abaxial | (adjective) facing away from the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: dorsal |
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abaxially | (adverb) in an abaxial manner | - |
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abbatial | (adjective) of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess | - |
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abranchial | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchiate, abranchious, gill-less |
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acapnial | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnic, acapnotic |
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accessorial | (adjective) nonessential but helpful | - |
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accusatorial | (adjective) specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor | - |
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achenial | (adjective) pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit | - |
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actuarial | (adjective) of or relating to the work of an actuary | - |
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adaxial | (adjective) nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism | Synonyms: ventral |
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adaxially | (adverb) in an adaxial manner | - |
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adventitial | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adventitia | - |
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adverbial | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adverb | - |
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(noun) a word or group of words function as an adverb | - |
adverbially | (adverb) as an adverb | - |
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advertorial | (noun) an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report | - |
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aecial | (adjective) of or belonging to an aecium | - |
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aerial | (adjective) existing or living or growing or operating in the air | - |
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(adjective) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | Synonyms: aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal |
(noun) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer | Synonyms: forward pass |
(noun) an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals | Synonyms: antenna, transmitting aerial |
aerialist | (noun) an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze) | - |
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aerially | (adverb) by means of aircraft | - |
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affixial | (adjective) of or pertaining to a linguistic affix | Synonyms: affixal |
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agential | (adjective) of or relating to an agent or agency | - |
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alluvial | (adjective) of or relating to alluvium | - |
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altricial | (adjective) (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food | - |
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ambassadorial | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors | - |
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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 |
antediluvial | (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | Synonyms: antediluvian |
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antenuptial | (adjective) relating to events before a marriage | Synonyms: premarital, prenuptial |
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antheridial | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an antheridium | - |
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antialiasing | (noun) (computer graphics) a technique that is used to smooth jagged distortions in curves and diagonal lines so they appear smoother | - |
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antibacterial | (adjective) destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth | - |
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(noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial drug, bactericide |
antimalarial | (noun) a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria | Synonyms: antimalarial drug |
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antimicrobial | (adjective) capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms | Synonyms: antimicrobic |
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(noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobic, disinfectant, germicide |
antimonial | (adjective) containing antimony | - |
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antisocial | (adjective) shunning contact with others | - |
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(adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: asocial |
apothecial | (adjective) of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi | - |
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archegonial | (adjective) of or relating to an archegonium | Synonyms: archegoniate |
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archesporial | (adjective) of or relating to the cells in a sporangium that give rise to spores | - |
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armorial | (adjective) of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms | - |
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arterial | (adjective) of or involving or contained in the arteries | - |
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arterialise | (verb) change venous blood into arterial blood | Synonyms: arterialize |
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arterialize | (verb) change venous blood into arterial blood | Synonyms: arterialise |
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artificial | (adjective) contrived by art rather than nature | Synonyms: unreal |
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(adjective) artificially formal | Synonyms: contrived, hokey, stilted |
(adjective) not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes | - |
artificialism | (noun) Czech surrealism founded in 1928 by Jindrich Styrsky and Toyen (Marie Cerminova). | - |
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artificiality | (noun) the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally | - |
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artificially | (adverb) not according to nature; not by natural means | Synonyms: by artificial means, unnaturally |
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asocial | (adjective) given to avoiding association with others | - |
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(adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: antisocial |
atrial | (adjective) of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart) | - |
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auctorial | (adjective) of or by or typical of an author | Synonyms: authorial |
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authorial | (adjective) of or by or typical of an author | Synonyms: auctorial |
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axial | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation | - |
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(adjective) relating to or attached to the axis | Synonyms: axile |
(adjective) situated on or along or in the direction of an axis | - |
axially | (adverb) with respect to an axis | - |
