achlamydeous | (adjective) not having a floral envelope or perianth | - |
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advantageous | (adjective) giving an advantage | Synonyms: favorable, favourable |
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(adjective) appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness | - |
alliaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium | - |
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(adjective) smelling of onions or garlic | - |
amentaceous | (adjective) (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins | Synonyms: amentiferous |
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amylaceous | (adjective) resembling starch | Synonyms: amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous, starchlike |
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apocynaceous | (adjective) of or relating to tropical plants of the family Apocynaceae | - |
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aqueous | (adjective) produced by the action of water | Synonyms: sedimentary |
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(adjective) similar to or containing or dissolved in water | - |
araceous | (adjective) relating to a plant of the family Araceae | Synonyms: aroid |
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arboraceous | (adjective) abounding in trees | Synonyms: arboreous, woodsy, woody |
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arboreous | (adjective) inhabiting or frequenting trees | Synonyms: arboreal, tree-living |
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(adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
(adjective) abounding in trees | Synonyms: arboraceous, woodsy, woody |
arenaceous | (adjective) resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas | Synonyms: sandlike, sandy |
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argillaceous | (adjective) resembling or containing clay | Synonyms: clayey |
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arundinaceous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling reedlike plants of the genus Arundinaria | - |
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asclepiadaceous | (adjective) of or relating to plants of the milkweed family | - |
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beauteous | (adjective) (poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight | - |
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betulaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees of the birch family | - |
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bignoniaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Bignoniaceae | - |
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bounteous | (adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bighearted, bountiful, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded |
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bulbaceous | (adjective) producing or growing from bulbs | - |
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butyraceous | (adjective) having the qualities of butter or yielding or containing a substance like butter | - |
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calcareous | (adjective) composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk | Synonyms: chalky |
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camphoraceous | (adjective) being or having the properties of camphor | - |
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carbonaceous | (adjective) relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon | Synonyms: carbonic, carboniferous, carbonous |
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caryophyllaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae | - |
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caseous | (adjective) of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike | - |
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cetaceous | (adjective) of or relating to whales and dolphins etc | Synonyms: cetacean |
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chartaceous | (adjective) of or like paper | Synonyms: paperlike, papery |
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chlamydeous | (adjective) having a floral envelope or perianth consisting of a calyx and/or corolla | - |
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chylaceous | (adjective) consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle | Synonyms: chylous |
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coetaneous | (adjective) of the same period | Synonyms: coeval, contemporaneous |
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consanguineous | (adjective) related by blood | Synonyms: akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineal, kin |
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consentaneous | (adjective) in complete agreement | Synonyms: consentient, unanimous |
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contemporaneous | (adjective) of the same period | Synonyms: coetaneous, coeval |
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(adjective) occurring in the same period of time | Synonyms: contemporary |
coriaceous | (adjective) resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | Synonyms: leathered, leatherlike, leathery |
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corneous | (adjective) made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) | Synonyms: hornlike, horny |
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courageous | (adjective) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | Synonyms: brave |
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courteous | (adjective) characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners | - |
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(adjective) exhibiting courtesy and politeness | Synonyms: gracious, nice |
cretaceous | (adjective) abounding in chalk | - |
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crustaceous | (adjective) being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell | - |
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(adjective) of or belonging to the class Crustacea | Synonyms: crustacean |
cucurbitaceous | (adjective) of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae | - |
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curvaceous | (adjective) (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | Synonyms: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed |
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cutaneous | (adjective) relating to or existing on or affecting the skin | Synonyms: cutaneal, dermal |
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disadvantageous | (adjective) involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness | Synonyms: unfavorable, unfavourable |
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discourteous | (adjective) showing no courtesy; rude | - |
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(adjective) lacking social graces | Synonyms: ungracious |
drupaceous | (adjective) of or related to a drupe | - |
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duteous | (adjective) willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect | Synonyms: dutiful |
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erroneous | (adjective) containing or characterized by error | - |
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extemporaneous | (adjective) with little or no preparation or forethought | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed |
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extraneous | (adjective) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | Synonyms: foreign |
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(adjective) not pertinent to the matter under consideration | Synonyms: immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal |
(adjective) coming from the outside | Synonyms: external, outside |
(adjective) not essential | - |
farinaceous | (adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency | Synonyms: coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy |
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(adjective) resembling starch | Synonyms: amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, starchlike |
foliaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant | - |
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(adjective) bearing numerous leaves | Synonyms: foliaged, foliose |
(adjective) (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata | Synonyms: foliate, foliated |
