| abstinent | (adjective) self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink | Synonyms: abstentious |
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| accipitrine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) | - |
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| adamantine | (adjective) consisting of or having the hardness of adamant | - |
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| (adjective) having the hardness of a diamond | - |
| (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamant, inexorable, intransigent |
| addlebrained | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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| adulterine | (adjective) conceived in adultery | - |
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| affine | (adjective) (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations | - |
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| (adjective) (anthropology) related by marriage | Synonyms: affinal |
| affined | (adjective) closely related | - |
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| alabastrine | (adjective) of or resembling alabaster | Synonyms: alabaster |
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| alkaline | (adjective) relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7 | Synonyms: alkalic |
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| alpestrine | (adjective) growing at high altitudes | Synonyms: subalpine |
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| alpine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of alps | - |
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| (adjective) living or growing above the timber line | - |
| alvine | (adjective) of or relating to the intestines | - |
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| amaranthine | (adjective) of or related to the amaranth plant | - |
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| (adjective) of an imaginary flower that never fades | Synonyms: unfading |
| amethystine | (adjective) containing or resembling amethyst | - |
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| amygdaline | (adjective) related to or resembling an almond | - |
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| anguine | (adjective) of or related to or resembling a snake | - |
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| anoperineal | (adjective) relating to the anus and surrounding perineum | - |
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| anopheline | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes | - |
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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 |
| anticholinergic | (adjective) inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site | - |
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| antineoplastic | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antitumor, antitumour |
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| antisubmarine | (adjective) defensive against enemy submarines | - |
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| apocrine | (adjective) (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion | - |
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| aquiline | (adjective) curved down like an eagle's beak | Synonyms: hooked |
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| ascertained | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | Synonyms: discovered, observed |
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| asinine | (adjective) extremely silly or stupid | Synonyms: fatuous, inane |
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| attained | (adjective) achieved or reached | - |
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| australopithecine | (adjective) of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus | - |
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| basined | (adjective) enclosed in a basin | - |
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| bilinear | (adjective) linear with respect to each of two variables or positions | - |
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| bioluminescent | (adjective) (of living organisms) emitting light | - |
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| bisontine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of bison | - |
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| bloodstained | (adjective) covered with blood | Synonyms: gory |
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| borderline | (adjective) of questionable or minimal quality | Synonyms: marginal |
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| bovine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle) | Synonyms: bovid |
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| (adjective) dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox | - |
| bubaline | (adjective) relating to or resembling a buffalo | - |
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| businesslike | (adjective) exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business | - |
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| (adjective) not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal | Synonyms: earnest |
| buteonine | (adjective) relating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo | - |
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| calycine | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a calyx | Synonyms: calyceal, calycinal |
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| canine | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a pointed conical tooth | Synonyms: laniary |
| caprine | (adjective) being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats | - |
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| carmine | (adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | Synonyms: blood-red, cerise, cherry-red, cherry, crimson, red, reddish, ruby-red, ruby, ruddy, scarlet |
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| catarrhine | (adjective) of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward | Synonyms: catarrhinian |
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| cauline | (adjective) especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem | - |
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| (adjective) (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground | Synonyms: caulescent, stemmed |
| cervine | (adjective) relating to or resembling deer | - |
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| chagrined | (adjective) feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed | Synonyms: abashed, embarrassed |
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| chained | (adjective) bound with chains | Synonyms: enchained, in chains |
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| chemiluminescent | (adjective) relating to the phenomenon of chemiluminescence | - |
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| chilblained | (adjective) having chilblains | - |
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| cholinergic | (adjective) releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound | - |
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| cinematic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema | - |
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| cinerary | (adjective) containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead | - |
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| cisalpine | (adjective) on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps | Synonyms: ultramontane |
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| clandestine | (adjective) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | Synonyms: cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground |
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| collinear | (adjective) lying on the same line | - |