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bacterial | (adjective) relating to or caused by bacteria | - |
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bacterially | (adverb) by bacteria | - |
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baronial | (adjective) impressive in size, manner, or appearance | Synonyms: imposing, noble, stately |
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basidial | (adjective) relating to or characterized by basidia | - |
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beneficial | (adjective) promoting or enhancing well-being | Synonyms: good |
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beneficially | (adverb) in a beneficial manner | - |
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bestial | (adjective) resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility | Synonyms: beastly, brutal, brute, brutish |
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bestialise | (verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | Synonyms: bestialize |
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bestiality | (noun) sexual activity between a person and an animal | Synonyms: sodomy, zooerastia, zooerasty |
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(noun) the stupid brutal quality of a beast | - |
bestialize | (verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | Synonyms: bestialise |
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bestially | (adverb) in the manner of a beast | Synonyms: brutishly, in a beastly manner |
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bialy | (noun) flat crusty-bottomed onion roll | Synonyms: bialystoker |
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bialystoker | (noun) flat crusty-bottomed onion roll | Synonyms: bialy |
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biaxial | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxal, biaxate |
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bibliothecarial | (adjective) of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian | Synonyms: bibliothecal |
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bicentennial | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years | Synonyms: bicentenary |
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(noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentenary |
biennial | (adjective) having a life cycle lasting two seasons | Synonyms: two-year |
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(adjective) occurring every second year | Synonyms: biyearly |
(noun) (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season | - |
biennially | (adverb) every two years | Synonyms: biyearly |
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bifacial | (adjective) having two faces or fronts | Synonyms: biface |
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bilabial | (adjective) of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips | - |
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(noun) a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/ | - |
bimestrial | (adjective) two months long; lasting two months | - |
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(adjective) occurring every two months | Synonyms: bimonthly |
bimillenial | (adjective) of or relating to a bimillennium | - |
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binomial | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of two terms | - |
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(adjective) having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies | Synonyms: binominal |
(noun) (mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two terms | - |
biracial | (adjective) consisting of or combining two races | - |
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biradial | (adjective) showing both bilateral and radial symmetry | - |
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biradially | (adverb) in a biradial manner | - |
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brachial | (adjective) of or relating to an arm | - |
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brachycranial | (adjective) having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80 | Synonyms: brachycephalic, brachycranic |
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branchial | (adjective) of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills) | - |
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bronchial | (adjective) relating to or associated with the bronchi | - |
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burial | (noun) concealing something under the ground | Synonyms: burying |
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(noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture |
cambial | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as a cambium | - |
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carnassial | (adjective) (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh | - |
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catamenial | (adjective) of or relating to menstruation or the menses | Synonyms: menstrual |
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categorial | (adjective) of or relating to the concept of categories | - |
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celestial | (adjective) relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven | Synonyms: heavenly |
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(adjective) of or relating to the sky | Synonyms: heavenly |
(adjective) of heaven or the spirit | Synonyms: ethereal, supernal |
censorial | (adjective) belonging or relating to a censor or a censor's functions | - |
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centennial | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years | Synonyms: centenary |
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(noun) the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: centenary |
centennially | (adverb) every hundred years; once in a century | - |
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cercarial | (adjective) of or relating to cercaria | - |
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ceremonial | (adjective) marked by pomp or ceremony or formality | - |
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(noun) a formal event performed on a special occasion | Synonyms: ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance |
ceremonially | (adverb) in a ceremonial manner | Synonyms: ritually |
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(adverb) in a ceremonious manner | Synonyms: ceremoniously |
chlamydial | (adjective) of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite | - |
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cilial | (adjective) of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell | Synonyms: ciliary, ciliate |
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circumferential | (adjective) lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts | - |
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circumstantial | (adjective) fully detailed and specific about particulars | - |
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circumstantially | (adverb) insofar as the circumstances are concerned | - |
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(adverb) without advance planning | Synonyms: accidentally, by chance, unexpectedly |
(adverb) in minute detail | Synonyms: minutely |
(adverb) according to circumstances | - |
clamatorial | (adjective) of or relating to Clamatores | - |
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coaxial | (adjective) having a common axis | Synonyms: coaxal |
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