| abasic | (adjective) of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) | Synonyms: abatic |
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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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| aboulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: abulic |
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| absolutistic | (adjective) pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism | Synonyms: absolutist |
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| abulic | (adjective) suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions | Synonyms: aboulic |
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| academic | (adjective) associated with academia or an academy | - |
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| (adjective) marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | Synonyms: donnish, pedantic |
| (adjective) hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result | - |
| (noun) an educator who works at a college or university | Synonyms: academician, faculty member |
| acanthotic | (adjective) of or relating to or having acanthosis | - |
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| acapnic | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating acapnia | Synonyms: acapnial, acapnotic |
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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 | - |
| acentric | (adjective) lacking a centromere | - |
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| (adjective) not centered or having no center | - |
| acerbic | (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerb, astringent |
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| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| acetic | (adjective) relating to or containing acetic acid | - |
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| acetonic | (adjective) of or relating to acetone | - |
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| acetylenic | (adjective) of or related to acetylene | - |
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| acetylic | (adjective) of or related to acetic acid | - |
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| achlorhydric | (adjective) lacking hydrochloric 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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| achromatinic | (adjective) (of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains | - |
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| achromic | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromous |
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| acidic | (adjective) being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7) | - |
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| (adjective) being sour to the taste | Synonyms: acid, acidulent, acidulous |
| acidimetric | (adjective) involving or related to acidimetry | - |
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| acidophilic | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilous, aciduric |
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| acidotic | (adjective) having or being characterized by acidosis | - |
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| aciduric | (adjective) especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium | Synonyms: acidophilic, acidophilous |
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| acinic | (adjective) pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | Synonyms: acinar, acinose, acinous |
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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 | - |
| acrobatic | (adjective) vigorously active | Synonyms: athletic, gymnastic |
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| acrocentric | (adjective) having a subterminal centromere | - |
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| acrogenic | (adjective) pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | Synonyms: acrogenous |
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| acromegalic | (adjective) marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face | - |
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| acronymic | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymous |
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| acrophobic | (adjective) suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places | - |
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| acroscopic | (adjective) facing or on the side toward the apex | - |
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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 | - |
| acrylic | (noun) a synthetic fabric made from polyacrylonitrile | - |
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| (noun) used especially by artists | Synonyms: acrylic paint |
| (noun) a glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives | Synonyms: acrylate resin, acrylic resin |
| (noun) polymerized from acrylonitrile | Synonyms: acrylic fiber |
| actinic | (adjective) relating to or exhibiting actinism | - |
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| actinometric | (adjective) of or related to actinometry | Synonyms: actinometrical |
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| actinomorphic | (adjective) capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis | Synonyms: actinomorphous |
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| 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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| acyclic | (adjective) not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls | - |
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| (adjective) having an open chain structure | Synonyms: open-chain |
| adiabatic | (adjective) occurring without loss or gain of heat | - |
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| adrenergic | (adjective) relating to epinephrine (its release or action) | Synonyms: sympathomimetic |
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| (noun) drug that has the effects of epinephrine | Synonyms: adrenergic drug |
| adrenocorticotrophic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotropic |
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| adrenocorticotropic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotrophic |
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| adventuristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to adventurism | - |
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| adynamic | (adjective) characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness | Synonyms: undynamic |
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| (adjective) lacking energy or vitality | Synonyms: asthenic, debilitated, enervated |
| aeolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: eolotropic |
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| aerobic | (adjective) depending on free oxygen or air | Synonyms: aerophilic, aerophilous |
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| (adjective) based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency | - |
| aerobiotic | (adjective) living or active only in the presence of oxygen | - |
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| aerodynamic | (adjective) of or relating to aerodynamics | - |
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| (adjective) designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow | Synonyms: flowing, sleek, streamlined |
| aerolitic | (adjective) of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites | - |
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| aeromechanic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aerodynamics | - |
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| aeronautic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aeronautics | Synonyms: aeronautical |
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| aerophilatelic | (adjective) of or relating to airmail stamps | - |
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| aerophilic | (adjective) depending on free oxygen or air | Synonyms: aerobic, aerophilous |
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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 |
| aetiologic | (adjective) relating to the etiology of a disease | Synonyms: aetiological, etiologic, etiological |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical study of causation | Synonyms: aetiological, etiologic, etiological |
| agamic | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamogenetic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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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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| agaric | (noun) a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside | - |
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| (noun) fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses | Synonyms: Fomes igniarius |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| agoraphobic | (adjective) suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places | - |
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| agranulocytic | (adjective) relating to the blood disorder of agranulocytosis | - |
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| agraphic | (adjective) relating to or having agraphia | - |
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| agrestic | (adjective) characteristic of the fields or country | Synonyms: rustic |
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| (adjective) (of behavior) rustic and uncouth | - |
| agrobiologic | (adjective) of or pertaining to agrobiology | Synonyms: agrobiological |
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| agrologic | (adjective) of or related to agrology | Synonyms: agrological |
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| agronomic | (adjective) of or relating to or promoting agronomy | Synonyms: agronomical |
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| agrypnotic | (adjective) of or pertaining to agrypnia | - |
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| albinic | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affected by albinism | Synonyms: albinal, albinistic, albinotic |
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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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| albuminuric | (adjective) of or related to the state of albuminuria | - |
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| alchemic | (adjective) related to or concerned with alchemy | Synonyms: alchemical |
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| alchemistic | (adjective) of or relating to alchemists | Synonyms: alchemistical |
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| alcoholic | (adjective) characteristic of or containing alcohol | - |
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| (adjective) addicted to alcohol | Synonyms: alcohol-dependent |
| (noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse |
| aldehydic | (adjective) of or related to or containing aldehydes | - |
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| aldermanic | (adjective) of or relating to or like an alderman | Synonyms: aldermanly |
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| alembic | (noun) an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube | - |
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| aleuronic | (adjective) of or related to aleurone | - |
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| alexic | (adjective) of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia | Synonyms: word-blind |
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| (noun) a person with alexia | - |
| algebraic | (adjective) of or relating to algebra | Synonyms: algebraical |
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| algolagnic | (adjective) of or relating to algolagnia | - |
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| algometric | (adjective) of or related to algometry | Synonyms: algometrical |
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| algophobic | (adjective) suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain | - |
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| algorithmic | (adjective) of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm | - |
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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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| alkalic | (adjective) relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7 | Synonyms: alkaline |
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| alkalotic | (adjective) marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis) | - |
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| alkylic | (adjective) of or related to an alkyl | - |
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| allantoic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by an allantois | - |
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