gallinaceous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean | - |
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gaseous | (adjective) existing as or having characteristics of a gas | - |
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gorgeous | (adjective) dazzlingly beautiful | - |
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herbaceous | (adjective) characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part | - |
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heterogeneous | (adjective) consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature | Synonyms: heterogenous |
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(adjective) originating outside the body | Synonyms: heterogenous |
hideous | (adjective) grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror | Synonyms: horrid, horrific, outrageous |
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(adjective) so extremely ugly as to be terrifying | Synonyms: repulsive |
homogeneous | (adjective) all of the same or similar kind or nature | Synonyms: homogenous |
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igneous | (adjective) produced by the action of fire or intense heat | Synonyms: eruptive |
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(adjective) produced under conditions involving intense heat | Synonyms: pyrogenic, pyrogenous |
(adjective) like or suggestive of fire | Synonyms: fiery |
inhomogeneous | (adjective) not homogeneous | Synonyms: nonuniform |
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instantaneous | (adjective) occurring with no delay | Synonyms: instant |
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intracutaneous | (adjective) relating to areas between the layers of the skin | Synonyms: intradermal, intradermic |
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iridaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Iridaceae | - |
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ligneous | (adjective) consisting of or containing lignin or xylem | - |
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liliaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Liliaceae | - |
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lobeliaceous | (adjective) belonging to the family Lobeliaceae | - |
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micaceous | (adjective) hydrous silicates of or relating to or resembling mica | - |
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miscellaneous | (adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds | Synonyms: assorted, mixed, motley, sundry |
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(adjective) having many aspects or qualities | Synonyms: many-sided, multifaceted, multifarious |
momentaneous | (adjective) lasting for a markedly brief time | Synonyms: fleeting, fugitive, momentary |
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moraceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae | - |
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mucocutaneous | (adjective) of or relating to the mucous membranes and skin | - |
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nacreous | (adjective) consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl | - |
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(adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors | Synonyms: iridescent, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent |
nauseous | (adjective) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit | Synonyms: nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish |
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(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea | Synonyms: loathsome, nauseating, noisome, offensive, queasy, sickening, vile |
oleaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees or shrubs of the olive family | - |
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osseous | (adjective) composed of or containing bone | Synonyms: bony, osteal |
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outrageous | (adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: exorbitant, extortionate, steep, unconscionable, usurious |
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(adjective) grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror | Synonyms: hideous, horrid, horrific |
percutaneous | (adjective) through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches) | Synonyms: transcutaneous, transdermal, transdermic |
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pilosebaceous | (adjective) of or relating to a hair follicle and its sebaceous gland | - |
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piteous | (adjective) deserving or inciting pity | Synonyms: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched |
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plenteous | (adjective) affording an abundant supply | Synonyms: ample, copious, plentiful, rich |
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plumbaginaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Plumbaginaceae | - |
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polemoniaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Polemoniaceae | - |
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predaceous | (adjective) living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain | Synonyms: predacious, predatory |
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(adjective) hunting and killing other animals for food | Synonyms: predacious |
proteinaceous | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of protein | - |
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pyroligneous | (adjective) of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation | Synonyms: pyrolignic |
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rampageous | (adjective) displaying raging violence; often destructive | - |
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righteous | (adjective) characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice | - |
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(adjective) morally justified | - |
rosaceous | (adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae | - |
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(adjective) of something having a dusty purplish pink color | Synonyms: rose, roseate |
sanguineous | (adjective) accompanied by bloodshed | Synonyms: butcherly, gory, sanguinary, slaughterous |
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(adjective) confidently optimistic and cheerful | Synonyms: sanguine |
saponaceous | (adjective) resembling or having the qualities of soap | Synonyms: soapy |
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sebaceous | (adjective) containing an unusual amount of grease or oil | Synonyms: greasy, oily, oleaginous |
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sericeous | (adjective) covered with fine soft hairs or down | Synonyms: downy, puberulent, pubescent |
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setaceous | (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, spiny, thorny |
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siliceous | (adjective) relating to or containing or resembling silica | Synonyms: silicious |
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simultaneous | (adjective) occurring or operating at the same time | Synonyms: co-occurrent, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, cooccurring |
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solanaceous | (adjective) of or relating to plants of the family Solanaceae (the potato family) | - |
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spontaneous | (adjective) happening or arising without apparent external cause | Synonyms: self-generated |
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(adjective) said or done without having been planned or written in advance | Synonyms: ad-lib, unwritten |
subaqueous | (adjective) growing or remaining under water | Synonyms: subaquatic, submerged, submersed, underwater |
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subcutaneous | (adjective) relating to or located below the epidermis | Synonyms: hypodermic |
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subterraneous | (adjective) lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) | Synonyms: subterranean, ulterior |
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(adjective) being or operating under the surface of the earth | Synonyms: subterranean |