billionth | (adjective) the ordinal number of one billion in counting order | - |
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bimonthly | (adjective) occurring every two months | Synonyms: bimestrial |
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(adjective) occurring twice a month | Synonyms: semimonthly |
bisontine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of bison | - |
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bowfront | (adjective) having an outward curving front | - |
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cismontane | (adjective) on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains | - |
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confrontational | (adjective) of or relating to confrontation | - |
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contagious | (adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | Synonyms: catching, communicable, contractable, transmissible, transmittable |
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(adjective) easily diffused or spread as from one person to another | - |
contained | (adjective) gotten under control | - |
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contaminated | (adjective) corrupted by contact or association | - |
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(adjective) rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution | Synonyms: polluted |
contaminating | (adjective) spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination | Synonyms: dirty |
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(adjective) that infects or taints | Synonyms: corrupting |
contaminative | (adjective) making impure by contact or mixing | - |
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contemplative | (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
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contemporaneous | (adjective) of the same period | Synonyms: coetaneous, coeval |
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(adjective) occurring in the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporary |
contemporary | (adjective) belonging to the present time | Synonyms: present-day |
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(adjective) characteristic of the present | Synonyms: modern-day |
(adjective) occurring in the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporaneous |
contemptible | (adjective) deserving of contempt or scorn | - |
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contemptuous | (adjective) expressing extreme contempt | Synonyms: disdainful, insulting, scornful |
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content | (adjective) satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are | Synonyms: contented |
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contented | (adjective) satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are | Synonyms: content |
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contentious | (adjective) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits | Synonyms: combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious |
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(adjective) involving or likely to cause controversy | - |
conterminous | (adjective) being of equal extent or scope or duration | Synonyms: coextensive, coterminous |
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(adjective) connecting without a break; within a common boundary | Synonyms: contiguous |
(adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, contiguous, neighboring, neighbouring |
contestable | (adjective) capable of being contested | - |
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contested | (adjective) disputed or made the object of contention or competition | - |
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contextual | (adjective) relating to or determined by or in context | - |
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contiguous | (adjective) very close or connected in space or time | Synonyms: immediate |
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(adjective) connecting without a break; within a common boundary | Synonyms: conterminous |
(adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, neighboring, neighbouring |
continent | (adjective) having control over urination and defecation | - |
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(adjective) abstaining from sexual intercourse | Synonyms: celibate |
continental | (adjective) being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a continent | - |
(adjective) of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War | - |
contingent | (adjective) being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow | Synonyms: contingent on, contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on |
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(adjective) possible but not certain to occur | - |
(adjective) uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances | - |
continual | (adjective) recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series | - |
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(adjective) having no interruptions | - |
continuant | (adjective) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') | Synonyms: fricative, sibilant, spirant, strident |
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continued | (adjective) without stop or interruption | - |
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continuing | (adjective) remaining in force or being carried on without letup | - |
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(adjective) persisting for a long time | Synonyms: chronic |
continuous | (adjective) continuing in time or space without interruption | Synonyms: uninterrupted |
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(adjective) of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity | - |
contorted | (adjective) twisted (especially as in pain or struggle) | Synonyms: writhed, writhen |
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contraband | (adjective) distributed or sold illicitly | Synonyms: black-market, black, bootleg, smuggled |
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contrabass | (adjective) pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range | Synonyms: double-bass |
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contraceptive | (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: antifertility, prophylactic |
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contraclockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: anticlockwise, counterclockwise |
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contractable | (adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | Synonyms: catching, communicable, contagious, transmissible, transmittable |
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contracted | (adjective) reduced in size or pulled together | - |
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contractile | (adjective) capable of contracting or being contracted | - |
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contractual | (adjective) relating to or part of a binding legal agreement | - |
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contradictory | (adjective) of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false | - |
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(adjective) unable for both to exist or be true at the same time | Synonyms: mutually exclusive |
(adjective) in disagreement | Synonyms: at odds, conflicting, self-contradictory |
(adjective) that confounds or contradicts or confuses | Synonyms: confounding |
contralateral | (adjective) on or relating to the opposite side (of the body) | - |
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contralto | (adjective) of or being the lowest female voice | Synonyms: alto |
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contrapuntal | (adjective) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together | Synonyms: polyphonic |
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(adjective) relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint | - |
contrarious | (adjective) characterized by self-willed opposition | Synonyms: cross-grained |
