dronabinol | (noun) psychoactive substance present in marijuana; used therapeutically to control nausea associated with cancer therapy | - |
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dysfunctional | (adjective) impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ | - |
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(adjective) (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose | Synonyms: nonadaptive |
dysfunctionality | (noun) The condition of functioning incorrectly or abnormally. | - |
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educational | (adjective) relating to the process of education | - |
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(adjective) providing knowledge | - |
educationalist | (noun) a specialist in the theory of education | Synonyms: educationist |
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educationally | (adverb) in an educational manner | - |
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elocutionary | (adjective) of or relating to elocution | - |
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(adjective) (used of style of speaking) overly embellished | - |
embryonal | (adjective) of an organism prior to birth or hatching | Synonyms: embryologic, embryonic |
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emotional | (adjective) of more than usual emotion | - |
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(adjective) determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason | - |
(adjective) of or pertaining to emotion | - |
(adjective) (of persons) excessively affected by emotion | Synonyms: aroused, excited, worked up |
emotionalism | (noun) emotional nature or quality | Synonyms: emotionality |
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emotionality | (noun) emotional nature or quality | Synonyms: emotionalism |
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emotionally | (adverb) with regard to emotions | - |
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(adverb) in an emotional manner | - |
espionage | (noun) the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets | - |
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evolutionarily | (adverb) in an evolutionary way; from an evolutionary point of view | - |
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evolutionary | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by evolution | - |
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exceptionable | (adjective) liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to | Synonyms: objectionable |
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exceptional | (adjective) deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence | - |
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(adjective) far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | Synonyms: exceeding, olympian, prodigious, surpassing |
(adjective) surpassing what is common or usual or expected | Synonyms: especial, particular, special |
exceptionally | (adverb) to an exceptional degree | - |
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expeditionary | (adjective) (used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad | - |
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extensional | (adjective) defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies | - |
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extortionate | (adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: exorbitant, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious |
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extortionately | (adverb) to an exorbitant degree | Synonyms: exorbitantly, usuriously |
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fashionable | (adjective) being or in accordance with current social fashions | Synonyms: stylish |
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(adjective) having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress | Synonyms: stylish |
(adjective) popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time | Synonyms: in fashion |
fashionableness | (noun) The state of being fashionable; stylishness; elegance. | - |
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fashionably | (adverb) in a fashionable manner | - |
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fictional | (adjective) related to or involving literary fiction | - |
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(adjective) formed or conceived by the imagination | Synonyms: fabricated, fancied, fictitious |
fictionalisation | (noun) writing in a fictional form | Synonyms: fabrication, fictionalization |
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(noun) a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction | Synonyms: fictionalization |
fictionalise | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalize, novelise, novelize |
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(verb) make into fiction | Synonyms: fictionalize, retell |
fictionalization | (noun) writing in a fictional form | Synonyms: fabrication, fictionalisation |
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(noun) a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction | Synonyms: fictionalisation |
fictionalize | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalise, novelise, novelize |
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(verb) make into fiction | Synonyms: fictionalise, retell |
fissionable | (adjective) capable of undergoing nuclear fission | Synonyms: fissile |
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fractional | (adjective) constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety | Synonyms: partial |
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(adjective) constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit | Synonyms: divisional |
fractionate | (verb) obtain by a fractional process | - |
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(verb) separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents | - |
fractionation | (noun) separation into portions | - |
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(noun) a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components | Synonyms: fractional process |
frictional | (adjective) pertaining to or worked or produced by friction | - |
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functional | (adjective) designed for or capable of a particular function or use | - |
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(adjective) involving or affecting function rather than physiology | - |
(adjective) relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure | - |
(adjective) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing | Synonyms: operative, running, working |
(adjective) designed for or adapted to a function or use | - |
(adjective) fit or ready for use or service | Synonyms: operable, operational, usable, useable |
functionalism | (noun) a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment | - |
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(noun) any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose | - |
functionalist | (noun) an adherent of functionalism | - |
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functionality | (noun) capable of serving a purpose well | - |
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functionally | (adverb) with respect to function | - |
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functionary | (noun) a worker who holds or is invested with an office | Synonyms: official |
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gasconade | (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, line-shooting, vaporing |
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(verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
generational | (adjective) of or relating to a generation | - |
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geostationary | (adjective) of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth | - |
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gestational | (adjective) of or relating to gestation | - |
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gonad | (noun) a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced | Synonyms: sex gland |
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gonadal | (adjective) of or relating to the gonads | - |
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gonadotrophic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving gonadotropin | Synonyms: gonadotropic |
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gonadotrophin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin |
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gonadotropic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving gonadotropin | Synonyms: gonadotrophic |
