abient | (adjective) characterized by avoidance or withdrawal | - |
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abortifacient | (adjective) causing abortion | - |
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absorbefacient | (adjective) inducing or promoting absorption | Synonyms: sorbefacient |
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adient | (adjective) characterized by acceptance or approach | - |
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ambient | (adjective) completely enveloping | - |
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ancient | (adjective) very old | - |
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(adjective) belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire | - |
aperient | (adjective) mildly laxative | - |
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assentient | (adjective) expressing agreement or consent | Synonyms: assenting |
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calefacient | (adjective) producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body | Synonyms: warming |
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calorifacient | (adjective) producing heat; usually used of foods | - |
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consentient | (adjective) in complete agreement | Synonyms: consentaneous, unanimous |
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convenient | (adjective) suited to your comfort or purpose or needs | - |
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(adjective) large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: commodious |
deficient | (adjective) of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement | Synonyms: insufficient |
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(adjective) inadequate in amount or degree | Synonyms: lacking, wanting |
(adjective) falling short of some prescribed norm | Synonyms: inferior, substandard |
disobedient | (adjective) not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority | - |
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(adjective) unwilling to submit to authority | Synonyms: unruly |
dissentient | (adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority | Synonyms: dissenting, dissident |
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(adjective) (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England | Synonyms: recusant |
dissilient | (adjective) bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels | - |
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ebullient | (adjective) joyously unrestrained | Synonyms: exuberant, high-spirited |
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efficient | (adjective) being effective without wasting time or effort or expense | - |
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(adjective) able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively | Synonyms: effective |
emollient | (adjective) having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | Synonyms: demulcent, salving, softening |
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esurient | (adjective) (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | Synonyms: avid, devouring, greedy |
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(adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: edacious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish |
(adjective) extremely hungry | Synonyms: famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved |
expedient | (adjective) serving to promote your interest | - |
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(adjective) appropriate to a purpose; practical | - |
experient | (adjective) having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation | Synonyms: experienced |
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immunodeficient | (adjective) incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen | - |
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impatient | (adjective) restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition | - |
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(adjective) (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness | Synonyms: raring |
incipient | (adjective) only partly in existence; imperfectly formed | Synonyms: inchoate |
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inconvenient | (adjective) not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs | - |
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(adjective) not conveniently timed | - |
inefficient | (adjective) not producing desired results; wasteful | - |
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(adjective) lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate | Synonyms: ineffective |
inexpedient | (adjective) not suitable or advisable | - |
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(adjective) not appropriate to the purpose | Synonyms: unwise |
inexperient | (adjective) lacking practical experience or training | Synonyms: inexperienced |
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insentient | (adjective) devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation | Synonyms: insensate |
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insufficient | (adjective) of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement | Synonyms: deficient |
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lenient | (adjective) characterized by tolerance and mercy | - |
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(adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: indulgent, soft |
(adjective) not strict | Synonyms: easy |
mutafacient | (adjective) capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents) | - |
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nescient | (adjective) holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible | Synonyms: unbelieving |
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(adjective) uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication | Synonyms: ignorant, unlearned, unlettered |
nonresilient | (adjective) not resilient | - |
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nutrient | (adjective) of or providing nourishment | Synonyms: alimental, alimentary, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive |
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obedient | (adjective) dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority | - |
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omniscient | (adjective) infinitely wise | Synonyms: all-knowing |
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parturient | (adjective) of or relating to or giving birth | - |
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(adjective) giving birth | - |
patient | (adjective) enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance | - |
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percipient | (adjective) characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving | Synonyms: clear |
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prescient | (adjective) perceiving the significance of events before they occur | - |
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prevenient | (adjective) in anticipation | Synonyms: anticipatory |
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proficient | (adjective) of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill | Synonyms: technical |
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(adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: adept, expert, good, practiced, skilful, skillful |
prospicient | (adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted |
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prurient | (adjective) characterized by lust | Synonyms: lubricious, lustful, salacious |
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putrefacient | (adjective) causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction | Synonyms: putrefactive |
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resilient | (adjective) elastic; rebounds readily | Synonyms: bouncy, live, lively, springy |
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(adjective) recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like | - |
salient | (adjective) (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees | - |
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(adjective) having a quality that thrusts itself into attention | Synonyms: outstanding, prominent, spectacular, striking |
(adjective) represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) | - |
sapient | (adjective) acutely insightful and wise | Synonyms: perspicacious, sagacious |
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sentient | (adjective) endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness | Synonyms: animate |
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(adjective) consciously perceiving | - |
sorbefacient | (adjective) inducing or promoting absorption | Synonyms: absorbefacient |
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subservient | (adjective) serving or acting as a means or aid | Synonyms: implemental, instrumental |
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(adjective) abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant | Synonyms: slavish, submissive |
(adjective) compliant and obedient to authority | - |
sufficient | (adjective) of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant | - |
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transient | (adjective) of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind | Synonyms: transeunt |
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(adjective) lasting a very short time | Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transitory |