| abatable | (adjective) capable of being abated | - |
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| abdicable | (adjective) capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished | - |
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| ablative | (adjective) relating to the ablative case | - |
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| (adjective) tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature | - |
| ablaze | (adjective) resembling flame in brilliance or color | - |
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| (adjective) lighted with red light as if with flames | Synonyms: inflamed, reddened |
| (adjective) lighted up by or as by fire or flame | Synonyms: afire, aflame, aflare, alight, on fire |
| (adjective) keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement | Synonyms: aflame, aroused |
| able | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something | - |
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| (adjective) having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity | - |
| (adjective) have the skills and qualifications to do things well | Synonyms: capable |
| (adjective) having a strong healthy body | Synonyms: able-bodied |
| abolishable | (adjective) capable of being abolished | - |
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| abominable | (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
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| (adjective) unequivocally detestable | Synonyms: detestable, execrable, odious |
| abortive | (adjective) failing to accomplish an intended result | Synonyms: stillborn, unsuccessful |
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| above | (adjective) appearing earlier in the same text | - |
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| abranchiate | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchious, gill-less |
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| abrasive | (adjective) sharply disagreeable; rigorous | Synonyms: harsh |
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| (adjective) causing abrasion | Synonyms: scratchy |
| absolute | (adjective) perfect or complete or pure | - |
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| (adjective) not limited by law | - |
| (adjective) not capable of being violated or infringed | Synonyms: infrangible, inviolable |
| (adjective) expressing finality with no implication of possible change | - |
| (adjective) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer |
| absorbable | (adjective) capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface | - |
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| absorptive | (adjective) having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) | Synonyms: absorbent |
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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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| abusive | (adjective) characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment | - |
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| (adjective) expressing offensive reproach | Synonyms: opprobrious, scurrilous |
| acaudate | (adjective) lacking a tail or taillike appendage | Synonyms: acaudal |
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| accelerative | (adjective) tending to increase velocity | Synonyms: acceleratory |
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| acceptable | (adjective) worthy of acceptance or satisfactory | - |
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| (adjective) adequate for the purpose | - |
| (adjective) meeting requirements | Synonyms: decent, satisfactory |
| (adjective) judged to be in conformity with approved usage | - |
| acceptive | (adjective) inclined to accept rather than reject | - |
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| (adjective) accepting willingly | Synonyms: acceptant |
| accessible | (adjective) capable of being reached | - |
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| (adjective) easy to get along with or talk to; friendly | - |
| (adjective) easily obtained | - |
| (adjective) capable of being read with comprehension | Synonyms: approachable |
| accipitrine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) | - |
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| accommodative | (adjective) helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation | Synonyms: accommodating |
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| (adjective) tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony | Synonyms: reconciling |
| (adjective) willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement | Synonyms: cooperative |
| accomplishable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: achievable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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| accountable | (adjective) liable to account for one's actions | Synonyms: answerable |
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| accretive | (adjective) growing by accretion | - |
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| acculturative | (adjective) of or relating to acculturation | Synonyms: acculturational |
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| accumulative | (adjective) marked by acquiring or amassing | - |
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| (adjective) increasing by successive addition | Synonyms: cumulative |
| accurate | (adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy | - |
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| (adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | Synonyms: exact, precise |
| accusative | (adjective) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | Synonyms: objective |
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| (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusatory, accusing, accusive |
| accusive | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusatory, accusing |
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| ace | (adjective) of the highest quality | Synonyms: A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, top-notch, topnotch, tops |
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| acerate | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerose, acicular, needle-shaped |
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| acerose | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerate, acicular, needle-shaped |
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| acervate | (adjective) pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass | - |
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| acetose | (adjective) tasting or smelling like vinegar | Synonyms: acetous, vinegarish, vinegary |
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| achievable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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| aciculate | (adjective) related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts | - |
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| acinose | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinic, acinous |
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| acknowledgeable | (adjective) capable of being acknowledged | - |
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| acquirable | (adjective) capable of being acquired | - |
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| acquisitive | (adjective) eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas | - |
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| actable | (adjective) capable of being acted; suitable for the stage | - |
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| actionable | (adjective) affording grounds for legal action | - |
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| active | (adjective) (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being | Synonyms: dynamic |
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| (adjective) characterized by energetic activity | - |
| (adjective) tending to become more severe or wider in scope | - |
| (adjective) disposed to take action or effectuate change | - |
| (adjective) (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt | - |
| (adjective) (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting | - |
| (adjective) full of activity or engaged in continuous activity | - |
| (adjective) exerting influence or producing a change or effect | - |
| (adjective) engaged in full-time work | - |
| (adjective) expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: | - |
| (adjective) (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions | - |
