anecdotical | (adjective) characterized by or given to telling anecdotes | Synonyms: anecdotal, anecdotic |
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anechoic | (adjective) not having or producing echoes; sound-absorbent | - |
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anemic | (adjective) relating to anemia or suffering from anemia | Synonyms: anaemic |
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(adjective) lacking vigor or energy | Synonyms: anaemic |
anemographic | (adjective) pertaining to the recording of wind measurements | - |
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anemometric | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometrical |
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anemometrical | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometric |
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anencephalic | (adjective) characterized by partial or total absence of a brain | Synonyms: anencephalous |
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anesthetic | (adjective) relating to or producing insensibility | Synonyms: anaesthetic |
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(adjective) characterized by insensibility | Synonyms: anaesthetic |
(noun) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations | Synonyms: anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic agent |
anestric | (adjective) of or relating to anestrus | Synonyms: anestrous, anoestrous |
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aneurismatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic |
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aneurysmatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurismatic, aneurysmal |
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angelic | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelical |
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(adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
(adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
angelica | (noun) aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica | - |
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(noun) candied stalks of the angelica plant | - |
(noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelique |
angelical | (adjective) of or relating to angels | Synonyms: angelic |
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(adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, beatific, sainted, saintlike, saintly |
(adjective) having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | Synonyms: angelic, cherubic, seraphic, sweet |
angelically | (adverb) like an angel | - |
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angiocarpic | (adjective) having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk | Synonyms: angiocarpous |
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anglicise | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicize |
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anglicize | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicise |
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anicteric | (adjective) without jaundice | - |
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(adjective) not affected by jaundice | - |
animalistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to animalism | - |
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animatistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to animatism | - |
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animatronics | (noun) the construction of robots to look like animals (developed for Disneyland) | - |
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animistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism | Synonyms: animist |
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anionic | (adjective) of or relating to anions | - |
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(noun) a class of synthetic detergents in which the molecules do not ionize in aqueous solutions | Synonyms: anionic detergent, non-ionic detergent |
aniseikonic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the visual defect aniseikonia | - |
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anisogametic | (adjective) relating to either of a pair of dissimilar (anisogamic) gametes combining in sexual reproduction | - |
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anisogamic | (adjective) relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape) | Synonyms: anisogamous |
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anisometric | (adjective) having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements | Synonyms: unsymmetrical |
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anisometropic | (adjective) relating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyes | - |
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anisotropic | (adjective) not invariant with respect to direction | - |
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anisotropically | (adverb) in an anisotropic manner | - |
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ankylotic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the abnormality ankylosis | - |
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annalistic | (adjective) relating to annals | - |
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anodic | (adjective) of or at or relating to an anode | Synonyms: anodal |
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anomic | (adjective) socially disoriented | Synonyms: alienated, disoriented |
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anorectic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorexigenic |
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(adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorexic |
(noun) a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | Synonyms: anorexic |
anorexic | (adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorectic |
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(noun) a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | Synonyms: anorectic |
anorexigenic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorectic |
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anorthic | (adjective) having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles | Synonyms: triclinic |
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anorthitic | (adjective) characteristic of anorthite | - |
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anosmatic | (adjective) relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell | Synonyms: anosmic |
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anosmic | (adjective) relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell | Synonyms: anosmatic |
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(adjective) having impaired sense of smell | - |
anoxemic | (adjective) relating to or marked by abnormally little oxygen in arterial blood | - |
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anoxic | (adjective) relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs | - |
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antagonistic | (adjective) arousing animosity or hostility | - |
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(adjective) used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect | Synonyms: incompatible |
(adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical |
(adjective) incapable of harmonious association | - |
(adjective) indicating opposition or resistance | Synonyms: counter |
antagonistically | (adverb) in an antagonistic manner | - |
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anthelminthic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelmintic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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(noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge |
anthelmintic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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(noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, vermifuge |
anthracitic | (adjective) relating to or resembling anthracite coal | - |
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anthropic | (adjective) relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | Synonyms: anthropical |
