | (adjective) of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge | - |
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| amphoteric | (adjective) having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either | Synonyms: amphiprotic |
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| anaerobic | (adjective) living or active in the absence of free oxygen | Synonyms: anaerobiotic |
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| (adjective) not aerobic | - |
| anaerobiotic | (adjective) living or active in the absence of free oxygen | Synonyms: anaerobic |
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| aneroid | (adjective) containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid | - |
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| angered | (adjective) marked by extreme anger | Synonyms: enraged, furious, infuriated, maddened |
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| angiospermous | (adjective) of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms | - |
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| anicteric | (adjective) without jaundice | - |
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| (adjective) not affected by jaundice | - |
| anoperineal | (adjective) relating to the anus and surrounding perineum | - |
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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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| 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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| antemeridian | (adjective) before noon | - |
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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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| 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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| antiadrenergic | (adjective) relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body | - |
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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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| antiferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to antiferromagnetism | - |
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| antifertility | (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: contraceptive, prophylactic |
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