endocentric | (adjective) fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents | - |
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endodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving or practicing endodontics | - |
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endoergic | (adjective) (of a nuclear reaction) occurring with absorption of energy | Synonyms: energy-absorbing |
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endogamic | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: endogamous |
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(adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind | Synonyms: endogamous |
endogenetic | (adjective) of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: endogenic |
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endogenic | (adjective) derived or originating internally | Synonyms: endogenous |
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(adjective) of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: endogenetic |
endomorphic | (adjective) having a squat and fleshy build | Synonyms: pyknic |
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endoparasitic | (adjective) of or relating to parasites that live in the internal organs of animals | - |
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endoscopic | (adjective) of or relating to endoscopy | - |
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endothermic | (adjective) (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat | Synonyms: endothermal, heat-absorbing |
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endozoic | (adjective) living within a living animal usually as a parasite | Synonyms: entozoan, entozoic |
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energetic | (adjective) possessing or exerting or displaying energy | - |
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(adjective) working hard to promote an enterprise | Synonyms: gumptious, industrious, up-and-coming |
enigmatic | (adjective) resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought | Synonyms: oracular |
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(adjective) not clear to the understanding | Synonyms: enigmatical, puzzling |
enolic | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of enol | - |
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enteric | (adjective) of or relating to the enteron | Synonyms: enteral |
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(adjective) of or relating to or inside the intestines | Synonyms: enteral, intestinal |
enthusiastic | (adjective) having or showing great excitement and interest | - |
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entomologic | (adjective) of or relating to the biological science of entomology | Synonyms: entomological |
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entozoic | (adjective) living within a living animal usually as a parasite | Synonyms: endozoic, entozoan |
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entric | (noun) rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals | Synonyms: enteric bacteria, enterics, enterobacteria |
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enzootic | (adjective) of a disease that is constantly present in an animal community but only occurs in a small number of cases | - |
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enzymatic | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by an enzyme | - |
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eolithic | (adjective) of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (characterized by the use of eoliths) | - |
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eolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: aeolotropic |
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eosinophilic | (adjective) of or relating to eosinophil | - |
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epenthetic | (adjective) of or pertaining to epenthesis | Synonyms: parasitic |
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epic | (adjective) constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic | Synonyms: epical |
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(adjective) very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale) | Synonyms: heroic, larger-than-life |
(noun) a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds | Synonyms: epic poem, epos, heroic poem |
epicanthic | (adjective) relating to the epicanthus | - |
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epicyclic | (adjective) of or relating to an epicycle | Synonyms: epicyclical |
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epideictic | (adjective) designed primarily for rhetorical display | Synonyms: epideictical |
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epidemic | (adjective) (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously | - |
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(noun) a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time | - |
epidemiologic | (adjective) of or relating to epidemiology | Synonyms: epidemiological |
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epidermic | (adjective) of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula | Synonyms: cuticular, dermal, epidermal |
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epigastric | (adjective) lying on or over the stomach | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen | - |
epigrammatic | (adjective) terse and witty and like a maxim | Synonyms: aphoristic, apothegmatic |
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epileptic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy | - |
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(noun) a person who has epilepsy | - |
epilithic | (adjective) growing on stone | - |
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epimorphic | (adjective) characterized by incomplete metamorphosis; having the same number of body segments in successive stages | - |
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epiphytic | (adjective) of or relating to epiphytes | - |
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epiphytotic | (adjective) (of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area | - |
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episodic | (adjective) of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes | - |
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(adjective) limited in duration to a single episode | - |
(adjective) occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals | Synonyms: occasional |
epistemic | (adjective) of or relating to epistemology | Synonyms: epistemological |
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epizoic | (adjective) living or growing on the exterior surface of an animal usually as a parasite | - |
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epizootic | (adjective) (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region | - |
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eponymic | (adjective) being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym | Synonyms: eponymous |
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eremitic | (adjective) of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living | Synonyms: eremitical |
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(adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: anchoritic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical |
ergodic | (adjective) positive recurrent aperiodic state of stochastic systems; tending in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions | - |
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ergonomic | (adjective) of or relating to ergonomics | - |
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ergotic | (adjective) relating to or produced by ergot | - |
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ergotropic | (adjective) of or relating to ergotropism | - |
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eristic | (adjective) given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments | Synonyms: eristical |
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(noun) the art of logical disputation (especially if specious) | - |
(noun) a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Synonyms: controversialist, disputant |
erotic | (adjective) giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing | Synonyms: titillating |
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(noun) an erotic person | - |
