monosyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable | - |
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monotheistic | (adjective) believing that there is only one god | - |
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monotone | (adjective) of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value | Synonyms: monotonic |
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(adjective) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch | Synonyms: flat, monotonic, monotonous |
monotonic | (adjective) of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value | Synonyms: monotone |
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(adjective) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch | Synonyms: flat, monotone, monotonous |
monotonous | (adjective) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety | Synonyms: humdrum |
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(adjective) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch | Synonyms: flat, monotone, monotonic |
monotypic | (adjective) consisting of only one type | - |
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monounsaturated | (adjective) (of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) saturated except for one multiple bond | - |
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monovalent | (adjective) having a valence of 1 | Synonyms: univalent |
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(adjective) containing only one kind of antibody | - |
monovular | (adjective) (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum | Synonyms: identical |
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monozygotic | (adjective) derived from a single fertilized egg | - |
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mountainous | (adjective) like a mountain in size and impressiveness | - |
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(adjective) having hills and crags | Synonyms: cragged, craggy, hilly |
(adjective) containing many mountains | - |
mucilaginous | (adjective) having the sticky properties of an adhesive | Synonyms: gluey, glutinous, gummy, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous |
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mucinoid | (adjective) resembling mucin | - |
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mucinous | (adjective) relating to or containing mucin | - |
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multinomial | (adjective) having the character of a polynomial | Synonyms: polynomial |
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multitudinous | (adjective) too numerous to be counted | Synonyms: countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable |
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mutinous | (adjective) consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny | - |
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(adjective) disposed to or in a state of mutiny | - |
nanocephalic | (adjective) having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain | Synonyms: microcephalic, microcephalous |
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neotenous | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by neoteny | Synonyms: neotenic |
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nitrogenous | (adjective) of or relating to or containing nitrogen | Synonyms: nitrogen-bearing |
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no | (adjective) (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of | - |
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noble | (adjective) having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character | - |
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(adjective) of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times | - |
(adjective) impressive in size, manner, or appearance | Synonyms: baronial, imposing, stately |
(adjective) inert especially toward oxygen | - |
nocent | (adjective) having a tendency to cause harm | - |
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nociceptive | (adjective) caused by or in response to pain | - |
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noctilucent | (adjective) shining or glowing by night | - |
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nocturnal | (adjective) belonging to or active during the night | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or occurring in the night | - |
nodding | (adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward | Synonyms: cernuous, drooping, pendulous, weeping |
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nodular | (adjective) relating to or characterized by or having nodules | - |
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(adjective) having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules | Synonyms: nodulated, noduled |
nodulated | (adjective) having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules | Synonyms: nodular, noduled |
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noduled | (adjective) having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules | Synonyms: nodular, nodulated |
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nodulose | (adjective) having minute nodules | - |
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noetic | (adjective) of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind | Synonyms: intellectual, rational |
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noiseless | (adjective) making no sound | - |
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noisome | (adjective) offensively malodorous | Synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, foul, funky, ill-scented, smelly, stinking |
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(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea | Synonyms: loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, offensive, queasy, sickening, vile |
noisy | (adjective) full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds | - |
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(adjective) attracting attention by showiness or bright colors | - |
nomadic | (adjective) migratory | Synonyms: mobile, peregrine, roving, wandering |
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nominal | (adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation | - |
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(adjective) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun | - |
(adjective) relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name | - |
(adjective) existing in name only | Synonyms: titular |
(adjective) insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal) | Synonyms: token, tokenish |
(adjective) named; bearing the name of a specific person | Synonyms: nominative |
nominalistic | (adjective) of or relating to nominalism | - |
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nominated | (adjective) appointed by nomination | Synonyms: nominative |
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nominative | (adjective) serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb | - |
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(adjective) appointed by nomination | Synonyms: nominated |
(adjective) named; bearing the name of a specific person | Synonyms: nominal |
nomothetic | (adjective) relating to or involving the search for abstract universal principles | - |
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nonabsorbent | (adjective) not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids) | Synonyms: nonabsorptive |
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nonabsorptive | (adjective) not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids) | Synonyms: nonabsorbent |
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nonadaptive | (adjective) (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose | Synonyms: dysfunctional |
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nonaddictive | (adjective) not causing or characterized by addiction | - |
