| abolishable | (adjective) capable of being abolished | - |
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| abolitionary | (adjective) relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery | - |
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| aboulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: abulic |
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| abulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: aboulic |
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| acclivitous | (adjective) sloping upward | Synonyms: rising, uphill |
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| accomplishable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: achievable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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| accomplished | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: completed, realised, realized |
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| (adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: effected, established |
| (adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: complete |
| acetylic | (adjective) of or related to acetic acid | - |
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| acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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| acromegalic | (adjective) marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face | - |
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| acyclic | (adjective) not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls | - |
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| (adjective) having an open chain structure | Synonyms: open-chain |
| aerolitic | (adjective) of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites | - |
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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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| aerosolised | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolized |
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| aerosolized | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolised |
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| affiliated | (adjective) being joined in close association | Synonyms: attached, connected |
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| afflicted | (adjective) grievously affected especially by disease | Synonyms: stricken |
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| (adjective) mentally or physically unfit | Synonyms: impaired |
| afflictive | (adjective) causing misery or pain or distress | Synonyms: painful, sore |
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| aflicker | (adjective) shining unsteadily | Synonyms: flickering |
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| aglitter | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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| ailing | (adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness | Synonyms: indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
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| airlike | (adjective) resembling air or having the form of air | Synonyms: aeriform |
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| alcoholic | (adjective) characteristic of or containing alcohol | - |
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| (adjective) addicted to alcohol | Synonyms: alcohol-dependent |
| alien | (adjective) not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something | Synonyms: foreign |
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| (adjective) being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world | Synonyms: exotic |
| alienable | (adjective) transferable to another owner | - |
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| alienated | (adjective) caused to be unloved | Synonyms: estranged |
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| (adjective) socially disoriented | Synonyms: anomic, disoriented |
| alienating | (adjective) causing hostility or loss of friendliness | - |
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| aliform | (adjective) having or resembling wings | Synonyms: alar, alary, wing-shaped |
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| alight | (adjective) lighted up by or as by fire or flame | Synonyms: ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, on fire |
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| aligned | (adjective) brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause | - |
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| (adjective) in a straight line | - |
| aligning | (adjective) causing to fall into line or into position | Synonyms: positioning |
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| alike | (adjective) having the same or similar characteristics | Synonyms: like, similar |
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| alimental | (adjective) of or providing nourishment | Synonyms: alimentary, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive |
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| alimentary | (adjective) of or providing nourishment | Synonyms: alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive |
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| alimentative | (adjective) related to the supply of aliment | - |
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| aliphatic | (adjective) having carbon atoms linked in open chains | - |
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| aliquot | (adjective) signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity | - |
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| alive | (adjective) possessing life | Synonyms: live |
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| (adjective) having life or vigor or spirit | Synonyms: animated |
| (adjective) capable of erupting | Synonyms: live |
| (adjective) mentally perceptive and responsive | Synonyms: alert, awake |
| (adjective) in operation | Synonyms: active |
| (adjective) (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit | - |
| (adjective) (followed by `to' or `of') aware of | - |
| alkalic | (adjective) relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7 | Synonyms: alkaline |
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| alkaline | (adjective) relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7 | Synonyms: alkalic |
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| alkylic | (adjective) of or related to an alkyl | - |
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| allelic | (adjective) of or relating to alleles | Synonyms: allelomorphic |
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| alliaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium | - |
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| (adjective) smelling of onions or garlic | - |
| allied | (adjective) joined by treaty or agreement | - |
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| (adjective) related by common characteristics or ancestry | - |
| (adjective) united in a confederacy or league | Synonyms: confederate, confederative |
| alligatored | (adjective) of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide | Synonyms: cracked |
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| alliterative | (adjective) having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable | - |
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| allylic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the allyl radical | - |
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| ameliorating | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative |
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| ameliorative | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorating, amelioratory, meliorative |
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| amelioratory | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorating, ameliorative, meliorative |
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| ametabolic | (adjective) undergoing slight or no metamorphosis | Synonyms: ametabolous |
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| (adjective) undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis | - |
| amygdaliform | (adjective) shaped like an almond | Synonyms: almond-shaped, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal |
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| amygdaline | (adjective) related to or resembling an almond | - |
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| anabolic | (adjective) characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism | - |
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| (adjective) of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism | - |
| anaclinal | (adjective) of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata | - |
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| anaclitic | (adjective) of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another | - |
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| anencephalic | (adjective) characterized by partial or total absence of a brain | Synonyms: anencephalous |
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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 |
| animalistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to animalism | - |
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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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| anopheline | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes | - |
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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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| antifertility | (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: contraceptive, prophylactic |
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| antisatellite | (adjective) of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit | Synonyms: ASAT |
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| apelike | (adjective) being or given to servile imitation | Synonyms: apish |
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| (adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoid, anthropoidal |
| aplitic | (adjective) of or related to aplite | - |
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| apolitical | (adjective) politically neutral | Synonyms: unpolitical |
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| apostolic | (adjective) of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings | Synonyms: apostolical |
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| (adjective) proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles | Synonyms: apostolical, papal, pontifical |
| apostolical | (adjective) of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings | Synonyms: apostolic |
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| (adjective) proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles | Synonyms: apostolic, papal, pontifical |
| 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 |
| applicable | (adjective) capable of being applied; having relevance | - |
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| applicative | (adjective) readily applicable or practical | Synonyms: applicatory |
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| applicatory | (adjective) readily applicable or practical | Synonyms: applicative |
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| applied | (adjective) concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles | - |
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| aquiline | (adjective) curved down like an eagle's beak | Synonyms: hooked |
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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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| armlike | (adjective) resembling an arm | - |
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| atonalistic | (adjective) of or relating to atonalism | - |
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| atrabilious | (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: bilious, dyspeptic, liverish |
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| automatonlike | (adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | Synonyms: automatic, machinelike, robotic, robotlike |
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| autotelic | (adjective) of or relating to or believing in autotelism | - |
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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 |
| babelike | (adjective) like a baby especially in dependence | - |
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| bacchanalian | (adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic |
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| bacilliform | (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, baculiform, rod-shaped |
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| baculiform | (adjective) formed like a bacillus | Synonyms: bacillar, bacillary, bacilliform, rod-shaped |
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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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| ballistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity | - |
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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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| batholithic | (adjective) of or relating to a batholith | Synonyms: batholitic |
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