| abortifacient | (adjective) causing abortion | - |
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| abortive | (adjective) failing to accomplish an intended result | Synonyms: stillborn, unsuccessful |
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| adrenocortical | (adjective) of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands | - |
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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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| advertent | (adjective) giving attention | Synonyms: heedful |
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| advertised | (adjective) called to public attention | - |
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| airtight | (adjective) having no weak points | Synonyms: air-tight |
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| (adjective) not allowing air or gas to pass in or out | Synonyms: air-tight, gas-tight |
| airworthy | (adjective) (of aircraft) fit to fly | - |
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| alert | (adjective) engaged in or accustomed to close observation | Synonyms: watchful |
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| (adjective) mentally perceptive and responsive | Synonyms: alive, awake |
| (adjective) quick and energetic | Synonyms: brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy |
| amort | (adjective) utterly cast down | - |
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| anorthic | (adjective) having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles | Synonyms: triclinic |
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| anorthitic | (adjective) characteristic of anorthite | - |
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| antemortem | (adjective) preceding death | - |
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| antepartum | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antenatal, prenatal |
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| antiapartheid | (adjective) opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa | - |
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| antifertility | (adjective) capable of preventing conception or impregnation | Synonyms: contraceptive, prophylactic |
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| aortal | (adjective) of or relating to the aorta | Synonyms: aortic |
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| aortic | (adjective) of or relating to the aorta | Synonyms: aortal |
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| apart | (adjective) having characteristics not shared by others | - |
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| (adjective) remote and separate physically or socially | Synonyms: isolated, obscure |
| apportionable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, allocatable |
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| apportioned | (adjective) given out in portions | Synonyms: dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out |
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| appurtenant | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary |
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| artefactual | (adjective) of or relating to artifacts | Synonyms: artifactual |
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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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| artesian | (adjective) (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure | - |
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| artful | (adjective) marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft | - |
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| (adjective) not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness | Synonyms: disingenuous |
| arthralgic | (adjective) of or relating to arthralgia | - |
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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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| arthropodal | (adjective) of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda | Synonyms: arthropodan, arthropodous |
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| arthropodan | (adjective) of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda | Synonyms: arthropodal, arthropodous |
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| arthropodous | (adjective) of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda | Synonyms: arthropodal, arthropodan |
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| arthrosporic | (adjective) of or relating to arthrospores | Synonyms: arthrosporous |
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| arthrosporous | (adjective) of or relating to arthrospores | Synonyms: arthrosporic |
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| articled | (adjective) bound by contract | Synonyms: apprenticed, bound, indentured |
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| articular | (adjective) relating to or affecting the joints of the body | Synonyms: articulary |
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| articulary | (adjective) relating to or affecting the joints of the body | Synonyms: articular |
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| articulate | (adjective) expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language | - |
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| (adjective) consisting of segments held together by joints | Synonyms: articulated |
| articulated | (adjective) consisting of segments held together by joints | Synonyms: articulate |
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| articulative | (adjective) of or relating to articulation | Synonyms: articulatory |
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| articulatory | (adjective) of or relating to articulation | Synonyms: articulative |
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| artifactual | (adjective) of or relating to artifacts | Synonyms: artefactual |
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| artificial | (adjective) contrived by art rather than nature | Synonyms: unreal |
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| (adjective) artificially formal | Synonyms: contrived, hokey, stilted |
| (adjective) not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes | - |
| artiodactyl | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla | Synonyms: artiodactylous, even-toed |
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| artiodactylous | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla | Synonyms: artiodactyl, even-toed |
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| artistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of art or artists | - |
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| (adjective) satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities | - |
| (adjective) aesthetically pleasing | Synonyms: aesthetic, esthetic |
| artless | (adjective) simple and natural; without cunning or deceit | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious | Synonyms: ingenuous |
| (adjective) (of persons) lacking art or knowledge | Synonyms: uncultivated, uncultured |
| (adjective) showing lack of art | - |
| arty | (adjective) showily imitative of art or artists | - |
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| ascertainable | (adjective) capable of being ascertained or found out | Synonyms: discoverable |
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| ascertained | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | Synonyms: discovered, observed |
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| assertable | (adjective) capable of being affirmed or asserted | Synonyms: affirmable |
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| asserted | (adjective) confidently declared to be so | - |
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| asserting | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration | Synonyms: declarative, declaratory |
