| arithmetical | (adjective) relating to or involving arithmetic | Synonyms: arithmetic |
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| armorial | (adjective) of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms | - |
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| arterial | (adjective) of or involving or contained in the arteries | - |
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| arteriolar | (adjective) of or relating to or involving arterioles | - |
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| arteriosclerotic | (adjective) affected by arteriosclerosis | - |
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| arteriovenous | (adjective) connecting an artery to a vein | - |
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| arthritic | (adjective) of or pertaining to arthritis | Synonyms: creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy |
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| arthromeric | (adjective) of or relating to one of the body segments of jointed animals | - |
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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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| ascribable | (adjective) capable of being assigned or credited to | Synonyms: due, imputable, referable |
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| aspheric | (adjective) varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape | Synonyms: aspherical |
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| aspherical | (adjective) varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape | Synonyms: aspheric |
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| aspiring | (adjective) desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | Synonyms: aspirant, wishful |
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| assuring | (adjective) giving confidence | - |
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| asteriated | (adjective) (of some crystals especially gemstones) exhibiting asterism | - |
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| asterisked | (adjective) marked with an asterisk | Synonyms: starred |
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| asterismal | (adjective) relating to asterisms or constellations | - |
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| astringent | (adjective) tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue | - |
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| (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic |
| asymmetric | (adjective) characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components | Synonyms: asymmetrical |
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| asymmetrical | (adjective) characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components | Synonyms: asymmetric |
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| (adjective) irregular in shape or outline | Synonyms: crooked |
| atmospheric | (adjective) relating to or located in the atmosphere | Synonyms: atmospherical |
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| atmospherical | (adjective) relating to or located in the atmosphere | Synonyms: atmospheric |
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| atrial | (adjective) of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart) | - |
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| atrioventricular | (adjective) relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart | Synonyms: auriculoventricular |
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| atrip | (adjective) (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom | Synonyms: aweigh |
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| attributable | (adjective) capable of being attributed | - |
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| attributive | (adjective) of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify | Synonyms: prenominal |
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| attrited | (adjective) worn by rubbing or friction | - |
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| attritional | (adjective) relating to or caused by attrition | - |
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| auctorial | (adjective) of or by or typical of an author | Synonyms: authorial |
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| audiometric | (adjective) of or relating to audiometry | - |
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| auric | (adjective) of or relating to or containing or derived from gold | Synonyms: aurous |
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| auricular | (adjective) of or relating to near the ear | Synonyms: otic |
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| (adjective) pertaining to an auricle of the heart | - |
| (adjective) relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of hearing | - |
| auriculate | (adjective) having auricles | Synonyms: auriculated |
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| auriculated | (adjective) having auricles | Synonyms: auriculate |
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| auriculoventricular | (adjective) relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart | Synonyms: atrioventricular |
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| auriferous | (adjective) containing gold | Synonyms: gold-bearing |
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| auriform | (adjective) having a shape resembling an ear | Synonyms: ear-like, ear-shaped |
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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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| avaricious | (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile |
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| awestricken | (adjective) having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread | Synonyms: awed, awestruck |
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| bacterial | (adjective) relating to or caused by bacteria | - |
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| bactericidal | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: disinfectant, germicidal |
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| bacterioid | (adjective) resembling bacteria | Synonyms: bacterioidal, bacteroid, bacteroidal |
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| bacterioidal | (adjective) resembling bacteria | Synonyms: bacterioid, bacteroid, bacteroidal |
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| bacteriologic | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriology | Synonyms: bacteriological |
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| bacteriological | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriology | Synonyms: bacteriologic |
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| bacteriolytic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis | - |
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| bacteriophagic | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriophages | Synonyms: bacteriophagous |
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| bacteriophagous | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriophages | Synonyms: bacteriophagic |
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| bacteriostatic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing bacteriostasis | - |
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| bantering | (adjective) cleverly amusing in tone | Synonyms: facetious, tongue-in-cheek |
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| barbarian | (adjective) without civilizing influences | Synonyms: barbaric, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild |
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| barbaric | (adjective) without civilizing influences | Synonyms: barbarian, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild |
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| (adjective) unrestrained and crudely rich | - |
| baric | (adjective) of or relating to or containing barium | - |
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| baritone | (adjective) lower in range than tenor and higher than bass | - |
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| barometric | (adjective) relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer | Synonyms: barometrical |
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| barometrical | (adjective) relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer | Synonyms: barometric |
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| barricaded | (adjective) preventing entry or exit or a course of action | Synonyms: barred, blockaded |
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| bathymetric | (adjective) of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes | Synonyms: bathymetrical |
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| bathymetrical | (adjective) of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes | Synonyms: bathymetric |
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| bearing | (adjective) (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain | - |
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| bearish | (adjective) expecting prices to fall | - |
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| bedrid | (adjective) confined to bed (by illness) | Synonyms: bedfast, bedridden, sick-abed |
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| bedridden | (adjective) confined to bed (by illness) | Synonyms: bedfast, bedrid, sick-abed |
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| begrimed | (adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot | Synonyms: dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy |
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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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| behaviourist | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behavioristic, behaviouristic |
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| behaviouristic | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behavioristic, behaviourist |
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| belletristic | (adjective) written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content | - |
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| berried | (adjective) producing or bearing berries | Synonyms: baccate, bacciferous |
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| bettering | (adjective) changing for the better | - |
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| biauricular | (adjective) relating to the two auditory openings | - |
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| bibliothecarial | (adjective) of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian | Synonyms: bibliothecal |
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| bicentric | (adjective) having two centers | - |
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| bicylindrical | (adjective) having two cylindrical surfaces usually with parallel axes | - |
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| bigeneric | (adjective) resulting from a cross between species of different genera | - |
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| bimestrial | (adjective) two months long; lasting two months | - |
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| (adjective) occurring every two months | Synonyms: bimonthly |
| birefringent | (adjective) relating to or characterized by double refraction | - |
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| bitterish | (adjective) somewhat bitter | Synonyms: sharp-tasting |
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| bivariate | (adjective) having two variables | - |
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| blaring | (adjective) unpleasantly loud and penetrating | Synonyms: blasting |
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| blastomeric | (adjective) of or relating to a blastomere | - |
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| blastoporic | (adjective) of or relating to a blastopore | Synonyms: blastoporal |
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| blastospheric | (adjective) of or relating to a blastula | Synonyms: blastular |
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| blistering | (adjective) very fast; capable of quick response and great speed | Synonyms: hot, red-hot |
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| (adjective) hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters | Synonyms: blistery |
| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| blustering | (adjective) blowing in violent and abrupt bursts | Synonyms: blusterous, blustery |
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| bolometric | (adjective) of or relating to a bolometer | - |
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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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| bounderish | (adjective) (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace | Synonyms: ill-bred, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish |
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| briary | (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny |
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| bribable | (adjective) capable of being corrupted | Synonyms: corruptible, dishonest, purchasable, venal |
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