| anagogical | (adjective) based on or exemplifying anagoge | Synonyms: anagogic |
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| anagrammatical | (adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram | Synonyms: anagrammatic |
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| anal | (adjective) a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. | Synonyms: anal retentive |
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| (adjective) of or related to the anus | - |
| analogical | (adjective) expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy | - |
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| 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 |
| anarchical | (adjective) without law or control | Synonyms: anarchic, lawless |
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| anatomical | (adjective) of or relating to the structure of the body | Synonyms: anatomic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms | Synonyms: anatomic |
| (noun) an expression that relates to anatomy | Synonyms: anatomical reference |
| ancestral | (adjective) of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor | - |
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| (adjective) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent | Synonyms: hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible |
| anecdotal | (adjective) having the character of an anecdote | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by or given to telling anecdotes | Synonyms: anecdotic, anecdotical |
| anecdotical | (adjective) characterized by or given to telling anecdotes | Synonyms: anecdotal, anecdotic |
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| anemometrical | (adjective) pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction | Synonyms: anemometric |
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| aneurismal | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismatic, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic |
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| aneurysmal | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurismatic, aneurysmatic |
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| 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 |
| anginal | (adjective) of or related to the pain of angina pectoris | Synonyms: anginose, anginous |
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| animal | (adjective) marked by the appetites and passions of the body | Synonyms: carnal, fleshly, sensual |
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| (noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | Synonyms: animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna |
| anneal | (verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: normalize, temper |
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| annexal | (adjective) of or pertaining to adnexa | Synonyms: adnexal |
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| annexational | (adjective) relating to annexation | - |
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| annual | (adjective) completing its life cycle within a year | Synonyms: one-year |
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| (adjective) occurring or payable every year | Synonyms: yearly |
| (noun) a reference book that is published regularly once every year | Synonyms: yearbook, yearly |
| (noun) (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year | - |
| anodal | (adjective) of or at or relating to an anode | Synonyms: anodic |
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| anoperineal | (adjective) relating to the anus and surrounding perineum | - |
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| anorectal | (adjective) pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together | - |
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| antecubital | (adjective) of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow | - |
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| antediluvial | (adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood | Synonyms: antediluvian |
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| antenatal | (adjective) occurring or existing before birth | Synonyms: antepartum, prenatal |
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| antennal | (adjective) of or relating to antennae | Synonyms: antennary |
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| antenuptial | (adjective) relating to events before a marriage | Synonyms: premarital, prenuptial |
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| antheral | (adjective) capable of fertilizing female organs | Synonyms: staminate |
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| antheridial | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an antheridium | - |
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| anthropical | (adjective) relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence | Synonyms: anthropic |
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| anthropoidal | (adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoid, apelike |
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| anthropological | (adjective) of or concerned with the science of anthropology | - |
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| anthropometrical | (adjective) of or relating to anthropometry | Synonyms: anthropometric |
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| antibacterial | (adjective) destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth | - |
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| (noun) any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth | Synonyms: antibacterial drug, bactericide |
| anticlimactical | (adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactic |
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| anticlinal | (adjective) sloping downward away from a common crest | - |
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| antidiarrheal | (noun) a drug used to control or stop diarrhea | Synonyms: antidiarrheal drug |
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| antidotal | (adjective) counteracting the effects of a poison | - |
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| antifungal | (adjective) capable of destroying fungi | Synonyms: fungicidal |
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| (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
| antiheretical | (adjective) opposed to heresy | - |
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| antimalarial | (noun) a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria | Synonyms: antimalarial drug |
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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 |
| antimonial | (adjective) containing antimony | - |
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| antipathetical | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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| (adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetic |
| antiphonal | (adjective) containing or using responses; alternating | Synonyms: responsive |
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| (adjective) relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony | Synonyms: antiphonary |
| (noun) bound collection of antiphons | Synonyms: antiphonary |
| antipodal | (adjective) relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth | Synonyms: antipodean |
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| (noun) the relation of opposition along a diameter | Synonyms: antipodal opposition, diametrical opposition |
| antiprotozoal | (noun) a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa | Synonyms: antiprotozoal drug |
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| antisocial | (adjective) shunning contact with others | - |
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| (adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: asocial |
| antithetical | (adjective) sharply contrasted in character or purpose | Synonyms: antithetic |
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| antitypical | (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol | Synonyms: antitypic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite | Synonyms: antitypic |
| antiviral | (adjective) inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses | - |
