mnemotechnical | (adjective) of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory | Synonyms: mnemonic, mnemotechnic |
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monarchical | (adjective) having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch | Synonyms: monarchal |
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(adjective) ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch | Synonyms: monarchal, monarchic |
monastical | (adjective) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows | Synonyms: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic |
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monodical | (adjective) having a single vocal part | Synonyms: monodic |
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monomaniacal | (adjective) obsessed with a single subject or idea | - |
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morphological | (adjective) relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals | Synonyms: morphologic, structural |
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(adjective) relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language | Synonyms: morphologic |
(adjective) pertaining to geological structure | Synonyms: geomorphologic, geomorphological, morphologic, structural |
musical | (adjective) characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music | - |
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(adjective) talented in or devoted to music | - |
(adjective) containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody | Synonyms: melodic, melodious |
(adjective) characterized by or capable of producing music | - |
(noun) a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing | Synonyms: musical comedy, musical theater |
musicological | (adjective) of or relating to musicology | - |
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mystical | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of mysticism | Synonyms: mystic |
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(adjective) relating to or resembling mysticism | Synonyms: mystic |
(adjective) having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, occult, orphic, secret |
mythical | (adjective) based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity | Synonyms: fabulous, mythic, mythologic, mythological |
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mythological | (adjective) based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity | Synonyms: fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic |
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nautical | (adjective) relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen | Synonyms: marine, maritime |
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necromantical | (adjective) relating to or associated with necromancy | Synonyms: necromantic |
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neoclassical | (adjective) characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style | Synonyms: neoclassic |
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neocortical | (adjective) of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum | - |
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neuroanatomical | (adjective) of or relating to neural tissue or the nervous system | Synonyms: neuroanatomic |
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neurobiological | (adjective) of or relating to the biological study of the nervous system | - |
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(adverb) with respect to neurobiology | - |
neurochemical | (noun) any organic substance that occurs in neural activity | - |
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neurological | (adjective) of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology | Synonyms: neurologic |
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neurophysiological | (adjective) of or concerned with neurophysiology | - |
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neuropsychological | (adjective) of or concerned with neuropsychology | - |
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nonclassical | (adjective) not classical | - |
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noncritical | (adjective) not in a state of crisis or emergency | Synonyms: noncrucial |
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(adjective) not critical; not at a point of abrupt change | - |
(adjective) marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures | Synonyms: uncritical |
noncyclical | (adjective) not cyclic | Synonyms: noncyclic |
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nonhierarchical | (adjective) not classified hierarchically | Synonyms: nonhierarchic |
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nonlexical | (adjective) not relating to words | - |
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nonmechanical | (adjective) not mechanical | - |
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(adjective) (of a person) lacking mechanical skills | Synonyms: unmechanical |
nonmusical | (adjective) not musical in nature | Synonyms: unmusical |
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(adjective) lacking interest in or talent for music | Synonyms: unmusical |
nonphysical | (adjective) lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen | Synonyms: intangible |
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nonpolitical | (adjective) not political | - |
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nonreciprocal | (adjective) not reciprocal | - |
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nonsensical | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous |
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(adjective) having no intelligible meaning | Synonyms: nonsense |
nonspherical | (adjective) not spherical | - |
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nonsurgical | (adjective) not surgical | - |
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nontechnical | (adjective) not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences | Synonyms: untechnical |
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numerical | (adjective) relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers | Synonyms: mathematical |
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(adjective) of or relating to or denoting numbers | Synonyms: numeral, numeric |
(adjective) measured or expressed in numbers | Synonyms: numeric |
numerological | (adjective) of or relating to numerology | - |
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nymphomaniacal | (adjective) (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire | Synonyms: nymphomaniac |
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obstetrical | (adjective) of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics | Synonyms: obstetric |
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oecumenical | (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability | Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, universal, world-wide, worldwide |
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(adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions | Synonyms: ecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenic |
oligarchical | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy | Synonyms: oligarchic |
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oncological | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing oncology | Synonyms: oncologic |
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onomatopoeical | (adjective) (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound | Synonyms: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic |
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ontological | (adjective) of or relating to ontology | - |
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optical | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling the eye | Synonyms: ocular, ophthalmic, optic |
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(adjective) of or relating to or involving light or optics | - |
(adjective) relating to or using sight | Synonyms: ocular, optic, visual |
oratorical | (adjective) characteristic of an orator or oratory | - |
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ornithological | (adjective) of or relating to ornithology | - |
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orthopedical | (adjective) of or relating to orthopedics | Synonyms: orthopaedic, orthopedic |
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overcritical | (adjective) inclined to judge too severely | Synonyms: hypercritical |
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palaeontological | (adjective) of or relating to paleontology | Synonyms: paleontological |
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paleoanthropological | (adjective) of or concerned with the scientific study of human fossils | - |
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paleocortical | (adjective) of or relating to the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum | - |
