crotchety | (adjective) having a difficult and contrary disposition | Synonyms: cantankerous, ornery |
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croupy | (adjective) resembling or arising from or indicating croup | - |
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crowded | (adjective) overfilled or compacted or concentrated | - |
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crowing | (adjective) exhibiting self-importance | Synonyms: big, boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing |
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crowned | (adjective) provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination | - |
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(adjective) having an (artificial) crown on a tooth | - |
(adjective) crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory | Synonyms: laureled, laurelled |
crowning | (adjective) forming or providing a crown or summit | - |
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(adjective) representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment | - |
crownless | (adjective) not (especially not yet) provided with a crown | Synonyms: uncrowned |
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cruciferous | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae | - |
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cumbrous | (adjective) difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight | Synonyms: cumbersome |
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cuprous | (adjective) of or containing divalent copper | Synonyms: cupric |
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cutthroat | (adjective) ruthless in competition | Synonyms: bowelless, fierce |
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dangerous | (adjective) involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm | Synonyms: unsafe |
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(adjective) causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | Synonyms: grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe |
decorous | (adjective) characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct | - |
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(adjective) according with custom or propriety | Synonyms: becoming, comely, comme il faut, seemly |
dendroid | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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dendroidal | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, tree-shaped, treelike |
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derogative | (adjective) expressive of low opinion | Synonyms: derogatory, disparaging |
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derogatory | (adjective) expressive of low opinion | Synonyms: derogative, disparaging |
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desirous | (adjective) having or expressing desire for something | Synonyms: wishful |
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destroyable | (adjective) capable of being destroyed | - |
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destroyed | (adjective) spoiled or ruined or demolished | - |
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(adjective) destroyed physically or morally | Synonyms: ruined |
dexterous | (adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | Synonyms: deft, dextrous |
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dextrorotary | (adjective) rotating to the right | Synonyms: dextrorotatory, right-handed |
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dextrorotatory | (adjective) rotating to the right | Synonyms: dextrorotary, right-handed |
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dextrorsal | (adjective) spiraling upward from left to right | Synonyms: dextrorse |
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dextrorse | (adjective) spiraling upward from left to right | Synonyms: dextrorsal |
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dextrous | (adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | Synonyms: deft, dexterous |
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diachronic | (adjective) used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time | Synonyms: historical |
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diadromous | (adjective) (used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters | - |
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dichromatic | (adjective) of or relating to dichromatism | - |
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(adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, bicoloured |
diestrous | (adjective) (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity | Synonyms: diestrual, dioestrous, dioestrual |
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dioestrous | (adjective) (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity | Synonyms: diestrous, diestrual, dioestrual |
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dipterous | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the Diptera | - |
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disapproving | (adjective) expressing or manifesting disapproval | - |
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disastrous | (adjective) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | Synonyms: black, calamitous, fatal, fateful |
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disproportional | (adjective) out of proportion | Synonyms: disproportionate |
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disproportionate | (adjective) out of proportion | Synonyms: disproportional |
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(adjective) not proportionate | - |
dolorous | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping |
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dolourous | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping |
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downtrodden | (adjective) abused or oppressed by people in power | - |
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droll | (adjective) comical in an odd or whimsical manner | - |
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drooping | (adjective) hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) | Synonyms: droopy, sagging |
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(adjective) weak from exhaustion | Synonyms: flagging |
(adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward | Synonyms: cernuous, nodding, pendulous, weeping |
droopy | (adjective) hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) | Synonyms: drooping, sagging |
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dropping | (adjective) coming down freely under the influence of gravity | Synonyms: falling |
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dropsical | (adjective) swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid | Synonyms: edematous |
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drowsing | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: dozy, drowsy |
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drowsy | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: dozy, drowsing |
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(adjective) showing lack of attention or boredom | Synonyms: oscitant, yawning |
electrocardiographic | (adjective) of or relating to an electrocardiograph | - |
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electrochemical | (adjective) of or involving electrochemistry | - |
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electroencephalographic | (adjective) of or relating to an electroencephalograph | - |
