armorial | (adjective) of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms | - |
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arousal | (noun) the act of arousing | Synonyms: rousing |
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(noun) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | Synonyms: foreplay, stimulation |
(noun) awakening from sleep | - |
(noun) a state of heightened physiological activity | - |
arrhythmical | (adjective) without regard for rhythm | Synonyms: arrhythmic |
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arrival | (noun) accomplishment of an objective | Synonyms: reaching |
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(noun) the act of arriving at a certain place | - |
(noun) someone who arrives (or has arrived) | Synonyms: arriver, comer |
arsenal | (noun) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
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(noun) a place where arms are manufactured | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
(noun) all the weapons and equipment that a country has | Synonyms: armory, armoury |
arsenical | (adjective) relating to or containing arsenic | - |
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(noun) a pesticide or drug containing arsenic | - |
artefactual | (adjective) of or relating to artifacts | Synonyms: artifactual |
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arterial | (adjective) of or involving or contained in the arteries | - |
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arthropodal | (adjective) of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda | Synonyms: arthropodan, arthropodous |
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artifactual | (adjective) of or relating to artifacts | Synonyms: artefactual |
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artificial | (adjective) contrived by art rather than nature | Synonyms: unreal |
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(adjective) artificially formal | Synonyms: contrived, hokey, stilted |
(adjective) not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes | - |
ascensional | (adjective) tending to rise | - |
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ascetical | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline | Synonyms: ascetic |
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(adjective) practicing great self-denial | Synonyms: ascetic, austere, spartan |
asexual | (adjective) not having or involving sex | Synonyms: nonsexual |
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asocial | (adjective) given to avoiding association with others | - |
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(adjective) hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior | Synonyms: antisocial |
aspectual | (adjective) of or belonging to an aspect (as an aspect of the verb) | - |
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aspherical | (adjective) varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape | Synonyms: aspheric |
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associational | (adjective) of or relating to associations or associationism | - |
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asterismal | (adjective) relating to asterisms or constellations | - |
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asternal | (adjective) not connected to the sternum or breastbone | - |
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asteroidal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling an asteroid | - |
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astomatal | (adjective) lacking a stoma or stomata | - |
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astragal | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: bead, beading, beadwork |
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(noun) the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint | Synonyms: anklebone, astragalus, talus |
astral | (adjective) being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars | Synonyms: stellar |
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astrological | (adjective) relating to or concerned with astrology | - |
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astronautical | (adjective) of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics | Synonyms: astronautic |
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astronomical | (adjective) relating or belonging to the science of astronomy | Synonyms: astronomic |
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(adjective) inconceivably large | Synonyms: astronomic, galactic |
astrophysical | (adjective) of or concerned with astrophysics | - |
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asymmetrical | (adjective) characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components | Synonyms: asymmetric |
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(adjective) irregular in shape or outline | Synonyms: crooked |
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 |
atmospherical | (adjective) relating to or located in the atmosphere | Synonyms: atmospheric |
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atomistical | (adjective) divided into separate and often disparate elements | Synonyms: atomistic |
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atonal | (adjective) characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality | Synonyms: unkeyed |
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atrial | (adjective) of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart) | - |
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attentional | (adjective) of or relating to attention | - |
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attitudinal | (adjective) of or relating to attitudes | - |
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attritional | (adjective) relating to or caused by attrition | - |
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atypical | (adjective) not representative of a group, class, or type | Synonyms: atypic, untypical |
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(adjective) deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal | Synonyms: irregular |
auctorial | (adjective) of or by or typical of an author | Synonyms: authorial |
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audiovisual | (adjective) involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids) | - |
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(noun) materials using sight or sound to present information | Synonyms: audiovisual aid |
aural | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an aura | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to hearing or the ear | - |
auroral | (adjective) characteristic of the dawn | Synonyms: aurorean |
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(adjective) of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras | - |
austral | (adjective) of the south or coming from the south | - |
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(noun) the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos | - |
autacoidal | (adjective) of or relating to an autacoid | - |
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autarchical | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by autarchy | Synonyms: autarchic, autarkical |
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autarkical | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by autarchy | Synonyms: autarchic, autarchical |
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(adjective) of countries; not relying on imports | Synonyms: autarkic |
authorial | (adjective) of or by or typical of an author | Synonyms: auctorial |
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autobiographical | (adjective) relating to or in the style of an autobiography | Synonyms: autobiographic |
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(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer | Synonyms: autobiographic |
autochthonal | (adjective) originating where it is found | Synonyms: autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous |
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autosomal | (adjective) of or relating to an autosome | - |