| (adjective) in operation | Synonyms: alive |
| (adjective) taking part in an activity | Synonyms: participating |
| (adjective) engaged in or ready for military or naval operations | Synonyms: combat-ready, fighting |
| acuate | (adjective) ending in a sharp point | Synonyms: acute, needlelike, sharp |
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| aculeate | (adjective) having or resembling a stinger or barb | Synonyms: aculeated |
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| acuminate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point | - |
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| acute | (adjective) having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course | - |
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| (adjective) of an angle; less than 90 degrees | - |
| (adjective) of critical importance and consequence | - |
| (adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | Synonyms: discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp |
| (adjective) ending in a sharp point | Synonyms: acuate, needlelike, sharp |
| (adjective) extremely sharp or severe | Synonyms: intense |
| adamantine | (adjective) consisting of or having the hardness of adamant | - |
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| (adjective) having the hardness of a diamond | - |
| (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamant, inexorable, intransigent |
| adaptable | (adjective) capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use | - |
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| adaptative | (adjective) having a capacity for adaptation | Synonyms: adaptive |
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| adaptive | (adjective) having a capacity for adaptation | Synonyms: adaptative |
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| addable | (adjective) capable of being added or added to | Synonyms: addible |
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| addible | (adjective) capable of being added or added to | Synonyms: addable |
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| addictive | (adjective) causing or characterized by addiction | Synonyms: habit-forming |
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| additive | (adjective) characterized or produced by addition | - |
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| (adjective) designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree | Synonyms: linear |
| addressable | (adjective) capable of being addressed | - |
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| adductive | (adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part | Synonyms: adducent, adducting |
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| adequate | (adjective) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: equal |
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| (adjective) about average; acceptable | Synonyms: fair to middling, passable, tolerable |
| (adjective) sufficient for the purpose | Synonyms: enough |
| adhesive | (adjective) tending to adhere | - |
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| adipose | (adjective) composed of animal fat | - |
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| adjective | (adjective) relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law | Synonyms: procedural |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adjective | Synonyms: adjectival |
| adjudicative | (adjective) concerned with adjudicating | Synonyms: adjudicatory |
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| adjunctive | (adjective) joining; forming an adjunct | - |
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| adjustable | (adjective) capable of being changed so as to match or fit | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being regulated | - |
| adjustive | (adjective) conducive to adjustment | - |
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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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| admirable | (adjective) inspiring admiration or approval | - |
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| (adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: estimable, good, honorable, respectable |
| admissible | (adjective) deserving to be admitted | - |
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| admissive | (adjective) characterized by or allowing admission | - |
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| admittable | (adjective) deserving to be allowed to enter | Synonyms: admittible |
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| admittible | (adjective) deserving to be allowed to enter | Synonyms: admittable |
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| adnate | (adjective) of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached | - |
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| adoptable | (adjective) suitable or eligible for adoption | - |
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| adoptive | (adjective) of parents and children; related by adoption | - |
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| (adjective) acquired as your own by free choice | Synonyms: adopted |
| adorable | (adjective) lovable especially in a childlike or naive way | Synonyms: endearing, lovely |
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| adsorbable | (adjective) capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid | Synonyms: adsorbate |
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| adsorbate | (adjective) capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid | Synonyms: adsorbable |
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| adsorptive | (adjective) having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: adsorbent, surface-assimilative |
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| adulterate | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterated, debased |
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| adulterine | (adjective) conceived in adultery | - |
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| adumbrative | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: foreshadowing, prefigurative |
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| advance | (adjective) being ahead of time or need | Synonyms: beforehand |
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| (adjective) situated ahead or going before | Synonyms: advanced, in advance |
| advective | (adjective) of or relating to advection | - |
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| adventive | (adjective) not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized | - |
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| adventuresome | (adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | Synonyms: adventurous |
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| adversative | (adjective) expressing antithesis or opposition | Synonyms: oppositive |
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| adverse | (adjective) in an opposing direction | Synonyms: contrary |
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| (adjective) contrary to your interests or welfare | Synonyms: inauspicious, untoward |
| advisable | (adjective) worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise | - |
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| afebrile | (adjective) having no fever | - |
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| affable | (adjective) diffusing warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: amiable, cordial, genial |
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| affectionate | (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: fond, lovesome, tender |
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| affective | (adjective) characterized by emotion | Synonyms: affectional, emotive |
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| affine | (adjective) (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations | - |
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| (adjective) (anthropology) related by marriage | Synonyms: affinal |
| affirmable | (adjective) capable of being affirmed or asserted | Synonyms: assertable |
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| affirmative | (adjective) affirming or giving assent | Synonyms: affirmatory |
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| (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: approbative, approbatory, approving, plausive |
| (adjective) expecting the best | Synonyms: optimistic |
| afflictive | (adjective) causing misery or pain or distress | Synonyms: painful, sore |
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