accipitrine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) | - |
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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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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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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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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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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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anisometric | (adjective) having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements | Synonyms: unsymmetrical |
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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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astringent | (adjective) tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue | - |
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(adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic |
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 |
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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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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awestricken | (adjective) having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread | Synonyms: awed, awestruck |
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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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belletristic | (adjective) written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content | - |
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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 |
bolometric | (adjective) of or relating to a bolometer | - |
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calorimetric | (adjective) of or relating to the measurement of heat | - |
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catoptric | (adjective) of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors | Synonyms: catoptrical |
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catoptrical | (adjective) of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors | Synonyms: catoptric |
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centric | (adjective) having or situated at or near a center | Synonyms: centrical |
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centrical | (adjective) having or situated at or near a center | Synonyms: centric |
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centrifugal | (adjective) tending to move away from a center | - |
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(adjective) tending away from centralization, as of authority | - |
(adjective) conveying information to the muscles from the CNS | Synonyms: motor |
centripetal | (adjective) tending to move toward a center | - |
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(adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system | Synonyms: receptive, sensory |
(adjective) tending to unify | Synonyms: unifying |
centrist | (adjective) supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative | Synonyms: middle-of-the-road |
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centrosymmetric | (adjective) having a symmetrical arrangement of radiating parts about a central point | Synonyms: radially symmetrical |
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citric | (adjective) of or related to citric acid | - |
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colorimetric | (adjective) of or relating to colorimetry | Synonyms: colorimetrical |
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colorimetrical | (adjective) of or relating to colorimetry | Synonyms: colorimetric |
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concentric | (adjective) having a common center | Synonyms: concentrical, homocentric |
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concentrical | (adjective) having a common center | Synonyms: concentric, homocentric |
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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 |
contributing | (adjective) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | Synonyms: conducive, contributive, contributory, tributary |
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contributive | (adjective) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | Synonyms: conducive, contributing, contributory, tributary |
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contributory | (adjective) tending to bring about; being partly responsible for | Synonyms: conducive, contributing, contributive, tributary |
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contrite | (adjective) feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses | Synonyms: remorseful, rueful, ruthful |
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contrived | (adjective) artificially formal | Synonyms: artificial, hokey, stilted |
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(adjective) showing effects of planning or manipulation | - |
countrified | (adjective) characteristic of rural life | Synonyms: countryfied, rustic |
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craniometric | (adjective) of or relating to craniometry | Synonyms: craniometrical |
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craniometrical | (adjective) of or relating to craniometry | Synonyms: craniometric |
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cytophotometric | (adjective) of or relating to the study of cells by means of a cytophotometer | - |
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detrimental | (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: damaging, prejudicial, prejudicious |
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diametric | (adjective) related to or along a diameter | Synonyms: diametral, diametrical |
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(adjective) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | Synonyms: diametrical, opposite, polar |
diametrical | (adjective) related to or along a diameter | Synonyms: diametral, diametric |
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(adjective) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed | Synonyms: diametric, opposite, polar |
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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doctrinaire | (adjective) stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability | - |
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doctrinal | (adjective) relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine | - |
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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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eccentric | (adjective) not having a common center; not concentric | Synonyms: nonconcentric |
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(adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
econometric | (adjective) of or relating to econometrics | - |
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egocentric | (adjective) concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: egoistic, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish |
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electric | (adjective) using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity | Synonyms: electrical |
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(adjective) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | Synonyms: galvanic, galvanising, galvanizing |
(adjective) (of a situation) exceptionally tense | - |
electrical | (adjective) relating to or concerned with electricity | - |
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(adjective) using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity | Synonyms: electric |
electrifying | (adjective) causing a surge of emotion or excitement | Synonyms: thrilling |
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endocentric | (adjective) fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents | - |
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endometrial | (adjective) of or relating to the endometrium | - |
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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 | - |
ethnocentric | (adjective) centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own | - |
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exocentric | (adjective) not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents | - |
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extraterrestrial | (adjective) originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere | - |
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extricable | (adjective) capable of being extricated | - |
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extrinsic | (adjective) not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside | - |
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gastric | (adjective) relating to or involving the stomach | Synonyms: stomachal, stomachic |
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geocentric | (adjective) having the earth as the center | - |
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geometric | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geometry | Synonyms: geometrical |
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(adjective) characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration | Synonyms: geometrical |
geometrical | (adjective) of or relating to or determined by geometry | Synonyms: geometric |
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(adjective) characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration | Synonyms: geometric |
geriatric | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing geriatrics | Synonyms: gerontological |
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(adjective) of or relating to the aged | - |
gravimetric | (adjective) of or relating to hydrometry | Synonyms: hydrometric |
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heliocentric | (adjective) having the sun as the center | - |
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