abactinal | (adjective) (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated | - |
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abandoned | (adjective) forsaken by owner or inhabitants | Synonyms: derelict, deserted |
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(adjective) unrestrained and uninhibited | - |
abdominal | (adjective) of or relating to or near the abdomen | - |
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abdominous | (adjective) having a large belly | Synonyms: paunchy, potbellied |
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abdominovesical | (adjective) of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder | - |
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abducent | (adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | Synonyms: abducting |
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abducting | (adjective) especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part | Synonyms: abducent |
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abecedarian | (adjective) alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) | - |
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aberrant | (adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm | Synonyms: deviant, deviate |
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abeyant | (adjective) inactive but capable of becoming active | Synonyms: dormant |
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abhorrent | (adjective) offensive to the mind | Synonyms: detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive |
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abiding | (adjective) lasting a long time | Synonyms: enduring, imperishable |
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abient | (adjective) characterized by avoidance or withdrawal | - |
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abiogenetic | (adjective) originating by abiogenesis | - |
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ablutionary | (adjective) cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands | Synonyms: cleansing |
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abnormal | (adjective) not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm | Synonyms: unnatural |
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(adjective) departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development | - |
(adjective) much greater than the normal | - |
abolitionary | (adjective) relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery | - |
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abominable | (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
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(adjective) unequivocally detestable | Synonyms: detestable, execrable, odious |
aboriginal | (adjective) characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning | Synonyms: native |
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(adjective) having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state | Synonyms: primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial |
abortifacient | (adjective) causing abortion | - |
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abounding | (adjective) existing in abundance | Synonyms: galore |
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aboveground | (adjective) on or above the surface of the ground | - |
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abranchial | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchiate | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchious, gill-less |
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abranchious | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchiate, gill-less |
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absent | (adjective) not being in a specified place | - |
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(adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absentminded, abstracted, scatty |
(adjective) nonexistent | Synonyms: lacking, missing, wanting |
absentminded | (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absent, abstracted, scatty |
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absorbefacient | (adjective) inducing or promoting absorption | Synonyms: sorbefacient |
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absorbent | (adjective) having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) | Synonyms: absorptive |
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absorbing | (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: engrossing, fascinating, gripping, riveting |
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abstentious | (adjective) self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink | Synonyms: abstinent |
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abstinent | (adjective) self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink | Synonyms: abstentious |
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abstractionist | (adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | Synonyms: abstract, nonfigurative, nonobjective |
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abundant | (adjective) present in great quantity | - |
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acanthoid | (adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn | Synonyms: acanthous, spinous |
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acanthotic | (adjective) of or relating to or having acanthosis | - |
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acanthous | (adjective) shaped like a spine or thorn | Synonyms: acanthoid, spinous |
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acapnial | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnic, acapnotic |
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acapnic | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnial, acapnotic |
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acapnotic | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnial, acapnic |
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acaulescent | (adjective) (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground | Synonyms: stemless |
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accelerando | (adjective) (music) gradually increasing in tempo | - |
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accented | (adjective) bearing a stress or accent | Synonyms: stressed |
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(adjective) (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch | Synonyms: tonic |
accentual | (adjective) (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to accent or stress | - |
acceptant | (adjective) accepting willingly | Synonyms: acceptive |
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accepting | (adjective) tolerating without protest | - |
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accessional | (adjective) of or constituting an accession | - |
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accidental | (adjective) not of prime or central importance | Synonyms: incidental, nonessential |
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(adjective) happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally | Synonyms: inadvertent |
accipitrine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) | - |
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accommodating | (adjective) helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation | Synonyms: accommodative |
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(adjective) obliging; willing to do favors | - |
accommodational | (adjective) of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye | - |
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accompanied | (adjective) having companions or an escort | - |
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(adjective) playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment | Synonyms: attended |
accompanying | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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accordant | (adjective) being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with' | - |
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(adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: agreeable, concordant, conformable, consonant |
according | (adjective) (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with | - |
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(adjective) (followed by `to') as reported or stated by | - |
accountable | (adjective) liable to account for one's actions | Synonyms: answerable |
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accretionary | (adjective) marked or produced by accretion | - |
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acculturational | (adjective) of or relating to acculturation | Synonyms: acculturative |
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accumbent | (adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | Synonyms: decumbent, recumbent |
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accusing | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusatory, accusive |
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acentric | (adjective) lacking a centromere | - |
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(adjective) not centered or having no center | - |
acetonic | (adjective) of or relating to acetone | - |
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acetylenic | (adjective) of or related to acetylene | - |
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achenial | (adjective) pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit | - |
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aching | (adjective) causing a dull and steady pain | Synonyms: achy |
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achondritic | (adjective) not having a granular structure | - |
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(adjective) of or related to an achondrite | - |
achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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achromatinic | (adjective) (of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains | - |
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acidulent | (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidic, acidulous |
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acinar | (adjective) pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry | - |
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(adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinic, acinose, acinous |
acinic | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinose, acinous |
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acinose | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinous |
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acinous | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinose |
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acknowledgeable | (adjective) capable of being acknowledged | - |
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acknowledged | (adjective) recognized or made known or admitted | - |
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(adjective) generally accepted | - |
acned | (adjective) (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin | Synonyms: pimpled, pimply, pustulate |
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acneiform | (adjective) resembling acne | - |
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acquainted | (adjective) having fair knowledge of | - |
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acquiescent | (adjective) willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest | Synonyms: biddable |
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acrimonious | (adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism | Synonyms: bitter |
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acrocentric | (adjective) having a subterminal centromere | - |
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acrogenic | (adjective) pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | Synonyms: acrogenous |
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acrogenous | (adjective) pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | Synonyms: acrogenic |
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acronymic | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymous |
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acronymous | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymic |
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actinal | (adjective) (of radiate organisms) located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated | - |
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acting | (adjective) serving temporarily especially as a substitute | - |
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actinic | (adjective) relating to or exhibiting actinism | - |
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actinoid | (adjective) having a radial form | - |
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actinometric | (adjective) of or related to actinometry | Synonyms: actinometrical |
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actinometrical | (adjective) of or related to actinometry | Synonyms: actinometric |
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actinomorphic | (adjective) capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis | Synonyms: actinomorphous |
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actinomorphous | (adjective) capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis | Synonyms: actinomorphic |
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actinomycetal | (adjective) of or belonging to the actinomycetes | Synonyms: actinomycetous |
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actinomycetous | (adjective) of or belonging to the actinomycetes | Synonyms: actinomycetal |
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actinomycotic | (adjective) of or related to actinomycosis infection | - |
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actionable | (adjective) affording grounds for legal action | - |
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activating | (adjective) causing motion or action or change | Synonyms: actuating |
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actuating | (adjective) causing motion or action or change | Synonyms: activating |
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acuminate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point | - |
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