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contrary | (adjective) of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false | - |
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(adjective) very opposed in nature or character or purpose | - |
(adjective) resistant to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: obstinate, perverse, wayward |
(adjective) in an opposing direction | Synonyms: adverse |
contrasting | (adjective) strikingly different; tending to contrast | Synonyms: contrastive |
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contrastive | (adjective) of words so related that one contrasts with the other | Synonyms: incompatible |
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(adjective) strikingly different; tending to contrast | Synonyms: contrasting |
(adjective) syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence | - |
contrasty | (adjective) having sharp differences between black and white | - |
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contributing | (adjective) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | Synonyms: conducive, contributive, contributory, tributary |
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contributive | (adjective) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | Synonyms: conducive, contributing, contributory, tributary |
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contributory | (adjective) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | Synonyms: conducive, contributing, contributive, tributary |
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contrite | (adjective) feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses | Synonyms: remorseful, rueful, ruthful |
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contrived | (adjective) artificially formal | Synonyms: artificial, hokey, stilted |
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(adjective) showing effects of planning or manipulation | - |
controllable | (adjective) capable of being controlled | Synonyms: governable |
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controlled | (adjective) restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds | - |
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controlling | (adjective) able to control or determine policy | - |
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controversial | (adjective) marked by or capable of arousing controversy | - |
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contumacious | (adjective) wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient | - |
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contumelious | (adjective) arrogantly insolent | - |
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discontent | (adjective) showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing | Synonyms: discontented |
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discontented | (adjective) showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing | Synonyms: discontent |
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discontinued | (adjective) stopped permanently or temporarily | - |
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discontinuous | (adjective) not continuing without interruption in time or space | Synonyms: noncontinuous |
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(adjective) of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities | - |
endodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving or practicing endodontics | - |
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exodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving exodontics | - |
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front | (adjective) relating to or located in the front | - |
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frontal | (adjective) of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air | - |
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(adjective) meeting front to front | Synonyms: head-on |
(adjective) belonging to the front part | - |
(adjective) of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone | - |
frontmost | (adjective) preceding all others in spatial position | Synonyms: foremost |
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gerontological | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing geriatrics | Synonyms: geriatric |
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horizontal | (adjective) parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line | - |
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incontestable | (adjective) incapable of being contested or disputed | Synonyms: incontestible |
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(adjective) not open to question; obviously true | Synonyms: indisputable, undisputable |
incontestible | (adjective) incapable of being contested or disputed | Synonyms: incontestable |
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incontinent | (adjective) not having control over urination and defecation | - |
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incontrovertible | (adjective) necessarily or demonstrably true | Synonyms: demonstrable |
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(adjective) impossible to deny or disprove | Synonyms: irrefutable, positive |
intercontinental | (adjective) extending or taking place between or among continents | - |
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malcontent | (adjective) discontented as toward authority | Synonyms: disaffected, ill-affected, rebellious |
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millionth | (adjective) the ordinal number of one million in counting order | - |
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montane | (adjective) of or inhabiting mountainous regions | - |
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monthlong | (adjective) last through a month | - |
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monthly | (adjective) of or occurring or payable every month | - |
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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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nontaxable | (adjective) (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation | Synonyms: exempt |
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nontechnical | (adjective) not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences | Synonyms: untechnical |
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nontelescopic | (adjective) not telescopic | Synonyms: nontelescoping |
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nontelescoping | (adjective) not telescopic | Synonyms: nontelescopic |
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nonterritorial | (adjective) not displaying territoriality | - |
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nonthermal | (adjective) not involving heat | - |
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nontoxic | (adjective) not producing or resulting from poison | Synonyms: atoxic |
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(adjective) safe to eat | Synonyms: non-poisonous, nonpoisonous |
nontraditional | (adjective) not conforming to or in accord with tradition | Synonyms: untraditional |
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nontransferable | (adjective) incapable of being transferred | Synonyms: unassignable, untransferable |
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nontranslational | (adjective) of or relating to movement that is not uniform or not without rotation | - |
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nontransmissible | (adjective) (of disease) not capable of being passed on | Synonyms: noncommunicable, noncontagious |
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(adjective) not acquirable by inheritance | Synonyms: nonhereditary |
nonturbulent | (adjective) (of a liquid) not turbulent | - |
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ontogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms | - |
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ontological | (adjective) of or relating to ontology | - |
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