| abortifacient
|
(adjective) causing abortion |
- |
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| absorbefacient
|
(adjective) inducing or promoting absorption |
Synonyms:
sorbefacient |
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| acneiform
|
(adjective) resembling acne |
- |
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| adrift
|
(adjective) aimlessly drifting |
Synonyms:
rudderless,
undirected,
directionless,
planless,
afloat,
aimless |
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| (adjective) afloat on the surface of a body of water |
- |
| 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:
ethereal,
aerial,
aery,
airy |
| afeard
|
(adjective) a pronunciation of afraid |
Synonyms:
afeared |
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| afeared
|
(adjective) a pronunciation of afraid |
Synonyms:
afeard |
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| afebrile
|
(adjective) having no fever |
- |
|---|
| affable
|
(adjective) diffusing warmth and friendliness |
Synonyms:
genial,
cordial,
amiable |
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| affected
|
(adjective) acted upon; influenced |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression |
Synonyms:
unnatural |
| (adjective) being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion |
Synonyms:
moved,
stirred,
touched |
| affecting
|
(adjective) arousing affect |
Synonyms:
poignant,
touching |
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| affectional
|
(adjective) characterized by emotion |
Synonyms:
emotive,
affective |
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| affectionate
|
(adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection |
Synonyms:
fond,
tender,
lovesome |
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| affective
|
(adjective) characterized by emotion |
Synonyms:
emotive,
affectional |
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| afferent
|
(adjective) of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS |
- |
|---|
| affiliated
|
(adjective) being joined in close association |
Synonyms:
connected,
attached |
|---|
| affinal
|
(adjective) (anthropology) related by marriage |
Synonyms:
affine |
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| affine
|
(adjective) (anthropology) related by marriage |
Synonyms:
affinal |
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| (adjective) (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations |
- |
| affined
|
(adjective) closely related |
- |
|---|
| affirmable
|
(adjective) capable of being affirmed or asserted |
Synonyms:
assertable |
|---|
| affirmative
|
(adjective) affirming or giving assent |
Synonyms:
affirmatory |
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| (adjective) expecting the best |
Synonyms:
optimistic |
| (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval |
Synonyms:
plausive,
approbative,
approbatory,
approving |
| affirmatory
|
(adjective) affirming or giving assent |
Synonyms:
affirmative |
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| affixal
|
(adjective) of or pertaining to a linguistic affix |
Synonyms:
affixial |
|---|
| affixed
|
(adjective) firmly attached |
- |
|---|
| affixial
|
(adjective) of or pertaining to a linguistic affix |
Synonyms:
affixal |
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| afflicted
|
(adjective) grievously affected especially by disease |
Synonyms:
stricken |
|---|
| (adjective) mentally or physically unfit |
Synonyms:
impaired |
| afflictive
|
(adjective) causing misery or pain or distress |
Synonyms:
painful,
sore |
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| affluent
|
(adjective) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value |
Synonyms:
moneyed,
wealthy,
substantial,
flush,
loaded |
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| affordable
|
(adjective) that you have the financial means for |
Synonyms:
low-cost,
low-priced |
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| afire
|
(adjective) lighted up by or as by fire or flame |
Synonyms:
on fire,
ablaze,
aflame,
aflare,
alight |
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| aflame
|
(adjective) keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement |
Synonyms:
ablaze,
aroused |
|---|
| (adjective) lighted up by or as by fire or flame |
Synonyms:
on fire,
ablaze,
afire,
aflare,
