anthropological | (adjective) of or concerned with the science of anthropology | - |
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anthropometric | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometrical |
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anthropometrical | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometric |
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anthropomorphic | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphous, humanlike |
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anthropomorphous | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphic, humanlike |
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anthropophagous | (adjective) of or relating to eaters of human flesh | - |
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anti | (adjective) not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) | - |
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antiadrenergic | (adjective) relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body | - |
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antiaircraft | (adjective) designed for defense from a surface position against air attack | - |
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antiapartheid | (adjective) opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa | - |
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antiauthoritarian | (adjective) opposed to authoritarianism | - |
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antibacterial | (adjective) destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth | - |
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antibiotic | (adjective) of or relating to antibiotic drugs | - |
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antiblack | (adjective) discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion | Synonyms: anti-Semite, racist |
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antic | (adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: fantastic, fantastical, grotesque |
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anticancer | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: antineoplastic, antitumor, antitumour |
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anticholinergic | (adjective) inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site | - |
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anticipant | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipative, expectant |
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anticipated | (adjective) expected hopefully | Synonyms: awaited, hoped-for |
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anticipative | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipant, expectant |
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anticipatory | (adjective) in anticipation | Synonyms: prevenient |
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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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antidromic | (adjective) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal | - |
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antiferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to antiferromagnetism | - |
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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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antigenic | (adjective) of or relating to antigens | - |
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antiheretical | (adjective) opposed to heresy | - |
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antiknock | (adjective) suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines | Synonyms: antiknocking |
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antiknocking | (adjective) suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines | Synonyms: antiknock |
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antimagnetic | (adjective) impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization | - |
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antimicrobial | (adjective) capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms | Synonyms: antimicrobic |
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antimicrobic | (adjective) capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms | Synonyms: antimicrobial |
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antimonial | (adjective) containing antimony | - |
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antimonic | (adjective) relating to or derived from antimony | Synonyms: antimonious |
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antimonious | (adjective) relating to or derived from antimony | Synonyms: antimonic |
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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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antinomian | (adjective) relating to or influenced by antinomianism | - |
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antiparallel | (adjective) (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed | - |
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antipathetic | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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(adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetical |
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 |
antiphonary | (adjective) relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony | Synonyms: antiphonal |
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antipodal | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodean |
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antipodean | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodal |
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antipollution | (adjective) intended to reduce pollution | - |
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antipyretic | (adjective) preventing or alleviating fever | - |
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antiquarian | (adjective) of or relating to antiques or antiquities | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities | - |
antiquated | (adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antediluvian, archaic |
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antique | (adjective) made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age | - |
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(adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee |
(adjective) belonging to or lasting from times long ago | Synonyms: age-old |
antisatellite | (adjective) of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit | Synonyms: ASAT |
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antisemitic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews | Synonyms: anti-semitic |
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antiseptic | (adjective) thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms | - |
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(adjective) devoid of objectionable language | - |
(adjective) clean and honest | - |
(adjective) freeing from error or corruption | - |
antisocial | (adjective) shunning contact with others | - |
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(adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: asocial |
antistrophic | (adjective) of or relating to an antistrophe | - |
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antisubmarine | (adjective) defensive against enemy submarines | - |
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antitank | (adjective) designed for defense against armored vehicles | - |
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antithetic | (adjective) sharply contrasted in character or purpose | Synonyms: antithetical |
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antithetical | (adjective) sharply contrasted in character or purpose | Synonyms: antithetic |
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antithyroid | (adjective) having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity | - |
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antitoxic | (adjective) counteracting a toxin or poison | - |
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antitrust | (adjective) of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices | Synonyms: antimonopoly |
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antitumor | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumour |
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antitumour | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antineoplastic, antitumor |
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antitypic | (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol | Synonyms: antitypical |
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(adjective) of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite | Synonyms: antitypical |
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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antonymous | (adjective) of words: having opposite meanings | - |
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antrorse | (adjective) bent or curved forward or upward | - |
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antsy | (adjective) nervous and unable to relax | Synonyms: fidgety, fretful, itchy, restless |
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aperient | (adjective) mildly laxative | - |
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aplacental | (adjective) having no placenta | - |
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apparent | (adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: evident, manifest, palpable, patent, plain, unmistakable |
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(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so | Synonyms: ostensible, seeming |
appellant | (adjective) of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) | Synonyms: appellate |
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appendant | (adjective) affixed as an appendage | - |
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appetent | (adjective) marked by eager desire | - |
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appointed | (adjective) subject to appointment | Synonyms: appointive |
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(adjective) selected for a job | - |
(adjective) provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind) | - |
(adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: decreed, ordained, prescribed |
appointive | (adjective) subject to appointment | Synonyms: appointed |
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(adjective) relating to the act of appointing | - |
apprenticed | (adjective) bound by contract | Synonyms: articled, bound, indentured |
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appurtenant | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary |
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arborescent | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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ardent | (adjective) glowing or shining like fire | - |
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(adjective) characterized by strong enthusiasm | Synonyms: warm |
(adjective) characterized by intense emotion | Synonyms: fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid |
argent | (adjective) of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver | Synonyms: silver, silverish, silvery |
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argentic | (adjective) relating to compounds in which silver is bivalent | - |
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argentiferous | (adjective) containing or yielding silver | - |
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argentous | (adjective) relating to compounds in which silver is univalent | - |
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argumentative | (adjective) given to or characterized by argument | - |
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arrant | (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
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arrogant | (adjective) having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride | Synonyms: chesty, self-important |
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ascendant | (adjective) tending or directed upward | Synonyms: ascendent, ascensive |
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(adjective) most powerful or important or influential | Synonyms: ascendent, dominating |