hydrophobic | (adjective) lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water | - |
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(adjective) abnormally afraid of water | Synonyms: aquaphobic |
hydrophytic | (adjective) growing wholly or partially in water | - |
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hydroponic | (adjective) of or relating to aquiculture | Synonyms: aquacultural, aquicultural |
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hygrophytic | (adjective) requiring an abundance of moisture | - |
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hygroscopic | (adjective) absorbing moisture (as from the air) | - |
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hymenopterous | (adjective) of or relating to insects of the order Hymenoptera | - |
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hypermetropic | (adjective) abnormal ability to focus of distant objects | Synonyms: hyperopic |
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hyperopic | (adjective) abnormal ability to focus of distant objects | Synonyms: hypermetropic |
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hypertrophied | (adjective) (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells | Synonyms: enlarged |
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hypophyseal | (adjective) of or relating to the hypophysis | Synonyms: hypophysial |
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hypophysectomised | (adjective) having the pituitary gland removed by surgery | Synonyms: hypophysectomized |
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hypophysectomized | (adjective) having the pituitary gland removed by surgery | Synonyms: hypophysectomised |
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hypophysial | (adjective) of or relating to the hypophysis | Synonyms: hypophyseal |
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idiopathic | (adjective) (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause | - |
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improper | (adjective) not suitable or right or appropriate | - |
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(adjective) not appropriate for a purpose or occasion | Synonyms: wrong |
(adjective) not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention | Synonyms: unconventional, unlawful |
inappropriate | (adjective) not suitable for a particular occasion etc | - |
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(adjective) not in keeping with what is correct or proper | Synonyms: incompatible, out of keeping, unfitting |
inoperable | (adjective) not suitable for surgery | - |
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(adjective) not able to perform its normal function | - |
inoperative | (adjective) not working or taking effect | - |
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inopportune | (adjective) not opportune | - |
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interoperable | (adjective) able to exchange and use information | - |
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isentropic | (adjective) with unchanging entropy; at constant entropy | - |
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isopteran | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of insects of the order Isoptera | - |
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isotopic | (adjective) of or relating to or having the relation of an isotope | - |
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isotropic | (adjective) invariant with respect to direction | Synonyms: isotropous |
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isotropous | (adjective) invariant with respect to direction | Synonyms: isotropic |
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kaleidoscopic | (adjective) continually shifting or rapidly changing | Synonyms: kaleidoscopical |
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kaleidoscopical | (adjective) continually shifting or rapidly changing | Synonyms: kaleidoscopic |
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laryngopharyngeal | (adjective) of or relating to the larynx and pharynx | - |
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lipophilic | (adjective) having an affinity for lipids | Synonyms: lipotropic |
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lipotropic | (adjective) having an affinity for lipids | Synonyms: lipophilic |
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lithophytic | (adjective) of or relating to lithophytes | - |
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loopy | (adjective) consisting of or covered with or having loops | - |
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(adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky |
lopsided | (adjective) having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other | - |
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(adjective) turned or twisted toward one side | Synonyms: askew, awry, cockeyed, skew-whiff, wonky |
lyophilised | (adjective) used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum | Synonyms: freeze-dried, lyophilized |
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lyophilized | (adjective) used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum | Synonyms: freeze-dried, lyophilised |
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macroscopic | (adjective) large enough to be visible with the naked eye | Synonyms: macroscopical |
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(adjective) visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye | Synonyms: macroscopical |
macroscopical | (adjective) large enough to be visible with the naked eye | Synonyms: macroscopic |
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(adjective) visible to the naked eye; using the naked eye | Synonyms: macroscopic |
malapropos | (adjective) of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature | - |
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mecopterous | (adjective) of or relating to mecopterans | - |
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megascopic | (adjective) visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) | Synonyms: gross |
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menopausal | (adjective) of or relating to the menopause | - |
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mephistophelean | (adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian |
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mephistophelian | (adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean |
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mesophytic | (adjective) being or growing in or adapted to a moderately moist environment | - |
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metropolitan | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a metropolis | - |
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micropylar | (adjective) of or relating to a micropyle | - |
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microscopic | (adjective) of or relating to or used in microscopy | Synonyms: microscopical |
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(adjective) extremely precise with great attention to details | - |
(adjective) so small as to be invisible without a microscope | Synonyms: microscopical |
(adjective) visible under a microscope; using a microscope | Synonyms: microscopical |
microscopical | (adjective) of or relating to or used in microscopy | Synonyms: microscopic |
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(adjective) so small as to be invisible without a microscope | Synonyms: microscopic |
(adjective) visible under a microscope; using a microscope | Synonyms: microscopic |
misanthropic | (adjective) believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others | Synonyms: cynical, misanthropical |
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(adjective) hating mankind in general | Synonyms: misanthropical |
misanthropical | (adjective) believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others | Synonyms: cynical, misanthropic |
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(adjective) hating mankind in general | Synonyms: misanthropic |
misappropriated | (adjective) taken for your own use in violation of a trust | Synonyms: embezzled |
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monophonic | (adjective) consisting of a single melodic line | - |
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(adjective) designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel | Synonyms: mono, single-channel |
monoploid | (adjective) of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes | Synonyms: haploid, haploidic |
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monopolistic | (adjective) having exclusive control over a commercial activity by possession or legal grant | - |
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monopteral | (adjective) having circular columniation | - |
