| cuneate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base | Synonyms: wedge-shaped |
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| cuneiform | (adjective) of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones) | - |
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| (adjective) shaped like a wedge | Synonyms: cuneal, wedge-shaped |
| 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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| cushioned | (adjective) softened by the addition of cushions or padding | Synonyms: cushiony, padded |
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| cutaneal | (adjective) relating to or existing on or affecting the skin | Synonyms: cutaneous, dermal |
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| cutaneous | (adjective) relating to or existing on or affecting the skin | Synonyms: cutaneal, dermal |
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| cyanogenetic | (adjective) capable of producing cyanide | Synonyms: cyanogenic |
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| cybernetic | (adjective) of or relating the principles of cybernetics | - |
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| cytogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to cytogenetics | Synonyms: cytogenetical |
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| cytogenetical | (adjective) of or relating to cytogenetics | Synonyms: cytogenetic |
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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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| damascene | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people | - |
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| (adjective) (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals | - |
| damned | (adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal |
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| (adjective) in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell | Synonyms: cursed, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved |
| darkened | (adjective) become or made dark by lack of light | - |
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| (adjective) (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time | - |
| darned | (adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal |
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| deadened | (adjective) made or become less intense | - |
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| (adjective) devoid of physical sensation; numb | Synonyms: dead |
| deafened | (adjective) caused to hear poorly or not at all | - |
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| deboned | (adjective) having had the bones removed | Synonyms: boned |
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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 |
| degenerate | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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| degenerative | (adjective) (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function | - |
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| 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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| designed | (adjective) done or made or performed with purpose and intent | Synonyms: intentional, unintentional |
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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 | - |
| diamagnetic | (adjective) relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism; slightly repelled by a magnet | - |
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| 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 | - |
| disconnected | (adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply | Synonyms: staccato |
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| (adjective) having been divided; having the unity destroyed | Synonyms: disunited, fragmented, split |
| (adjective) lacking orderly continuity | Synonyms: confused, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected |
| (adjective) not plugged in or connected to a power source | - |
| (adjective) marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions | Synonyms: abrupt |
| disheartened | (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, demoralized, discouraged |
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| dishonest | (adjective) deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive | Synonyms: dishonorable |
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| (adjective) capable of being corrupted | Synonyms: bribable, corruptible, purchasable, venal |
| disillusioned | (adjective) freed from illusion | - |
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| 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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| done | (adjective) cooked until ready to serve | - |
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| (adjective) having finished or arrived at completion | Synonyms: through, through with |
| 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 |
| dyspneal | (adjective) not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | Synonyms: breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic |
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| dyspneic | (adjective) not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | Synonyms: breathless, dyspneal, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic |
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| earned | (adjective) gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action | - |
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| earnest | (adjective) not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal | Synonyms: businesslike |
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| (adjective) characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions | Synonyms: sincere, solemn |
| (adjective) sincerely earnest | Synonyms: dear, devout, heartfelt |
| 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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| electromagnetic | (adjective) pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion | - |
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| electronegative | (adjective) having a negative charge | Synonyms: negative, negatively charged |
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| electroneutral | (adjective) having no net electric charge | Synonyms: neutral |
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| elephantine | (adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky | Synonyms: gargantuan, giant, jumbo |
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| emboldened | (adjective) made bold or courageous | - |
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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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| endogenetic | (adjective) of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: endogenic |
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| energetic | (adjective) possessing or exerting or displaying energy | - |
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| (adjective) working hard to promote an enterprise | Synonyms: gumptious, industrious, up-and-coming |
| energising | (adjective) supplying motive force | Synonyms: energizing, kinetic |
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| energizing | (adjective) supplying motive force | Synonyms: energising, kinetic |
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| enervated | (adjective) lacking energy or vitality | Synonyms: adynamic, asthenic, debilitated |
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| enervating | (adjective) causing debilitation | Synonyms: debilitative, enfeebling, weakening |
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| enlightened | (adjective) having knowledge and spiritual insight | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved | Synonyms: educated |
| enlivened | (adjective) made sprightly or cheerful | - |
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| (adjective) made lively or spirited | Synonyms: spirited |
| entertained | (adjective) pleasantly occupied | Synonyms: amused, diverted |
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| entrepreneurial | (adjective) of or relating to an entrepreneur | - |
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| (adjective) willing to take risks in order to make a profit | - |
| envisioned | (adjective) seen in the mind as a mental image | Synonyms: pictured, visualised, visualized |
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| epicene | (adjective) having an ambiguous sexual identity | Synonyms: bisexual |
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| (adjective) having unsuitable feminine qualities | Synonyms: cissy, effeminate, emasculate, sissified, sissy, sissyish |
| 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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| erroneous | (adjective) containing or characterized by error | - |
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| estuarine | (adjective) of or relating to or found in estuaries | Synonyms: estuarial |
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| eupneic | (adjective) passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: breathing, eupnoeic |
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| evanescent | (adjective) tending to vanish like vapor | - |
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| exocrine | (adjective) of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions | - |
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| exonerated | (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, vindicated |
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| exonerative | (adjective) providing absolution | Synonyms: absolvitory, forgiving |
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| exponential | (adjective) of or involving exponents | - |
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| exsanguine | (adjective) destitute of blood or apparently so | Synonyms: bloodless, exsanguinous |
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| extemporaneous | (adjective) with little or no preparation or forethought | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed |
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| extraneous | (adjective) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | Synonyms: foreign |
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| (adjective) not pertinent to the matter under consideration | Synonyms: immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal |
| (adjective) coming from the outside | Synonyms: external, outside |
| (adjective) not essential | - |
| 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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| fanned | (adjective) especially spread in a fan shape | Synonyms: spread-out |
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| fashioned | (adjective) planned and made or fashioned artistically | - |
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| fastened | (adjective) firmly closed or secured | - |
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| (adjective) furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike | Synonyms: buttoned |
| (adjective) fastened with strings or cords | Synonyms: tied |
| fattened | (adjective) (of market animals) made ready for market | - |
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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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| feigned | (adjective) not genuine | - |
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| feline | (adjective) of or relating to cats | - |
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| feminine | (adjective) associated with women and not with men | - |
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| (adjective) female (of grammatical gender) | - |
| (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman | Synonyms: womanly |
| (adjective) (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable | - |
| fenestral | (adjective) of or relating to windows | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or having a fenestra | - |
| ferine | (adjective) wild and menacing | Synonyms: feral, savage |
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| ferned | (adjective) abounding in or covered with ferns | Synonyms: ferny |
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| ferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism | - |
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| fine | (adjective) of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment | - |
| (adjective) minutely precise especially in differences in meaning | - |
| (adjective) free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity | - |
| (adjective) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition | Synonyms: all right, cool, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay |
| (adjective) thin in thickness or diameter | - |
| fineable | (adjective) liable to a fine | Synonyms: finable |
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| finer | (adjective) (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence | - |
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| finespun | (adjective) developed in excessively fine detail | Synonyms: hairsplitting |
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| (adjective) developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety | Synonyms: delicate |
| flattened | (adjective) having been flattened | Synonyms: planate |
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| foregone | (adjective) well in the past; former | Synonyms: bygone, bypast, departed, gone |
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