aortic | (adjective) of or relating to the aorta | Synonyms: aortal |
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apathetic | (adjective) showing little or no emotion or animation | - |
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(adjective) marked by a lack of interest | Synonyms: indifferent |
aphaeretic | (adjective) relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis | Synonyms: apheretic |
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aphanitic | (adjective) of or relating to aphanite | - |
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apheretic | (adjective) relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis | Synonyms: aphaeretic |
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aphetic | (adjective) produced by aphesis | - |
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aphoristic | (adjective) containing aphorisms or maxims | Synonyms: axiomatic |
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(adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: apothegmatic, epigrammatic |
aphotic | (adjective) lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight | - |
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aplanatic | (adjective) free from or corrected for spherical aberration | - |
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aplitic | (adjective) of or related to aplite | - |
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apocalyptic | (adjective) of or relating to an apocalypse | - |
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(adjective) prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom | Synonyms: apocalyptical, revelatory |
apochromatic | (adjective) corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration | - |
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apodeictic | (adjective) of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain | Synonyms: apodictic |
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apodictic | (adjective) of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain | Synonyms: apodeictic |
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apogametic | (adjective) of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | Synonyms: apogamic, apogamous |
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apologetic | (adjective) offering or expressing apology | Synonyms: excusatory |
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apomictic | (adjective) of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis | Synonyms: apomictical |
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(adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamogenetic, agamous, parthenogenetic |
aponeurotic | (adjective) of or relating to an aponeurosis | - |
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apopemptic | (adjective) addressed to one who is departing | - |
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apophatic | (adjective) of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable') | - |
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apoplectic | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy | - |
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aposiopetic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of aposiopesis | - |
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apothegmatic | (adjective) given to or characterized by terse apothegms | Synonyms: apothegmatical |
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(adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: aphoristic, epigrammatic |
apractic | (adjective) having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder | Synonyms: apraxic |
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aquatic | (adjective) operating or living or growing in water | - |
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(adjective) relating to or consisting of or being in water | - |
archaistic | (adjective) imitative of an archaic style or manner | - |
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arctic | (adjective) extremely cold | Synonyms: frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar |
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argentic | (adjective) relating to compounds in which silver is bivalent | - |
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aristocratic | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | Synonyms: aristocratical, blue-blooded, blue, gentle, patrician |
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arithmetic | (adjective) relating to or involving arithmetic | Synonyms: arithmetical |
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aromatic | (adjective) (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings | - |
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(adjective) having a strong pleasant odor | Synonyms: redolent |
arteriosclerotic | (adjective) affected by arteriosclerosis | - |
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arthritic | (adjective) of or pertaining to arthritis | Synonyms: creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy |
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artistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of art or artists | - |
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(adjective) satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities | - |
(adjective) aesthetically pleasing | Synonyms: aesthetic, esthetic |
ascetic | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline | Synonyms: ascetical |
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(adjective) practicing great self-denial | Synonyms: ascetical, austere, spartan |
ascitic | (adjective) of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity | - |
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aseptic | (adjective) free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms | Synonyms: sterile |
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asphaltic | (adjective) containing asphalt | - |
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astatic | (adjective) not static or stable | - |
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asthmatic | (adjective) relating to breathing with a whistling sound | Synonyms: wheezing, wheezy |
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astigmatic | (adjective) of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images | - |
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astrocytic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia | - |
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astronautic | (adjective) of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics | Synonyms: astronautical |
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asymptomatic | (adjective) having no symptoms of illness or disease | Synonyms: symptomless |
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asymptotic | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of an asymptote | - |
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asyndetic | (adjective) lacking conjunctions | - |
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atactic | (adjective) lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia | Synonyms: ataxic |
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ataractic | (adjective) tending to soothe or tranquilize | Synonyms: ataraxic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising, tranquillizing |
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atavistic | (adjective) characteristic of an atavist | Synonyms: throwback |
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ateleiotic | (adjective) of or relating to ateleiosis | - |
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atheistic | (adjective) related to or characterized by or given to atheism | Synonyms: atheist, atheistical |
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(adjective) rejecting any belief in gods | Synonyms: atheistical, unbelieving |
atheromatic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling atheroma | Synonyms: atheromatous |
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atherosclerotic | (adjective) of or relating to atherosclerosis | - |
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athletic | (adjective) relating to or befitting athletics or athletes | - |
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(adjective) vigorously active | Synonyms: acrobatic, gymnastic |
(adjective) having a sturdy and well proportioned body | - |
atomistic | (adjective) divided into separate and often disparate elements | Synonyms: atomistical |
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atonalistic | (adjective) of or relating to atonalism | - |
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augitic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing the mineral augite | - |
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austenitic | (adjective) composed of austenite | - |
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authentic | (adjective) not counterfeit or copied | Synonyms: bona fide, unquestionable, veritable |
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(adjective) conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief | Synonyms: reliable |
autistic | (adjective) characteristic of or affected with autism | - |
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autocatalytic | (adjective) relating to or proceeding by autocatalysis | - |
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autocratic | (adjective) offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power | Synonyms: bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory |
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(adjective) characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty | Synonyms: authoritarian, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical |
autodidactic | (adjective) relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact | - |
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autoerotic | (adjective) sexually satisfying yourself (as by masturbation) | - |
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autogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to autogenesis | - |
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autolytic | (adjective) of or relating to self-digestion | - |
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automatic | (adjective) operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control | - |
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(adjective) without volition or conscious control | Synonyms: reflex, reflexive |
(adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | Synonyms: automatonlike, machinelike, robotic, robotlike |
autophytic | (adjective) of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis | Synonyms: autotrophic |
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autoplastic | (adjective) of or relating to or involved in autoplasty | - |
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autosemantic | (adjective) of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context | - |
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auxetic | (adjective) of or relating to growth by auxesis | - |
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avifaunistic | (adjective) of or relating to birds of a particular region or period | Synonyms: avifaunal |
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avitaminotic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of avitaminosis | - |
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axiomatic | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from axioms | Synonyms: axiomatical, postulational |
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(adjective) containing aphorisms or maxims | Synonyms: aphoristic |
(adjective) evident without proof or argument | Synonyms: self-evident, taken for granted |
azotic | (adjective) of or containing nitrogen | Synonyms: nitric, nitrous |
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bacchantic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler | - |
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bacteriolytic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis | - |
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bacteriostatic | (adjective) of or relating to or causing bacteriostasis | - |
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balletic | (adjective) characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet | - |
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ballistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity | - |
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barytic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing baryta | - |
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basaltic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing basalt | - |
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bathetic | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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batholitic | (adjective) of or relating to a batholith | Synonyms: batholithic |
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bauxitic | (adjective) resembling or containing bauxite | - |
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behavioristic | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behaviourist, behaviouristic |
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behaviouristic | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behavioristic, behaviourist |
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belemnitic | (adjective) of or relating to belemnites | - |
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belletristic | (adjective) written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content | - |
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bentonitic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing bentonite | - |
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bibliotic | (adjective) of or relating to bibliotics | - |
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bimetallistic | (adjective) pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals | Synonyms: bimetallic |
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biocatalytic | (adjective) of or relating to biocatalysts | - |
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bioclimatic | (adjective) of or concerned with the relations of climate and living organisms | - |
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biogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the production of living organisms from other living organisms | - |
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biologistic | (adjective) of or relating to biologism | - |
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biosynthetic | (adjective) of or relating to biosynthesis | - |
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biosystematic | (adjective) of or relating to biosystematics | - |
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biotic | (adjective) of or relating to living organisms | - |
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biotitic | (adjective) relating to or involving biotite | - |
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