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morphophonemic | (adjective) of or relating to morphophonemics | - |
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mucopurulent | (adjective) containing or composed of mucus and pus | - |
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myopathic | (adjective) of or relating to any disease of the muscles that is not caused by nerve dysfunction | - |
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myopic | (adjective) unable to see distant objects clearly | Synonyms: nearsighted, shortsighted |
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(adjective) lacking foresight or scope | Synonyms: short, shortsighted, unforesightful |
myrmecophagous | (adjective) feeding on ants | - |
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myrmecophilous | (adjective) living symbiotically with ants | - |
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myrmecophytic | (adjective) of or relating to myrmecophytes | - |
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mysophobic | (adjective) suffering from mysophobia; abnormally afraid of dirt or contamination | - |
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nasopharyngeal | (adjective) of or relating to or located near the nasopharynx | - |
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neoplastic | (adjective) of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm | - |
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neurophysiological | (adjective) of or concerned with neurophysiology | - |
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neuropsychiatric | (adjective) of or relating to neuropsychiatry | - |
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neuropsychological | (adjective) of or concerned with neuropsychology | - |
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neurotropic | (adjective) (of a virus, toxin, or chemical) tending to attack or affect the nervous system preferentially | - |
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nonopening | (adjective) not open; not opening | - |
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nonoperational | (adjective) (military) not involved in military operations | Synonyms: inactive |
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nonproprietary | (adjective) not protected by trademark or patent or copyright | - |
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nonstop | (adjective) at all times | Synonyms: around-the-clock, day-and-night, round-the-clock |
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(adjective) (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops | - |
nontelescopic | (adjective) not telescopic | Synonyms: nontelescoping |
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nontelescoping | (adjective) not telescopic | Synonyms: nontelescopic |
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oleophilic | (adjective) having a strong affinity for oils rather than water | - |
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oleophobic | (adjective) lacking affinity for oils | - |
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onomatopoeic | (adjective) (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound | Synonyms: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic |
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(adjective) of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia | Synonyms: onomatopoetic |
onomatopoeical | (adjective) (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound | Synonyms: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic |
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onomatopoetic | (adjective) (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound | Synonyms: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical |
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(adjective) of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia | Synonyms: onomatopoeic |
opalescent | (adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors | Synonyms: iridescent, nacreous, opaline, pearlescent |
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opaline | (adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors | Synonyms: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, pearlescent |
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opaque | (adjective) not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight | - |
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(adjective) hard or impossible to understand | Synonyms: unintelligible |
open | (adjective) ready or willing to receive favorably | Synonyms: receptive |
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(adjective) affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed | Synonyms: unfastened |
(adjective) affording free passage or access | - |
(adjective) (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints | - |
(adjective) open and observable; not secret or hidden | Synonyms: overt |
(adjective) used of mouth or eyes | Synonyms: opened |
(adjective) ready for business | - |
(adjective) not having been filled | - |
(adjective) (of textures) full of small openings or gaps | Synonyms: loose |
(adjective) openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness | Synonyms: candid, heart-to-heart |
(adjective) not requiring union membership | - |
(adjective) open to or in view of all | - |
(adjective) possibly accepting or permitting | Synonyms: capable, subject |
(adjective) without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition | - |
(adjective) having no protecting cover or enclosure | - |
(adjective) affording free passage or view | Synonyms: clear |
(adjective) with no protection or shield | Synonyms: exposed |
(adjective) accessible to all | - |
(adjective) not sealed or having been unsealed | Synonyms: opened |
(adjective) not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought | Synonyms: undecided, undetermined, unresolved |
(adjective) not defended or capable of being defended | Synonyms: assailable, undefendable, undefended |
opencast | (adjective) (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface | Synonyms: opencut |
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opencut | (adjective) (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface | Synonyms: opencast |
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opened | (adjective) used of mouth or eyes | Synonyms: open |
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(adjective) made open or clear | - |
(adjective) not sealed or having been unsealed | Synonyms: open |
openhanded | (adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal |
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openhearted | (adjective) freely communicative; candidly straightforward | - |
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(adjective) showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity | Synonyms: benevolent, charitable, good-hearted, kindly, large-hearted, sympathetic |
opening | (adjective) first or beginning | - |
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openmouthed | (adjective) with eyes or mouth open in surprise | Synonyms: goggle-eyed, popeyed |
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operable | (adjective) capable of being treated by surgical operation | - |
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(adjective) usable for a specific purpose | Synonyms: practicable |
(adjective) fit or ready for use or service | Synonyms: functional, operational, usable, useable |
operant | (adjective) having influence or producing an effect | - |
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operatic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of opera | - |
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operating | (adjective) involved in a kind of operation | - |
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(adjective) being in effect or operation | Synonyms: in operation, operational |
operational | (adjective) (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations | - |
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(adjective) pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result | - |
(adjective) being in effect or operation | Synonyms: in operation, operating |
(adjective) fit or ready for use or service | Synonyms: functional, operable, usable, useable |
operationalist | (adjective) of or relating to or espousing operationalism | - |
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operative | (adjective) being in force or having or exerting force | - |
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(adjective) relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine | Synonyms: surgical |
(adjective) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing | Synonyms: functional, running, working |
(adjective) effective; producing a desired effect | - |
operculate | (adjective) having an operculum | Synonyms: operculated |
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operculated | (adjective) having an operculum | Synonyms: operculate |
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