| absolutistic | (adjective) pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism | Synonyms: absolutist |
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| achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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| acoustic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of acoustics | Synonyms: acoustical |
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| (noun) a remedy for hearing loss or deafness | - |
| acoustical | (adjective) of or relating to the science of acoustics | Synonyms: acoustic |
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| acoustically | (adverb) with respect to acoustics | - |
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| acoustician | (noun) a physicist who specializes in acoustics | - |
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| acousticophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of sounds including your own voice | Synonyms: phonophobia |
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| acoustics | (noun) the study of the physical properties of sound | - |
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| acrostic | (noun) a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across | Synonyms: word square |
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| (noun) verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message | - |
| activistic | (adjective) advocating or engaged in activism | Synonyms: activist |
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| adventuristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to adventurism | - |
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| agnostic | (adjective) uncertain of all claims to knowledge | Synonyms: agnostical |
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| (adjective) of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism | - |
| (noun) a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist) | - |
| (noun) someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something | Synonyms: doubter |
| agnostical | (adjective) uncertain of all claims to knowledge | Synonyms: agnostic |
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| agnosticism | (noun) the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge | Synonyms: scepticism, skepticism |
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| (noun) a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God | - |
| agonistic | (adjective) of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece | - |
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| (adjective) struggling for effect | Synonyms: strained |
| (adjective) striving to overcome in argument | Synonyms: agonistical, combative |
| agonistical | (adjective) striving to overcome in argument | Synonyms: agonistic, combative |
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| agrestic | (adjective) characteristic of the fields or country | Synonyms: rustic |
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| (adjective) (of behavior) rustic and uncouth | - |
| albinistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affected by albinism | Synonyms: albinal, albinic, albinotic |
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| alchemistic | (adjective) of or relating to alchemists | Synonyms: alchemistical |
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| alchemistical | (adjective) of or relating to alchemists | Synonyms: alchemistic |
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| alkahestic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist | - |
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| altruistic | (adjective) showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: selfless |
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| altruistically | (adverb) in an altruistic manner | Synonyms: selflessly |
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| amnestic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by amnesia | Synonyms: amnesic |
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| amoristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to romantic love | - |
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| anachronistic | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronic, anachronous |
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| anachronistically | (adverb) in an anachronistic manner | - |
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| anamnestic | (adjective) of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory | - |
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| anapaestic | (adjective) (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one | Synonyms: anapestic |
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| anapestic | (adjective) (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one | Synonyms: anapaestic |
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| anaplastic | (adjective) of or relating to anaplasia | - |
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| anarchistic | (adjective) of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism | - |
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| animalistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to animalism | - |
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| animatistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to animatism | - |
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| animistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism | Synonyms: animist |
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| annalistic | (adjective) relating to annals | - |
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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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| 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 |
| antiphlogistic | (adjective) counteracting inflammation | - |
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| aoristic | (adjective) of or relating to the aorist tense | - |
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| aphoristic | (adjective) containing aphorisms or maxims | Synonyms: axiomatic |
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| (adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: apothegmatic, epigrammatic |
| archaistic | (adjective) imitative of an archaic style or manner | - |
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| armistice | (noun) a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms | Synonyms: cease-fire, truce |
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| artistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of art or artists | - |
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| (adjective) satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities | - |
| (adjective) aesthetically pleasing | Synonyms: aesthetic, esthetic |
| artistically | (adverb) in an artistic manner | - |
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| atavistic | (adjective) characteristic of an atavist | Synonyms: throwback |
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| atheistic | (adjective) related to or characterized by or given to atheism | Synonyms: atheist, atheistical |
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| (adjective) rejecting any belief in gods | Synonyms: atheistical, unbelieving |
| atheistical | (adjective) related to or characterized by or given to atheism | Synonyms: atheist, atheistic |
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| (adjective) rejecting any belief in gods | Synonyms: atheistic, unbelieving |
| atomistic | (adjective) divided into separate and often disparate elements | Synonyms: atomistical |
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| atomistical | (adjective) divided into separate and often disparate elements | Synonyms: atomistic |
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| atonalistic | (adjective) of or relating to atonalism | - |
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| autistic | (adjective) characteristic of or affected with autism | - |
