| acquired | (adjective) gotten through environmental forces | - |
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| acquisitive | (adjective) eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas | - |
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| acquitted | (adjective) declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless | Synonyms: not guilty |
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| acrid | (adjective) strong and sharp | Synonyms: pungent |
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| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| acrimonious | (adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism | Synonyms: bitter |
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| acritical | (adjective) without a crisis (as of some diseases) | - |
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| acrobatic | (adjective) vigorously active | Synonyms: athletic, gymnastic |
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| acrocarpous | (adjective) (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem | - |
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| acrocentric | (adjective) having a subterminal centromere | - |
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| acrogenic | (adjective) pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | Synonyms: acrogenous |
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| acrogenous | (adjective) pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | Synonyms: acrogenic |
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| acromegalic | (adjective) marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face | - |
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| acronymic | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymous |
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| acronymous | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymic |
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| acropetal | (adjective) of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex | - |
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| acrophobic | (adjective) suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places | - |
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| acroscopic | (adjective) facing or on the side toward the apex | - |
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| actable | (adjective) capable of being acted; suitable for the stage | - |
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| actinal | (adjective) (of radiate organisms) located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated | - |
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| acting | (adjective) serving temporarily especially as a substitute | - |
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| actinic | (adjective) relating to or exhibiting actinism | - |
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| actinoid | (adjective) having a radial form | - |
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| actinometric | (adjective) of or related to actinometry | Synonyms: actinometrical |
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| actinometrical | (adjective) of or related to actinometry | Synonyms: actinometric |
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| actinomorphic | (adjective) capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis | Synonyms: actinomorphous |
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| actinomorphous | (adjective) capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis | Synonyms: actinomorphic |
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| actinomycetal | (adjective) of or belonging to the actinomycetes | Synonyms: actinomycetous |
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| actinomycetous | (adjective) of or belonging to the actinomycetes | Synonyms: actinomycetal |
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| actinomycotic | (adjective) of or related to actinomycosis infection | - |
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| actionable | (adjective) affording grounds for legal action | - |
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| activated | (adjective) rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive | - |
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| (adjective) (military) set up and placed on active assignment | - |
| (adjective) (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive | Synonyms: excited |
| (adjective) (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition | - |
| activating | (adjective) causing motion or action or change | Synonyms: actuating |
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| active | (adjective) (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being | Synonyms: dynamic |
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| (adjective) characterized by energetic activity | - |
| (adjective) tending to become more severe or wider in scope | - |
| (adjective) disposed to take action or effectuate change | - |
| (adjective) (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt | - |
| (adjective) (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting | - |
| (adjective) full of activity or engaged in continuous activity | - |
| (adjective) exerting influence or producing a change or effect | - |
| (adjective) engaged in full-time work | - |
| (adjective) expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: | - |
| (adjective) (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions | - |
| (adjective) in operation | Synonyms: alive |
| (adjective) taking part in an activity | Synonyms: participating |
| (adjective) engaged in or ready for military or naval operations | Synonyms: combat-ready, fighting |
| activist | (adjective) advocating or engaged in activism | Synonyms: activistic |
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| activistic | (adjective) advocating or engaged in activism | Synonyms: activist |
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| actual | (adjective) presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible | Synonyms: existent |
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| (adjective) being or existing at the present moment | - |
| (adjective) taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated | - |
| (adjective) being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something | Synonyms: genuine, literal, real |
| (adjective) existing in act or fact | Synonyms: factual |
| actuarial | (adjective) of or relating to the work of an actuary | - |
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| actuated | (adjective) moved to action | - |
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| actuating | (adjective) causing motion or action or change | Synonyms: activating |
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| acuate | (adjective) ending in a sharp point | Synonyms: acute, needlelike, sharp |
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| aculeate | (adjective) having or resembling a stinger or barb | Synonyms: aculeated |
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| aculeated | (adjective) having or resembling a stinger or barb | Synonyms: aculeate |
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| acuminate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point | - |
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| acute | (adjective) having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course | - |
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| (adjective) of an angle; less than 90 degrees | - |
| (adjective) of critical importance and consequence | - |
| (adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | Synonyms: discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp |
| (adjective) ending in a sharp point | Synonyms: acuate, needlelike, sharp |
| (adjective) extremely sharp or severe | Synonyms: intense |
| acyclic | (adjective) not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls | - |
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| (adjective) having an open chain structure | Synonyms: open-chain |
| adactylous | (adjective) without fingers and/or toes | - |
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| adagio | (adjective) (of tempo) leisurely | - |
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| adamant | (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamantine, inexorable, intransigent |
