ethics | (noun) the philosophical study of moral values and rules | Synonyms: moral philosophy |
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(noun) motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | Synonyms: ethical motive, morality, morals |
ethnographic | (adjective) of or relating to ethnography | Synonyms: ethnographical |
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ethnographical | (adjective) of or relating to ethnography | Synonyms: ethnographic |
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eutrophic | (adjective) (ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication | - |
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eutrophication | (noun) excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life | - |
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geographic | (adjective) determined by geography | Synonyms: geographical |
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(adjective) of or relating to the science of geography | Synonyms: geographical |
geographical | (adjective) determined by geography | Synonyms: geographic |
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(adjective) of or relating to the science of geography | Synonyms: geographic |
geographically | (adverb) with respect to geography | - |
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geographics | (noun) study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | Synonyms: geography |
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gonadotrophic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving gonadotropin | Synonyms: gonadotropic |
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gothic | (adjective) as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened | Synonyms: mediaeval, medieval |
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(adjective) characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque | - |
graphic | (adjective) relating to or presented by a graph | Synonyms: graphical |
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(adjective) of or relating to the graphic arts | - |
(adjective) describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail | - |
(adjective) evoking lifelike images within the mind | Synonyms: lifelike, pictorial, vivid |
(adjective) written or drawn or engraved | Synonyms: graphical, in writing |
(noun) an image that is generated by a computer | Synonyms: computer graphic |
graphical | (adjective) relating to or presented by a graph | Synonyms: graphic |
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(adjective) written or drawn or engraved | Synonyms: graphic, in writing |
graphically | (adverb) in a graphic way | - |
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(adverb) with respect to graphic aspects | - |
(adverb) in a diagrammatic manner | Synonyms: diagrammatically |
graphics | (noun) the drawings and photographs in the layout of a book | - |
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(noun) photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | Synonyms: art, artwork, nontextual matter |
gymnosophical | (adjective) of or relating to gymnosophy | - |
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gynandromorphic | (adjective) having both male and female morphological characteristics | Synonyms: gynandromorphous |
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helminthic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, anthelmintic, parasiticidal |
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(noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, anthelmintic, vermifuge |
hemimetamorphic | (adjective) (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult | Synonyms: hemimetabolic, hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphous |
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heterotrophic | (adjective) requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment | - |
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hiccough | (noun) (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion | Synonyms: hiccup, singultus |
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(verb) breathe spasmodically, and make a sound | Synonyms: hiccup |
hiccup | (noun) (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion | Synonyms: hiccough, singultus |
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(verb) breathe spasmodically, and make a sound | Synonyms: hiccough |
hick | (adjective) awkwardly simple and provincial | Synonyms: bumpkinly, rustic, unsophisticated |
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(noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, rube, yahoo, yokel |
hickey | (noun) a temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their lover | Synonyms: love bite |
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(noun) a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne | Synonyms: pimple, zit |
hickory | (noun) American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts | Synonyms: hickory tree |
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(noun) valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees | - |
hierarchic | (adjective) classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers | Synonyms: hierarchal, hierarchical |
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hierarchical | (adjective) classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers | Synonyms: hierarchal, hierarchic |
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hierarchically | (adverb) in a hierarchical manner | - |
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hieroglyphic | (adjective) written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols | Synonyms: hieroglyphical |
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(adjective) resembling hieroglyphic writing | Synonyms: hieroglyphical |
(noun) a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt | Synonyms: hieroglyph |
(noun) writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible) | Synonyms: hieroglyph |
hieroglyphical | (adjective) written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols | Synonyms: hieroglyphic |
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(adjective) resembling hieroglyphic writing | Synonyms: hieroglyphic |
hieroglyphically | (adverb) by means of hieroglyphs | - |
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holographic | (adjective) written entirely in one's own hand | Synonyms: holographical |
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(adjective) of or relating to holography or holograms | - |
(adjective) written wholly in the handwriting of the signer | - |
holographical | (adjective) written entirely in one's own hand | Synonyms: holographic |
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homeopathic | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of homeopathy | Synonyms: homoeopathic |
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homoeopathic | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of homeopathy | Synonyms: homeopathic |
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hydrographic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of hydrography | Synonyms: hydrographical |
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hydrographical | (adjective) of or relating to the science of hydrography | Synonyms: hydrographic |
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hydropathic | (adjective) of or relating to hydropathy or its administration | - |
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ideographic | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of ideograms | - |
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ideographically | (adverb) in an idiographic manner | - |
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idiographic | (adjective) relating to or involving the study of individuals | - |
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idiopathic | (adjective) (of diseases) arising from an unknown cause | - |
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isomorphic | (adjective) having similar appearance but genetically different | Synonyms: isomorphous |
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jimhickey | (noun) something excellent of its kind | Synonyms: crackerjack, jimdandy |
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(noun) someone excellent of their kind | Synonyms: crackerjack, jimdandy |
lexicographic | (adjective) of or relating to lexicography | Synonyms: lexicographical |
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lexicographical | (adjective) of or relating to lexicography | Synonyms: lexicographic |
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lithic | (adjective) relating to or composed of stone | - |
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(adjective) of or containing lithium | - |
lithographic | (adjective) of or produced by or involved in lithography | - |