alight |
| aflare
|
(adjective) streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air |
Synonyms:
flaring |
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| (adjective) lighted up by or as by fire or flame |
Synonyms:
on fire,
ablaze,
afire,
aflame,
alight |
| aflicker
|
(adjective) shining unsteadily |
Synonyms:
flickering |
|---|
| afloat
|
(adjective) borne on the water; floating |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) aimlessly drifting |
Synonyms:
rudderless,
undirected,
directionless,
planless,
adrift,
aimless |
| (adjective) covered with water |
Synonyms:
inundated,
overflowing,
awash,
flooded |
| aflutter
|
(adjective) excited in anticipation |
Synonyms:
nervous |
|---|
| afoot
|
(adjective) traveling by foot |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) currently in progress |
Synonyms:
underway |
| aforementioned
|
(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of |
Synonyms:
said,
aforesaid |
|---|
| aforesaid
|
(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of |
Synonyms:
said,
aforementioned |
|---|
| aforethought
|
(adjective) with planning and intention |
Synonyms:
planned,
plotted |
|---|
| afoul
|
(adjective) especially of a ship's lines etc |
Synonyms:
foul,
fouled |
|---|
| afraid
|
(adjective) filled with fear or apprehension |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement |
- |
| (adjective) feeling worry or concern or insecurity |
- |
| (adjective) having feelings of aversion or unwillingness |
- |
| aft
|
(adjective) (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail |
- |
|---|
| after
|
(adjective) located farther aft |
- |
|---|
| aftermost
|
(adjective) located closest to the stern or tail |
- |
|---|
| aftershafted
|
(adjective) having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) |
- |
|---|
| alfresco
|
(adjective) in the open air |
Synonyms:
open-air |
|---|
| aliform
|
(adjective) having or resembling wings |
Synonyms:
wing-shaped,
alar,
alary |
|---|
| aloof
|
(adjective) remote in manner |
Synonyms:
upstage,
distant |
|---|
| aluminiferous
|
(adjective) containing alum or aluminum |
- |
|---|
| amentiferous
|
(adjective) (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins |
Synonyms:
amentaceous |
|---|
| amygdaliform
|
(adjective) shaped like an almond |
Synonyms:
almond-shaped,
amygdaloid,
amygdaloidal |
|---|
| anfractuous
|
(adjective) full of twists and turns |
- |
|---|
| antiaircraft
|
(adjective) designed for defense from a surface position against air attack |
- |
|---|
| antiferromagnetic
|
(adjective) relating to antiferromagnetism |
- |
|---|
| antifertility
|
(adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation |
Synonyms:
prophylactic,
contraceptive |
|---|
| antifungal
|
(adjective) capable of destroying fungi |
Synonyms:
fungicidal |
|---|
| apoplectiform
|
(adjective) resembling apoplexy |
Synonyms:
apoplectoid |
|---|
| aquiferous
|
(adjective) of or relating to an aquifer |
- |
|---|
| arboriform
|
(adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure |
Synonyms:
dendriform,
dendroid,
dendroidal,
arboreal,
arboreous,
arborescent,
arboresque,
tree-shaped,
treelike |
|---|
| arciform
|
(adjective) forming or resembling an arch |
Synonyms:
arced,
arched,
arching,
arcuate,
bowed |
|---|
| argentiferous
|
(adjective) containing or yielding silver |
- |
|---|
| artefactual
|
(adjective) of or relating to artifacts |
Synonyms:
artifactual |
|---|
| artful
|
(adjective) not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness |
Synonyms:
disingenuous |
|---|
| (adjective) marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft |
- |
| artifactual
|
(adjective) of or relating to artifacts |
Synonyms:
artefactual |
|---|
| artificial
|
(adjective) contrived by art rather than nature |
Synonyms:
unreal |
|---|
| (adjective) artificially formal |
Synonyms:
hokey,
stilted,
contrived |
| (adjective) not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes |
- |
| auriferous
|
(adjective) containing gold |
Synonyms:
gold-bearing |
|---|
| auriform
|
(adjective) having a shape resembling an ear |
Synonyms:
ear-like,
ear-shaped |
|---|
| autofluorescent
|
(adjective) emitting light via self-induced fluorescence |
- |
|---|
| avifaunal
|
(adjective) of or relating to birds of a particular region or period |
Synonyms:
avifaunistic |
|---|
| avifaunistic
|
