alabastrine | (adjective) of or resembling alabaster | Synonyms: alabaster |
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alpestrine | (adjective) growing at high altitudes | Synonyms: subalpine |
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anestric | (adjective) of or relating to anestrus | Synonyms: anestrous, anoestrous |
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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 |
awestricken | (adjective) having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread | Synonyms: awed, awestruck |
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bimestrial | (adjective) two months long; lasting two months | - |
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(adjective) occurring every two months | Synonyms: bimonthly |
constricted | (adjective) drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically | - |
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(adjective) especially tense; especially in some dialects | - |
constricting | (adjective) (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom | Synonyms: constrictive, narrowing |
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constrictive | (adjective) (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom | Synonyms: constricting, narrowing |
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(adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action | Synonyms: confining, constraining, limiting, restricting |
distributed | (adjective) spread out or scattered about or divided up | - |
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distributional | (adjective) of or relating to spatial distribution | - |
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distributive | (adjective) serving to distribute or allot or disperse | - |
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dumbstricken | (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbfounded, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck |
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epigastric | (adjective) lying on or over the stomach | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen | - |
equestrian | (adjective) of or relating to or featuring horseback riding | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or composed of knights | - |
extraterrestrial | (adjective) originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere | - |
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gastric | (adjective) relating to or involving the stomach | Synonyms: stomachal, stomachic |
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histrionic | (adjective) characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected | Synonyms: melodramatic |
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illustrious | (adjective) having or conferring glory | - |
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(adjective) widely known and esteemed | Synonyms: celebrated, famed, famous, far-famed, notable, noted, renowned |
industrial | (adjective) having highly developed industries | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or resulting from industry | - |
(adjective) employed in industry | - |
(adjective) suitable to stand up to hard wear | - |
industrialised | (adjective) made industrial; converted to industrialism | Synonyms: industrialized |
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industrialized | (adjective) made industrial; converted to industrialism | Synonyms: industrialised |
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industrious | (adjective) characterized by hard work and perseverance | Synonyms: hardworking, tireless, untiring |
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(adjective) working hard to promote an enterprise | Synonyms: energetic, gumptious, up-and-coming |
lacustrine | (adjective) of or relating to or living near lakes | - |
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nonastringent | (adjective) not astringent | - |
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nonindustrial | (adjective) not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises | - |
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nonrestrictive | (adjective) not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase | - |
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pedestrian | (adjective) lacking wit or imagination | Synonyms: earthbound, prosaic, prosy |
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pinstriped | (adjective) having very thin stripes | - |
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pneumogastric | (adjective) of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the vagus nerve | Synonyms: vagal |
postindustrial | (adjective) of or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and research | - |
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redistributed | (adjective) having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas | - |
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restricted | (adjective) subject to restriction or subjected to restriction | - |
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(adjective) the lowest level of official classification for documents | - |
(adjective) restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') | Synonyms: qualified |
restricting | (adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action | Synonyms: confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting |
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restrictive | (adjective) serving to restrict | - |
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(adjective) (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports | - |
semestrial | (adjective) occurring every six months or during every period of six months | Synonyms: semestral |
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semiterrestrial | (adjective) chiefly but not exclusively terrestrial | - |
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striate | (adjective) marked with stria or striations | - |
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stricken | (adjective) (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming | Synonyms: smitten, struck |
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(adjective) grievously affected especially by disease | Synonyms: afflicted |
(adjective) put out of action (by illness) | Synonyms: laid low |
strict | (adjective) characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint | Synonyms: nonindulgent |
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(adjective) severe and unremitting in making demands | Synonyms: exacting, stern |
(adjective) rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard | Synonyms: rigorous |
(adjective) incapable of compromise or flexibility | Synonyms: rigid |
(adjective) (of rules) stringently enforced | Synonyms: hard-and-fast |
strident | (adjective) unpleasantly loud and harsh | Synonyms: raucous |
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(adjective) being sharply insistent on being heard | Synonyms: shrill |
(adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | Synonyms: blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous |
(adjective) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') | Synonyms: continuant, fricative, sibilant, spirant |
strikebound | (adjective) closed or immobilized by a strike | - |
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striking | (adjective) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | Synonyms: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular |
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(adjective) sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | Synonyms: dramatic, spectacular |
stringent | (adjective) demanding strict attention to rules and procedures | Synonyms: rigorous, tight |
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stringy | (adjective) consisting of or containing string or strings | - |
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(adjective) forming viscous or glutinous threads | Synonyms: ropey, ropy, thready |
(adjective) lean and sinewy | Synonyms: wiry |
(adjective) (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew | Synonyms: fibrous, sinewy, unchewable |
striped | (adjective) marked or decorated with stripes | Synonyms: stripy |
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stripped | (adjective) having everything extraneous removed including contents | Synonyms: bare |
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(adjective) having only essential or minimal features | Synonyms: stripped-down |
(adjective) with clothing stripped off | - |
stripy | (adjective) marked or decorated with stripes | Synonyms: striped |
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tapestried | (adjective) hung or decorated with tapestry | - |
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terrestrial | (adjective) operating or living or growing on land | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air | Synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrene |
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants | Synonyms: planetary |
(adjective) of this earth | Synonyms: sublunar, sublunary |
(adjective) concerned with the world or worldly matters | Synonyms: mundane |
unconstricted | (adjective) not constricted physically or by extension psychologically | - |
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undistributed | (adjective) (of investments) not distributed among a variety of securities | - |
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unindustrialised | (adjective) not converted to industrialism | Synonyms: unindustrialized |
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unindustrialized | (adjective) not converted to industrialism | Synonyms: unindustrialised |
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unrestricted | (adjective) not subject to or subjected to restriction | - |
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(adjective) free of restrictions on conduct | - |
(adjective) not restricted or exclusive | Synonyms: unexclusive |
(adjective) never having had security classification | Synonyms: nonsensitive |
(adjective) not restricted or modified in meaning | - |
unrestrictive | (adjective) not tending to restrict | - |
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