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logographic | (adjective) of or relating to logograms or logographs | Synonyms: logogrammatic |
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machicolate | (verb) supply with projecting galleries | - |
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machicolation | (noun) a projecting parapet supported by corbels on a medieval castle; has openings through which stones or boiling water could be dropped on an enemy | - |
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matriarchic | (adjective) (of societies or families) having a female as the family head or having descent traced through the female line | - |
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megalithic | (adjective) of or relating to megaliths or the people who erected megaliths | - |
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mesolithic | (adjective) of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic) | - |
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mesomorphic | (adjective) having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer | Synonyms: muscular |
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metamorphic | (adjective) characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks) | Synonyms: metamorphous |
methicillin | (noun) antibiotic drug of the penicillin family used in the treatment of certain staphylococcal infections | - |
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monarchic | (adjective) ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch | Synonyms: monarchal, monarchical |
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monarchical | (adjective) having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch | Synonyms: monarchal |
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(adjective) ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch | Synonyms: monarchal, monarchic |
monolithic | (adjective) imposing in size or bulk or solidity | Synonyms: massive, monumental |
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(adjective) characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity | - |
myopathic | (adjective) of or relating to any disease of the muscles that is not caused by nerve dysfunction | - |
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mythic | (adjective) relating to or having the nature of myth | - |
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(adjective) based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity | Synonyms: fabulous, mythical, mythologic, mythological |
mythical | (adjective) based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity | Synonyms: fabulous, mythic, mythologic, mythological |
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mythicise | (verb) make into a myth | Synonyms: mythicize, mythologise, mythologize |
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(verb) interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology | Synonyms: mythicize |
mythicize | (verb) make into a myth | Synonyms: mythicise, mythologise, mythologize |
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(verb) interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology | Synonyms: mythicise |
neolithic | (adjective) of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic) | - |
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neuroethics | (noun) the study of ethical implications of treatments for neurological diseases | - |
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nonhierarchic | (adjective) not classified hierarchically | Synonyms: nonhierarchical |
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nonhierarchical | (adjective) not classified hierarchically | Synonyms: nonhierarchic |
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nonmetamorphic | (adjective) not metamorphic | - |
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oligarchic | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy | Synonyms: oligarchical |
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oligarchical | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy | Synonyms: oligarchic |
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orphic | (adjective) having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret |
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orthicon | (noun) a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons | Synonyms: image orthicon |
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orthographic | (adjective) of or relating to or expressed in orthography | - |
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palaeolithic | (adjective) of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic) | Synonyms: paleolithic |
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paleolithic | (adjective) of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic) | Synonyms: palaeolithic |
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patriarchic | (adjective) (of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line | - |
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peachick | (noun) a young peafowl | Synonyms: pea-chick |
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philosophic | (adjective) of or relating to philosophy or philosophers | Synonyms: philosophical |
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(adjective) characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment | Synonyms: philosophical |
philosophical | (adjective) of or relating to philosophy or philosophers | Synonyms: philosophic |
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(adjective) characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment | Synonyms: philosophic |
philosophically | (adverb) in a philosophic manner | - |
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(adverb) with respect to philosophy | - |
philosophicalness | (noun) The state or quality of having the attitude of a philosopher; specifically, of being calm or unflinching in the face of trouble, defeat, or loss. | - |
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photographic | (adjective) relating to photography or obtained by using photography | - |
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(adjective) representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph | - |
photographically | (adverb) by photographic means | - |
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pichiciago | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciego |
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pichiciego | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciago |
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pictographic | (adjective) consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs | - |
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planographic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving planography | - |
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pleomorphic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by pleomorphism | - |
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polarographic | (adjective) of or involving polarography | - |
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polymorphic | (adjective) relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population | Synonyms: polymorphous |
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(adjective) relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms | Synonyms: polymorphous |
(adjective) having or occurring in several distinct forms | Synonyms: polymorphous |
pornographic | (adjective) designed to arouse lust | Synonyms: adult |
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pornographically | (adverb) in a pornographic manner | - |
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prognathic | (adjective) having a projecting lower jaw | Synonyms: hypognathous, prognathous |
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psychic | (adjective) affecting or influenced by the human mind | Synonyms: psychical |
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(adjective) outside the sphere of physical science | Synonyms: psychical |
(noun) a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception | - |
psychical | (adjective) affecting or influenced by the human mind | Synonyms: psychic |
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(adjective) outside the sphere of physical science | Synonyms: psychic |
psychically | (adverb) from a psychic point of view | - |
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psychographics | (noun) market research or statistics classifying population groups according to psychological variables (as attitudes, values, or fears); also: variables or trends identified through such research. | - |
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psychopathic | (adjective) suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder | Synonyms: psychopathologic, psychopathological |
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