allegoric | (adjective) used in or characteristic of or containing allegory | Synonyms: allegorical |
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amphoric | (adjective) the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle | - |
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anaphoric | (adjective) relating to anaphora | - |
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arthrosporic | (adjective) of or relating to arthrospores | Synonyms: arthrosporous |
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ascosporic | (adjective) of or relating to ascospores | Synonyms: ascosporous |
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blastoporic | (adjective) of or relating to a blastopore | Synonyms: blastoporal |
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boric | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from or containing boron | Synonyms: boracic |
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caloric | (adjective) relating to or associated with heat | Synonyms: thermal, thermic |
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(adjective) of or relating to calories in food | - |
camphoric | (adjective) relating to or derived from or containing camphor | - |
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carposporic | (adjective) relating to or resembling a carpospore | - |
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categoric | (adjective) relating to or included in a category or categories | Synonyms: categorical |
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(adjective) not modified or restricted by reservations | Synonyms: categorical, flat, unconditional |
choric | (adjective) relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus | - |
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clitoric | (adjective) of or relating to the clitoris | Synonyms: clitoral |
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doric | (adjective) of or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture | - |
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dysphoric | (adjective) generalized feeling of distress | Synonyms: distressed, unhappy |
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euphoric | (adjective) exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation | - |
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historic | (adjective) important in history | - |
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(adjective) belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past | Synonyms: historical |
metaphoric | (adjective) expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another | Synonyms: metaphorical |
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meteoric | (adjective) pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions | Synonyms: meteorologic, meteorological |
(adjective) like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience | - |
micrometeoric | (adjective) of or relating to micrometeoroids | Synonyms: micrometeoritic |
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noncaloric | (adjective) of food have no (or few) calories | - |
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paregoric | (noun) medicine used to treat diarrhea | Synonyms: camphorated tincture of opium |
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phantasmagoric | (adjective) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | Synonyms: phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic |
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phosphoric | (adjective) containing or characteristic of phosphorus | Synonyms: phosphorous |
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plethoric | (adjective) excessively abundant | Synonyms: overabundant, rife |
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prehistoric | (adjective) of or relating to times before written history | - |
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(adjective) belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | Synonyms: prehistorical |
(adjective) outdated | - |
pyloric | (adjective) relating to or near the pylorus | - |
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rhetoric | (noun) study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) | - |
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(noun) using language effectively to please or persuade | - |
(noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | Synonyms: grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness |
(noun) loud and confused and empty talk | Synonyms: empty talk, empty words, hot air, palaver |