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| (noun) any drug that destroys viruses | Synonyms: antiviral agent, antiviral drug |
| aortal | (adjective) of or relating to the aorta | Synonyms: aortic |
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| aphrodisiacal | (adjective) stimulating sexual desire | Synonyms: aphrodisiac, sexy |
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| apical | (adjective) situated at an apex | - |
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| apicultural | (adjective) relating to the care and breeding of bees | - |
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| aplacental | (adjective) having no placenta | - |
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| apocalyptical | (adjective) prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom | Synonyms: apocalyptic, revelatory |
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| apocryphal | (adjective) being of questionable authenticity | - |
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| apodal | (adjective) (of snakes and eels) naturally footless | Synonyms: apodous |
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| apolitical | (adjective) politically neutral | Synonyms: unpolitical |
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| apomictical | (adjective) of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis | Synonyms: apomictic |
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| apophyseal | (adjective) of or relating to an apophysis | - |
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| apostolical | (adjective) of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings | Synonyms: apostolic |
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| (adjective) proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles | Synonyms: apostolic, papal, pontifical |
| apothecial | (adjective) of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi | - |
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| apothegmatical | (adjective) given to or characterized by terse apothegms | Synonyms: apothegmatic |
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| appal | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
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| (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appall, dismay, horrify |
| apparitional | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom | Synonyms: ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual |
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| appeal | (noun) (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial | - |
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| (noun) attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates | Synonyms: appealingness, charm |
| (noun) earnest or urgent request | Synonyms: entreaty, prayer |
| (noun) request for a sum of money | Synonyms: collection, ingathering, solicitation |
| (verb) request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection | Synonyms: invoke |
| (verb) cite as an authority; resort to | Synonyms: invoke |
| (verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: attract |
| (verb) take a court case to a higher court for review | - |
| (verb) challenge (a decision) | - |
| appositional | (adjective) relating to or being in apposition | Synonyms: appositive |
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| appraisal | (noun) an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something | - |
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| (noun) the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth | Synonyms: assessment |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: estimate, estimation |
| apprisal | (noun) informing by words | Synonyms: notification, telling |
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| approval | (noun) the formal act of approving | Synonyms: approving, blessing |
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| (noun) a message expressing a favorable opinion | Synonyms: commendation |
| (noun) a feeling of liking something or someone good | - |
| (noun) acceptance as satisfactory | Synonyms: favorable reception, favourable reception |
| apsidal | (adjective) of or relating to an apse | - |
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| apteral | (adjective) having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides | - |
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| (adjective) (of insects) without wings | Synonyms: apterous |
| aptitudinal | (adjective) of or relating to aptitudes | - |
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| aquacultural | (adjective) of or relating to aquiculture | Synonyms: aquicultural, hydroponic |
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| aquicultural | (adjective) of or relating to aquiculture | Synonyms: aquacultural, hydroponic |
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| araneidal | (adjective) relating to or resembling a spider | Synonyms: araneidan |
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| arbitral | (adjective) relating to or resulting from arbitration | Synonyms: arbitrational |
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| arbitrational | (adjective) relating to or resulting from arbitration | Synonyms: arbitral |
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| arboreal | (adjective) inhabiting or frequenting trees | Synonyms: arboreous, tree-living |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or formed by trees | Synonyms: arborary, arborical, arborous |
| (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
| arborical | (adjective) of or relating to or formed by trees | Synonyms: arborary, arboreal, arborous |
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| archaeological | (adjective) related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology | Synonyms: archaeologic, archeologic, archeological |
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| archangelical | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling archangels | Synonyms: archangelic |
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| archducal | (adjective) belonging to or befitting an archduke or his archduchy | - |
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| archegonial | (adjective) of or relating to an archegonium | Synonyms: archegoniate |
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| archeological | (adjective) related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology | Synonyms: archaeologic, archaeological, archeologic |
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| archepiscopal | (adjective) of or associated with an archbishop | Synonyms: archiepiscopal |
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| archesporial | (adjective) of or relating to the cells in a sporangium that give rise to spores | - |
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| archetypal | (adjective) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned | Synonyms: archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical |
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| archetypical | (adjective) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned | Synonyms: archetypal, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical |
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| archidiaconal | (adjective) of or relating to an archdeacon or his office | - |
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| archiepiscopal | (adjective) of or associated with an archbishop | Synonyms: archepiscopal |
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| architectural | (adjective) of or pertaining to the art and science of architecture | - |
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| archival | (adjective) of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive | - |
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| areal | (adjective) of or relating to or involving an area | - |
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| argal | (noun) wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia | Synonyms: argali, Ovis ammon |
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| aristocratical | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | Synonyms: aristocratic, blue-blooded, blue, gentle, patrician |
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| arithmetical | (adjective) relating to or involving arithmetic | Synonyms: arithmetic |
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