aboriginal | (adjective) characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning | Synonyms: native |
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(adjective) having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state | Synonyms: primaeval, primal, primeval, primordial |
accessorial | (adjective) nonessential but helpful | - |
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accusatorial | (adjective) specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor | - |
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adoring | (adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | Synonyms: doting, fond |
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(adjective) showing adoration | Synonyms: worshipful |
ahistorical | (adjective) unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition | - |
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algorithmic | (adjective) of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm | - |
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allegoric | (adjective) used in or characteristic of or containing allegory | Synonyms: allegorical |
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allegorical | (adjective) used in or characteristic of or containing allegory | Synonyms: allegoric |
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ambassadorial | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors | - |
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amoristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to romantic love | - |
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amphoric | (adjective) the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle | - |
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anaphoric | (adjective) relating to anaphora | - |
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anchoritic | (adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical |
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antiauthoritarian | (adjective) opposed to authoritarianism | - |
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aoristic | (adjective) of or relating to the aorist tense | - |
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aphoristic | (adjective) containing aphorisms or maxims | Synonyms: axiomatic |
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(adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: apothegmatic, epigrammatic |
arborical | (adjective) of or relating to or formed by trees | Synonyms: arborary, arboreal, arborous |
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arboriform | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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archesporial | (adjective) of or relating to the cells in a sporangium that give rise to spores | - |
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armorial | (adjective) of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms | - |
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arthrosporic | (adjective) of or relating to arthrospores | Synonyms: arthrosporous |
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ascosporic | (adjective) of or relating to ascospores | Synonyms: ascosporous |
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auctorial | (adjective) of or by or typical of an author | Synonyms: authorial |
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authorial | (adjective) of or by or typical of an author | Synonyms: auctorial |
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authorised | (adjective) endowed with authority | Synonyms: authoritative, authorized |
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authoritarian | (adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: dictatorial, overbearing |
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(adjective) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty | Synonyms: autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical |
authoritative | (adjective) endowed with authority | Synonyms: authorised, authorized |
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(adjective) having authority or ascendancy or influence | Synonyms: important |
(adjective) of recognized authority or excellence | Synonyms: definitive |
authorized | (adjective) endowed with authority | Synonyms: authorised, authoritative |
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behaviorist | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behavioristic, behaviourist, behaviouristic |
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behavioristic | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behaviourist, behaviouristic |
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blastoporic | (adjective) of or relating to a blastopore | Synonyms: blastoporal |
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boorish | (adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | Synonyms: loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish, swinish |
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boric | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from or containing boron | Synonyms: boracic |
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boring | (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome |
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caloric | (adjective) relating to or associated with heat | Synonyms: thermal, thermic |
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(adjective) of or relating to calories in food | - |
calorifacient | (adjective) producing heat; usually used of foods | - |
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calorific | (adjective) heat-generating | - |
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calorimetric | (adjective) of or relating to the measurement of heat | - |
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camphoric | (adjective) relating to or derived from or containing camphor | - |
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carposporic | (adjective) relating to or resembling a carpospore | - |
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categorial | (adjective) of or relating to the concept of categories | - |
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categoric | (adjective) relating to or included in a category or categories | Synonyms: categorical |
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(adjective) not modified or restricted by reservations | Synonyms: categorical, flat, unconditional |
categorical | (adjective) relating to or included in a category or categories | Synonyms: categoric |
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(adjective) not modified or restricted by reservations | Synonyms: categoric, flat, unconditional |
categorised | (adjective) arranged into categories | Synonyms: categorized |
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categorized | (adjective) arranged into categories | Synonyms: categorised |
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censorial | (adjective) belonging or relating to a censor or a censor's functions | - |
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censorious | (adjective) harshly critical or expressing censure | - |
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choric | (adjective) relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus | - |
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chorionic | (adjective) of or relating to a chorion | - |
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clamatorial | (adjective) of or relating to Clamatores | - |
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clitoric | (adjective) of or relating to the clitoris | Synonyms: clitoral |
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colorimetric | (adjective) of or relating to colorimetry | Synonyms: colorimetrical |
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colorimetrical | (adjective) of or relating to colorimetry | Synonyms: colorimetric |
