| abient | (adjective) characterized by avoidance or withdrawal | - |
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| abortifacient | (adjective) causing abortion | - |
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| (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug |
| absorbefacient | (adjective) inducing or promoting absorption | Synonyms: sorbefacient |
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| adient | (adjective) characterized by acceptance or approach | - |
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| ambient | (adjective) completely enveloping | - |
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| ancient | (adjective) very old | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire | - |
| (noun) a person who lived in ancient times | - |
| (noun) a very old person | Synonyms: antediluvian |
| anciently | (adverb) in ancient times; long ago | - |
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| ancientness | (noun) extreme oldness | Synonyms: antiquity |
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| ancients | (noun) people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe) | - |
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| aperient | (adjective) mildly laxative | - |
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| (noun) a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels | Synonyms: cathartic, physic, purgative |
| assentient | (adjective) expressing agreement or consent | Synonyms: assenting |
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| calefacient | (adjective) producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body | Synonyms: warming |
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| calorifacient | (adjective) producing heat; usually used of foods | - |
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| client | (noun) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network | Synonyms: guest, node |
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| (noun) a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer | - |
| (noun) someone who pays for goods or services | Synonyms: customer |
| clientage | (noun) relation of a client to a patron | - |
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| clientele | (noun) customers collectively | Synonyms: business, patronage |
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| coefficient | (noun) a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic | - |
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| conscientious | (adjective) guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by extreme care and great effort | Synonyms: painstaking, scrupulous |
| conscientiously | (adverb) with extreme conscientiousness | Synonyms: religiously, scrupulously |
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| conscientiousness | (noun) the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being painstaking and careful | Synonyms: painstakingness |
| consentient | (adjective) in complete agreement | Synonyms: consentaneous, unanimous |
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| convenient | (adjective) suited to your comfort or purpose or needs | - |
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| (adjective) large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: commodious |
| conveniently | (adverb) in a convenient manner | Synonyms: handily |
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| deficient | (adjective) of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement | Synonyms: insufficient |
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| (adjective) inadequate in amount or degree | Synonyms: lacking, wanting |
| (adjective) falling short of some prescribed norm | Synonyms: inferior, substandard |
| disobedient | (adjective) not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority | - |
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| (adjective) unwilling to submit to authority | Synonyms: unruly |
| disobediently | (adverb) in a disobedient manner | - |
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| disorient | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorientate |
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| disorientate | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorient |
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| disorientation | (noun) a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug) | Synonyms: freak out |
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| (noun) confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction | - |
| disoriented | (adjective) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity | Synonyms: confused, lost |
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| (adjective) socially disoriented | Synonyms: alienated, anomic |
| disorienting | (adjective) causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings | - |
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| dissentient | (adjective) disagreeing, especially with a majority | Synonyms: dissenting, dissident |
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| (adjective) (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England | Synonyms: recusant |
| dissilient | (adjective) bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels | - |
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| ebullient | (adjective) joyously unrestrained | Synonyms: exuberant, high-spirited |
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| ebulliently | (adverb) in an ebullient manner | Synonyms: expansively, exuberantly |
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| efficient | (adjective) being effective without wasting time or effort or expense | - |
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| (adjective) able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively | Synonyms: effective |
| efficiently | (adverb) with efficiency; in an efficient manner | Synonyms: expeditiously |
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| emollient | (adjective) having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | Synonyms: demulcent, salving, softening |
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| (noun) toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin | Synonyms: cream, ointment |
| esurient | (adjective) (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | Synonyms: avid, devouring, greedy |
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| (adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: edacious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish |
| (adjective) extremely hungry | Synonyms: famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved |
| expedient | (adjective) serving to promote your interest | - |
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| (adjective) appropriate to a purpose; practical | - |
| (noun) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | - |
| expediently | (adverb) in an expedient manner | Synonyms: inadvisably |
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| experient | (adjective) having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation | Synonyms: experienced |
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| experiential | (adjective) relating to or resulting from experience | - |
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| (adjective) derived from experience or the experience of existence | Synonyms: existential |
| gradient | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | Synonyms: slope |
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| (noun) a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension | - |
| immunodeficient | (adjective) incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen | - |
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| impatient | (adjective) restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition | - |
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| (adjective) (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness | Synonyms: raring |
| impatiently | (adverb) with impatience; in an impatient manner | - |
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| incipient | (adjective) only partly in existence; imperfectly formed | Synonyms: inchoate |
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| inconvenient | (adjective) not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs | - |
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| (adjective) not conveniently timed | - |
| inconveniently | (adverb) in an inconvenient manner | - |
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| inefficient | (adjective) not producing desired results; wasteful | - |
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| (adjective) lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate | Synonyms: ineffective |
