aboveground | (adjective) on or above the surface of the ground | - |
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abroach | (adjective) of a cask or barrel | Synonyms: broached |
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abroad | (adjective) in a foreign country | Synonyms: overseas |
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acerose | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerate, acicular, needle-shaped |
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achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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achromatic | (adjective) having no hue | Synonyms: neutral |
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achromatinic | (adjective) (of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains | - |
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achromatous | (adjective) having little or inadequate color | - |
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achromic | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromous |
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achromous | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromic |
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acrobatic | (adjective) vigorously active | Synonyms: athletic, gymnastic |
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acrocarpous | (adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem | - |
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acrocentric | (adjective) having a subterminal centromere | - |
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acrogenic | (adjective) pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | Synonyms: acrogenous |
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acrogenous | (adjective) pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | Synonyms: acrogenic |
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acromegalic | (adjective) marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face | - |
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acronymic | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymous |
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acronymous | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymic |
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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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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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adroit | (adjective) quick or skillful or adept in action or thought | - |
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adulterous | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: extracurricular, extramarital |
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(adjective) not faithful to a spouse or lover | Synonyms: cheating, two-timing |
adventurous | (adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | Synonyms: adventuresome |
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aeolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: eolotropic |
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aeriferous | (adjective) conveying air; as the bronchial tubes | - |
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aerobic | (adjective) depending on free oxygen or air | Synonyms: aerophilic, aerophilous |
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(adjective) based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency | - |
aerobiotic | (adjective) living or active only in the presence of oxygen | - |
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aerodynamic | (adjective) of or relating to aerodynamics | - |
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(adjective) designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow | Synonyms: flowing, sleek, streamlined |
aerolitic | (adjective) of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites | - |
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aerological | (adjective) of or pertaining to aerology | - |
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aeromechanic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aerodynamics | - |
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aeromedical | (adjective) of or relating to aviation medicine | - |
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aeronautic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aeronautics | Synonyms: aeronautical |
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aeronautical | (adjective) of or pertaining to aeronautics | Synonyms: aeronautic |
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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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aerosolised | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolized |
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aerosolized | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolised |
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agrobiologic | (adjective) of or pertaining to agrobiology | Synonyms: agrobiological |
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agrobiological | (adjective) of or pertaining to agrobiology | Synonyms: agrobiologic |
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agrologic | (adjective) of or related to agrology | Synonyms: agrological |
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agrological | (adjective) of or related to agrology | Synonyms: agrologic |
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agronomic | (adjective) of or relating to or promoting agronomy | Synonyms: agronomical |
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agronomical | (adjective) of or relating to or promoting agronomy | Synonyms: agronomic |
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aground | (adjective) stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float | - |
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aleuronic | (adjective) of or related to aleurone | - |
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allegro | (adjective) (of tempo) fast | - |
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allochronic | (adjective) (of taxa) occurring in different geologic times | - |
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allomerous | (adjective) pertaining to allomerism | - |
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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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aluminiferous | (adjective) containing alum or aluminum | - |
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amaurotic | (adjective) pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis | - |
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ambidextrous | (adjective) equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: two-handed |
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(adjective) marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced |
ambrosial | (adjective) worthy of the gods | Synonyms: ambrosian |
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(adjective) extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant | Synonyms: ambrosian, nectarous |
ambrosian | (adjective) worthy of the gods | Synonyms: ambrosial |
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(adjective) extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant | Synonyms: ambrosial, nectarous |
amentiferous | (adjective) (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins | Synonyms: amentaceous |
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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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amorous | (adjective) inclined toward or displaying love | Synonyms: amative |
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(adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance | Synonyms: amatory, romantic |
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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amphitropous | (adjective) (of a plant ovule) partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees on its stalk | - |
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anachronic | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronistic, anachronous |
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anachronistic | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronic, anachronous |
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anachronous | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronic, anachronistic |
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anadromous | (adjective) migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn | - |
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anaerobic | (adjective) living or active in the absence of free oxygen | Synonyms: anaerobiotic |
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(adjective) not aerobic | - |
anaerobiotic | (adjective) living or active in the absence of free oxygen | Synonyms: anaerobic |
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anaphrodisiac | (adjective) tending to diminish sexual desire | - |
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anatropous | (adjective) (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk | Synonyms: inverted |
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androgenetic | (adjective) of or related to androgenesis | Synonyms: androgenous |
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androgenic | (adjective) of or related to the male hormone androgen | - |
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androgenous | (adjective) of or related to androgenesis | Synonyms: androgenetic |
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androgynous | (adjective) having both male and female characteristics | - |
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(adjective) relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance | - |
aneroid | (adjective) containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid | - |
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anestrous | (adjective) (of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to anestrus | Synonyms: anestric, anoestrous |
anhydrous | (adjective) without water; especially without water of crystallization | - |
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anisometropic | (adjective) relating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyes | - |
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anisotropic | (adjective) not invariant with respect to direction | - |
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anoestrous | (adjective) of or relating to anestrus | Synonyms: anestric, anestrous |
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anterograde | (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma | - |
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anthropic | (adjective) relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | Synonyms: anthropical |
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anthropical | (adjective) relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | Synonyms: anthropic |
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anthropocentric | (adjective) human-centered | - |
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anthropogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenic |
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anthropogenic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenetic |
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anthropoid | (adjective) resembling human beings | Synonyms: manlike |
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(adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoidal, apelike |
anthropoidal | (adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoid, apelike |
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anthropological | (adjective) of or concerned with the science of anthropology | - |
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anthropometric | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometrical |
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anthropometrical | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometric |
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anthropomorphic | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphous, humanlike |
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anthropomorphous | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphic, humanlike |
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anthropophagous | (adjective) of or relating to eaters of human flesh | - |
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antidromic | (adjective) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal | - |
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