(adjective) of or relating to birds of a particular region or period |
Synonyms:
avifaunal |
|---|
| awful
|
(adjective) offensive or even (of persons) malicious |
Synonyms:
nasty |
|---|
| (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing |
Synonyms:
unspeakable,
dreadful,
painful,
abominable,
atrocious,
terrible |
| (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror |
Synonyms:
horrendous,
horrific,
dire,
direful,
dread,
dreaded,
dreadful,
fearful,
fearsome,
frightening,
terrible |
| (adjective) inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence |
Synonyms:
awed |
| (adjective) extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact |
Synonyms:
frightful,
terrible,
tremendous |
| (adjective) inspiring awe or admiration or wonder |
Synonyms:
amazing,
awe-inspiring,
awesome,
awing |
| bacciferous
|
(adjective) producing or bearing berries |
Synonyms:
baccate,
berried |
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| bacilliform
|
(adjective) formed like a bacillus |
Synonyms:
rod-shaped,
bacillar,
bacillary,
baculiform |
|---|
| baculiform
|
(adjective) formed like a bacillus |
Synonyms:
rod-shaped,
bacillar,
bacillary,
bacilliform |
|---|
| baffled
|
(adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment |
Synonyms:
mazed,
mixed-up,
confounded,
confused,
at sea,
befuddled,
bemused,
bewildered,
lost |
|---|
| baffling
|
(adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe |
Synonyms:
problematic,
problematical,
knotty,
elusive,
tough |
|---|
| baleful
|
(adjective) deadly or sinister |
Synonyms:
baneful |
|---|
| (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
Synonyms:
menacing,
minacious,
minatory,
ominous,
sinister,
forbidding,
threatening |
| baneful
|
(adjective) exceedingly harmful |
Synonyms:
deadly,
pernicious,
pestilent |
|---|
| (adjective) deadly or sinister |
Synonyms:
baleful |
| barefaced
|
(adjective) with no effort to conceal |
Synonyms:
bald |
|---|
| (adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety |
Synonyms:
insolent,
audacious,
bald-faced,
bodacious,
brassy,
brazen,
brazen-faced |
| barefoot
|
(adjective) without shoes |
Synonyms:
shoeless,
barefooted |
|---|
| barefooted
|
(adjective) without shoes |
Synonyms:
shoeless,
barefoot |
|---|
| bashful
|
(adjective) self-consciously timid |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) disposed to avoid notice |
Synonyms:
blate |
| basifixed
|
(adjective) attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks) |
- |
|---|
| battleful
|
(adjective) having or showing a ready disposition to fight |
Synonyms:
combative,
bellicose |
|---|
| beatific
|
(adjective) experiencing or bestowing celestial joy |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint |
Synonyms:
sainted,
saintlike,
saintly,
angelic,
angelical |
| beatified
|
(adjective) Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration |
Synonyms:
blessed |
|---|
| beautiful
|
(adjective) delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) (of weather) highly enjoyable |
- |
| bedfast
|
(adjective) confined to bed (by illness) |
Synonyms:
sick-abed,
bedrid,
bedridden |
|---|
| beefy
|
(adjective) muscular and heavily built |
Synonyms:
husky,
strapping,
buirdly,
burly |
|---|
| befitting
|
(adjective) appropriate to |
- |
|---|
| befogged
|
(adjective) stupefied by alcoholic drink |
Synonyms:
befuddled |
|---|
| beforehand
|
(adjective) being ahead of time or need |
Synonyms:
advance |
|---|
| befouled
|
(adjective) made dirty or foul |
Synonyms:
fouled |
|---|
| befuddled
|
(adjective) stupefied by alcoholic drink |
Synonyms:
befogged |
|---|
| (adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment |
Synonyms:
mazed,
mixed-up,
confounded,
confused,
at sea,
baffled,
bemused,
bewildered,
lost |
| (adjective) confused and vague; used especially of thinking |
Synonyms:
muddled,
muzzy,
woolly,
woolly-headed,
wooly,
wooly-minded,
addled |
| benefic
|
(adjective) exerting a favorable or beneficent influence |
- |
|---|
| beneficed
|
(adjective) having a benefice |
- |
|---|
| beneficent
|
(adjective) doing or producing good |
- |
|---|
| (adjective) generous in assistance to the poor |
Synonyms:
philanthropic,
eleemosynary,
benevolent |
| beneficial
|
(adjective) promoting or enhancing well-being |
Synonyms:
good |
|---|
| beneficiary
|
(adjective) having or arising from a benefice |
- |
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