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combinatorial | (adjective) relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets | - |
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(adjective) relating to or involving combinations | Synonyms: combinative, combinatory |
conspiratorial | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators | Synonyms: conspirative |
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coriaceous | (adjective) resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | Synonyms: leathered, leatherlike, leathery |
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corinthian | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture | - |
counterterrorist | (adjective) intended to prevent terrorism | Synonyms: counterterror |
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curatorial | (adjective) of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator | - |
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cursorial | (adjective) (of limbs and feet) adapted for running | - |
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dictatorial | (adjective) of or characteristic of a dictator | - |
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(adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: authoritarian, overbearing |
(adjective) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty | Synonyms: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical |
disoriented | (adjective) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity | Synonyms: confused, lost |
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(adjective) socially disoriented | Synonyms: alienated, anomic |
disorienting | (adjective) causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings | - |
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doctorial | (adjective) of or relating to a doctor or doctorate | Synonyms: doctoral |
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doric | (adjective) of or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture | - |
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dysphoric | (adjective) generalized feeling of distress | Synonyms: distressed, unhappy |
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editorial | (adjective) of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives | - |
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(adjective) relating to or characteristic of an editor | - |
equatorial | (adjective) of or existing at or near the geographic equator | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator | - |
(adjective) of or relating to or at an equator | - |
euphoriant | (adjective) tending to produce euphoria | - |
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euphoric | (adjective) exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation | - |
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exterritorial | (adjective) outside territorial limits or jurisdiction | Synonyms: extraterritorial |
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extraterritorial | (adjective) outside territorial limits or jurisdiction | Synonyms: exterritorial |
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factorial | (adjective) of or relating to factorials | - |
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favorite | (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality | Synonyms: best-loved, favored, favoured, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred |
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(adjective) appealing to the general public | Synonyms: favourite |
floricultural | (adjective) of or relating to or involving floriculture | - |
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florid | (adjective) elaborately or excessively ornamented | Synonyms: aureate, flamboyant |
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(adjective) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life | Synonyms: rubicund, ruddy, sanguine |
fossorial | (adjective) (of limbs and feet) adapted for digging | - |
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frigorific | (adjective) causing cold; cooling or chilling | - |
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gladiatorial | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat | - |
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glorified | (adjective) accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | Synonyms: canonised, canonized |
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glorious | (adjective) having or deserving or conferring glory | - |
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(adjective) having great beauty and splendor | Synonyms: resplendent, splendid, splendiferous |
(adjective) characterized by grandeur | Synonyms: brilliant, magnificent, splendid |
gubernatorial | (adjective) relating to a governor | - |
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gustatorial | (adjective) of or relating to gustation | Synonyms: gustative, gustatory |
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historic | (adjective) important in history | - |
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(adjective) belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past | Synonyms: historical |
historical | (adjective) used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time | Synonyms: diachronic |
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(adjective) of or relating to the study of history | - |
(adjective) belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past | Synonyms: historic |
(adjective) having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary | - |
historied | (adjective) having an illustrious past | Synonyms: celebrated, storied |
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honorific | (adjective) conferring or showing honor or respect | - |
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horizontal | (adjective) parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line | - |
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immemorial | (adjective) long past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history | - |
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imploring | (adjective) begging | Synonyms: beseeching, pleading |
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inglorious | (adjective) not bringing honor and glory | - |
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(adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | Synonyms: black, disgraceful, ignominious, opprobrious, shameful |
inquisitorial | (adjective) especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge | - |
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(adjective) having the authority to conduct official investigations | - |
(adjective) marked by inquisitive interest; especially suggestive of an ecclesiastical inquisitor | - |
laboring | (adjective) doing arduous or unpleasant work | Synonyms: drudging, labouring, toiling |
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laborious | (adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, operose, punishing, toilsome |
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manorial | (adjective) of or relating to or based on the manor | - |
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mediatorial | (adjective) of or relating to a mediator or the duties of a mediator | - |
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meritorious | (adjective) deserving reward or praise | Synonyms: meritable |
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metaphoric | (adjective) expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another | Synonyms: metaphorical |
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metaphorical | (adjective) expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another | Synonyms: metaphoric |
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meteoric | (adjective) pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions | Synonyms: meteorologic, meteorological |
(adjective) like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience | - |