| abstract | (adjective) existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment | - |
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| (adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | Synonyms: abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective |
| (adjective) dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention | - |
| abstracted | (adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation | Synonyms: absent, absentminded, scatty |
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| abstractionist | (adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | Synonyms: abstract, nonfigurative, nonobjective |
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| abstractive | (adjective) of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting | - |
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| abstruse | (adjective) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | Synonyms: deep, recondite |
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| accipitrine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) | - |
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| accoutred | (adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) | Synonyms: accoutered |
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| acentric | (adjective) lacking a centromere | - |
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| (adjective) not centered or having no center | - |
| acidimetric | (adjective) involving or related to acidimetry | - |
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| acrocentric | (adjective) having a subterminal centromere | - |
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| actinometric | (adjective) of or related to actinometry | Synonyms: actinometrical |
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| actinometrical | (adjective) of or related to actinometry | Synonyms: actinometric |
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| administrable | (adjective) capable of being administered or managed | - |
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| administrative | (adjective) of or relating to or responsible for administration | - |
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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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| aeolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: eolotropic |
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| alabastrine | (adjective) of or resembling alabaster | Synonyms: alabaster |
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| algometric | (adjective) of or related to algometry | Synonyms: algometrical |
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| algometrical | (adjective) of or related to algometry | Synonyms: algometric |
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| allometric | (adjective) relating to or marked by allometry | - |
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| allopatric | (adjective) (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another | - |
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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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| alpestrine | (adjective) growing at high altitudes | Synonyms: subalpine |
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| altricial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food | - |
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| altruistic | (adjective) showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: selfless |
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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 |
| 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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| amphitheatric | (adjective) of or related to an amphitheater | Synonyms: amphitheatrical |
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| amphitheatrical | (adjective) of or related to an amphitheater | Synonyms: amphitheatric |
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| amphitropous | (adjective) (of a plant ovule) partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees on its stalk | - |
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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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| ancestral | (adjective) of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor | - |
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| (adjective) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | Synonyms: hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible |
| anemometric | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometrical |
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| anemometrical | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometric |
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| anestric | (adjective) of or relating to anestrus | Synonyms: anestrous, anoestrous |
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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 |
| anisometric | (adjective) having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements | Synonyms: unsymmetrical |
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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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| anthropocentric | (adjective) human-centered | - |
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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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| antistrophic | (adjective) of or relating to an antistrophe | - |
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| antitrust | (adjective) of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices | Synonyms: antimonopoly |
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| antrorse | (adjective) bent or curved forward or upward | - |
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| apostrophic | (adjective) of or characteristic of apostrophe | - |
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| apotropaic | (adjective) having the power to prevent evil or bad luck | - |
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| arbitrable | (adjective) appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration | - |
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| arbitral | (adjective) relating to or resulting from arbitration | Synonyms: arbitrational |
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| arbitrary | (adjective) based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice | - |
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| arbitrational | (adjective) relating to or resulting from arbitration | Synonyms: arbitral |
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| arbitrative | (adjective) relating to or having the authority to arbitrate | - |
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| astragalar | (adjective) of or relating to the anklebone | - |
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| astral | (adjective) being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars | Synonyms: stellar |
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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 |
| astrocytic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia | - |
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| astrological | (adjective) relating to or concerned with astrology | - |
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| astronautic | (adjective) of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics | Synonyms: astronautical |
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| astronautical | (adjective) of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics | Synonyms: astronautic |
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| astronomic | (adjective) relating or belonging to the science of astronomy | Synonyms: astronomical |
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| (adjective) inconceivably large | Synonyms: astronomical, galactic |
| astronomical | (adjective) relating or belonging to the science of astronomy | Synonyms: astronomic |
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| (adjective) inconceivably large | Synonyms: astronomic, galactic |
| astrophysical | (adjective) of or concerned with astrophysics | - |
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| asymmetric | (adjective) characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components | Synonyms: asymmetrical |
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| asymmetrical | (adjective) characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components | Synonyms: asymmetric |
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| (adjective) irregular in shape or outline | Synonyms: crooked |
| atrabilious | (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: bilious, dyspeptic, liverish |
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| atrial | (adjective) of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart) | - |
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| atrioventricular | (adjective) relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart | Synonyms: auriculoventricular |
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| atrip | (adjective) (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom | Synonyms: aweigh |
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| atrocious | (adjective) provoking horror | Synonyms: frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly |
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| (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
| (adjective) shockingly brutal or cruel | Synonyms: flagitious, grievous, monstrous |
| atrophic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by atrophy | - |
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| atrophied | (adjective) (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use | Synonyms: diminished, wasted |
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| attractable | (adjective) capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet | - |
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| attractive | (adjective) pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm | - |
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| (adjective) having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull | - |
| (adjective) having power to arouse interest | - |
| attributable | (adjective) capable of being attributed | - |
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| attributive | (adjective) of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify | Synonyms: prenominal |
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| attrited | (adjective) worn by rubbing or friction | - |
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| attritional | (adjective) relating to or caused by attrition | - |
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| audiometric | (adjective) of or relating to audiometry | - |
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| auriculoventricular | (adjective) relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart | Synonyms: atrioventricular |
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| austral | (adjective) of the south or coming from the south | - |
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| australopithecine | (adjective) of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus | - |
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| autotrophic | (adjective) of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis | Synonyms: autophytic |
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| awestricken | (adjective) having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread | Synonyms: awed, awestruck |
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| awestruck | (adjective) having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread | Synonyms: awed, awestricken |
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| barometric | (adjective) relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer | Synonyms: barometrical |
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| barometrical | (adjective) relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer | Synonyms: barometric |
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| bathymetric | (adjective) of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes | Synonyms: bathymetrical |
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| bathymetrical | (adjective) of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes | Synonyms: bathymetric |
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| batrachian | (adjective) relating to frogs and toads | Synonyms: anuran, salientian |
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| belletristic | (adjective) written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content | - |
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| betrothed | (adjective) pledged to be married | Synonyms: bespoken, engaged |
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| bibliolatrous | (adjective) given to Bible-worship | - |
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| bicentric | (adjective) having two centers | - |
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| bimestrial | (adjective) two months long; lasting two months | - |
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| (adjective) occurring every two months | Synonyms: bimonthly |
| bistred | (adjective) colored with or as if with bister | Synonyms: bistered |
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| bistroic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a bistro | - |
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| bolometric | (adjective) of or relating to a bolometer | - |
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