| abactinal
|
(of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated |
- |
| abaxial
|
facing away from the axis of an organ or organism |
dorsal |
| abbatial
|
of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess |
- |
| abdominal
|
of or relating to or near the abdomen |
- |
| abdominovesical
|
of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder |
- |
| abnormal
|
not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm |
unnatural |
| abnormal
|
departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development |
- |
| abnormal
|
much greater than the normal |
- |
| abomasal
|
relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants) |
- |
| aboral
|
opposite to or away from the mouth |
- |
| aboriginal
|
characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning |
native |
| aboriginal
|
having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state |
primaeval,
primal,
primeval,
primordial |
| abranchial
|
having no gills |
gill-less,
abranchiate,
abranchious |
| abysmal
|
very great; limitless |
- |
| abysmal
|
resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable |
unfathomable,
abyssal |
| abyssal
|
resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable |
unfathomable,
abysmal |
| abyssal
|
relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters |
- |
| acapnial
|
relating to or demonstrating acapnia |
acapnic,
acapnotic |
| acaudal
|
lacking a tail or taillike appendage |
acaudate |
| accentual
|
of or pertaining to accent or stress |
- |
| accentual
|
(of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity |
- |
| accessional
|
of or constituting an accession |
- |
| accessorial
|
nonessential but helpful |
- |
| accidental
|
happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally |
inadvertent |
| accidental
|
not of prime or central importance |
nonessential,
incidental |
| accommodational
|
of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye |
- |
| acculturational
|
of or relating to acculturation |
acculturative |
| accusatorial
|
specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor |
- |
| achenial
|
pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit |
- |
| acoustical
|
of or relating to the science of acoustics |
acoustic |
| acritical
|
without a crisis (as of some diseases) |
- |
| acropetal
|
of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex |
- |
| actinal
|
(of radiate organisms) located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated |
- |
| actinometrical
|
of or related to actinometry |
actinometric |
| actinomycetal
|
of or belonging to the actinomycetes |
actinomycetous |
| actual
|
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible |
existent |
| actual
|
taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated |
- |
| actual
|
being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something |
real,
genuine,
literal |
| actual
|
existing in act or fact |
factual |
| actual
|
being or existing at the present moment |
- |
| actuarial
|
of or relating to the work of an actuary |
- |
| adaptational
|
of or relating to adaptation |
- |
| adaxial
|
nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism |
ventral |
| additional
|
further or added |
extra |
| adenoidal
|
sounding as if the nose were pinched |
nasal,
pinched |
| adenoidal
|
of or pertaining to the adenoids |
- |
| adjectival
|
of or relating to or functioning as an adjective |
adjective |
| adnexal
|
of or pertaining to adnexa |
annexal |
| adrenal
|
of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions |
- |
| adrenal
|
near the kidneys |
- |
| adrenocortical
|
of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands |
- |
| adventitial
|
of or pertaining to the adventitia |
- |
| adverbial
|
of or relating to or functioning as an adverb |
- |
| aecial
|
of or belonging to an aecium |
- |
| aerial
|
existing or living or growing or operating in the air |
- |
| aerial
|
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air |
ethereal,
aeriform,
aery,
airy |
| aerological
|
of or pertaining to aerology |
- |
| aeromedical
|
of or relating to aviation medicine |
- |
| aeronautical
|
of or pertaining to aeronautics |
aeronautic |
| aesthetical
|
concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
esthetic,
esthetical,
aesthetic |
| aestival
|
(rare) of or occurring in summer |
estival |
| aetiological
|
of or relating to the philosophical study of causation |
etiologic,
etiological,
aetiologic |
| aetiological
|
relating to the etiology of a disease |
etiologic,
etiological,
aetiologic |
| affectional
|
characterized by emotion |
emotive,
affective |
| affinal
|
(anthropology) related by marriage |
affine |
| affixal
|
of or pertaining to a linguistic affix |
affixial |
| affixial
|
of or pertaining to a linguistic affix |
affixal |
| afoul
|
especially of a ship's lines etc |
foul,
fouled |
| agential
|
of or relating to an agent or agency |
- |
| agnostical
|
uncertain of all claims to knowledge |
agnostic |
| agonadal
|
lacking gonads |
- |
| agonal
|
pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies) |
- |
| agonistical
|
striving to overcome in argument |
combative,
agonistic |
| agricultural
|
relating to farming or agriculture |
agrarian,
farming |
| agricultural
|
relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming |
- |
| agrobiological
|
of or pertaining to agrobiology |
agrobiologic |
| agrological
|
of or related to agrology |
agrologic |
| agronomical
|
of or relating to or promoting agronomy |
agronomic |
| ahistorical
|
unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition |
- |
| albinal
|
of or pertaining to or affected by albinism |
albinic,
albinistic,
albinotic |
| alchemical
|
related to or concerned with alchemy |
alchemic |
| alchemistical
|
of or relating to alchemists |
alchemistic |
| algal
|
of or relating to alga |
- |
| algebraical
|
of or relating to algebra |
algebraic |
| algometrical
|
of or related to algometry |
algometric |
| alimental
|
of or providing nourishment |
nourishing,
nutrient,
nutritious,
nutritive,
alimentary |
| alkaloidal
|
pertaining to or consisting of alkaloids |
- |
| all
|
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class |
- |
| all
|
completely given to or absorbed by |
- |
| allegorical
|
used in or characteristic of or containing allegory |
allegoric |
| allotropical
|
of or related to or exhibiting allotropism |
allotropic |
| alluvial
|
of or relating to alluvium |
- |
| alphabetical
|
relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet |
alphabetic |
| alphabetical
|
arranged in order according to the alphabet |
alphabetic |
| alphamerical
|
of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters |
alphameric,
alphanumeric,
alphanumerical |
| alphanumerical
|
of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters |
alphameric,
alphamerical,
alphanumeric |
| altitudinal
|
pertaining to altitude |
- |
| altricial
|
(of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food |
- |
| ambassadorial
|
of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors |
- |
| ambrosial
|
extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant |
nectarous,
ambrosian |
| ambrosial
|
worthy of the gods |
ambrosian |
| ambulacral
|
pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms |
- |
| amenorrheal
|
related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy |
amenorrheic,
amenorrhoeal,
amenorrhoeic |
| amenorrhoeal
|
related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy |
amenorrheal,
amenorrheic,
amenorrhoeic |
| ammoniacal
|
pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia |
ammoniac |
| amphitheatrical
|
of or related to an amphitheater |
amphitheatric |
| amygdaloidal
|
shaped like an almond |
almond-shaped,
amygdaliform,
amygdaloid |
| amyloidal
|
resembling starch |
starchlike,
amylaceous,
amyloid,
farinaceous |
| anaclinal
|
of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata |
- |
| anaglyphical
|
related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy |
anaglyphic,
anaglyptic,
anaglyptical |
| anaglyptical
|
related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy |
anaglyphic,
anaglyphical,
anaglyptic |
| anagogical
|
based on or exemplifying anagoge |
anagogic |
| anagrammatical
|
related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram |
anagrammatic |
| anal
|
of or related to the anus |
- |
| anal
|
a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. |
anal retentive |
| analogical
|
expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy |
- |
| analytical
|
using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) |
analytic |
| analytical
|
of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience |
analytic |
| anarchical
|
without law or control |
anarchic,
lawless |
| anatomical
|
of or relating to the structure of the body |
anatomic |
| anatomical
|
of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms |
anatomic |
| ancestral
|
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent |
hereditary,
patrimonial,
transmissible |
| ancestral
|
of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor |
- |