semiparasitic | (adjective) of or relating to plants that are semiparasites | - |
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semisynthetic | (adjective) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially | Synonyms: man-made, synthetic |
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sensationalistic | (adjective) typical of tabloids | Synonyms: scandalmongering, yellow |
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septic | (adjective) containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms | Synonyms: infected |
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(adjective) of or relating to or caused by putrefaction | - |
shamanistic | (adjective) of or relating to shamanism | Synonyms: shamanist |
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simplistic | (adjective) characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity | - |
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skeptic | (noun) someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs | Synonyms: doubter, sceptic |
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socialistic | (adjective) advocating or following the socialist principles | Synonyms: socialist |
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sociolinguistic | (adjective) of or relating to sociolinguistics | - |
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somatic | (adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit | Synonyms: bodily, corporal, corporeal |
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somatogenetic | (adjective) of or arising from physiological causes rather than being psychogenic in origin | Synonyms: somatogenic |
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sophistic | (adjective) of or pertaining to sophists | - |
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(adjective) plausible but misleading | Synonyms: sophistical |
spasmolytic | (noun) a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles) | Synonyms: antispasmodic, antispasmodic agent |
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spastic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by spasm | - |
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(adjective) suffering from spastic paralysis | - |
(adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm | Synonyms: convulsive, spasmodic |
(noun) a person suffering from spastic paralysis | - |
specialistic | (adjective) of or related to or characteristic of specialists | - |
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(adjective) showing focused training | - |
spermatic | (adjective) consisting of or resembling spermatozoa | Synonyms: spermous |
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spiritualistic | (adjective) of or relating to or connected with spiritualism | Synonyms: spiritualist |
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splenetic | (adjective) of or relating to the spleen | Synonyms: lienal, splenic |
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(adjective) very irritable | Synonyms: bristly, prickly, waspish |
static | (adjective) concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity | Synonyms: electrostatic |
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(adjective) not in physical motion | Synonyms: inactive, motionless, still |
(adjective) showing little if any change | Synonyms: stable, unchanging |
(noun) angry criticism | - |
(noun) a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference | Synonyms: atmospheric static, atmospherics |
statistic | (noun) a datum that can be represented numerically | - |
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stemmatic | (adjective) of or relating to a textual stemma | - |
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stenotic | (adjective) abnormally constricted body canal or passage | Synonyms: stenosed |
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stigmatic | (adjective) not astigmatic | Synonyms: anastigmatic |
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(adjective) pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images) | Synonyms: anastigmatic |
(adjective) pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata | - |
(noun) a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ) | Synonyms: stigmatist |
stochastic | (adjective) being or having a random variable | - |
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stylistic | (adjective) of or relating to style (especially in the use of language) | - |
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styptic | (adjective) tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels | Synonyms: hemostatic |
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(noun) a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Synonyms: astringent, astringent drug |
subaquatic | (adjective) partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water | Synonyms: semiaquatic |
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(adjective) growing or remaining under water | Synonyms: subaqueous, submerged, submersed, underwater |
subarctic | (adjective) of or relating to latitudes just south of the Arctic Circle | - |
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supernaturalistic | (adjective) of or relating to supernaturalism | Synonyms: supernaturalist |
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superpatriotic | (adjective) fanatically patriotic | Synonyms: chauvinistic, flag-waving, jingoistic, nationalistic, ultranationalistic |
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surrealistic | (adjective) characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions | Synonyms: phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surreal |
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sybaritic | (adjective) displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses | Synonyms: epicurean, luxuriant, luxurious, voluptuary, voluptuous |
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sycophantic | (adjective) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | Synonyms: bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, toadyish |
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(adjective) attempting to win favor by flattery | Synonyms: bootlicking, fawning, toadyish |
syllogistic | (adjective) of or relating to or consisting of syllogism | - |
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(noun) in logic, the formal analysis of logical terms and operators and the structures that make it possible to infer true conclusions from given premises. | - |
symbiotic | (adjective) used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each | - |
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sympathetic | (adjective) expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward | - |
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(adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | Synonyms: appealing, likable, likeable |
(adjective) of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system | - |
(adjective) relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body | Synonyms: harmonic |
(adjective) showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity | Synonyms: benevolent, charitable, good-hearted, kindly, large-hearted, openhearted |
(adjective) having similar disposition and tastes | - |
sympathomimetic | (adjective) relating to epinephrine (its release or action) | Synonyms: adrenergic |
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symptomatic | (adjective) relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms | - |
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(adjective) characteristic or indicative of a disease | Synonyms: diagnostic |
synaesthetic | (adjective) relating to or experiencing synesthesia; involving more than one sense | Synonyms: synesthetic |
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synaptic | (adjective) (neuroscience) of or involving synapses | - |
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syncategorematic | (adjective) of a term that cannot stand as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition but must be used in conjunction with other terms | - |
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syncretic | (adjective) of or characterized by syncretism | Synonyms: syncretical, syncretistic, syncretistical |
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(adjective) relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections | Synonyms: syncretical, syncretistic, syncretistical |
syncretistic | (adjective) of or characterized by syncretism | Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistical |
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(adjective) relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections | Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistical |
syndetic | (adjective) connected by a conjunction | - |
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synergetic | (adjective) working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect | Synonyms: synergistic |
