| abecedarian
|
(adjective) alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) |
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| aeonian
|
(adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely |
Synonyms:
unceasing,
unending,
perpetual,
eonian,
eternal,
everlasting,
ageless |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era) |
Synonyms:
eonian |
| aesculapian
|
(adjective) of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art |
Synonyms:
medical |
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| agrarian
|
(adjective) relating to farming or agriculture |
Synonyms:
agricultural,
farming |
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| ambrosian
|
(adjective) extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant |
Synonyms:
nectarous,
ambrosial |
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| (adjective) worthy of the gods |
Synonyms:
ambrosial |
| ameban
|
(adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae |
Synonyms:
amebic,
amebous,
amoeban,
amoebic,
amoebous |
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| amoeban
|
(adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae |
Synonyms:
ameban,
amebic,
amebous,
amoebic,
amoebous |
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| amphibian
|
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia |
Synonyms:
amphibious |
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| annelidan
|
(adjective) relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida |
Synonyms:
annelid |
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| antediluvian
|
(adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period |
Synonyms:
antiquated,
archaic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood |
Synonyms:
antediluvial |
| antemeridian
|
(adjective) before noon |
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| antiauthoritarian
|
(adjective) opposed to authoritarianism |
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| antinomian
|
(adjective) relating to or influenced by antinomianism |
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| antipodean
|
(adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth |
Synonyms:
antipodal |
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| antiquarian
|
(adjective) of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities |
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| (adjective) of or relating to antiques or antiquities |
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| anuran
|
(adjective) relating to frogs and toads |
Synonyms:
salientian,
batrachian |
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| apian
|
(adjective) relating to or having the characteristics of bees |
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| apiarian
|
(adjective) relating to bees or beekeeping |
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| apogean
|
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of an apogee |
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| arachnidian
|
(adjective) relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida |
Synonyms:
spiderlike,
spiderly,
spidery,
arachnoid |
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| araneidan
|
(adjective) relating to or resembling a spider |
Synonyms:
araneidal |
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| arcadian
|
(adjective) (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic |
Synonyms:
pastoral,
bucolic |
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| archaean
|
(adjective) of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon |
Synonyms:
archean |
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| archdiocesan
|
(adjective) of or relating to an archdiocese |
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| archean
|
(adjective) of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon |
Synonyms:
archaean |
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| archosaurian
|
(adjective) of or relating to reptiles of the subclass Archosauria |
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| artesian
|
(adjective) (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure |
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| arthropodan
|
(adjective) of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda |
Synonyms:
arthropodal,
arthropodous |
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| aurorean
|
(adjective) characteristic of the dawn |
Synonyms:
auroral |
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| authoritarian
|
(adjective) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty |
Synonyms:
despotic,
dictatorial,
autocratic,
tyrannic,
tyrannical |
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| (adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience |
Synonyms:
dictatorial,
overbearing |
| avellan
|
(adjective) pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts |
Synonyms:
avellane |
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| avian
|
(adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of birds |
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| bacchanalian
|
(adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking |
Synonyms:
orgiastic,
carousing,
bacchanal,
bacchic |
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| barbarian
|
(adjective) without civilizing influences |
Synonyms:
uncivilised,
uncivilized,
wild,
savage,
barbaric |
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| basilican
|
(adjective) of or relating to or resembling a basilica |
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| batrachian
|
(adjective) relating to frogs and toads |
Synonyms:
salientian,
anuran |
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| bipartisan
|
(adjective) supported by both sides |
Synonyms:
bipartizan,
two-party,
two-way |
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| bipartizan
|
(adjective) supported by both sides |
Synonyms:
bipartisan,
two-party,
two-way |
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| bohemian
|
(adjective) unconventional in especially appearance and behavior |
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| branchiopodan
|
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda |
Synonyms:
branchiopod,
branchiopodous |
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| caducean
|
(adjective) of or relating to a caduceus |
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| caecilian
|
(adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae |
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| caesarean
|
(adjective) relating to abdominal delivery |
Synonyms:
caesarian,
cesarean,
cesarian |
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| caesarian
|
(adjective) relating to abdominal delivery |
Synonyms:
caesarean,
cesarean,
cesarian |
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| callipygian
|
(adjective) pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks |
Synonyms:
callipygous |
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| callithumpian
|
(adjective) of or relating to a callithump |
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| catapultian
|
(adjective) of or like a catapult |
Synonyms:
catapultic |
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| catarrhinian
|
(adjective) of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward |
Synonyms:
catarrhine |
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| centenarian
|
(adjective) being at least 100 years old |
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| cephalopodan
|
(adjective) relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda |
Synonyms:
cephalopod |
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| cerulean
|
(adjective) of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky |
Synonyms:
sky-blue,
azure,
bright blue |
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| cesarean
|
(adjective) relating to abdominal delivery |
Synonyms:
caesarean,
caesarian,
cesarian |
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| cesarian
|
(adjective) relating to abdominal delivery |
Synonyms:
caesarean,
caesarian,
cesarean |
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| cetacean
|
(adjective) of or relating to whales and dolphins etc |
Synonyms:
cetaceous |
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| chaetognathan
|
(adjective) of or relating to arrowworms |
Synonyms:
chaetognathous |
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| chelonian
|
(adjective) of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise |
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| christian
|
(adjective) following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ |
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| chthonian
|
(adjective) dwelling beneath the surface of the earth |
Synonyms:
nether,
chthonic |
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| circadian
|