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anthropical | (adjective) relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | Synonyms: anthropic |
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anthropocentric | (adjective) human-centered | - |
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anthropocentricity | (noun) an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values | Synonyms: anthropocentrism |
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anthropogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenic |
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anthropogenic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenetic |
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anthropological | (adjective) of or concerned with the science of anthropology | - |
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anthropometric | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometrical |
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anthropometrical | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometric |
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anthropomorphic | (adjective) suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things | Synonyms: anthropomorphous, humanlike |
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antiadrenergic | (adjective) relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body | - |
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antiarrhythmic | (noun) a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm | Synonyms: antiarrhythmic drug, antiarrhythmic medication |
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antibiotic | (adjective) of or relating to antibiotic drugs | - |
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(noun) a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections | Synonyms: antibiotic drug |
antic | (adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: fantastic, fantastical, grotesque |
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(noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | Synonyms: caper, joke, prank, put-on, trick |
(verb) act as or like a clown | Synonyms: clown, clown around |
anticancer | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: antineoplastic, antitumor, antitumour |
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anticatalyst | (noun) (chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst | - |
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anticholinergic | (adjective) inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site | - |
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(noun) a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine | Synonyms: anticholinergic drug |
anticholinesterase | (noun) a medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect | - |
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anticipant | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipative, expectant |
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(noun) one who anticipates | Synonyms: anticipator |
anticipate | (verb) be a forerunner of or occur earlier than | - |
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(verb) regard something as probable or likely | Synonyms: expect |
(verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: foreknow, foresee, previse |
(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
(verb) be excited or anxious about | Synonyms: look for, look to |
(verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: counter, foresee, forestall |
anticipated | (adjective) expected hopefully | Synonyms: awaited, hoped-for |
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anticipation | (noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | Synonyms: prediction, prevision |
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(noun) something expected (as on the basis of a norm) | Synonyms: expectancy |
(noun) an expectation | Synonyms: expectancy |
(noun) anticipating with confidence of fulfillment | Synonyms: expectation |
anticipative | (adjective) marked by eager anticipation | Synonyms: anticipant, expectant |
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anticipator | (noun) one who anticipates | Synonyms: anticipant |
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anticipatory | (adjective) in anticipation | Synonyms: prevenient |
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anticlimactic | (adjective) coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactical |
anticlimactical | (adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactic |
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anticlimax | (noun) a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one | Synonyms: bathos |
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(noun) a disappointing decline after a previous rise | - |
anticlinal | (adjective) sloping downward away from a common crest | - |
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anticlockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: contraclockwise, counterclockwise |
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(adverb) in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move | Synonyms: counterclockwise |
anticoagulant | (noun) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | Synonyms: anticoagulant medication, decoagulant |
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anticoagulation | (noun) the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood | - |
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anticoagulative | (adjective) of or relating to an anticoagulant | - |
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anticonvulsant | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug |
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anticyclone | (noun) (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern | - |
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anticyclonic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center | - |
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antidiabetic | (noun) a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: antidiabetic drug |
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antidiuretic | (noun) a drug that limits the formation of urine | Synonyms: antidiuretic drug |
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antidromic | (adjective) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal | - |
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antiemetic | (noun) a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: antiemetic drug |
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antiepileptic | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic drug |
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antiferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to antiferromagnetism | - |
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antigenic | (adjective) of or relating to antigens | - |
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antiheretical | (adjective) opposed to heresy | - |
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antimagnetic | (adjective) impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization | - |
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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 |
antimicrobic | (adjective) capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms | Synonyms: antimicrobial |
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(noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, disinfectant, germicide |
antimonic | (adjective) relating to or derived from antimony | Synonyms: antimonious |
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antimycotic | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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antineoplastic | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antitumor, antitumour |
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(noun) any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function | Synonyms: antineoplastic drug, cancer drug |
antiparticle | (noun) a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy | - |
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