allomorphic | (adjective) pertaining to allomorphs | - |
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allopathic | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of allopathy | - |
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allopatric | (adjective) (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another | - |
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allophonic | (adjective) pertaining to allophones | - |
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allotropic | (adjective) of or related to or exhibiting allotropism | Synonyms: allotropical |
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allotropical | (adjective) of or related to or exhibiting allotropism | Synonyms: allotropic |
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allotted | (adjective) given as a task | - |
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allover | (adjective) covering the entire surface | - |
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allowable | (adjective) that may be permitted especially as according to rule | Synonyms: permissible |
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(adjective) deserving to be allowed or considered | - |
(adjective) deductible according to the tax laws | - |
alloyed | (adjective) (used of metals) blended to obtain a desired property | - |
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(adjective) (used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior element | - |
alluring | (adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | Synonyms: beguiling, enticing, tempting |
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allusive | (adjective) characterized by indirect references | - |
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alluvial | (adjective) of or relating to alluvium | - |
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allylic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the allyl radical | - |
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almighty | (adjective) having unlimited power | Synonyms: all-powerful, omnipotent |
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alone | (adjective) exclusive of anyone or anything else | Synonyms: only |
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(adjective) radically distinctive and without equal | Synonyms: unequaled, unequalled, unique, unparalleled |
(adjective) lacking companions or companionship | Synonyms: lone, lonely, solitary |
(adjective) isolated from others | - |
aloof | (adjective) remote in manner | Synonyms: distant, upstage |
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alopecic | (adjective) pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers | - |
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alpestrine | (adjective) growing at high altitudes | Synonyms: subalpine |
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alpha | (adjective) early testing stage of a software or hardware product | - |
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(adjective) first in order of importance | - |
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 |
alphabetical | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetic |
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(adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetic |
alphabetised | (adjective) having been put in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetized |
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alphabetized | (adjective) having been put in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetised |
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alphameric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphamerical, alphanumeric, alphanumerical |
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alphamerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphanumeric, alphanumerical |
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alphanumeric | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumerical |
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alphanumerical | (adjective) of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters | Synonyms: alphameric, alphamerical, alphanumeric |
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alpine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of alps | - |
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(adjective) living or growing above the timber line | - |
alright | (adjective) nonstandard usage | - |
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alterable | (adjective) capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic | - |
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(adjective) (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe | - |
alterative | (adjective) tending to cure or restore to health | Synonyms: curative, healing, remedial, sanative, therapeutic |
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altered | (adjective) changed in form or character without becoming something else | - |
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(adjective) having testicles or ovaries removed | Synonyms: neutered |
(adjective) changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose | Synonyms: adapted |
alternate | (adjective) of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired | - |
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(adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternative, substitute |
(adjective) occurring by turns; first one and then the other | Synonyms: alternating |
(adjective) every second one of a series | - |
alternating | (adjective) (of a current) reversing direction | - |
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(adjective) occurring by turns; first one and then the other | Synonyms: alternate |
alternative | (adjective) necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities | - |
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(adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternate, substitute |
(adjective) pertaining to unconventional choices | - |
altissimo | (adjective) very high | - |
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altitudinal | (adjective) pertaining to altitude | - |
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altitudinous | (adjective) indefinitely high; lofty | - |
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alto | (adjective) (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group | - |
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(adjective) of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor | Synonyms: countertenor |
(adjective) of or being the lowest female voice | Synonyms: contralto |
altricial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food | - |
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altruistic | (adjective) showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: selfless |
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alular | (adjective) pertaining to alulae | - |
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aluminiferous | (adjective) containing alum or aluminum | - |
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aluminous | (adjective) pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum | - |
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alveolar | (adjective) pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs | - |
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(adjective) pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw | - |
alveolate | (adjective) pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) | Synonyms: cavitied, faveolate, honeycombed, pitted |
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alvine | (adjective) of or relating to the intestines | - |
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amalgamate | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused |
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amalgamated | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamate, coalesced, consolidated, fused |
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amalgamative | (adjective) characterized by or tending toward amalgamation | - |
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amaranthine | (adjective) of or related to the amaranth plant | - |