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gonadotropin | (noun) hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity | Synonyms: gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone |
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gradational | (adjective) taking place by degrees | Synonyms: gradatory, graduated |
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gravitational | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by gravitation | Synonyms: gravitative |
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gravitationally | (adverb) with respect to gravitation | - |
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hexagonal | (adjective) having six sides or divided into hexagons | Synonyms: hexangular |
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hormonal | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by hormones | - |
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hypogonadism | (noun) incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk | - |
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hyponatremia | (noun) abnormally low level of sodium in the blood; associated with dehydration | - |
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ideational | (adjective) being of the nature of a notion or concept | Synonyms: conceptional, notional |
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illusional | (adjective) marked by or producing illusion | Synonyms: illusionary |
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illusionary | (adjective) marked by or producing illusion | Synonyms: illusional |
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impersonal | (adjective) not relating to or responsive to individual persons | - |
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(adjective) having no personal preference | Synonyms: neutral |
impersonally | (adverb) without warmth | - |
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(adverb) in an impersonal manner | - |
impersonate | (verb) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions | Synonyms: personate, pose |
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(verb) represent another person with comic intentions | - |
(verb) assume or act the character of | Synonyms: portray |
impersonation | (noun) imitating the mannerisms of another person | Synonyms: personation |
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(noun) pretending to be another person | Synonyms: imposture |
(noun) a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | Synonyms: caricature, imitation |
impersonator | (noun) someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another | Synonyms: imitator |
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implicational | (adjective) relating to or concerned with logical implication | - |
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impressionable | (adjective) easily impressed or influenced | Synonyms: impressible, waxy |
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inflationary | (adjective) associated with or tending to cause increases in inflation | - |
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inflectional | (adjective) characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions | - |
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informational | (adjective) relating to or having the nature of information | - |
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innovational | (adjective) being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before | Synonyms: groundbreaking, innovative |
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inspirational | (adjective) imparting a divine influence on the mind and soul | - |
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inspirationally | (adverb) with inspiration; in an inspiring manner | - |
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institutional | (adjective) organized as or forming an institution | - |
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(adjective) relating to or constituting or involving an institution | - |
(adjective) characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative | Synonyms: uninteresting |
institutionalise | (verb) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | Synonyms: charge, commit, institutionalize, send |
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institutionalised | (adjective) officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution | Synonyms: institutionalized |
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(adjective) given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system | Synonyms: institutionalized |
institutionalize | (verb) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | Synonyms: charge, commit, institutionalise, send |
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institutionalized | (adjective) officially placed in or committed to a specialized institution | Synonyms: institutionalised |
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(adjective) given the character of an institution or incorporated into a structured and usually well-established system | Synonyms: institutionalised |
institutionally | (adverb) by an institution | - |
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instructional | (adjective) of or relating to or used in instruction | - |
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insurrectional | (adjective) of or relating to or given to insurrection | Synonyms: insurrectionary |
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insurrectionary | (adjective) of or relating to or given to insurrection | Synonyms: insurrectional |
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intensional | (adjective) used of the set of attributes that distinguish the referents of a given word | - |
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intentional | (adjective) done or made or performed with purpose and intent | Synonyms: designed, unintentional |
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(adjective) characterized by conscious design or purpose | Synonyms: deliberate, knowing |
intentionality | (noun) expressive of intentions | - |
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intentionally | (adverb) with intention; in an intentional manner | Synonyms: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, purposely |
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interactional | (adjective) capable of acting on or influencing each other | Synonyms: interactive |
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interdenominational | (adjective) occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations | Synonyms: interchurch |
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international | (adjective) concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations | - |
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(adjective) from or between other countries | Synonyms: external, outside |
internationalisation | (noun) the act of bringing something under international control | Synonyms: internationalization |
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internationalise | (verb) make international in character | Synonyms: internationalize |
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(verb) put under international control | Synonyms: internationalize |
internationalism | (noun) quality of being international in scope | Synonyms: internationality |
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(noun) the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences | - |
internationalist | (adjective) influenced by or advocating internationalism | Synonyms: internationalistic |
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(noun) an advocate of internationalism | - |
(noun) a member of a socialist or communist international | - |
internationalistic | (adjective) influenced by or advocating internationalism | Synonyms: internationalist |
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internationality | (noun) quality of being international in scope | Synonyms: internationalism |
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internationalization | (noun) the act of bringing something under international control | Synonyms: internationalisation |
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internationalize | (verb) make international in character | Synonyms: internationalise |
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(verb) put under international control | Synonyms: internationalise |
internationally | (adverb) worldwide | Synonyms: globally |
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interpersonal | (adjective) occurring among or involving several people | - |
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