| ancestral | (adjective) of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor | - |
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| (adjective) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | Synonyms: hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible |
| ancillary | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary |
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| anecdotal | (adjective) having the character of an anecdote | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by or given to telling anecdotes | Synonyms: anecdotic, anecdotical |
| anecdotical | (adjective) characterized by or given to telling anecdotes | Synonyms: anecdotal, anecdotic |
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| anemometrical | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometric |
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| anemophilous | (adjective) of flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the wind | - |
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| anencephalic | (adjective) characterized by partial or total absence of a brain | Synonyms: anencephalous |
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| anencephalous | (adjective) characterized by partial or total absence of a brain | Synonyms: anencephalic |
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| aneuploid | (adjective) having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number | - |
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| aneurismal | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismatic, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic |
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| aneurysmal | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurismatic, aneurysmatic |
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| angelic | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelical |
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| (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
| (adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
| angelical | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelic |
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| (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
| (adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
| anginal | (adjective) of or related to the pain of angina pectoris | Synonyms: anginose, anginous |
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| angled | (adjective) forming or set at an angle | - |
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| angular | (adjective) having angles or an angular shape | Synonyms: angulate |
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| (adjective) measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle | - |
| angulate | (adjective) having angles or an angular shape | Synonyms: angular |
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| anile | (adjective) of or like a feeble old woman | - |
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| animal | (adjective) marked by the appetites and passions of the body | Synonyms: carnal, fleshly, sensual |
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| animalistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to animalism | - |
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| ankylotic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the abnormality ankylosis | - |
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| annalistic | (adjective) relating to annals | - |
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| annelid | (adjective) relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida | Synonyms: annelidan |
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| annelidan | (adjective) relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida | Synonyms: annelid |
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| annexal | (adjective) of or pertaining to adnexa | Synonyms: adnexal |
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| annexational | (adjective) relating to annexation | - |
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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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| annual | (adjective) completing its life cycle within a year | Synonyms: one-year |
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| (adjective) occurring or payable every year | Synonyms: yearly |
| annular | (adjective) shaped like a ring | Synonyms: annulate, annulated, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed |
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| annulate | (adjective) shaped like a ring | Synonyms: annular, annulated, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed |
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| annulated | (adjective) shaped like a ring | Synonyms: annular, annulate, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed |
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| anodal | (adjective) of or at or relating to an anode | Synonyms: anodic |
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| anomalous | (adjective) deviating from the general or common order or type | - |
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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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| anorectal | (adjective) pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together | - |
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| answerable | (adjective) morally or legally responsible to a higher authority | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being answered | - |
| (adjective) liable to account for one's actions | Synonyms: accountable |
| antebellum | (adjective) belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War | - |
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| antecubital | (adjective) of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow | - |
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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 |
| antenatal | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antepartum, prenatal |
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| antennal | (adjective) of or relating to antennae | Synonyms: antennary |
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| antenuptial | (adjective) relating to events before a marriage | Synonyms: premarital, prenuptial |
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| antepenultimate | (adjective) third from last | - |
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| anthelminthic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelmintic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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| anthelmintic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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| antheral | (adjective) capable of fertilizing female organs | Synonyms: staminate |
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| antheridial | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an antheridium | - |
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| anthophilous | (adjective) feeding on flowers | Synonyms: anthophagous |
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| anthropical | (adjective) relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | Synonyms: anthropic |
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| anthropoidal | (adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoid, apelike |
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| anthropological | (adjective) of or concerned with the science of anthropology | - |
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| anthropometrical | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometric |
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| antibacterial | (adjective) destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth | - |
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| antiblack | (adjective) discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion | Synonyms: anti-Semite, racist |
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| anticholinergic | (adjective) inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site | - |
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| anticlimactic | (adjective) coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactical |
| anticlimactical | (adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactic |
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| anticlinal | (adjective) sloping downward away from a common crest | - |
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| anticlockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: contraclockwise, counterclockwise |
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| anticoagulative | (adjective) of or relating to an anticoagulant | - |
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| anticyclonic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center | - |
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| antidotal | (adjective) counteracting the effects of a poison | - |
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| antifertility | (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: contraceptive, prophylactic |
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| antifungal | (adjective) capable of destroying fungi | Synonyms: fungicidal |
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| antiheretical | (adjective) opposed to heresy | - |
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| antimicrobial | (adjective) capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms | Synonyms: antimicrobic |
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| antimonial | (adjective) containing antimony | - |
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| antimonopoly | (adjective) of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices | Synonyms: antitrust |
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| antineoplastic | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antitumor, antitumour |
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| antiparallel | (adjective) (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed | - |
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| antipathetical | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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| (adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetic |
| antipersonnel | (adjective) designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction | - |
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| antiphlogistic | (adjective) counteracting inflammation | - |
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| antiphonal | (adjective) containing or using responses; alternating | Synonyms: responsive |
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| (adjective) relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony | Synonyms: antiphonary |
| antipodal | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodean |
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| antipollution | (adjective) intended to reduce pollution | - |
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| antisatellite | (adjective) of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit | Synonyms: ASAT |
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| antisocial | (adjective) shunning contact with others | - |
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| (adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: asocial |
| antithetical | (adjective) sharply contrasted in character or purpose | Synonyms: antithetic |
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| antitypical | (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol | Synonyms: antitypic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite | Synonyms: antitypic |
| antiviral | (adjective) inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses | - |
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| antlered | (adjective) having antlers | - |
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| anxiolytic | (adjective) anxiety relieving | - |
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| aortal | (adjective) of or relating to the aorta | Synonyms: aortic |
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| apelike | (adjective) being or given to servile imitation | Synonyms: apish |
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| (adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoid, anthropoidal |
| apetalous | (adjective) (of flowers) having no petals | Synonyms: petalless |
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| aphrodisiacal | (adjective) stimulating sexual desire | Synonyms: aphrodisiac, sexy |
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| aphyllous | (adjective) devoid of leaves | - |
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| apical | (adjective) situated at an apex | - |
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| apiculate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip | - |
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| apicultural | (adjective) relating to the care and breeding of bees | - |
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| aplacental | (adjective) having no placenta | - |
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| aplanatic | (adjective) free from or corrected for spherical aberration | - |
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| aplitic | (adjective) of or related to aplite | - |
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| apocalyptic | (adjective) of or relating to an apocalypse | - |
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| (adjective) prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom | Synonyms: apocalyptical, revelatory |
| apocalyptical | (adjective) prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom | Synonyms: apocalyptic, revelatory |
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