| 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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| absolutistic | (adjective) pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism | Synonyms: absolutist |
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| acanthotic | (adjective) of or relating to or having acanthosis | - |
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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 | - |
| acetic | (adjective) relating to or containing acetic 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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| acidotic | (adjective) having or being characterized by acidosis | - |
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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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| 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 | - |
| 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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| adiabatic | (adjective) occurring without loss or gain of heat | - |
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| adventuristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to adventurism | - |
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| aerobiotic | (adjective) living or active only in the presence of oxygen | - |
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| aerolitic | (adjective) of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites | - |
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| aeronautic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aeronautics | Synonyms: aeronautical |
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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 |
| agamogenetic | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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| 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 |
| agranulocytic | (adjective) relating to the blood disorder of agranulocytosis | - |
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| agrestic | (adjective) characteristic of the fields or country | Synonyms: rustic |
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| (adjective) (of behavior) rustic and uncouth | - |
| agrypnotic | (adjective) of or pertaining to agrypnia | - |
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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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| alchemistic | (adjective) of or relating to alchemists | Synonyms: alchemistical |
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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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| alkalotic | (adjective) marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis) | - |
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| alphabetic | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
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| (adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
| altruistic | (adjective) showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: selfless |
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| amaurotic | (adjective) pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis | - |
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| amitotic | (adjective) pertaining to a simple method of cell division | - |
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| ammonitic | (adjective) of or related to an order of fossil cephalopods | - |
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| amnestic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by amnesia | Synonyms: amnesic |
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| amniotic | (adjective) of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion | Synonyms: amnic, amnionic |
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| amoristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to romantic love | - |
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| amphibiotic | (adjective) having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form | Synonyms: semiaquatic |
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| amphiprotic | (adjective) having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either | Synonyms: amphoteric |
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| amylolytic | (adjective) of or related to the process of amylolysis | - |
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| anabatic | (adjective) of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope | - |
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| anabiotic | (adjective) of or related to the state of anabiosis | - |
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| anachronistic | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronic, anachronous |
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| anaclitic | (adjective) of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another | - |
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| anaerobiotic | (adjective) living or active in the absence of free oxygen | Synonyms: anaerobic |
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| anaesthetic | (adjective) relating to or producing insensibility | Synonyms: anesthetic |
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| (adjective) characterized by insensibility | Synonyms: anesthetic |
| (noun) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations | Synonyms: anaesthetic agent, anesthetic, anesthetic agent |
| anaglyptic | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptical |
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| anagrammatic | (adjective) related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram | Synonyms: anagrammatical |
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| analeptic | (adjective) stimulating the central nervous system | - |
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| (noun) a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system | - |
| analgetic | (adjective) capable of relieving pain | Synonyms: analgesic, anodyne |
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| analphabetic | (adjective) not alphabetic | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic | - |
| (adjective) having little acquaintance with writing | Synonyms: unlettered |
| (noun) an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet | Synonyms: analphabet |
| analytic | (adjective) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | Synonyms: analytical |
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| (adjective) expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection | Synonyms: uninflected |
| (adjective) using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | Synonyms: analytical |
| (adjective) using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus | - |
| anamnestic | (adjective) of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory | - |
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| anapaestic | (adjective) (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one | Synonyms: anapestic |
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| anapestic | (adjective) (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one | Synonyms: anapaestic |
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| anaphylactic | (adjective) related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis | - |
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| anaplastic | (adjective) of or relating to anaplasia | - |
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| anarchistic | (adjective) of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism | - |
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| anastigmatic | (adjective) not astigmatic | Synonyms: stigmatic |
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| (adjective) pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images) | Synonyms: stigmatic |
| anastomotic | (adjective) of or relating to or exhibiting anastomosis | - |
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| anchoritic | (adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude | Synonyms: eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical |
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| androgenetic | (adjective) of or related to androgenesis | Synonyms: androgenous |
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| anecdotic | (adjective) characterized by or given to telling anecdotes | Synonyms: anecdotal, anecdotical |
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| anesthetic | (adjective) relating to or producing insensibility | Synonyms: anaesthetic |
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| (adjective) characterized by insensibility | Synonyms: anaesthetic |
| (noun) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations | Synonyms: anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic agent |
| aneurismatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurysmal, aneurysmatic |
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| aneurysmatic | (adjective) relating to or affected by an aneurysm | Synonyms: aneurismal, aneurismatic, aneurysmal |
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| animalistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to animalism | - |
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| animatistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to animatism | - |
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| animistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism | Synonyms: animist |
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| anisogametic | (adjective) relating to either of a pair of dissimilar (anisogamic) gametes combining in sexual reproduction | - |
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| ankylotic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the abnormality ankylosis | - |
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| annalistic | (adjective) relating to annals | - |
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| anorectic | (adjective) causing loss of appetite | Synonyms: anorexigenic |
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| (adjective) suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin | Synonyms: anorexic |
| (noun) a person suffering from anorexia nervosa | Synonyms: anorexic |
| anorthitic | (adjective) characteristic of anorthite | - |
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| anosmatic | (adjective) relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell | Synonyms: anosmic |
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| antagonistic | (adjective) arousing animosity or hostility | - |
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| (adjective) used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect | Synonyms: incompatible |
| (adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical |
| (adjective) incapable of harmonious association | - |
| (adjective) indicating opposition or resistance | Synonyms: counter |
| anthelmintic | (adjective) capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal |
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| (noun) a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms | Synonyms: anthelminthic, helminthic, vermifuge |
| anthracitic | (adjective) relating to or resembling anthracite coal | - |
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| anthropogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings | Synonyms: anthropogenic |
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| antibiotic | (adjective) of or relating to antibiotic drugs | - |
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| (noun) a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections | Synonyms: antibiotic drug |
| antic | (adjective) ludicrously odd | Synonyms: fantastic, fantastical, grotesque |
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| (noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | Synonyms: caper, joke, prank, put-on, trick |
| (verb) act as or like a clown | Synonyms: clown, clown around |
| anticlimactic | (adjective) coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style | Synonyms: anticlimactical |
| antidiabetic | (noun) a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: antidiabetic drug |
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| antidiuretic | (noun) a drug that limits the formation of urine | Synonyms: antidiuretic drug |
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| antiemetic | (noun) a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: antiemetic drug |
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| antiepileptic | (noun) a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy) | Synonyms: anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic drug |
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| antiferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to antiferromagnetism | - |
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| antimagnetic | (adjective) impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization | - |
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| antimycotic | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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| antineoplastic | (adjective) used in the treatment of cancer | Synonyms: anticancer, antitumor, antitumour |
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| (noun) any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function | Synonyms: antineoplastic drug, cancer drug |
| antipathetic | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth |
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| (adjective) characterized by antagonism or antipathy | Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetical |
| antiphlogistic | (adjective) counteracting inflammation | - |
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| antipruritic | (noun) a substance that relieves or prevents itching | - |
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