acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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acidophilous | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, aciduric |
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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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afebrile | (adjective) having no fever | - |
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affiliated | (adjective) being joined in close association | Synonyms: attached, connected |
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agile | (adjective) moving quickly and lightly | Synonyms: nimble, quick, spry |
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(adjective) mentally quick | Synonyms: nimble |
ailing | (adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness | Synonyms: indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
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ancillary | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary |
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anemophilous | (adjective) of flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the wind | - |
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anile | (adjective) of or like a feeble old woman | - |
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annihilated | (adjective) destroyed completely | Synonyms: exterminated, wiped out |
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annihilating | (adjective) wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction | Synonyms: annihilative, devastating, withering |
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(adjective) making light of | Synonyms: devastating, withering |
annihilative | (adjective) wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction | Synonyms: annihilating, devastating, withering |
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antediluvial | (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | Synonyms: antediluvian |
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antediluvian | (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | Synonyms: antediluvial |
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(adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antiquated, archaic |
anthophilous | (adjective) feeding on flowers | Synonyms: anthophagous |
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antifertility | (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: contraceptive, prophylactic |
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aquiline | (adjective) curved down like an eagle's beak | Synonyms: hooked |
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argillaceous | (adjective) resembling or containing clay | Synonyms: clayey |
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ariled | (adjective) (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover | Synonyms: arillate |
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arillate | (adjective) (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover | Synonyms: ariled |
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armillary | (adjective) of or relating to bracelets | - |
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assailable | (adjective) not defended or capable of being defended | Synonyms: open, undefendable, undefended |
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assimilable | (adjective) able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues | - |
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assimilating | (adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilative, assimilatory |
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assimilative | (adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilating, assimilatory |
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(adjective) capable of mentally absorbing | - |
assimilatory | (adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilating, assimilative |
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atilt | (adjective) departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal | Synonyms: canted, leaning, tilted, tipped |
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atrabilious | (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: bilious, dyspeptic, liverish |
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audile | (adjective) of or relating to the process of hearing | Synonyms: auditive, auditory |
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auxiliary | (adjective) functioning in a supporting capacity | Synonyms: subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary |
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(adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant |
available | (adjective) obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service | - |
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(adjective) convenient for use or disposal | Synonyms: usable, useable |
(adjective) not busy; not otherwise committed | Synonyms: uncommitted |
axile | (adjective) relating to or attached to the axis | Synonyms: axial |
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axillary | (adjective) of or relating to the armpit | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the axil | Synonyms: alar |
bacillar | (adjective) relating to or produced by or containing bacilli | Synonyms: bacillary |
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(adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillary, bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped |
bacillary | (adjective) relating to or produced by or containing bacilli | Synonyms: bacillar |
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(adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacilliform, baculiform, rod-shaped |
bacilliform | (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, baculiform, rod-shaped |
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bailable | (adjective) eligible for bail | - |
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(adjective) admitting of bail | - |
basilar | (adjective) of or relating to or located at the base | Synonyms: basilary |
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basilary | (adjective) of or relating to or located at the base | Synonyms: basilar |
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basilican | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a basilica | - |
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basophilic | (adjective) staining readily with basic dyes | - |
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beguiled | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced |
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beguiling | (adjective) misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods | - |
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(adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: alluring, enticing, tempting |
bewildered | (adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | Synonyms: at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up |
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bibliophilic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliophiles | - |
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bifilar | (adjective) having or using two filaments | - |
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bilabial | (adjective) of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips | - |
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bilabiate | (adjective) having two lips | Synonyms: two-lipped |
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bilateral | (adjective) having two sides or parts | Synonyms: two-sided |
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(adjective) affecting or undertaken by two parties | - |
(adjective) having identical parts on each side of an axis | Synonyms: bilaterally symmetric, bilaterally symmetrical, isobilateral |
bilgy | (adjective) smelling like bilge water | - |
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biliary | (adjective) relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder | - |