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| assertive | (adjective) aggressively self-assured | Synonyms: self-asserting, self-assertive |
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| assorted | (adjective) of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity | Synonyms: various |
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| (adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds | Synonyms: miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry |
| avertable | (adjective) capable of being avoided or warded off | Synonyms: avertible, avoidable, evitable |
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| avertible | (adjective) capable of being avoided or warded off | Synonyms: avertable, avoidable, evitable |
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| bighearted | (adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded |
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| bipartisan | (adjective) supported by both sides | Synonyms: bipartizan, two-party, two-way |
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| bipartite | (adjective) divided into two portions almost to the base | - |
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| (adjective) involving two parts or elements | Synonyms: two-part, two-way |
| bipartizan | (adjective) supported by both sides | Synonyms: bipartisan, two-party, two-way |
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| blameworthy | (adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious | Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable |
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| braggart | (adjective) exhibiting self-importance | Synonyms: big, boastful, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing |
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| brokenhearted | (adjective) full of sorrow | Synonyms: heartbroken, heartsick |
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| cartilaginous | (adjective) of or relating to cartilage | - |
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| (adjective) difficult to chew | Synonyms: gristly, rubbery |
| cartographic | (adjective) of or relating to the making of maps or charts | Synonyms: cartographical |
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| cartographical | (adjective) of or relating to the making of maps or charts | Synonyms: cartographic |
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| cathartic | (adjective) emotionally purging (of e.g. art) | Synonyms: releasing |
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| (adjective) strongly laxative | Synonyms: evacuant, purgative |
| (adjective) emotionally purging | Synonyms: psychotherapeutic |
| certain | (adjective) established beyond doubt or question; definitely known | - |
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| (adjective) having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured | Synonyms: sure |
| (adjective) certain to occur; destined or inevitable | Synonyms: sure |
| (adjective) established irrevocably | Synonyms: sealed |
| (adjective) exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance | Synonyms: sure |
| (adjective) definite but not specified or identified | - |
| (adjective) reliable in operation or effect | Synonyms: sure |
| certifiable | (adjective) capable of being guaranteed or certified | - |
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| (adjective) fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly) | Synonyms: certified |
| certificated | (adjective) furnished with or authorized by a certificate: | - |
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| certificatory | (adjective) serving to certify or endorse authoritatively | - |
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| certified | (adjective) endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements | - |
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| (adjective) fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly) | Synonyms: certifiable |
| (adjective) holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill | Synonyms: qualified |
| chartaceous | (adjective) of or like paper | Synonyms: paperlike, papery |
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| chartered | (adjective) hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers | Synonyms: hired, leased |
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| chartless | (adjective) (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated | Synonyms: uncharted, unmapped |
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| chartreuse | (adjective) of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur | - |
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| cherty | (adjective) resembling or containing chert | - |
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| chickenhearted | (adjective) easily frightened | Synonyms: chicken, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow-bellied, yellow |
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| coldhearted | (adjective) lacking in sympathy or feeling | - |
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| comfortable | (adjective) providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal) | Synonyms: comfy |
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| (adjective) free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind | - |
| (adjective) in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | Synonyms: easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do |
| (adjective) sufficient to provide comfort | - |
| (adjective) having a wide margin | - |
| comforted | (adjective) made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress | - |
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| comforting | (adjective) affording comfort or solace | Synonyms: consolatory, consoling |
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| (adjective) providing freedom from worry | Synonyms: cheering, satisfying |
| comfortless | (adjective) without comfort | - |
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| compartmental | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalised, compartmentalized |
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| compartmentalised | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmental, compartmentalized |
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| compartmentalized | (adjective) divided up into compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmental, compartmentalised |
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| compartmented | (adjective) divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units | - |
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| concerted | (adjective) involving the joint activity of two or more | Synonyms: conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative, united |
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| contorted | (adjective) twisted (especially as in pain or struggle) | Synonyms: writhed, writhen |
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| convertible | (adjective) capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value | Synonyms: exchangeable |
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| (adjective) designed to be changed from one use or form to another | - |
| (adjective) capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy | Synonyms: transformable, translatable, transmutable |
| cortical | (adjective) of or relating to a cortex | - |
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| corticifugal | (adjective) of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticoefferent, corticofugal |
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| corticipetal | (adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticoafferent |
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| corticoafferent | (adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticipetal |
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| corticoefferent | (adjective) of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticifugal, corticofugal |
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