erratic | (adjective) liable to sudden unpredictable change | Synonyms: fickle, mercurial, quicksilver |
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(adjective) likely to perform unpredictably | Synonyms: temperamental |
(adjective) having no fixed course | Synonyms: planetary, wandering |
erythropoietic | (adjective) of or relating to the formation of red blood cells | - |
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esoteric | (adjective) confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle | - |
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esthetic | (adjective) concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste | Synonyms: aesthetic, aesthetical, esthetical |
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(adjective) relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics | Synonyms: aesthetic |
(adjective) aesthetically pleasing | Synonyms: aesthetic, artistic |
(noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful | Synonyms: aesthetic |
estrogenic | (adjective) relating to or caused by estrogen | - |
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ethic | (noun) the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group | Synonyms: moral principle, value-system, value orientation |
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(noun) a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct | Synonyms: ethical code |
ethnic | (adjective) not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam | Synonyms: heathen, heathenish, pagan |
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(adjective) denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people | Synonyms: cultural, ethnical |
(noun) a person who is a member of an ethnic group | - |
ethnocentric | (adjective) centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own | - |
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ethnographic | (adjective) of or relating to ethnography | Synonyms: ethnographical |
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ethnologic | (adjective) of or relating to ethnology | Synonyms: ethnological |
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etiologic | (adjective) relating to the etiology of a disease | Synonyms: aetiologic, aetiological, etiological |
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(adjective) of or relating to the philosophical study of causation | Synonyms: aetiologic, aetiological, etiological |
eucaryotic | (adjective) having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: eukaryotic |
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eudaemonic | (adjective) producing happiness and well-being | Synonyms: eudemonic |
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eudemonic | (adjective) producing happiness and well-being | Synonyms: eudaemonic |
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eugenic | (adjective) pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced | - |
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eukaryotic | (adjective) having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: eucaryotic |
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eulogistic | (adjective) formally expressing praise | Synonyms: encomiastic, panegyric, panegyrical |
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euphemistic | (adjective) of or the nature of euphemism | - |
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euphonic | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by euphony | Synonyms: euphonical |
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euphoric | (adjective) exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation | - |
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eupneic | (adjective) passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: breathing, eupnoeic |
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eupnoeic | (adjective) passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: breathing, eupneic |
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eutectic | (noun) a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point | - |
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eutrophic | (adjective) (ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication | - |
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evangelistic | (adjective) relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel | - |
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(adjective) marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause | Synonyms: evangelical |
exegetic | (adjective) relating to exegesis | Synonyms: exegetical |
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exergonic | (adjective) (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy | - |
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exhibitionistic | (adjective) compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by public exposure or exaggerated behavior | - |
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exilic | (adjective) of or relating to a period of exile (especially the exile of the Jews known as the Babylonian Captivity) | - |
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exocentric | (adjective) not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents | - |
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exodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving exodontics | - |
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exoergic | (adjective) (of a nuclear reaction) occurring with evolution or releasing of energy | Synonyms: energy-releasing |
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exogamic | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: exogamous |
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(adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related | Synonyms: exogamous |
exogenic | (adjective) derived or originating externally | Synonyms: exogenous |
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exoteric | (adjective) suitable for the general public | - |
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exothermic | (adjective) (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat | Synonyms: exothermal, heat-releasing |
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exotic | (adjective) being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world | Synonyms: alien |
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(adjective) strikingly strange or unusual | - |
expressionistic | (adjective) of or relating to expressionism | Synonyms: expressionist |
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extragalactic | (adjective) outside or beyond a galaxy | - |
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extralinguistic | (adjective) not included within the realm of language | - |
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extrasystolic | (adjective) of or relating to or happening during an extrasystole | - |
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extrinsic | (adjective) not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside | - |
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extropic | (adjective) of or relating to extropy | - |
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fabric | (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: cloth, material, textile |
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(noun) the underlying structure | Synonyms: framework |
fanatic | (adjective) marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea | Synonyms: fanatical, overzealous, rabid |
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(noun) a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) | Synonyms: fiend |
fantastic | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
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(adjective) extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance | - |
(adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: antic, fantastical, grotesque |
(adjective) existing in fancy only | Synonyms: fantastical |
(adjective) fanciful and unrealistic; foolish | Synonyms: wild |
fascistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of fascism | Synonyms: fascist |
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fatalistic | (adjective) of or relating to fatalism | Synonyms: fatalist |
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ferric | (adjective) of or relating to or containing iron | Synonyms: ferrous |
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