| antiknocking | (adjective) suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines | Synonyms: antiknock |
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| antimagnetic | (adjective) impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization | - |
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| antiphlogistic | (adjective) counteracting inflammation | - |
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| apogametic | (adjective) of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | Synonyms: apogamic, apogamous |
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| apogamic | (adjective) of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | Synonyms: apogametic, apogamous |
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| apogamous | (adjective) of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | Synonyms: apogametic, apogamic |
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| apogean | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of an apogee | - |
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| apologetic | (adjective) offering or expressing apology | Synonyms: excusatory |
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| apothegmatic | (adjective) given to or characterized by terse apothegms | Synonyms: apothegmatical |
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| (adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: aphoristic, epigrammatic |
| apothegmatical | (adjective) given to or characterized by terse apothegms | Synonyms: apothegmatic |
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| appalling | (adjective) causing consternation | Synonyms: dismaying |
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| appealing | (adjective) able to attract interest or draw favorable attention | - |
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| (adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | Synonyms: likable, likeable, sympathetic |
| appeasing | (adjective) intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions | Synonyms: placating, placative, placatory |
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| appendaged | (adjective) having an appendage | - |
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| appetising | (adjective) appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma | Synonyms: appetizing |
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| appetizing | (adjective) appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma | Synonyms: appetising |
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| appraising | (adjective) exercising or involving careful evaluations | Synonyms: evaluative |
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| approaching | (adjective) of the relatively near future | Synonyms: coming, forthcoming, upcoming |
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| approving | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive |
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| 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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| archangelic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling archangels | Synonyms: archangelical |
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| archangelical | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling archangels | Synonyms: archangelic |
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| archegonial | (adjective) of or relating to an archegonium | Synonyms: archegoniate |
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| archegoniate | (adjective) of or relating to an archegonium | Synonyms: archegonial |
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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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| arching | (adjective) forming or resembling an arch | Synonyms: arced, arched, arciform, arcuate, bowed |
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| archipelagic | (adjective) relating to or part of an archipelago | - |
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| argent | (adjective) of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver | Synonyms: silver, silverish, silvery |
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| argentic | (adjective) relating to compounds in which silver is bivalent | - |
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| argentiferous | (adjective) containing or yielding silver | - |
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| argentous | (adjective) relating to compounds in which silver is univalent | - |
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| argillaceous | (adjective) resembling or containing clay | Synonyms: clayey |
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| arguable | (adjective) open to argument or debate | Synonyms: debatable, disputable, moot |
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| (adjective) capable of being supported by argument | - |
| argumentative | (adjective) given to or characterized by argument | - |
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| arranged | (adjective) disposed or placed in a particular kind of order | Synonyms: ordered |
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| (adjective) deliberately arranged for effect | Synonyms: staged |
| (adjective) organized or planned for | - |
| arresting | (adjective) commanding attention | Synonyms: sensational, stunning |
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| arrogant | (adjective) having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride | Synonyms: chesty, self-important |
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| arthralgic | (adjective) of or relating to arthralgia | - |
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| ascending | (adjective) moving or going or growing upward | - |
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| asphyxiating | (adjective) tending to deprive of oxygen | - |
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| aspiring | (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspirant, wishful |
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| assenting | (adjective) expressing agreement or consent | Synonyms: assentient |
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| asserting | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration | Synonyms: declarative, declaratory |
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| assignable | (adjective) legally transferable to the ownership of another | Synonyms: conveyable, negotiable, transferable, transferrable |
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| assigned | (adjective) appointed to a post or duty | - |
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| assimilating | (adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilative, assimilatory |
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| assuming | (adjective) excessively forward | Synonyms: assumptive, presumptuous |
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| assurgent | (adjective) growing or extending upward | - |
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| (adjective) rising from the sea | - |
| assuring | (adjective) giving confidence | - |
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| astigmatic | (adjective) of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images | - |
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| astonishing | (adjective) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm | Synonyms: astounding, staggering, stupefying |
