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