abaxial | (adjective) facing away from the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: dorsal |
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adaxial | (adjective) nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: ventral |
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adnexal | (adjective) of or pertaining to adnexa | Synonyms: annexal |
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affixal | (adjective) of or pertaining to a linguistic affix | Synonyms: affixial |
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affixed | (adjective) firmly attached | - |
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affixial | (adjective) of or pertaining to a linguistic affix | Synonyms: affixal |
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alexic | (adjective) of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia | Synonyms: word-blind |
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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 |
annexal | (adjective) of or pertaining to adnexa | Synonyms: adnexal |
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annexational | (adjective) relating to annexation | - |
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anorexic | (adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorectic |
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anorexigenic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorectic |
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anoxemic | (adjective) relating to or marked by abnormally little oxygen in arterial blood | - |
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anoxic | (adjective) relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs | - |
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antitoxic | (adjective) counteracting a toxin or poison | - |
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anxiolytic | (adjective) anxiety relieving | - |
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anxious | (adjective) eagerly desirous | Synonyms: dying |
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(adjective) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety | Synonyms: nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet |
approximate | (adjective) located close together | Synonyms: close together |
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(adjective) very close in resemblance | Synonyms: near |
(adjective) not quite exact or correct | Synonyms: approximative, rough |
approximative | (adjective) not quite exact or correct | Synonyms: approximate, rough |
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apraxic | (adjective) having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder | Synonyms: apractic |
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asexual | (adjective) not having or involving sex | Synonyms: nonsexual |
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asphyxiated | (adjective) in a state of asphyxia | - |
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asphyxiating | (adjective) tending to deprive of oxygen | - |
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ataraxic | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataractic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing |
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ataxic | (adjective) lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia | Synonyms: atactic |
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atoxic | (adjective) not producing or resulting from poison | Synonyms: nontoxic |
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auxetic | (adjective) of or relating to growth by auxesis | - |
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auxiliary | (adjective) functioning in a supporting capacity | Synonyms: subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary |
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(adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant |
auxinic | (adjective) relating to or containing auxins | - |
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axenic | (adjective) (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions | - |
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(adjective) (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms | - |
axial | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation | - |
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(adjective) relating to or attached to the axis | Synonyms: axile |
(adjective) situated on or along or in the direction of an axis | - |
axile | (adjective) relating to or attached to the axis | Synonyms: axial |
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axillary | (adjective) of or relating to the armpit | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the axil | Synonyms: alar |
axiological | (adjective) of or relating to the study of values | - |
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axiomatic | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from axioms | Synonyms: axiomatical, postulational |
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(adjective) containing aphorisms or maxims | Synonyms: aphoristic |
(adjective) evident without proof or argument | Synonyms: self-evident, taken for granted |
axiomatical | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from axioms | Synonyms: axiomatic, postulational |
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axonal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling an axon | - |
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basifixed | (adjective) attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks) | - |
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bauxitic | (adjective) resembling or containing bauxite | - |
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biaxal | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxate, biaxial |
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biaxate | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxal, biaxial |
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biaxial | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxal, biaxate |
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biconvex | (adjective) convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil | Synonyms: convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform |
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bisexual | (adjective) sexually attracted to both sexes | - |
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(adjective) having an ambiguous sexual identity | Synonyms: epicene |
boxed | (adjective) enclosed in or set off by a border or box | - |
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(adjective) enclosed in or as if in a box | Synonyms: boxed-in, boxed in |
boxlike | (adjective) resembling a box in rectangularity | Synonyms: box-shaped, boxy |
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boxy | (adjective) resembling a box in rectangularity | Synonyms: box-shaped, boxlike |
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buxom | (adjective) (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous | Synonyms: zaftig, zoftig |
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(adjective) (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | Synonyms: bosomy, busty, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed |
carboxyl | (adjective) relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical | Synonyms: carboxylic |
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carboxylic | (adjective) relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical | Synonyms: carboxyl |
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clx | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred fifty | Synonyms: 160, one hundred sixty |
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clxv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred sixty | Synonyms: 165, one hundred sixty-five |
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clxx | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred sixty | Synonyms: 170, one hundred seventy |