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| autoplastic | (adjective) of or relating to or involved in autoplasty | - |
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| avifaunistic | (adjective) of or relating to birds of a particular region or period | Synonyms: avifaunal |
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| ballistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity | - |
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| ballistics | (noun) the science of flight dynamics | - |
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| (noun) the trajectory of an object in free flight | Synonyms: ballistic trajectory |
| behavioristic | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behaviourist, behaviouristic |
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| behaviouristic | (adjective) of or relating to behaviorism | Synonyms: behaviorist, behavioristic, behaviourist |
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| belletristic | (adjective) written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content | - |
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| billystick | (noun) a short stout club used primarily by policemen | Synonyms: baton, billy, billy club, nightstick, truncheon |
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| bimetallistic | (adjective) pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals | Synonyms: bimetallic |
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| biologistic | (adjective) of or relating to biologism | - |
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| biostatistics | (noun) a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis | Synonyms: biometrics, biometry |
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| bitumastic | (noun) a protective coating of asphalt and filter used on structural metals that are exposed to weathering | - |
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| bombastic | (adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style | Synonyms: declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid |
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| bombastically | (adverb) in a grandiose manner | Synonyms: grandiosely |
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| (adverb) in a turgid manner | Synonyms: turgidly |
| breadstick | (noun) a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup | Synonyms: bread-stick |
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| broomstick | (noun) the handle of a broom | Synonyms: broom handle |
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| cabalistic | (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline |
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| candlestick | (noun) a holder with sockets for candles | Synonyms: candle holder |
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| cannibalistic | (adjective) characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism | - |
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| capitalistic | (adjective) favoring or practicing capitalism | Synonyms: capitalist |
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| (adjective) of or relating to capitalism or capitalists | Synonyms: capitalist |
| casuistic | (adjective) of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems | Synonyms: casuistical |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or practicing casuistry | Synonyms: casuistical |
| casuistical | (adjective) of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems | Synonyms: casuistic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or practicing casuistry | Synonyms: casuistic |
| catacaustic | (noun) a caustic curve formed by light reflecting from a curved surface. | - |
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| catachrestic | (adjective) constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis | Synonyms: catachrestical |
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| catachrestical | (adjective) constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis | Synonyms: catachrestic |
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| cataplastic | (adjective) of or relating to cataplasia | - |
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| catechistic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism | Synonyms: catechetic |
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| caustic | (adjective) of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action | Synonyms: corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic |
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| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| (noun) the envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface or object | - |
| (noun) any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue | - |
| caustically | (adverb) in a caustic vitriolic manner | Synonyms: vitriolically |
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| centralistic | (adjective) advocating centralization | Synonyms: centralist |
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| ceroplastics | (noun) the art of modeling in wax. | - |
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| characteristic | (adjective) typical or distinctive | - |
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| (noun) a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something | - |
| (noun) any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions | Synonyms: device characteristic |
| (noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: feature |
| (noun) the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 | - |
| characteristically | (adverb) in characteristic manner | - |
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| characteristicness | (noun) The quality or state of being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing. | - |
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| chauvinistic | (adjective) of or relating to persons convinced of the superiority of their own gender or kind | - |
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| (adjective) fanatically patriotic | Synonyms: flag-waving, jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic, ultranationalistic |
| chiliastic | (adjective) relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness | Synonyms: millenarian |
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| chopstick | (noun) one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with | - |
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| cladistics | (noun) a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations | Synonyms: cladistic analysis |
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| classicistic | (adjective) of or relating to classicism | - |
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| clastic | (adjective) capable of being taken apart | - |
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| (adjective) of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone) | - |
| collectivistic | (adjective) subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively | Synonyms: collectivised, collectivist, collectivized, state-controlled |
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| communistic | (adjective) relating to or marked by communism | Synonyms: communist |
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| conceptualistic | (adjective) involving or characteristic of conceptualism | - |
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| concretistic | (adjective) of or relating to concrete representations of abstractions | - |
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| cubistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of cubism | Synonyms: cubist |
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| cystic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a cyst | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder) | - |
| cytoplastic | (adjective) of or relating to a cytoplast | - |
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