| inefficiently | (adverb) in an inefficient manner | - |
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| inexpedient | (adjective) not suitable or advisable | - |
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| (adjective) not appropriate to the purpose | Synonyms: unwise |
| inexpediently | (adverb) in an inexpedient manner | - |
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| inexperient | (adjective) lacking practical experience or training | Synonyms: inexperienced |
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| ingredient | (noun) a component of a mixture or compound | - |
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| (noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, constituent, element, factor |
| (noun) food that is a component of a mixture in cooking | Synonyms: fixings |
| inpatient | (noun) a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated | Synonyms: inmate |
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| insentient | (adjective) devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation | Synonyms: insensate |
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| insufficient | (adjective) of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement | Synonyms: deficient |
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| insufficiently | (adverb) to an insufficient degree | - |
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| lenient | (adjective) characterized by tolerance and mercy | - |
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| (adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: indulgent, soft |
| (adjective) not strict | Synonyms: easy |
| leniently | (adverb) in a permissively lenient manner | Synonyms: laxly |
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| micronutrient | (noun) a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals) | - |
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| mutafacient | (adjective) capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents) | - |
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| nescient | (adjective) holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible | Synonyms: unbelieving |
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| (adjective) uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication | Synonyms: ignorant, unlearned, unlettered |
| neuroscientist | (noun) a neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain | - |
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| nonresilient | (adjective) not resilient | - |
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| nutrient | (adjective) of or providing nourishment | Synonyms: alimental, alimentary, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive |
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| (noun) any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue | Synonyms: food |
| (noun) any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis | - |
| obedient | (adjective) dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority | - |
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| obediently | (adverb) in an obedient manner | Synonyms: yieldingly |
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| omniscient | (adjective) infinitely wise | Synonyms: all-knowing |
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| orient | (noun) the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia | Synonyms: eastern hemisphere |
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| (verb) adjust to a specific need or market | Synonyms: tailor |
| (verb) familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances | - |
| (verb) determine one's position with reference to another point | Synonyms: orientate |
| (verb) be oriented | Synonyms: point |
| (verb) cause to point | - |
| oriental | (adjective) denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East | - |
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| (adjective) denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia; 'oriental civilization' | - |
| orientalise | (verb) make oriental in character | Synonyms: orientalize |
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| orientalism | (noun) the quality or customs or mannerisms characteristic of Asian civilizations | - |
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| orientalist | (noun) a specialist in oriental subjects | - |
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| orientalize | (verb) make oriental in character | Synonyms: orientalise |
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| orientate | (verb) determine one's position with reference to another point | Synonyms: orient |
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| orientated | (adjective) adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: oriented |
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| orientating | (adjective) positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually | Synonyms: orienting |
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| orientation | (noun) the act of orienting | - |
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| (noun) a course introducing a new situation or environment | Synonyms: orientation course |
| (noun) an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
| (noun) a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships | - |
| (noun) a predisposition in favor of something | Synonyms: predilection, preference |
| (noun) position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions | - |
| oriented | (adjective) adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: orientated |
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| orienting | (adjective) positioning with respect to a reference system or determining your bearings physically or intellectually | Synonyms: orientating |
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| outpatient | (noun) a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated | - |
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| parturient | (adjective) of or relating to or giving birth | - |
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| (adjective) giving birth | - |
| patient | (adjective) enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance | - |
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| (noun) the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause | Synonyms: affected role, patient role |
| (noun) a person who requires medical care | - |
| patiently | (adverb) with patience; in a patient manner | - |
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| percipient | (adjective) characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving | Synonyms: clear |
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| (noun) a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | Synonyms: beholder, observer, perceiver |
| pimiento | (noun) fully ripened sweet red pepper; usually cooked | Synonyms: pimento |
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| (noun) plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers | Synonyms: bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant |
| prescient | (adjective) perceiving the significance of events before they occur | - |
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| presciently | (adverb) with foresight | Synonyms: cannily |
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| prevenient | (adjective) in anticipation | Synonyms: anticipatory |
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| proficient | (adjective) of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill | Synonyms: technical |
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| (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: adept, expert, good, practiced, skilful, skillful |
| proficiently | (adverb) in a proficient manner | - |
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| prospicient | (adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted |
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| prurient | (adjective) characterized by lust | Synonyms: lubricious, lustful, salacious |
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| pruriently | (adverb) in a prurient manner | - |
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| pseudoscientific | (adjective) based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific | - |
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| putrefacient | (adjective) causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction | Synonyms: putrefactive |
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| quotient | (noun) the number obtained by division | - |
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| (noun) the ratio of two quantities to be divided | - |