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| combined | (adjective) made or joined or united into one | - |
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| confined | (adjective) not free to move about | - |
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| (adjective) not invading healthy tissue | - |
| (adjective) being in captivity | Synonyms: captive, imprisoned, jailed |
| conjoined | (adjective) consisting of two or more associated entities | Synonyms: conjoint |
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| consanguine | (adjective) related by blood | Synonyms: akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguineal, consanguineous, kin |
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| consanguineal | (adjective) related by blood | Synonyms: akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, kin |
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| consanguineous | (adjective) related by blood | Synonyms: akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineal, kin |
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| constrained | (adjective) lacking spontaneity; not natural | Synonyms: forced, strained |
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| contained | (adjective) gotten under control | - |
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| continent | (adjective) having control over urination and defecation | - |
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| (adjective) abstaining from sexual intercourse | Synonyms: celibate |
| continental | (adjective) being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a continent | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War | - |
| corvine | (adjective) relating to or resembling a crow | - |
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| crackbrained | (adjective) insanely irresponsible | Synonyms: idiotic |
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| crystalline | (adjective) consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals | - |
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| (adjective) transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity | Synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent |
| (adjective) distinctly or sharply outlined | - |
| curtained | (adjective) furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies | - |
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| curvilineal | (adjective) characterized by or following a curved line | Synonyms: curvilinear |
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| curvilinear | (adjective) characterized by or following a curved line | Synonyms: curvilineal |
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| cytokinetic | (adjective) of or relating to the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following the division of the nucleus | - |
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| defined | (adjective) clearly characterized or delimited | - |
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| (adjective) showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary | Synonyms: outlined |
| delineate | (adjective) represented accurately or precisely | Synonyms: delineated, represented |
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| delineated | (adjective) represented accurately or precisely | Synonyms: delineate, represented |
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| delineative | (adjective) depicted in a recognizable manner | Synonyms: depictive |
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| destined | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') governed by fate | Synonyms: bound |
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| (adjective) headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students' | Synonyms: bound |
| determined | (adjective) having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation | - |
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| (adjective) strongly motivated to succeed | Synonyms: compulsive, driven |
| (adjective) characterized by great determination | - |
| (adjective) determined or decided upon as by an authority | Synonyms: dictated, set |
| (adjective) devoting full strength and concentrated attention to | - |
| diamantine | (adjective) consisting of diamonds or resembling diamonds | - |
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| disciplined | (adjective) obeying the rules | - |
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| (adjective) trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise | - |
| disinclined | (adjective) unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval | - |
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| disjoined | (adjective) have the connection undone; having become separate | Synonyms: separate |
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| divine | (adjective) being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods | Synonyms: elysian, inspired |
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| (adjective) emanating from God | Synonyms: godly |
| (adjective) devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity | - |
| (adjective) appropriate to or befitting a god | Synonyms: godlike |
| (adjective) being or having the nature of a god | Synonyms: godlike |
| (adjective) resulting from divine providence | Synonyms: providential |
| domineering | (adjective) tending to domineer | - |
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| drained | (adjective) emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid) | - |
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| (adjective) extremely exhausted | Synonyms: knackered |
| (adjective) drained of electric charge; discharged | Synonyms: dead |
| eccrine | (adjective) (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature | - |
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| elephantine | (adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky | Synonyms: gargantuan, giant, jumbo |
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| eminent | (adjective) of imposing height; especially standing out above others | Synonyms: lofty, soaring, towering |
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| (adjective) standing above others in quality or position | Synonyms: high |
| enchained | (adjective) bound with chains | Synonyms: chained, in chains |
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| endocrine | (adjective) of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions | Synonyms: endocrinal |
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| entertained | (adjective) pleasantly occupied | Synonyms: amused, diverted |
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| equine | (adjective) resembling a horse | - |
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| (adjective) of or belonging to the family Equidae | - |
| errhine | (adjective) causing nasal discharge | - |
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| estuarine | (adjective) of or relating to or found in estuaries | Synonyms: estuarial |
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| exocrine | (adjective) of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions | - |
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| exsanguine | (adjective) destitute of blood or apparently so | Synonyms: bloodless, exsanguinous |
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| faineant | (adjective) disinclined to work or exertion | Synonyms: indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy |
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| falconine | (adjective) relating to or resembling a falcon | - |
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| featherbrained | (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity | Synonyms: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly |
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| feline | (adjective) of or relating to cats | - |
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