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nonadhesive | (adjective) not tending to adhere | - |
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nonadjacent | (adjective) not adjacent; not next | - |
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nonadsorbent | (adjective) lacking a capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: nonadsorptive |
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nonadsorptive | (adjective) lacking a capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: nonadsorbent |
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nonaged | (adjective) not of legal age | Synonyms: minor, underage |
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nonagenarian | (adjective) being from 90 to 99 years old | - |
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nonaggressive | (adjective) not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness | Synonyms: unaggressive |
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nonalcoholic | (adjective) characterized by the absence of alcohol | - |
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nonaligned | (adjective) not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause | - |
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nonappointive | (adjective) filled by popular election rather than by appointment | - |
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nonarbitrable | (adjective) not appropriate for or subject to arbitration | - |
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nonarbitrary | (adjective) not subject to individual determination | Synonyms: unarbitrary |
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nonarboreal | (adjective) not inhabiting or frequenting trees | - |
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nonassertive | (adjective) not aggressively self-assured, though not necessarily lacking in confidence | - |
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nonassociative | (adjective) not associative | - |
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nonastringent | (adjective) not astringent | - |
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nonautonomous | (adjective) (of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: nonsovereign |
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nonbearing | (adjective) (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own | - |
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nonbelligerent | (adjective) not directly at war | - |
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noncaloric | (adjective) of food have no (or few) calories | - |
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noncarbonated | (adjective) not having carbonation | Synonyms: uncarbonated |
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noncausal | (adjective) not causative | Synonyms: noncausative |
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noncausative | (adjective) not causative | Synonyms: noncausal |
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noncellular | (adjective) not made up of or divided into cells | Synonyms: acellular |
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nonchalant | (adjective) marked by blithe unconcern | Synonyms: casual, insouciant |
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nonchristian | (adjective) not believing in Christ | Synonyms: christless |
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nonchurchgoing | (adjective) no longer active or practicing | Synonyms: lapsed |
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noncivilised | (adjective) not having a high state of culture and social development | Synonyms: noncivilized |
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noncivilized | (adjective) not having a high state of culture and social development | Synonyms: noncivilised |
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nonclassical | (adjective) not classical | - |
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noncollapsable | (adjective) not capable of collapsing | Synonyms: noncollapsible |
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noncollapsible | (adjective) not capable of collapsing | Synonyms: noncollapsable |
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noncolumned | (adjective) not having columns | Synonyms: uncolumned |
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noncombatant | (adjective) member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon | - |
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(adjective) used of civilians in time of war | - |
noncombinative | (adjective) not involving combination | - |
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noncombining | (adjective) not able to combine | - |
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noncombustible | (adjective) not capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: incombustible |
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noncommercial | (adjective) not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises | - |
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noncommissioned | (adjective) (of military officers) appointed from enlisted personnel | - |
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noncommittal | (adjective) refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like | - |
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noncommunicable | (adjective) (of disease) not capable of being passed on | Synonyms: noncontagious, nontransmissible |
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noncompetitive | (adjective) not involving competition or competitiveness | - |
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noncompliant | (adjective) boldly resisting authority or an opposing force | Synonyms: defiant |
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noncomprehensive | (adjective) not comprehensive | Synonyms: incomprehensive |
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nonconcentric | (adjective) not having a common center; not concentric | Synonyms: eccentric |
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nonconducting | (adjective) not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound | Synonyms: non-conducting, nonconductive |
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nonconductive | (adjective) not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound | Synonyms: non-conducting, nonconducting |
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nonconforming | (adjective) not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion | Synonyms: nonconformist |
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nonconformist | (adjective) not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought | Synonyms: unconformist |
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(adjective) not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion | Synonyms: nonconforming |
nonconscious | (adjective) relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things | - |
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(adjective) concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness | - |
noncontagious | (adjective) (of disease) not capable of being passed on | Synonyms: noncommunicable, nontransmissible |
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noncontentious | (adjective) of persons; not given to controversy | - |
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noncontinuous | (adjective) not continuing without interruption in time or space | Synonyms: discontinuous |
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noncontroversial | (adjective) not likely to arouse controversy | Synonyms: uncontroversial |
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nonconvergent | (adjective) (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing | Synonyms: nonintersecting |
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