| aboveground | (adjective) on or above the surface of the ground | - |
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| aground | (adjective) stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float | - |
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| backhand | (adjective) (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke | Synonyms: backhanded |
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| (adjective) (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward | Synonyms: left-slanting |
| beforehand | (adjective) being ahead of time or need | Synonyms: advance |
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| behind | (adjective) having the lower score or lagging position in a contest | - |
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| behindhand | (adjective) behind schedule | - |
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| belowground | (adjective) underneath the ground | - |
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| (adjective) under the level of the ground | Synonyms: underground |
| bland | (adjective) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication | Synonyms: politic, smooth, suave |
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| (adjective) lacking taste or flavor or tang | Synonyms: flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid |
| (adjective) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting | Synonyms: flat |
| blind | (adjective) unable to see | Synonyms: unsighted |
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| (adjective) not based on reason or evidence | Synonyms: unreasoning |
| (adjective) unable or unwilling to perceive or understand | - |
| blond | (adjective) being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes | Synonyms: blonde, light-haired |
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| bound | (adjective) confined by bonds | - |
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| (adjective) secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form | - |
| (adjective) held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union | - |
| (adjective) confined in the bowels | - |
| (adjective) headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students' | Synonyms: destined |
| (adjective) bound by an oath | - |
| (adjective) covered or wrapped with a bandage | Synonyms: bandaged |
| (adjective) bound by contract | Synonyms: apprenticed, articled, indentured |
| (adjective) (usually followed by `to') governed by fate | Synonyms: destined |
| brassbound | (adjective) having trim or fittings of brass | - |
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| (adjective) inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable | Synonyms: ironclad |
| broadband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: wideband |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video) | - |
| compound | (adjective) composed of more than one part | - |
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| (adjective) consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts | - |
| (adjective) composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony | Synonyms: colonial |
| contraband | (adjective) distributed or sold illicitly | Synonyms: black-market, black, bootleg, smuggled |
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| decompound | (adjective) of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound | - |
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| deskbound | (adjective) restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity | Synonyms: desk-bound |
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| downbound | (adjective) heading in any direction that is conventionally down | - |
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| downwind | (adjective) towards the side away from the wind | Synonyms: lee |
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| earthbound | (adjective) confined to the earth | - |
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| (adjective) lacking wit or imagination | Synonyms: pedestrian, prosaic, prosy |
| eastbound | (adjective) moving toward the east | Synonyms: eastward |
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| fecund | (adjective) capable of producing offspring or vegetation | - |
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| (adjective) intellectually productive | Synonyms: fertile, prolific |
| firsthand | (adjective) received directly from a source | - |
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| fogbound | (adjective) enveloped in fog | - |
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| fond | (adjective) absurd or silly because unlikely | - |
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| (adjective) (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for | Synonyms: partial |
| (adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | Synonyms: adoring, doting |
| (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: affectionate, lovesome, tender |
| forehand | (adjective) (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke | Synonyms: forehanded |
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| found | (adjective) come upon unexpectedly or after searching | - |
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| freehand | (adjective) done by hand without mechanical aids or devices | Synonyms: freehanded |
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| grand | (adjective) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person | Synonyms: distinguished, imposing, magisterial |
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| (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
| (adjective) the most important and magnificent in adornment | - |
| (adjective) of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope | Synonyms: expansive, heroic |
| (adjective) large and impressive in physical size or extent | - |
| (adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | Synonyms: elevated, exalted, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime |
| (adjective) of or befitting a lord | Synonyms: august, lordly |
| (adjective) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | Synonyms: deluxe, gilded, lush, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous |
| hardbound | (adjective) having a hard back or cover | Synonyms: hardback, hardbacked, hardcover |
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| hidebound | (adjective) stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded | Synonyms: traditionalist |
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| highland | (adjective) used of high or hilly country | Synonyms: upland |
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| hind | (adjective) located at or near the back of an animal | Synonyms: back, hinder |
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| homebound | (adjective) confined usually by illness | Synonyms: housebound, shut-in |
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| housebound | (adjective) confined usually by illness | Synonyms: homebound, shut-in |
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| icebound | (adjective) locked in by ice | - |
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| inbound | (adjective) directed or moving inward or toward a center | Synonyms: inward |
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| inland | (adjective) situated away from an area's coast or border | - |
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| jocund | (adjective) full of or showing high-spirited merriment | Synonyms: gay, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful |
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| kind | (adjective) having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior | - |
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| (adjective) tolerant and forgiving under provocation | Synonyms: tolerant |
| (adjective) agreeable, conducive to comfort | Synonyms: genial |
| longhand | (adjective) having words written out in full by hand | - |
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| lowland | (adjective) of relatively low or level country | - |
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| midland | (adjective) of or coming from the middle of a region or country | Synonyms: interior, upcountry |
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| moribund | (adjective) being on the point of death; breathing your last | - |
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| (adjective) not growing or changing; without force or vitality | Synonyms: stagnant |
| newfound | (adjective) newly discovered | - |
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| northbound | (adjective) moving toward the north | Synonyms: northward |
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| offhand | (adjective) casually thoughtless or inconsiderate | Synonyms: offhanded |
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| (adjective) with little or no preparation or forethought | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhanded, unrehearsed |
| orotund | (adjective) (of sounds) full and rich | Synonyms: pear-shaped, rotund, round |
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| (adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style | Synonyms: bombastic, declamatory, large, tumid, turgid |
| outbound | (adjective) that is going out or leaving | Synonyms: departing, outward-bound, outward |
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| overfond | (adjective) excessively fond | - |
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| overhand | (adjective) with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level | Synonyms: overarm, overhanded |
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| (adjective) sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together) | Synonyms: oversewn |
| overland | (adjective) traveling or passing over land | - |
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| potbound | (adjective) (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots | Synonyms: rootbound |
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| pretend | (adjective) imagined as in a play | Synonyms: make-believe |
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| profound | (adjective) showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth | - |
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| (adjective) situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed | Synonyms: unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded |
| (adjective) (of sleep) deep and complete | Synonyms: heavy, sound, wakeless |
| (adjective) of the greatest intensity; complete | - |
| (adjective) far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something | Synonyms: fundamental |
| (adjective) coming from deep within one | - |
| purblind | (adjective) having greatly reduced vision | Synonyms: dim-sighted, near-blind, sand-blind, visually challenged, visually impaired |
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| (adjective) lacking in insight or discernment | Synonyms: obtuse |
| repand | (adjective) having a slightly undulating margin | - |
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| reverend | (adjective) worthy of adoration or reverence | Synonyms: sublime |
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| rockbound | (adjective) abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps | Synonyms: rock-ribbed |
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| rootbound | (adjective) having the roots matted or densely tangled | - |
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| (adjective) (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots | Synonyms: potbound |
| rotund | (adjective) excessively fat | Synonyms: corpulent, obese, weighty |
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| (adjective) (of sounds) full and rich | Synonyms: orotund, pear-shaped, round |
| (adjective) spherical in shape | - |
| round | (adjective) having the shape or form of a circle | Synonyms: circular |
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| (adjective) (of sounds) full and rich | Synonyms: orotund, pear-shaped, rotund |
| (adjective) (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand | - |
| rubicund | (adjective) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life | Synonyms: florid, ruddy, sanguine |
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| second | (adjective) a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first | - |
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| (adjective) coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 2d, 2nd |
| secondhand | (adjective) previously used or owned by another | Synonyms: used |
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| (adjective) derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand | - |
| shorthand | (adjective) written in abbreviated or symbolic form | - |
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| snowbound | (adjective) confined or shut in by heavy snow | - |
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| sound | (adjective) financially secure and safe | - |
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| (adjective) in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay | - |
| (adjective) complete; thorough | - |
| (adjective) (of sleep) deep and complete | Synonyms: heavy, profound, wakeless |
| (adjective) in excellent physical condition | Synonyms: good |
| (adjective) exercising or showing good judgment | Synonyms: healthy, intelligent, level-headed, levelheaded |
| (adjective) free from moral defect | - |
| (adjective) vigorous or severe | - |
| (adjective) having legal efficacy or force | Synonyms: effectual, legal |
| (adjective) logically valid | Synonyms: reasoned, well-grounded |
| southbound | (adjective) moving toward the south | Synonyms: southward |
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| spellbound | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, transfixed |
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| stormbound | (adjective) delayed or confined or cut off by a storm | - |
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| strikebound | (adjective) closed or immobilized by a strike | - |
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| thirdhand | (adjective) derived from what is primary or original by two intermediate steps | - |
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| thousand | (adjective) denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units | Synonyms: 1000, k, m, one thousand |
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| unbound | (adjective) not restrained or tied down by bonds | - |
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| (adjective) not secured within a cover | - |
| (adjective) not held in chemical or physical combination | - |
| underground | (adjective) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover |
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| (adjective) under the level of the ground | Synonyms: belowground |
| underhand | (adjective) with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level | Synonyms: underarm, underhanded |
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| (adjective) marked by deception | Synonyms: sneaky, underhanded |
| unkind | (adjective) lacking kindness | - |
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| (adjective) deficient in humane and kindly feelings | Synonyms: pitiless |
| unsound | (adjective) not sound financially | - |
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| (adjective) not in good condition; damaged or decayed | - |
| (adjective) suffering from severe mental illness | Synonyms: mentally ill, unstable |
| (adjective) containing or based on a fallacy | Synonyms: fallacious |
| (adjective) physically unsound or diseased | Synonyms: bad, unfit |
| (adjective) of e.g. advice | - |
| upbound | (adjective) heading in any direction that is conventionally up | - |
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| upland | (adjective) used of high or hilly country | Synonyms: highland |
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| upwind | (adjective) towards the side exposed to wind | Synonyms: weather |
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| vagabond | (adjective) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | Synonyms: aimless, drifting, floating, vagrant |
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| (adjective) wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community | Synonyms: rootless |
| westbound | (adjective) moving toward the west | Synonyms: westerly, westward |
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| wideband | (adjective) responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies | Synonyms: broadband |
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| wound | (adjective) put in a coil | - |
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