diacritic | (adjective) capable of distinguishing | Synonyms: diacritical |
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(noun) a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation | Synonyms: diacritical mark |
diagnostic | (adjective) concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis | - |
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(adjective) characteristic or indicative of a disease | Synonyms: symptomatic |
diagrammatic | (adjective) shown or represented by diagrams | Synonyms: diagrammatical |
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dialectic | (adjective) of or relating to or employing dialectic | Synonyms: dialectical |
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(noun) any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments | - |
(noun) a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction | - |
diamagnetic | (adjective) relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism; slightly repelled by a magnet | - |
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dianoetic | (adjective) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition | Synonyms: discursive |
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diaphoretic | (adjective) inducing perspiration | Synonyms: sudorific |
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(noun) used to produce perspiration | - |
diarrhetic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic |
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diarrhoetic | (adjective) of or relating to diarrhea | Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic, diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic |
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dichromatic | (adjective) of or relating to dichromatism | - |
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(adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, bicoloured |
didactic | (adjective) instructive (especially excessively) | Synonyms: didactical |
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dietetic | (adjective) of or relating to the diet | Synonyms: dietary, dietetical |
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diplomatic | (adjective) using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people | Synonyms: diplomatical |
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(adjective) relating to or characteristic of diplomacy | - |
dislogistic | (adjective) expressing disapproval | Synonyms: dyslogistic, pejorative |
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diuretic | (noun) any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water | Synonyms: diuretic drug, water pill |
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dizygotic | (adjective) derived from two separately fertilized eggs | Synonyms: dizygous |
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dogmatic | (adjective) relating to or involving dogma | - |
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(adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative | - |
(adjective) characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles | Synonyms: dogmatical |
dolomitic | (adjective) relating to or consisting of dolomite | - |
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domestic | (adjective) of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation | - |
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(adjective) of or involving the home or family | - |
(adjective) of or relating to the home | - |
(adjective) produced in a particular country | - |
(adjective) converted or adapted to domestic use | Synonyms: domesticated |
(noun) a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household | Synonyms: domestic help, house servant |
dramatic | (adjective) suitable to or characteristic of drama | - |
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(adjective) used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style | - |
(adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of drama | - |
(adjective) sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | Synonyms: spectacular, striking |
drastic | (adjective) forceful and extreme and rigorous | - |
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dualistic | (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism | Synonyms: Manichaean |
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dynastic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty | - |
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dyslectic | (adjective) having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | Synonyms: dyslexic |
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(noun) a person who has dyslexia | Synonyms: dyslexic |
dyslogistic | (adjective) expressing disapproval | Synonyms: dislogistic, pejorative |
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dyspeptic | (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: atrabilious, bilious, liverish |
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(adjective) suffering from dyspepsia | - |
(noun) a person suffering from indigestion | - |
dysphemistic | (adjective) of or the nature of dysphemism | - |
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dysplastic | (adjective) relating to or evidencing dysplasia | - |
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ecclesiastic | (adjective) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) | Synonyms: ecclesiastical |
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(noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: churchman, cleric, divine |
eclectic | (adjective) selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas | - |
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(noun) someone who selects according to the eclectic method | Synonyms: eclecticist |
ecliptic | (noun) the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator | - |
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ecstatic | (adjective) feeling great rapture or delight | Synonyms: enraptured, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic |
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egoistic | (adjective) concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: egocentric, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred, self-seeking, self-serving, selfish |
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egotistic | (adjective) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance | Synonyms: conceited, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen-headed, swollen, vain |
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(adjective) characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance | Synonyms: egotistical, narcissistic, self-loving |
eidetic | (adjective) of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy | - |
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elastic | (adjective) capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy | - |
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(adjective) able to adjust readily to different conditions | Synonyms: flexible, pliable, pliant |
(noun) a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material | - |
(noun) a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together | Synonyms: elastic band, rubber band |
electrolytic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing an electrolyte | - |
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(adjective) of or concerned with or produced by electrolysis | - |
(noun) a fixed capacitor consisting of two electrodes separated by an electrolyte | Synonyms: electrolytic capacitor, electrolytic condenser |
electromagnetic | (adjective) pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion | - |
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electrophoretic | (adjective) of or relating to electrophoresis | Synonyms: cataphoretic |
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electrostatic | (adjective) concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity | Synonyms: static |
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elliptic | (adjective) characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements | Synonyms: elliptical |
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(adjective) rounded like an egg | Synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptical, oval-shaped, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate |
(adjective) (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse | - |
emblematic | (adjective) serving as a visible symbol for something abstract | Synonyms: emblematical, symbolic, symbolical |
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(adjective) being or serving as an illustration of a type | Synonyms: exemplary, typic |
embryotic | (adjective) in an early stage of development | Synonyms: embryonic |
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emetic | (noun) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting | Synonyms: nauseant, vomit, vomitive |
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empathetic | (adjective) showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states | Synonyms: empathic |
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emphatic | (adjective) forceful and definite in expression or action | Synonyms: forceful |
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(adjective) sudden and strong | Synonyms: exclamatory |
(adjective) spoken with emphasis | Synonyms: emphasised, emphasized |
enatic | (adjective) related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, maternal |
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encaustic | (noun) a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application | - |
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encomiastic | (adjective) formally expressing praise | Synonyms: eulogistic, panegyric, panegyrical |
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endermatic | (adjective) acting by absorption through the skin | Synonyms: endermic |
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endodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving or practicing endodontics | - |
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endogenetic | (adjective) of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: endogenic |
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endoparasitic | (adjective) of or relating to parasites that live in the internal organs of animals | - |
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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 |
enthusiastic | (adjective) having or showing great excitement and interest | - |
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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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epenthetic | (adjective) of or pertaining to epenthesis | Synonyms: parasitic |
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epideictic | (adjective) designed primarily for rhetorical display | Synonyms: epideictical |
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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 | - |
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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epizootic | (adjective) (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region | - |
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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 |
ergotic | (adjective) relating to or produced by ergot | - |
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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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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 |
eucaryotic | (adjective) having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei | Synonyms: eukaryotic |
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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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eutectic | (noun) a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point | - |
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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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exhibitionistic | (adjective) compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by public exposure or exaggerated behavior | - |
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exodontic | (adjective) of or relating to or involving exodontics | - |
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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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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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ferromagnetic | (adjective) relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism | - |
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feudalistic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism | Synonyms: feudal |
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fiberoptic | (adjective) of or relating to fiber optics | Synonyms: fiber-optic, fibre-optic, fibreoptic |
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fibreoptic | (adjective) of or relating to fiber optics | Synonyms: fiber-optic, fiberoptic, fibre-optic |
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formalistic | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalised, formalized |
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frantic | (adjective) excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion | Synonyms: frenetic, frenzied, phrenetic |
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(adjective) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | Synonyms: delirious, excited, mad, unrestrained |
frenetic | (adjective) excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion | Synonyms: frantic, frenzied, phrenetic |
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fundamentalistic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents | Synonyms: fundamentalist |
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(adjective) of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism | Synonyms: fundamentalist |
futuristic | (adjective) of or relating to futurism | Synonyms: futurist |
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galactic | (adjective) of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way) | - |
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(adjective) inconceivably large | Synonyms: astronomic, astronomical |
genetic | (adjective) of or relating to the science of genetics | Synonyms: genetical |
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(adjective) pertaining to or referring to origin | - |
(adjective) of or relating to or produced by or being a gene | Synonyms: genetical, genic |
(adjective) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity | Synonyms: familial, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, transmitted |