| heterosporous | (adjective) characterized by heterospory | - |
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| hispid | (adjective) (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles | - |
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| homespun | (adjective) made of cloth spun or woven in the home | - |
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| (adjective) of textiles; having a rough surface | Synonyms: nubbly, nubby, slubbed, tweedy |
| (adjective) characteristic of country life | Synonyms: cracker-barrel |
| homosporous | (adjective) characterized by homospory | - |
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| hospitable | (adjective) favorable to life and growth | - |
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| (adjective) disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity | - |
| (adjective) having an open mind | - |
| inauspicious | (adjective) not auspicious; boding ill | Synonyms: unfortunate |
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| (adjective) contrary to your interests or welfare | Synonyms: adverse, untoward |
| (adjective) presaging ill fortune | Synonyms: ill, ominous |
| inconspicuous | (adjective) not prominent or readily noticeable | Synonyms: invisible |
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| indispensable | (adjective) not to be dispensed with; essential | - |
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| (adjective) absolutely necessary; vitally necessary | Synonyms: essential |
| (adjective) unavoidable | - |
| indisposed | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, loath, loth |
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| (adjective) somewhat ill or prone to illness | Synonyms: ailing, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
| indisputable | (adjective) impossible to doubt or dispute | Synonyms: sure |
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| (adjective) not open to question; obviously true | Synonyms: incontestable, undisputable |
| inhospitable | (adjective) unfavorable to life or growth | - |
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| (adjective) not hospitable | - |
| inspirational | (adjective) imparting a divine influence on the mind and soul | - |
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| inspiratory | (adjective) pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration | - |
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| inspired | (adjective) being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods | Synonyms: divine, elysian |
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| inspiring | (adjective) stimulating or exalting to the spirit | - |
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| inspiriting | (adjective) cheerfully encouraging | Synonyms: heartening |
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| interspecies | (adjective) arising or occurring between species | Synonyms: interspecific |
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| interspecific | (adjective) arising or occurring between species | Synonyms: interspecies |
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| intraspecies | (adjective) arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species | Synonyms: intraspecific |
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| intraspecific | (adjective) arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species | Synonyms: intraspecies |
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| introspective | (adjective) given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences | Synonyms: introverted, self-examining |
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| irresponsible | (adjective) showing lack of care for consequences | - |
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| jurisprudential | (adjective) relating to the science or philosophy of law or a system of laws | - |
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| leptosporangiate | (adjective) (of ferns) having each sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell | - |
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| meanspirited | (adjective) lacking in magnanimity | Synonyms: ungenerous |
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| (adjective) having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality | Synonyms: base, mean |
| misplaced | (adjective) put in the wrong place or position | - |
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| (adjective) lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place | Synonyms: mislaid |
| nondisposable | (adjective) not designed to be thrown away after use | - |
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| (adjective) (of assets) unavailable for use | - |
| nonspatial | (adjective) not spatial | - |
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| nonspeaking | (adjective) not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines | Synonyms: walk-on |
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| nonspecific | (adjective) not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides | - |
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| nonspherical | (adjective) not spherical | - |
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| outspoken | (adjective) given to expressing yourself freely or insistently | Synonyms: vocal |
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| (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
| outspread | (adjective) fully extended in width | Synonyms: spread |
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| oversuspicious | (adjective) unduly suspicious | - |
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| perspicacious | (adjective) mentally acute or penetratingly discerning | Synonyms: clear-eyed, clear-sighted |
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| (adjective) acutely insightful and wise | Synonyms: sagacious, sapient |
| perspicuous | (adjective) (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable | Synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid |
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| phosphorescent | (adjective) emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous | - |
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| phosphoric | (adjective) containing or characteristic of phosphorus | Synonyms: phosphorous |
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| phosphorous | (adjective) containing or characteristic of phosphorus | Synonyms: phosphoric |
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| plainspoken | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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| (adjective) using simple and direct language | - |
| predisposed | (adjective) made susceptible | - |
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| prospective | (adjective) of or concerned with or related to the future | - |
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| prospering | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
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| prosperous | (adjective) marked by peace and prosperity | Synonyms: golden, halcyon |
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| (adjective) presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | Synonyms: favorable, favourable, golden, lucky |
| (adjective) in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | Synonyms: comfortable, easy, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do |
| (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, flourishing, palmy, prospering, roaring, thriving |
| prospicient | (adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted |
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| rasping | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: grating, gravelly, raspy, rough, scratchy |
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| raspy | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, rough, scratchy |
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| respectable | (adjective) characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals | - |
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| (adjective) large in amount or extent or degree | Synonyms: goodish, goodly, healthy, hefty, sizable, sizeable, tidy |
| (adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: admirable, estimable, good, honorable |
| respected | (adjective) receiving deferential regard | Synonyms: well-thought-of |
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| respectful | (adjective) full of or exhibiting respect | - |
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| (adjective) feeling or manifesting veneration | Synonyms: reverential, venerating |
| respective | (adjective) considered individually | Synonyms: several, various |
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| respiratory | (adjective) pertaining to respiration | - |
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| resplendent | (adjective) having great beauty and splendor | Synonyms: glorious, splendid, splendiferous |
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| respondent | (adjective) replying | Synonyms: answering |
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| responsible | (adjective) worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable | - |