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electrolytic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing an electrolyte | - |
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(adjective) of or concerned with or produced by electrolysis | - |
electromagnetic | (adjective) pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion | - |
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electromechanical | (adjective) of or relating to or involving an electrically operated mechanical device | - |
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electromotive | (adjective) concerned with or producing electric current | - |
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electronegative | (adjective) having a negative charge | Synonyms: negative, negatively charged |
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electroneutral | (adjective) having no net electric charge | Synonyms: neutral |
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electronic | (adjective) of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons | - |
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(adjective) of or concerned with electrons | - |
electrophoretic | (adjective) of or relating to electrophoresis | Synonyms: cataphoretic |
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electropositive | (adjective) having a positive charge | Synonyms: positive, positively charged |
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electrostatic | (adjective) concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity | Synonyms: static |
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embroiled | (adjective) deeply involved especially in something complicated | Synonyms: entangled |
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emmetropic | (adjective) of or relating to the normal condition of the eye in which visual images are in clear focus on the retina | - |
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encroaching | (adjective) gradually intrusive without right or permission | Synonyms: invasive, trespassing |
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engrossed | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, captive, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped |
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(adjective) written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document | - |
engrossing | (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: absorbing, fascinating, gripping, riveting |
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environmental | (adjective) concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings | - |
eolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: aeolotropic |
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equiprobable | (adjective) equally probable | - |
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ergotropic | (adjective) of or relating to ergotropism | - |
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eroded | (adjective) worn away as by water or ice or wind | Synonyms: scoured |
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erogenous | (adjective) sensitive to sexual stimulation | - |
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erose | (adjective) having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed | Synonyms: jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed |
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erosive | (adjective) of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | Synonyms: caustic, corrosive, mordant, vitriolic |
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(adjective) wearing away by friction | - |
erotic | (adjective) giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing | Synonyms: titillating |
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erroneous | (adjective) containing or characterized by error | - |
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errorless | (adjective) free from error | - |
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erythroid | (adjective) relating to erythrocytes | - |
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erythropoietic | (adjective) of or relating to the formation of red blood cells | - |
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estrogenic | (adjective) relating to or caused by estrogen | - |
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estrous | (adjective) (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat | - |
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eutrophic | (adjective) (ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication | - |
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exteroceptive | (adjective) of or relating to exteroception | - |
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extropic | (adjective) of or relating to extropy | - |
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extrospective | (adjective) not introspective; examining what is outside yourself | Synonyms: extroverted |
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extroversive | (adjective) directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality | Synonyms: extraversive |
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extrovert | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extroverted, extrovertive |
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extroverted | (adjective) not introspective; examining what is outside yourself | Synonyms: extrospective |
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(adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extrovertive |
(adjective) at ease in talking to others | Synonyms: forthcoming, outgoing |
extrovertish | (adjective) being somewhat extroverted | - |
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extrovertive | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted |
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ferocious | (adjective) marked by extreme and violent energy | Synonyms: fierce, furious, savage |
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ferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism | - |
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ferrous | (adjective) of or relating to or containing iron | Synonyms: ferric |
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feverous | (adjective) having or affected by a fever | Synonyms: feverish |
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fiberoptic | (adjective) of or relating to fiber optics | Synonyms: fiber-optic, fibre-optic, fibreoptic |
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fibrocalcific | (adjective) involving or resulting from calcification of fibrous tissue | - |
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fibrocartilaginous | (adjective) of or relating to fibrocartilage | - |
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fibrous | (adjective) (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew | Synonyms: sinewy, stringy, unchewable |
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(adjective) having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute | Synonyms: hempen |
fireproof | (adjective) impervious to damage by fire | - |
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fissiparous | (adjective) reproducing by fission | - |
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(adjective) having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude | Synonyms: breakaway, separatist |
flameproof | (adjective) resistant to catching fire | Synonyms: flame-retardant |
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flavorous | (adjective) full of flavor | Synonyms: flavorful, flavorsome, flavourful, flavourous, flavoursome, sapid, saporous |
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