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| (adjective) surprising greatly | Synonyms: amazing |
| astounding | (adjective) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm | Synonyms: astonishing, staggering, stupefying |
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| (adjective) bewildering or striking dumb with wonder | Synonyms: dumbfounding, dumfounding |
| astragalar | (adjective) of or relating to the anklebone | - |
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| astringent | (adjective) tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue | - |
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| (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic |
| astrological | (adjective) relating to or concerned with astrology | - |
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| asynergic | (adjective) of or relating to the state of asynergy; lacking synergy | - |
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| attacking | (adjective) disposed to attack | Synonyms: assaultive |
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| attending | (adjective) giving practical help to | Synonyms: ministrant |
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| augitic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing the mineral augite | - |
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| augmentative | (adjective) increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree | - |
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| (adjective) intensifying by augmentation and enhancement | Synonyms: enhancive |
| augmented | (adjective) added to or made greater in amount or number or strength | - |
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| august | (adjective) profoundly honored | Synonyms: revered, venerable |
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| (adjective) of or befitting a lord | Synonyms: grand, lordly |
| autobiographic | (adjective) relating to or in the style of an autobiography | Synonyms: autobiographical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer | Synonyms: autobiographical |
| autobiographical | (adjective) relating to or in the style of an autobiography | Synonyms: autobiographic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer | Synonyms: autobiographic |
| autogamic | (adjective) characterized by or fit for autogamy | Synonyms: autogamous |
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| autogamous | (adjective) characterized by or fit for autogamy | Synonyms: autogamic |
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| autogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to autogenesis | - |
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| autogenic | (adjective) originating within the body | Synonyms: autogenous |
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| autogenous | (adjective) originating within the body | Synonyms: autogenic |
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| autographed | (adjective) bearing an autograph | - |
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| autographic | (adjective) written in the author's own handwriting | - |
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| autoloading | (adjective) (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously | Synonyms: self-loading, semiautomatic |
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| autologous | (adjective) derived from organisms of the selfsame individual | - |
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| autoradiographic | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by autoradiography | - |
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| avenged | (adjective) for which vengeance has been taken | - |
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| average | (adjective) lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered | Synonyms: ordinary |
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| (adjective) around the middle of a scale of evaluation | Synonyms: intermediate, medium |
| (adjective) lacking exceptional quality or ability | Synonyms: fair, mediocre, middling |
| (adjective) relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values) | Synonyms: median |
| (adjective) approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value | Synonyms: mean |
| (adjective) relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution | Synonyms: modal |
| aweigh | (adjective) (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom | Synonyms: atrip |
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| (adjective) (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom | - |
| awing | (adjective) inspiring awe or admiration or wonder | Synonyms: amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful |
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| awninged | (adjective) covered with an awning | - |
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| axiological | (adjective) of or relating to the study of values | - |
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| azygos | (adjective) occurring singly; not one of a pair | Synonyms: azygous |
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| azygous | (adjective) occurring singly; not one of a pair | Synonyms: azygos |
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| backbreaking | (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: arduous, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome |
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| backstage | (adjective) concealed from public view or attention | Synonyms: offstage |
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| bacteriologic | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriology | Synonyms: bacteriological |
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| bacteriological | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriology | Synonyms: bacteriologic |
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| bacteriophagic | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriophages | Synonyms: bacteriophagous |
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| bacteriophagous | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriophages | Synonyms: bacteriophagic |
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| baffling | (adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | Synonyms: elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough |
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| baggy | (adjective) not fitting closely; hanging loosely | Synonyms: loose-fitting, sloppy |
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| baking | (adjective) as hot as if in an oven | Synonyms: baking hot |
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| balding | (adjective) getting bald | - |
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| balking | (adjective) refusing to proceed, act or work | Synonyms: balky |
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| bandaged | (adjective) covered or wrapped with a bandage | Synonyms: bound |
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| banging | (adjective) (used informally) very large | Synonyms: humongous, thumping, walloping, whopping |
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| bantering | (adjective) cleverly amusing in tone | Synonyms: facetious, tongue-in-cheek |
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| barelegged | (adjective) having the legs uncovered by clothing | - |
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| barographic | (adjective) relating to or registered by a barograph | - |
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