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(adjective) relating to or containing bile | Synonyms: bilious |
bilinear | (adjective) linear with respect to each of two variables or positions | - |
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bilingual | (adjective) using or knowing two languages | - |
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bilious | (adjective) relating to or containing bile | Synonyms: biliary |
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(adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: atrabilious, dyspeptic, liverish |
(adjective) suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | Synonyms: liverish, livery |
billed | (adjective) having a beak or bill as specified | - |
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billiard | (adjective) of or relating to billiards | - |
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billion | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States | - |
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(adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain | - |
billionth | (adjective) the ordinal number of one billion in counting order | - |
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billowing | (adjective) characterized by great swelling waves or surges | Synonyms: billowy, surging |
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billowy | (adjective) characterized by great swelling waves or surges | Synonyms: billowing, surging |
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bilobate | (adjective) divided into two lobes | Synonyms: bilobated, bilobed |
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bilobated | (adjective) divided into two lobes | Synonyms: bilobate, bilobed |
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bilobed | (adjective) divided into two lobes | Synonyms: bilobate, bilobated |
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bilocular | (adjective) divided into or containing two cells or chambers | Synonyms: biloculate |
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biloculate | (adjective) divided into or containing two cells or chambers | Synonyms: bilocular |
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bimillenial | (adjective) of or relating to a bimillennium | - |
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bloodguilty | (adjective) guilty of murder or bloodshed | - |
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bobtail | (adjective) having a short or shortened tail | Synonyms: bobtailed |
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bobtailed | (adjective) having a short or shortened tail | Synonyms: bobtail |
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bodiless | (adjective) not having a material body | Synonyms: discorporate, disembodied, unbodied, unembodied |
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(adjective) having no trunk or main part | Synonyms: bodyless |
bodily | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the body | - |
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(adjective) having or relating to a physical material body | - |
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit | Synonyms: corporal, corporeal, somatic |
boiled | (adjective) cooked in hot water | Synonyms: poached, stewed |
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brilliant | (adjective) full of light; shining intensely | - |
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(adjective) having strong or striking color | Synonyms: bright, vivid |
(adjective) characterized by grandeur | Synonyms: glorious, magnificent, splendid |
(adjective) having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence | Synonyms: brainy, smart as a whip |
(adjective) clear and sharp and ringing | Synonyms: bright |
(adjective) of surpassing excellence | Synonyms: superb |
broiled | (adjective) cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill) | Synonyms: grilled |
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built | (adjective) (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness | Synonyms: reinforced |
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caecilian | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae | - |
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cantabile | (adjective) smooth and flowing | Synonyms: singing |
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capillary | (adjective) of or relating to hair | - |
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(adjective) long and slender with a very small internal diameter | Synonyms: hairlike |
cartilaginous | (adjective) of or relating to cartilage | - |
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(adjective) difficult to chew | Synonyms: gristly, rubbery |
ceilinged | (adjective) provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior surface | - |
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chemiluminescent | (adjective) relating to the phenomenon of chemiluminescence | - |
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chilblained | (adjective) having chilblains | - |
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childbearing | (adjective) relating to or suitable for childbirth | - |
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childish | (adjective) indicating a lack of maturity | Synonyms: infantile |
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childless | (adjective) without offspring | - |
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childlike | (adjective) exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity | Synonyms: dewy-eyed, round-eyed, simple, wide-eyed |
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(adjective) befitting a young child | Synonyms: childly |
childly | (adjective) befitting a young child | Synonyms: childlike |
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chiliastic | (adjective) relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness | Synonyms: millenarian |
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chilling | (adjective) provoking fear or terror | Synonyms: scary, shivery, shuddery |
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chilly | (adjective) appreciably or disagreeably cold | Synonyms: parky |
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(adjective) not characterized by emotion | - |
(adjective) lacking warmth of feeling | - |
cilial | (adjective) of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell | Synonyms: ciliary, ciliate |
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ciliary | (adjective) relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eye | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell | Synonyms: cilial, ciliate |
(adjective) of or relating to the human eyelash | Synonyms: ciliate |
ciliate | (adjective) of or relating to the human eyelash | Synonyms: ciliary |
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(adjective) of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell | Synonyms: cilial, ciliary |
(adjective) having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections | Synonyms: ciliated |
ciliated | (adjective) having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections | Synonyms: ciliate |
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civil | (adjective) not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others | Synonyms: polite |
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(adjective) (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life | - |
(adjective) of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals | Synonyms: civic |
(adjective) of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state | - |
(adjective) applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military | - |
(adjective) of or in a condition of social order | - |
civilian | (adjective) associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military | - |
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civilised | (adjective) having a high state of culture and development both social and technological | Synonyms: civilized |
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(adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite |