abatic | (adjective) of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) | Synonyms: abasic |
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abiogenetic | (adjective) originating by abiogenesis | - |
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absolutistic | (adjective) pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism | Synonyms: absolutist |
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acanthotic | (adjective) of or relating to or having acanthosis | - |
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acapnotic | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnial, acapnic |
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acatalectic | (adjective) (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot | - |
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acetic | (adjective) relating to or containing acetic acid | - |
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achondritic | (adjective) not having a granular structure | - |
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(adjective) of or related to an achondrite | - |
achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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achromatic | (adjective) having no hue | Synonyms: neutral |
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acidotic | (adjective) having or being characterized by acidosis | - |
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acoustic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of acoustics | Synonyms: acoustical |
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acrobatic | (adjective) vigorously active | Synonyms: athletic, gymnastic |
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actinomycotic | (adjective) of or related to actinomycosis infection | - |
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activistic | (adjective) advocating or engaged in activism | Synonyms: activist |
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adiabatic | (adjective) occurring without loss or gain of heat | - |
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adventuristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to adventurism | - |
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aerobiotic | (adjective) living or active only in the presence of oxygen | - |
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aerolitic | (adjective) of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites | - |
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aeronautic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aeronautics | Synonyms: aeronautical |
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aesthetic | (adjective) concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste | Synonyms: aesthetical, esthetic, esthetical |
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(adjective) relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics | Synonyms: esthetic |
(adjective) aesthetically pleasing | Synonyms: artistic, esthetic |
agamogenetic | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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agnatic | (adjective) related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, paternal |
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agnostic | (adjective) uncertain of all claims to knowledge | Synonyms: agnostical |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism | - |
agonistic | (adjective) of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece | - |
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(adjective) struggling for effect | Synonyms: strained |
(adjective) striving to overcome in argument | Synonyms: agonistical, combative |
agranulocytic | (adjective) relating to the blood disorder of agranulocytosis | - |
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agrestic | (adjective) characteristic of the fields or country | Synonyms: rustic |
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(adjective) (of behavior) rustic and uncouth | - |
agrypnotic | (adjective) of or pertaining to agrypnia | - |
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albinistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affected by albinism | Synonyms: albinal, albinic, albinotic |
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albinotic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affected by albinism | Synonyms: albinal, albinic, albinistic |
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albitic | (adjective) of or related to albite feldspar | - |
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alchemistic | (adjective) of or relating to alchemists | Synonyms: alchemistical |
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aliphatic | (adjective) having carbon atoms linked in open chains | - |
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alkahestic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist | - |
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alkalotic | (adjective) marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis) | - |
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alphabetic | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
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(adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
altruistic | (adjective) showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: selfless |
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amaurotic | (adjective) pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis | - |
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amitotic | (adjective) pertaining to a simple method of cell division | - |
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ammonitic | (adjective) of or related to an order of fossil cephalopods | - |
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amnestic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by amnesia | Synonyms: amnesic |
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amniotic | (adjective) of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion | Synonyms: amnic, amnionic |
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amoristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to romantic love | - |
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amphibiotic | (adjective) having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form | Synonyms: semiaquatic |
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amphiprotic | (adjective) having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either | Synonyms: amphoteric |
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amylolytic | (adjective) of or related to the process of amylolysis | - |
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anabatic | (adjective) of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope | - |
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anabiotic | (adjective) of or related to the state of anabiosis | - |
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anachronistic | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronic, anachronous |
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anaclitic | (adjective) of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another | - |
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anaerobiotic | (adjective) living or active in the absence of free oxygen | Synonyms: anaerobic |
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anaesthetic | (adjective) relating to or producing insensibility | Synonyms: anesthetic |
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(adjective) characterized by insensibility | Synonyms: anesthetic |
anaglyptic | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptical |
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anagrammatic | (adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram | Synonyms: anagrammatical |
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analeptic | (adjective) stimulating the central nervous system | - |
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analgetic | (adjective) capable of relieving pain | Synonyms: analgesic, anodyne |
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analphabetic | (adjective) not alphabetic | - |
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(adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic | - |
(adjective) having little acquaintance with writing | Synonyms: unlettered |
analytic | (adjective) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | Synonyms: analytical |
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(adjective) expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection | Synonyms: uninflected |
(adjective) using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | Synonyms: analytical |
(adjective) using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus | - |
anamnestic | (adjective) of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory | - |
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anapaestic | (adjective) (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one | Synonyms: anapestic |
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anapestic | (adjective) (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one | Synonyms: anapaestic |
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anaphylactic | (adjective) related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis | - |
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anaplastic | (adjective) of or relating to anaplasia | - |
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anarchistic | (adjective) of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism | - |
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anastigmatic | (adjective) not astigmatic | Synonyms: stigmatic |
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(adjective) pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images) | Synonyms: stigmatic |
anastomotic | (adjective) of or relating to or exhibiting anastomosis | - |
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anchoritic | (adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical |
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androgenetic | (adjective) of or related to androgenesis | Synonyms: androgenous |
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anecdotic | (adjective) characterized by or given to telling anecdotes | Synonyms: anecdotal, anecdotical |
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anesthetic | (adjective) relating to or producing insensibility | Synonyms: anaesthetic |
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(adjective) characterized by insensibility | Synonyms: anaesthetic |
aneurismatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic |
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aneurysmatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurismatic, aneurysmal |
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animalistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to animalism | - |
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animatistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to animatism | - |
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animistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism | Synonyms: animist |
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anisogametic | (adjective) relating to either of a pair of dissimilar (anisogamic) gametes combining in sexual reproduction | - |
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ankylotic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the abnormality ankylosis | - |
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annalistic | (adjective) relating to annals | - |
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anorectic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorexigenic |
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(adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorexic |
anorthitic | (adjective) characteristic of anorthite | - |
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anosmatic | (adjective) relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell | Synonyms: anosmic |
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antagonistic | (adjective) arousing animosity or hostility | - |
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(adjective) used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect | Synonyms: incompatible |
(adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical |
(adjective) incapable of harmonious association | - |
(adjective) indicating opposition or resistance | Synonyms: counter |
anthelmintic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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anthracitic | (adjective) relating to or resembling anthracite coal | - |
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anthropogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenic |
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antibiotic | (adjective) of or relating to antibiotic drugs | - |
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antic | (adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: fantastic, fantastical, grotesque |
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anticlimactic | (adjective) coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactical |
antiferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to antiferromagnetism | - |
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antimagnetic | (adjective) impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization | - |
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antineoplastic | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antitumor, antitumour |
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antipathetic | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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(adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetical |
antiphlogistic | (adjective) counteracting inflammation | - |
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antipyretic | (adjective) preventing or alleviating fever | - |
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antisemitic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews | Synonyms: anti-semitic |
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antiseptic | (adjective) thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms | - |
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(adjective) devoid of objectionable language | - |
(adjective) clean and honest | - |
(adjective) freeing from error or corruption | - |
antithetic | (adjective) sharply contrasted in character or purpose | Synonyms: antithetical |
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anuretic | (adjective) of or relating to an inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuric |
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anxiolytic | (adjective) anxiety relieving | - |
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aoristic | (adjective) of or relating to the aorist tense | - |
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