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paleontological | (adjective) of or relating to paleontology | Synonyms: palaeontological |
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panegyrical | (adjective) formally expressing praise | Synonyms: encomiastic, eulogistic, panegyric |
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panoptical | (adjective) including everything visible in one view | Synonyms: panoptic |
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pantropical | (adjective) distributed throughout the tropics | Synonyms: pantropic |
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papistical | (adjective) of or relating to or supporting Romanism | Synonyms: papist, papistic, popish, R.C., Roman, Roman Catholic, Romanist, romish |
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parabolical | (adjective) resembling or expressed by parables | Synonyms: parabolic |
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(adjective) having the form of a parabola | Synonyms: parabolic |
paradisaical | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisiacal |
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paradisiacal | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiac |
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paradoxical | (adjective) seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true | Synonyms: self-contradictory |
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paralytical | (adjective) relating to or of the nature of paralysis | Synonyms: paralytic |
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paramedical | (adjective) of or denoting a person who is trained to assist physicians and nurses in their activities | - |
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(noun) a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment | Synonyms: paramedic |
parapsychological | (adjective) beyond normal physical explanation | - |
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parasitical | (adjective) relating to or caused by parasites | Synonyms: parasitic |
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(adjective) of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another | Synonyms: bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic |
parenthetical | (adjective) qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetic |
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(noun) an expression in parentheses | Synonyms: parenthetical expression |
parheliacal | (adjective) relating to or resembling a parhelion | Synonyms: parhelic |
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pascal | (noun) a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter | Synonyms: Pa |
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pathological | (adjective) of or relating to the practice of pathology | Synonyms: pathologic |
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(adjective) caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition | - |
(adjective) caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology | Synonyms: diseased, morbid, pathologic |
patristical | (adjective) of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers | Synonyms: patristic |
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pedagogical | (adjective) of or relating to pedagogy | Synonyms: pedagogic |
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periodical | (adjective) happening or recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: periodic |
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(noun) a publication that appears at fixed intervals | - |
petrochemical | (noun) any compound obtained from petroleum or natural gas | - |
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phantasmagorical | (adjective) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | Synonyms: phantasmagoric, surreal, surrealistic |
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pharisaical | (adjective) excessively or hypocritically pious | Synonyms: holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous |
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pharmaceutical | (adjective) of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists | Synonyms: pharmaceutic |
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(adjective) of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment | - |
(noun) drug or medicine that is prepared or dispensed in pharmacies and used in medical treatment | Synonyms: pharmaceutic |
pharmacological | (adjective) of or relating to pharmacology | Synonyms: pharmacologic |
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phenotypical | (adjective) of or relating to or constituting a phenotype | Synonyms: phenotypic |
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philatelical | (adjective) of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists | Synonyms: philatelic |
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philological | (adjective) of or relating to or dealing with philology | - |
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philosophical | (adjective) of or relating to philosophy or philosophers | Synonyms: philosophic |
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(adjective) characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment | Synonyms: philosophic |
phlegmatical | (adjective) showing little emotion | Synonyms: phlegmatic |
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phonological | (adjective) of or relating to phonology | Synonyms: phonologic |
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photochemical | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by the effects of light on chemical systems | - |
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photoelectrical | (adjective) of or pertaining to photoelectricity | Synonyms: photoelectric |
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photomechanical | (adjective) of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing | - |
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photometrical | (adjective) of or relating to photometry | Synonyms: photometric |
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phrenological | (adjective) of or relating to phrenology | - |
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physical | (adjective) involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit | - |
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(adjective) relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics | - |
(adjective) characterized by energetic bodily activity | - |
(adjective) impelled by physical force especially against resistance | Synonyms: forcible, strong-arm |
(adjective) having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses | - |
(adjective) according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter) | - |
(adjective) concerned with material things | - |
physicochemical | (adjective) relating to physical chemistry | - |
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physiological | (adjective) of or relating to the biological study of physiology | - |
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(adjective) of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning | Synonyms: physiologic |
phytochemical | (noun) a chemical substance obtained from plants that is biologically active but not nutritive | - |
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pietistical | (adjective) of or relating to Pietism | Synonyms: pietistic |
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(adjective) excessively or hypocritically pious | Synonyms: holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pharisaical, pietistic, sanctimonious, self-righteous |
piratical | (adjective) characteristic of pirates | - |
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(adjective) characteristic of piracy | - |
plutocratical | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a plutocrat | Synonyms: plutocratic |
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pneumococcal | (adjective) of or derived from or caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus | - |
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poetical | (adjective) of or relating to poetry | Synonyms: poetic |
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(adjective) characteristic of or befitting poetry | Synonyms: poetic |
polemical | (adjective) of or involving dispute or controversy | Synonyms: polemic |
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political | (adjective) involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power | - |
(adjective) of or relating to the profession of governing | - |
pontifical | (adjective) denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops | Synonyms: episcopal |
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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, apostolical, papal |
(adjective) puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, portentous |
(noun) the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop) | - |