abarticulation | (noun) dislocation of a joint | - |
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abatic | (adjective) of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) | Synonyms: abasic |
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abiogenetic | (adjective) originating by abiogenesis | - |
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aborticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: feticide |
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(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug |
absolutistic | (adjective) pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism | Synonyms: absolutist |
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acanthotic | (adjective) of or relating to or having acanthosis | - |
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acapnotic | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnial, acapnic |
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acatalectic | (adjective) (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot | - |
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(noun) (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables | - |
acetic | (adjective) relating to or containing acetic acid | - |
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achondritic | (adjective) not having a granular structure | - |
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(adjective) of or related to an achondrite | - |
achondroplastic | (adjective) of or relating to achondroplasia | - |
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achromatic | (adjective) having no hue | Synonyms: neutral |
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achromaticity | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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acidotic | (adjective) having or being characterized by acidosis | - |
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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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acritical | (adjective) without a crisis (as of some diseases) | - |
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acrobatic | (adjective) vigorously active | Synonyms: athletic, gymnastic |
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acrobatics | (noun) the gymnastic moves of an acrobat | Synonyms: tumbling |
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(noun) the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft | Synonyms: aerobatics, stunt flying, stunting |
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 | - |
actinomycotic | (adjective) of or related to actinomycosis infection | - |
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activistic | (adjective) advocating or engaged in activism | Synonyms: activist |
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adiabatic | (adjective) occurring without loss or gain of heat | - |
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adiabaticity | (noun) The condition of occurring without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation). | - |
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adrenocortical | (adjective) of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands | - |
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adrenocorticotrophic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotropic |
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adrenocorticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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adrenocorticotropic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotrophic |
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adrenocorticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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adventuristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to adventurism | - |
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aerobatics | (noun) the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft | Synonyms: acrobatics, stunt flying, stunting |
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aerobiotic | (adjective) living or active only in the presence of oxygen | - |
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aerolitic | (adjective) of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites | - |
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aeronautic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aeronautics | Synonyms: aeronautical |
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aeronautical | (adjective) of or pertaining to aeronautics | Synonyms: aeronautic |
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aeronautics | (noun) the theory and practice of navigation through air or space | Synonyms: astronautics |
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aesthetic | (adjective) concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste | Synonyms: aesthetical, esthetic, esthetical |
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(adjective) relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics | Synonyms: esthetic |
(adjective) aesthetically pleasing | Synonyms: artistic, esthetic |
(noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful | Synonyms: esthetic |
aesthetical | (adjective) concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste | Synonyms: aesthetic, esthetic, esthetical |
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aesthetically | (adverb) in a tasteful way | Synonyms: esthetically |
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aesthetician | (noun) a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty | Synonyms: esthetician |
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(noun) a worker skilled in giving beauty treatments (manicures and facials etc.) | Synonyms: esthetician |
aesthetics | (noun) (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art) | Synonyms: esthetics |
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agamogenetic | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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agnatic | (adjective) related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, paternal |
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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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agranulocytic | (adjective) relating to the blood disorder of agranulocytosis | - |
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agrestic | (adjective) characteristic of the fields or country | Synonyms: rustic |
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(adjective) (of behavior) rustic and uncouth | - |
agrypnotic | (adjective) of or pertaining to agrypnia | - |
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albinistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affected by albinism | Synonyms: albinal, albinic, albinotic |
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albinotic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affected by albinism | Synonyms: albinal, albinic, albinistic |
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albitic | (adjective) of or related to albite feldspar | - |
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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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aliphatic | (adjective) having carbon atoms linked in open chains | - |
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alkahestic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist | - |
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alkalotic | (adjective) marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis) | - |
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alphabetic | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
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(adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
alphabetical | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetic |
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(adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetic |
alphabetically | (adverb) in alphabetical order | - |
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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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amaurotic | (adjective) pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis | - |
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amitotic | (adjective) pertaining to a simple method of cell division | - |
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ammonitic | (adjective) of or related to an order of fossil cephalopods | - |
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amnestic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by amnesia | Synonyms: amnesic |
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amniotic | (adjective) of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion | Synonyms: amnic, amnionic |
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amoristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to romantic love | - |
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amphibiotic | (adjective) having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form | Synonyms: semiaquatic |
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amphiprotic | (adjective) having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either | Synonyms: amphoteric |
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amylolytic | (adjective) of or related to the process of amylolysis | - |
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anabatic | (adjective) of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope | - |
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anabiotic | (adjective) of or related to the state of anabiosis | - |
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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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anaclitic | (adjective) of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another | - |
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anaerobiotic | (adjective) living or active in the absence of free oxygen | Synonyms: anaerobic |
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anaesthetic | (adjective) relating to or producing insensibility | Synonyms: anesthetic |
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(adjective) characterized by insensibility | Synonyms: anesthetic |
(noun) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations | Synonyms: anaesthetic agent, anesthetic, anesthetic agent |
anaglyptic | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptical |
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anaglyptical | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptic |
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anagrammatic | (adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram | Synonyms: anagrammatical |
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anagrammatical | (adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram | Synonyms: anagrammatic |
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analeptic | (adjective) stimulating the central nervous system | - |
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(noun) a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system | - |
analgetic | (adjective) capable of relieving pain | Synonyms: analgesic, anodyne |
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analphabetic | (adjective) not alphabetic | - |
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(adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic | - |
(adjective) having little acquaintance with writing | Synonyms: unlettered |
(noun) an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet | Synonyms: analphabet |
analytic | (adjective) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | Synonyms: analytical |
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(adjective) expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection | Synonyms: uninflected |
(adjective) using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | Synonyms: analytical |
(adjective) using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus | - |
analytical | (adjective) using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | Synonyms: analytic |
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(adjective) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | Synonyms: analytic |
analytically | (adverb) by virtue of analysis | - |
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analyticity | (noun) the property of being analytic | - |
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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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anaphylactic | (adjective) related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis | - |
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anaplastic | (adjective) of or relating to anaplasia | - |
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