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autumnal | (adjective) of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn | - |
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(adjective) characteristic of late maturity verging on decline | - |
avifaunal | (adjective) of or relating to birds of a particular region or period | Synonyms: avifaunistic |
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avocational | (adjective) of or involved in an avocation | - |
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avowal | (noun) a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something | Synonyms: affirmation, avouchment |
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axial | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation | - |
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(adjective) relating to or attached to the axis | Synonyms: axile |
(adjective) situated on or along or in the direction of an axis | - |
axiological | (adjective) of or relating to the study of values | - |
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axiomatical | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from axioms | Synonyms: axiomatic, postulational |
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axonal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling an axon | - |
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azimuthal | (adjective) of or relating to or in azimuth | - |
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azonal | (adjective) not divided into zones | - |
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bacchanal | (adjective) used of riotously drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic |
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(noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
(noun) someone who engages in drinking bouts | Synonyms: bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller |
(noun) a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus | Synonyms: bacchant |
backpedal | (verb) modify one's opinion, make it less strong | - |
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(verb) pedal backwards on a bicycle | - |
(verb) step backwards, in boxing | - |
bacterial | (adjective) relating to or caused by bacteria | - |
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bactericidal | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: disinfectant, germicidal |
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bacterioidal | (adjective) resembling bacteria | Synonyms: bacterioid, bacteroid, bacteroidal |
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bacteriological | (adjective) of or relating to bacteriology | Synonyms: bacteriologic |
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bacteroidal | (adjective) resembling bacteria | Synonyms: bacterioid, bacterioidal, bacteroid |
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balmoral | (noun) a sturdy laced walking shoe | - |
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banal | (adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | Synonyms: commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn |
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baptismal | (adjective) of or relating to baptism | - |
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barbital | (noun) a barbiturate used as a hypnotic | Synonyms: barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea, veronal |
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barometrical | (adjective) relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer | Synonyms: barometric |
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baronial | (adjective) impressive in size, manner, or appearance | Synonyms: imposing, noble, stately |
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basal | (adjective) especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem | Synonyms: radical |
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(adjective) serving as or forming a base | Synonyms: base |
(adjective) of or being the essential or basic part | Synonyms: elemental, elementary, primary |
basidial | (adjective) relating to or characterized by basidia | - |
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basinal | (adjective) of or relating to a basin | - |
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basipetal | (adjective) of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from apex to base | - |
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bathyal | (adjective) relating to ocean depths between 200 and 2000 meters (corresponds to the continental slope) | - |
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bathymetrical | (adjective) of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes | Synonyms: bathymetric |
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behavioral | (adjective) of or relating to behavior | Synonyms: behavioural |
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behavioural | (adjective) of or relating to behavior | Synonyms: behavioral |
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beneficial | (adjective) promoting or enhancing well-being | Synonyms: good |
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benthal | (adjective) of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water | Synonyms: benthic, benthonic |
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bestial | (adjective) resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility | Synonyms: beastly, brutal, brute, brutish |
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bestowal | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowment, conferment, conferral |
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(noun) a gift that is bestowed or conferred | Synonyms: bestowment |
betrayal | (noun) an act of deliberate betrayal | Synonyms: perfidy, treachery, treason |
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(noun) the quality of aiding an enemy | - |
betrothal | (noun) the act of becoming betrothed or engaged | Synonyms: espousal |
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(noun) a mutual promise to marry | Synonyms: engagement, troth |
biannual | (adjective) occurring or payable twice each year | Synonyms: biyearly, half-yearly, semiannual |
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biaural | (adjective) relating to or having or hearing with two ears | Synonyms: binaural |
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biaxal | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxate, biaxial |
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biaxial | (adjective) having two axes | Synonyms: biaxal, biaxate |
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biblical | (adjective) of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible | Synonyms: scriptural |
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(adjective) in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people | - |
bibliographical | (adjective) relating to or dealing with bibliography | Synonyms: bibliographic |
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bibliomaniacal | (adjective) characteristic of or characterized by or noted for bibliomania | - |
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bibliothecal | (adjective) of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian | Synonyms: bibliothecarial |
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bibliothecarial | (adjective) of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian | Synonyms: bibliothecal |
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bicameral | (adjective) composed of two legislative bodies | - |
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(adjective) consisting of two chambers | Synonyms: two-chambered |
bicentennial | (adjective) of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years | Synonyms: bicentenary |
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(noun) the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: bicentenary |
bicipital | (adjective) having two heads or points of origin as a biceps | - |
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bicylindrical | (adjective) having two cylindrical surfaces usually with parallel axes | - |
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