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clxxv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred seventy | Synonyms: 175, one hundred seventy-five |
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clxxx | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred seventy | Synonyms: 180, one hundred eighty |
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coaxal | (adjective) having a common axis | Synonyms: coaxial |
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coaxial | (adjective) having a common axis | Synonyms: coaxal |
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coaxing | (adjective) pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade | Synonyms: ingratiatory |
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coexistent | (adjective) existing at the same time | Synonyms: coexisting |
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coexisting | (adjective) existing at the same time | Synonyms: coexistent |
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coextensive | (adjective) being of equal extent or scope or duration | Synonyms: conterminous, coterminous |
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complex | (adjective) complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts | - |
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(adjective) difficult to analyze or understand | Synonyms: complicated |
contextual | (adjective) relating to or determined by or in context | - |
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convex | (adjective) curving or bulging outward | Synonyms: bulging |
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cx | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred | Synonyms: 110, one hundred ten |
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cxl | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred thirty | Synonyms: 140, one hundred forty |
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cxlv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred forty | Synonyms: 145, one hundred forty-five |
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cxv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred ten | Synonyms: 115, one hundred fifteen |
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cxx | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred ten | Synonyms: 120, one hundred twenty |
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cxxv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred twenty | Synonyms: 125, one hundred twenty-five |
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cxxx | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred twenty | Synonyms: 130, one hundred thirty |
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cxxxv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred thirty | Synonyms: 135, one hundred thirty-five |
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cytotoxic | (adjective) of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells | - |
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deluxe | (adjective) elegant and sumptuous | Synonyms: de luxe, luxe |
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(adjective) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | Synonyms: gilded, grand, lush, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous |
dexter | (adjective) on or starting from the wearer's right | - |
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dexterous | (adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | Synonyms: deft, dextrous |
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dextral | (adjective) of or on the right | - |
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(adjective) preferring to use right foot or hand or eye | - |
dextrorotary | (adjective) rotating to the right | Synonyms: dextrorotatory, right-handed |
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dextrorotatory | (adjective) rotating to the right | Synonyms: dextrorotary, right-handed |
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dextrorsal | (adjective) spiraling upward from left to right | Synonyms: dextrorse |
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dextrorse | (adjective) spiraling upward from left to right | Synonyms: dextrorsal |
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dextrous | (adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | Synonyms: deft, dexterous |
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dicarboxylic | (adjective) containing two carboxyls per molecule | - |
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duplex | (adjective) allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously | - |
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(adjective) (used technically of a device or process) having two parts | - |
dyslexic | (adjective) of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia | - |
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(adjective) having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | Synonyms: dyslectic |
ex | (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: antique, demode, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee |
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exacerbating | (adjective) making worse | Synonyms: aggravating, exasperating |
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exact | (adjective) marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact | - |
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(adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | Synonyms: accurate, precise |
(adjective) lacking compromising or mitigating elements | Synonyms: direct |
exacting | (adjective) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures | Synonyms: fastidious |
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(adjective) requiring precise accuracy | Synonyms: exigent |
(adjective) severe and unremitting in making demands | Synonyms: stern, strict |
exaggerated | (adjective) represented as greater than is true or reasonable | Synonyms: overdone, overstated |
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(adjective) enlarged to an abnormal degree | Synonyms: enlarged, magnified |
exalted | (adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | Synonyms: elevated, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime |
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exalting | (adjective) tending to exalt | Synonyms: ennobling |
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exanimate | (adjective) deprived of life; no longer living | Synonyms: lifeless |
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exasperated | (adjective) greatly annoyed; out of patience | Synonyms: browned off, cheesed off |
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exasperating | (adjective) extremely annoying or displeasing | Synonyms: infuriating, maddening, vexing |
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(adjective) making worse | Synonyms: aggravating, exacerbating |
exaugural | (adjective) occurring at or marking the close of a term of office | - |
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exceeding | (adjective) far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | Synonyms: exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing |
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excellent | (adjective) very good; of the highest quality | Synonyms: fantabulous, first-class, mean, ripping, splendid |
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exceptionable | (adjective) liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to | Synonyms: objectionable |
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exceptional | (adjective) deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence | - |
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(adjective) far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | Synonyms: exceeding, olympian, prodigious, surpassing |
(adjective) surpassing what is common or usual or expected | Synonyms: especial, particular, special |