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(adjective) of an imaginary flower that never fades | Synonyms: unfading |
amateur | (adjective) engaged in as a pastime | Synonyms: recreational, unpaid |
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(adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise | Synonyms: amateurish, inexpert, unskilled |
amateurish | (adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise | Synonyms: amateur, inexpert, unskilled |
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amative | (adjective) inclined toward or displaying love | Synonyms: amorous |
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amatory | (adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance | Synonyms: amorous, romantic |
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amaurotic | (adjective) pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis | - |
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amazed | (adjective) filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock | Synonyms: astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned |
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amazing | (adjective) inspiring awe or admiration or wonder | Synonyms: awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing |
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(adjective) surprising greatly | Synonyms: astonishing |
ambagious | (adjective) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy | Synonyms: circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic |
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ambassadorial | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors | - |
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amber | (adjective) of a medium to dark brownish yellow color | Synonyms: brownish-yellow, yellow-brown |
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ambidextrous | (adjective) equally skillful with each hand | Synonyms: two-handed |
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(adjective) marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced |
ambient | (adjective) completely enveloping | - |
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ambiguous | (adjective) having more than one possible meaning | - |
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(adjective) open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead | Synonyms: equivocal |
(adjective) having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns | - |
ambitionless | (adjective) having little desire for success or achievement | Synonyms: unambitious |
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ambitious | (adjective) having a strong desire for success or achievement | - |
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(adjective) requiring full use of your abilities or resources | Synonyms: challenging |
ambivalent | (adjective) uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow | - |
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ambiversive | (adjective) intermediate between introversive and extroversive | - |
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amblyopic | (adjective) pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology | - |
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ambrosial | (adjective) worthy of the gods | Synonyms: ambrosian |
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(adjective) extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant | Synonyms: ambrosian, nectarous |
ambrosian | (adjective) worthy of the gods | Synonyms: ambrosial |
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(adjective) extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant | Synonyms: ambrosial, nectarous |
ambulacral | (adjective) pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms | - |
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ambulant | (adjective) able to walk about | Synonyms: ambulatory |
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ambulatory | (adjective) relating to or adapted for walking | - |
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(adjective) able to walk about | Synonyms: ambulant |
ameban | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae | Synonyms: amebic, amebous, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous |
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amebic | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae | Synonyms: ameban, amebous, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous |
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ameboid | (adjective) like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape) | Synonyms: amoeboid |
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amebous | (adjective) pertaining to or resembling amoebae | Synonyms: ameban, amebic, amoeban, amoebic, amoebous |
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ameliorating | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative |
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ameliorative | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorating, amelioratory, meliorative |
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amelioratory | (adjective) tending to ameliorate | Synonyms: ameliorating, ameliorative, meliorative |
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amenable | (adjective) disposed or willing to conform | Synonyms: conformable |
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(adjective) liable to answer to a higher authority | - |
(adjective) responsive to suggestions and influences | Synonyms: tractable |
(adjective) open to being acted upon in a certain way | - |
amendable | (adjective) capable of being corrected by additions | Synonyms: correctable |
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amendatory | (adjective) effecting amendment | - |
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amended | (adjective) of legislation | - |
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(adjective) modified for the better | - |
amenorrheal | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal, amenorrhoeic |
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amenorrheic | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrhoeal, amenorrhoeic |
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amenorrhoeal | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeic |
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amenorrhoeic | (adjective) related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy | Synonyms: amenorrheal, amenorrheic, amenorrhoeal |
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amentaceous | (adjective) (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins | Synonyms: amentiferous |
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amentiferous | (adjective) (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins | Synonyms: amentaceous |
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amerciable | (adjective) of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge | - |
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ametabolic | (adjective) undergoing slight or no metamorphosis | Synonyms: ametabolous |
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(adjective) undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis | - |
ametabolous | (adjective) undergoing slight or no metamorphosis | Synonyms: ametabolic |
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amethyst | (adjective) of a moderate purple color | - |
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amethystine | (adjective) containing or resembling amethyst | - |
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ametropic | (adjective) of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina | - |
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amiable | (adjective) diffusing warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: affable, cordial, genial |
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(adjective) disposed to please | Synonyms: good-humored, good-humoured |
amicable | (adjective) characterized by friendship and good will | - |
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