(adjective) of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals |
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| civilian
|
(adjective) associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military |
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| clean
|
(adjective) free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits |
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| (adjective) ritually clean or pure |
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| (adjective) not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination |
Synonyms:
uncontaminating |
| (adjective) (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers |
Synonyms:
unobjectionable |
| (adjective) free of restrictions or qualifications |
Synonyms:
clear |
| (adjective) (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims |
Synonyms:
unclouded,
clear,
light |
| (adjective) free from impurities |
Synonyms:
fresh |
| (adjective) (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense |
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| (adjective) free from sepsis or infection |
Synonyms:
uninfected |
| (adjective) morally pure |
Synonyms:
clean-living |
| (adjective) (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections |
Synonyms:
fair |
| (adjective) (of a surface) not written or printed on |
Synonyms:
white,
blank |
| (adjective) exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play |
Synonyms:
sporting,
sportsmanlike,
sporty |
| (adjective) without difficulties or problems |
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| (adjective) thorough and without qualification |
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| (adjective) not carrying concealed weapons |
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| (adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed |
Synonyms:
neat |
| (adjective) free of drugs |
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| corinthian
|
(adjective) of or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants |
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| cosmopolitan
|
(adjective) growing or occurring in many parts of the world |
Synonyms:
widely distributed |
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| (adjective) composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests |
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| (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability |
Synonyms:
universal,
oecumenical,
general,
ecumenical,
world-wide,
worldwide |
| crustacean
|
(adjective) of or belonging to the class Crustacea |
Synonyms:
crustaceous |
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| cyan
|
(adjective) of the blue-green color that is a primary subtractive color of light |
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| cyclopean
|
(adjective) of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops |
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| cyprian
|
(adjective) resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus |
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| deadpan
|
(adjective) deliberately impassive in manner |
Synonyms:
unexpressive,
impassive,
poker-faced,
expressionless |
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| dictyopteran
|
(adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the order Dictyoptera |
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| diluvian
|
(adjective) of or connected with a deluge |
Synonyms:
diluvial |
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| diocesan
|
(adjective) belonging to or governing a diocese |
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| dioecian
|
(adjective) having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals |
Synonyms:
dioecious |
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| dystopian
|
(adjective) of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia |
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| (adjective) as bad as can be; characterized by human misery |
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| ectozoan
|
(adjective) of or relating to epizoa |
Synonyms:
epizoan |
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| egalitarian
|
(adjective) favoring social equality |
Synonyms:
classless |
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| elysian
|
(adjective) being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods |
Synonyms:
inspired,
divine |
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| (adjective) relating to the Elysian Fields |
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| empyrean
|
(adjective) inspiring awe |
Synonyms:
empyreal,
sublime |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the sky or heavens |
Synonyms:
empyreal |
| endozoan
|
(adjective) of or relating to entozoa |
Synonyms:
entozoan |
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| entozoan
|
(adjective) of or relating to entozoa |
Synonyms:
endozoan |
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| (adjective) living within a living animal usually as a parasite |
Synonyms:
endozoic,
entozoic |
| eonian
|
(adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely |
Synonyms:
unceasing,
unending,
perpetual,
eternal,
everlasting,
aeonian,
ageless |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era) |
Synonyms:
aeonian |
| epicurean
|
(adjective) devoted to pleasure |
Synonyms:
hedonic,
hedonistic |
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| (adjective) displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses |
Synonyms:
sybaritic,
voluptuary,
voluptuous,
luxuriant,
luxurious |
| epizoan
|
(adjective) of or relating to epizoa |
Synonyms:
ectozoan |
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| equestrian
|
(adjective) of or relating to or composed of knights |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or featuring horseback riding |
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| euclidean
|
(adjective) relating to geometry as developed by Euclid |
Synonyms:
euclidian |
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| euclidian
|
(adjective) relating to geometry as developed by Euclid |
Synonyms:
euclidean |
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| eutherian
|
(adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria |
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| fabian
|
(adjective) using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation |
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| freshman
|
(adjective) used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college) |
Synonyms:
first-year |
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| gargantuan
|
(adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky |
Synonyms:
jumbo,
giant,
elephantine |
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| herculean
|
(adjective) displaying superhuman strength or power |
Synonyms:
powerful |
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| (adjective) extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules |
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| hominian
|
(adjective) characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures |
Synonyms:
hominid |
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| human
|
(adjective) characteristic of humanity |
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| (adjective) relating to a person |
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| (adjective) having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings |
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| humanitarian
|
(adjective) marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare |
Synonyms:
human-centered,
human-centred,
humanist,
humanistic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism |
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| infrahuman
|
(adjective) belonging to a group below humans in evolutionary development |
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| inhuman
|
(adjective) without compunction or human feeling |
Synonyms:
insensate,
cold,
cold-blooded |
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| (adjective) belonging to or resembling something nonhuman |
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| insectan
|
(adjective) of or relating to the class Insecta |
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| isopteran
|
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of insects of the order Isoptera |
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| isthmian
|
(adjective) of or relating to or forming an isthmus |
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| labyrinthian
|
(adjective) resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity |
Synonyms:
mazy,
labyrinthine |
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| lacertilian
|
(adjective) of or relating to lizards |
Synonyms:
saurian |
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