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| adamantine | (adjective) consisting of or having the hardness of adamant | - |
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| (adjective) having the hardness of a diamond | - |
| (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamant, inexorable, intransigent |
| adaptable | (adjective) capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use | - |
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| adaptational | (adjective) of or relating to adaptation | - |
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| adaptative | (adjective) having a capacity for adaptation | Synonyms: adaptive |
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| adapted | (adjective) changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose | Synonyms: altered |
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| adaptive | (adjective) having a capacity for adaptation | Synonyms: adaptative |
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| adaxial | (adjective) nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: ventral |
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| addable | (adjective) capable of being added or added to | Synonyms: addible |
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| addible | (adjective) capable of being added or added to | Synonyms: addable |
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| addicted | (adjective) compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming | - |
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| addictive | (adjective) causing or characterized by addiction | Synonyms: habit-forming |
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| additional | (adjective) further or added | Synonyms: extra |
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| additive | (adjective) characterized or produced by addition | - |
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| (adjective) designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree | Synonyms: linear |
| addlebrained | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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| addled | (adjective) confused and vague; used especially of thinking | Synonyms: befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly-headed, woolly, wooly-minded, wooly |
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| (adjective) (of eggs) no longer edible | - |
| addlepated | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlebrained, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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| addressable | (adjective) capable of being addressed | - |
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| addressed | (adjective) (of mail) marked with a destination | - |
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| adducent | (adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part | Synonyms: adducting, adductive |
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| adducting | (adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part | Synonyms: adducent, adductive |
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| adductive | (adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part | Synonyms: adducent, adducting |
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| adenocarcinomatous | (adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma | - |
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| adenoid | (adjective) relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue | - |
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| adenoidal | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adenoids | - |
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| (adjective) sounding as if the nose were pinched | Synonyms: nasal, pinched |
| adept | (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful |
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| adequate | (adjective) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: equal |
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| (adjective) about average; acceptable | Synonyms: fair to middling, passable, tolerable |
| (adjective) sufficient for the purpose | Synonyms: enough |
| adherent | (adjective) sticking fast | - |
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| adhesive | (adjective) tending to adhere | - |
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| adiabatic | (adjective) occurring without loss or gain of heat | - |
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| adient | (adjective) characterized by acceptance or approach | - |
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| adipose | (adjective) composed of animal fat | - |
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| adjacent | (adjective) nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space | Synonyms: next, side by side |
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| (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: conterminous, contiguous, neighboring, neighbouring |
| (adjective) near or close to but not necessarily touching | - |
| adjectival | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adjective | Synonyms: adjective |
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| adjective | (adjective) relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law | Synonyms: procedural |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adjective | Synonyms: adjectival |
| adjudicative | (adjective) concerned with adjudicating | Synonyms: adjudicatory |
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| adjudicatory | (adjective) concerned with adjudicating | Synonyms: adjudicative |
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| adjunct | (adjective) of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another | Synonyms: assistant |
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| (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary |
| adjunctive | (adjective) joining; forming an adjunct | - |
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| adjuratory | (adjective) earnestly or solemnly entreating | - |
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| (adjective) containing a solemn charge or command | - |
| adjustable | (adjective) capable of being changed so as to match or fit | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being regulated | - |
| adjusted | (adjective) altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation | - |
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| (adjective) adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability | - |
| (adjective) (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted | - |
| (adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment | Synonyms: familiarised, familiarized |
| adjustive | (adjective) conducive to adjustment | - |
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| adjuvant | (adjective) enhancing the action of a medical treatment | - |
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| (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary |
| administrable | (adjective) capable of being administered or managed | - |
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| administrative | (adjective) of or relating to or responsible for administration | - |
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| admirable | (adjective) inspiring admiration or approval | - |
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| (adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: estimable, good, honorable, respectable |
| admired | (adjective) regarded with admiration | - |
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| admissible | (adjective) deserving to be admitted | - |
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| admissive | (adjective) characterized by or allowing admission | - |
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| admittable | (adjective) deserving to be allowed to enter | Synonyms: admittible |
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| admittible | (adjective) deserving to be allowed to enter | Synonyms: admittable |
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| admonishing | (adjective) expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective | Synonyms: admonitory, reproachful, reproving |
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