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| (adjective) being the agent or cause | Synonyms: responsible for |
| (adjective) having an acceptable credit rating | Synonyms: creditworthy |
| responsive | (adjective) readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion | - |
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| (adjective) containing or using responses; alternating | Synonyms: antiphonal |
| (adjective) reacting to a stimulus | Synonyms: reactive |
| retrospective | (adjective) concerned with or related to the past | - |
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| semitransparent | (adjective) allowing light to pass through diffusely | Synonyms: translucent |
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| sidesplitting | (adjective) very funny | Synonyms: killing |
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| spaced | (adjective) arranged with spaces between; often used as a combining form | - |
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| (adjective) spaced apart | Synonyms: separated |
| spacey | (adjective) stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug | Synonyms: spaced-out, spacy |
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| spacial | (adjective) pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space | Synonyms: spatial |
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| spaciotemporal | (adjective) existing in both space and time; having both spatial extension and temporal duration | Synonyms: spatiotemporal |
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| spacious | (adjective) (of buildings and rooms) having ample space | Synonyms: roomy |
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| (adjective) very large in expanse or scope | Synonyms: broad, wide |
| spacy | (adjective) stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug | Synonyms: spaced-out, spacey |
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| spangled | (adjective) covered with beads or jewels or sequins | Synonyms: beady, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangly |
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| spangly | (adjective) covered with beads or jewels or sequins | Synonyms: beady, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled |
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| spanking | (adjective) quick and energetic | Synonyms: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, zippy |
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| spare | (adjective) lacking in magnitude or quantity | Synonyms: bare, scanty |
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| (adjective) thin and fit | Synonyms: trim |
| (adjective) lacking embellishment or ornamentation | Synonyms: bare, plain, unembellished, unornamented |
| (adjective) not taken up by scheduled activities | Synonyms: free |
| (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus |
| (adjective) kept in reserve especially for emergency use | - |
| sparing | (adjective) avoiding waste | Synonyms: economical, frugal, scotch, stinting |
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| sparkling | (adjective) used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide | Synonyms: effervescent |
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| (adjective) shining with brilliant points of light like stars | - |
| sparkly | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating |
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| (adjective) marked by high spirits or excitement | Synonyms: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating |
| sparse | (adjective) not dense | Synonyms: thin |
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| spartan | (adjective) practicing great self-denial | Synonyms: ascetic, ascetical, austere |
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| (adjective) unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment | Synonyms: severe |
| (adjective) resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity | - |
| spasmodic | (adjective) occurring in spells and often abruptly | Synonyms: fitful |
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| (adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm | Synonyms: convulsive, spastic |
| spastic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by spasm | - |
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| (adjective) suffering from spastic paralysis | - |
| (adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm | Synonyms: convulsive, spasmodic |
| spatial | (adjective) pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space | Synonyms: spacial |
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| spatiotemporal | (adjective) of or relating to space and time together (having both spatial extension and temporal duration) | - |
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| (adjective) existing in both space and time; having both spatial extension and temporal duration | Synonyms: spaciotemporal |
| spattered | (adjective) covered with bright patches (often used in combination) | Synonyms: dabbled, splashed, splattered |
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| spatulate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base | Synonyms: spatula-shaped |
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| spavined | (adjective) (of horses) afflicted with a swelling of the hock-joint | - |
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| spayed | (adjective) (of a female animal) having the ovaries removed | - |
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| speakable | (adjective) capable of being uttered in words or sentences | Synonyms: utterable |
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| speaking | (adjective) capable of or involving speech or speaking | - |
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| (adjective) capable of speech | Synonyms: speech-endowed |
| special | (adjective) for a special service or occasion | - |
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| (adjective) first and most important | Synonyms: particular |
| (adjective) adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose | - |
| (adjective) having a specific function or scope | Synonyms: limited |
| (adjective) surpassing what is common or usual or expected | Synonyms: especial, exceptional, particular |
| (adjective) added to a regular schedule | Synonyms: extra |
| (adjective) unique or specific to a person or thing or category | Synonyms: particular, peculiar |
| specialised | (adjective) developed or designed for a special activity or function | Synonyms: specialized |
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| specialistic | (adjective) of or related to or characteristic of specialists | - |
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| (adjective) showing focused training | - |
| specialized | (adjective) developed or designed for a special activity or function | Synonyms: specialised |
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| specifiable | (adjective) capable of being specified | - |
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| specific | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique | - |
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| (adjective) being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides | - |
| (adjective) relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species | - |
| (adjective) stated explicitly or in detail | - |
| specified | (adjective) clearly and explicitly stated | - |
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| specious | (adjective) plausible but false | Synonyms: spurious |
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| (adjective) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing | Synonyms: gilded, glossy, meretricious |
| specked | (adjective) having a pattern of dots | Synonyms: dotted, flecked, speckled, stippled |
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| speckled | (adjective) having a pattern of dots | Synonyms: dotted, flecked, specked, stippled |
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| speckless | (adjective) completely neat and clean | Synonyms: immaculate, spic-and-span, spic, spick-and-span, spick, spotless |
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| spectacled | (adjective) wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass | Synonyms: bespectacled, monocled |
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| spectacular | (adjective) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | Synonyms: outstanding, prominent, salient, striking |
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| (adjective) characteristic of spectacles or drama | - |
| (adjective) sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | Synonyms: dramatic, striking |
| spectral | (adjective) of or relating to a spectrum | - |
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| (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom | Synonyms: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spiritual |
| spectrographic | (adjective) relating to or employing a spectrograph | - |
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| spectrometric | (adjective) of or relating to or involving spectrometry | - |
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