| abrupt | (adjective) surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner | - |
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| (adjective) marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions | Synonyms: disconnected |
| (adjective) dangerously steep | Synonyms: precipitous, sharp |
| (adjective) exceedingly sudden and unexpected | - |
| absorptive | (adjective) having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) | Synonyms: absorbent |
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| acapnial | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnic, acapnotic |
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| acapnic | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnial, acapnotic |
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| acapnotic | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnial, acapnic |
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| acarpellous | (adjective) having no carpels | Synonyms: acarpelous |
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| acarpelous | (adjective) having no carpels | Synonyms: acarpellous |
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| acarpous | (adjective) producing no fruit | - |
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| acceptable | (adjective) worthy of acceptance or satisfactory | - |
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| (adjective) adequate for the purpose | - |
| (adjective) meeting requirements | Synonyms: decent, satisfactory |
| (adjective) judged to be in conformity with approved usage | - |
| acceptant | (adjective) accepting willingly | Synonyms: acceptive |
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| accepted | (adjective) generally approved or compelling recognition | Synonyms: recognised, recognized |
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| accepting | (adjective) tolerating without protest | - |
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| acceptive | (adjective) inclined to accept rather than reject | - |
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| (adjective) accepting willingly | Synonyms: acceptant |
| accipitrine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) | - |
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| accompanied | (adjective) having companions or an escort | - |
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| (adjective) playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment | Synonyms: attended |
| accompanying | (adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence | Synonyms: attendant, collateral, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent |
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| accomplishable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: achievable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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| accomplished | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: completed, realised, realized |
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| (adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: effected, established |
| (adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: complete |
| acephalous | (adjective) lacking a head or a clearly defined head | - |
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| achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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| acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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| acidophilous | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, aciduric |
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| acrocarpous | (adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem | - |
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| acropetal | (adjective) of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex | - |
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| acrophobic | (adjective) suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places | - |
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| acroscopic | (adjective) facing or on the side toward the apex | - |
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| actinomorphic | (adjective) capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis | Synonyms: actinomorphous |
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| actinomorphous | (adjective) capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis | Synonyms: actinomorphic |
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| adaptable | (adjective) capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use | - |
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| adaptational | (adjective) of or relating to adaptation | - |
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| adaptative | (adjective) having a capacity for adaptation | Synonyms: adaptive |
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| adapted | (adjective) changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose | Synonyms: altered |
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| adaptive | (adjective) having a capacity for adaptation | Synonyms: adaptative |
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| addlepated | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlebrained, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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| adept | (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful |
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| adipose | (adjective) composed of animal fat | - |
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| adoptable | (adjective) suitable or eligible for adoption | - |
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| adopted | (adjective) acquired as your own by free choice | Synonyms: adoptive |
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| adoptive | (adjective) of parents and children; related by adoption | - |
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| (adjective) acquired as your own by free choice | Synonyms: adopted |
| adpressed | (adjective) pressed close to or lying flat against something | Synonyms: appressed |
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| adrenocorticotrophic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotropic |
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| adrenocorticotropic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotrophic |
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| adscript | (adjective) written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it | - |
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| (adjective) (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner | Synonyms: adscripted |
| adscripted | (adjective) (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner | Synonyms: adscript |
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| adsorptive | (adjective) having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: adsorbent, surface-assimilative |
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| aeolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: eolotropic |
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| aerophilatelic | (adjective) of or relating to airmail stamps | - |
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| aerophilic | (adjective) depending on free oxygen or air | Synonyms: aerobic, aerophilous |
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| aerophilous | (adjective) depending on free oxygen or air | Synonyms: aerobic, aerophilic |
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| aesculapian | (adjective) of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art | Synonyms: medical |
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| agape | (adjective) with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe | Synonyms: gaping |
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| agoraphobic | (adjective) suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places | - |
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| agraphic | (adjective) relating to or having agraphia | - |
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| agrypnotic | (adjective) of or pertaining to agrypnia | - |
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| algophobic | (adjective) suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain | - |
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| aliphatic | (adjective) having carbon atoms linked in open chains | - |
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| allelomorphic | (adjective) of or relating to alleles | Synonyms: allelic |
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| allographic | (adjective) of or relating to an allograph | - |
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| allomorphic | (adjective) pertaining to allomorphs | - |
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| allopathic | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of allopathy | - |
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| allopatric | (adjective) (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another | - |
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| allophonic | (adjective) pertaining to allophones | - |
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| allotropic | (adjective) of or related to or exhibiting allotropism | Synonyms: allotropical |
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| allotropical | (adjective) of or related to or exhibiting allotropism | Synonyms: allotropic |
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| alopecic | (adjective) pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers | - |
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| alpestrine | (adjective) growing at high altitudes | Synonyms: subalpine |
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| alpha | (adjective) early testing stage of a software or hardware product | - |
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| (adjective) first in order of importance | - |
| alphabetic | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
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| (adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
| alphabetical | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetic |
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| (adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetic |
| alphabetised | (adjective) having been put in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetized |
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| alphabetized | (adjective) having been put in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetised |
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| alphameric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphamerical, alphanumeric, alphanumerical |
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| alphamerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphanumeric, alphanumerical |
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| alphanumeric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumerical |
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| alphanumerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumeric |
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| alpine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of alps | - |
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| (adjective) living or growing above the timber line | - |
| amblyopic | (adjective) pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology | - |
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| ametropic | (adjective) of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina | - |
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| amidship | (adjective) located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| amorphous | (adjective) lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies | Synonyms: unstructured |
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| (adjective) without real or apparent crystalline form | Synonyms: uncrystallised, uncrystallized |
| (adjective) unclear because vague or badly organized | - |
| (adjective) having no definite form or distinct shape | Synonyms: formless, shapeless |
| (adjective) (of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused | - |
| amphibian | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia | Synonyms: amphibious |
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| amphibiotic | (adjective) having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form | Synonyms: semiaquatic |
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| amphibious | (adjective) operating or living on land and in water | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia | Synonyms: amphibian |
| amphiprostylar | (adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure | Synonyms: amphiprostyle, amphistylar, porticoed |
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| amphiprostyle | (adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure | Synonyms: amphiprostylar, amphistylar, porticoed |
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| amphiprotic | (adjective) having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either | Synonyms: amphoteric |
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| amphistylar | (adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure | Synonyms: amphiprostylar, amphiprostyle, porticoed |
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| (adjective) having columns either at both ends or at both sides | - |
| amphitheatric | (adjective) of or related to an amphitheater | Synonyms: amphitheatrical |
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| amphitheatrical | (adjective) of or related to an amphitheater | Synonyms: amphitheatric |
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| amphitropous | (adjective) (of a plant ovule) partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees on its stalk | - |
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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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| amphoteric | (adjective) having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either | Synonyms: amphiprotic |
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| ample | (adjective) more than enough in size or scope or capacity | - |
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| (adjective) affording an abundant supply | Synonyms: copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich |
| (adjective) fairly large in size | Synonyms: sizable, sizeable |
| ampullar | (adjective) of or related to an ampulla | Synonyms: ampullary |
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| ampullary | (adjective) of or related to an ampulla | Synonyms: ampullar |
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| anaglyphic | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphical, anaglyptic, anaglyptical |
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| anaglyphical | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyptic, anaglyptical |
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| anaglyptic | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptical |
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| anaglyptical | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptic |
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| analeptic | (adjective) stimulating the central nervous system | - |
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