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synergistic | (adjective) used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more) | Synonyms: interactive |
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(adjective) of or relating to the theological doctrine of synergism | - |
(adjective) working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect | Synonyms: synergetic |
synesthetic | (adjective) relating to or experiencing synesthesia; involving more than one sense | Synonyms: synaesthetic |
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synoptic | (adjective) presenting a summary or general view of a whole | - |
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(adjective) presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament | Synonyms: synoptical |
synsemantic | (adjective) of a word or phrase meaningful only when it occurs in the company of other words | - |
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syntactic | (adjective) of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax | Synonyms: syntactical |
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syntagmatic | (adjective) related as members of a syntagma | - |
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synthetic | (adjective) of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts | Synonyms: synthetical |
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(adjective) systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words | - |
(adjective) involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis | Synonyms: synthetical |
(adjective) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially | Synonyms: man-made, semisynthetic |
(adjective) not genuine or natural | - |
(adjective) artificial as if portrayed in a film | Synonyms: celluloid |
(noun) a compound made artificially by chemical reactions | Synonyms: synthetic substance |
syphilitic | (adjective) of or relating to or infected with syphilis | - |
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(noun) a person suffering from syphilis | - |
systematic | (adjective) characterized by order and planning | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to taxonomy | Synonyms: taxonomic, taxonomical |
tactic | (noun) a plan for attaining a particular goal | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuvre, tactics |
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telegnostic | (adjective) obtaining knowledge of distant events allegedly without use of normal sensory mechanisms | - |
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thallophytic | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of thallophytes | - |
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theistic | (adjective) of or relating to theism | Synonyms: theist, theistical |
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thematic | (adjective) relating to or constituting a topic of discourse | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to a melodic subject | - |
theocratic | (adjective) of or relating to or being a theocracy | - |
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theoretic | (adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations | Synonyms: theoretical |
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therapeutic | (adjective) relating to or involved in therapy | Synonyms: therapeutical |
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(adjective) tending to cure or restore to health | Synonyms: alterative, curative, healing, remedial, sanative |
(noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: curative, cure, remedy |
thermoplastic | (adjective) having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled | - |
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(noun) a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled | Synonyms: thermoplastic resin |
thermostatic | (adjective) of or relating to a thermostat | - |
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thrombolytic | (noun) a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle | Synonyms: clot buster, thrombolytic agent |
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tic | (noun) a local and habitual twitching especially in the face | - |
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totalistic | (adjective) of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life | Synonyms: totalitarian |
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traditionalistic | (adjective) adhering to tradition especially in cultural or religious practices | - |
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transatlantic | (adjective) crossing the Atlantic Ocean | - |
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transvestic | (adjective) receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex | Synonyms: transvestite |
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traumatic | (adjective) of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body | - |
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(adjective) psychologically painful | - |
tribadistic | (adjective) of female homosexual behavior that attempts to simulate heterosexual behavior | - |
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trichromatic | (adjective) having or involving three colors | Synonyms: trichrome, tricolor |
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trophoblastic | (adjective) of or relating to the trophoblast | - |
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tsaristic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a czar | Synonyms: czarist, czaristic, tsarist, tzarist |
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tympanitic | (adjective) of or relating to tympanites | - |
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ultranationalistic | (adjective) fanatically patriotic | Synonyms: chauvinistic, flag-waving, jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic |
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unaesthetic | (adjective) violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty | Synonyms: inaesthetic |
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unapologetic | (adjective) unwilling to make or express an apology | - |
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unartistic | (adjective) lacking aesthetic sensibility | Synonyms: inartistic |
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unauthentic | (adjective) false or fake; not what it appears to be | Synonyms: inauthentic, spurious |
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uncharacteristic | (adjective) distinctive and not typical | - |
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undemocratic | (adjective) not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals | - |
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undiplomatic | (adjective) not skilled in dealing with others | - |
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undogmatic | (adjective) unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion) | Synonyms: free-thinking, latitudinarian, undogmatical |
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undomestic | (adjective) not domestic or related to home | - |
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undramatic | (adjective) lacking dramatic force and quality | - |
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unemphatic | (adjective) not emphasized | - |
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unenergetic | (adjective) deficient in alertness or activity | Synonyms: lethargic |
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(adjective) not inclined to be enterprising | Synonyms: slowgoing |
unenthusiastic | (adjective) not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor | - |
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universalistic | (adjective) of or relating to or tending toward universalism | Synonyms: universalist |
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(adjective) of or relating to the whole | - |
unneurotic | (adjective) not neurotic | - |
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unpatriotic | (adjective) showing lack of love for your country | Synonyms: disloyal |
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unproblematic | (adjective) easy and not involved or complicated | Synonyms: elementary, simple, uncomplicated |
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unprophetic | (adjective) not prophetic; not foreseeing correctly | - |
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unrealistic | (adjective) not realistic | - |
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unromantic | (adjective) neither expressive of nor exciting sexual love or romance | - |
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unsarcastic | (adjective) not sarcastic | - |
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unsympathetic | (adjective) not sympathetic or disposed toward | - |
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(adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings | Synonyms: unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable |
(adjective) not agreeing with your tastes or expectations | Synonyms: disagreeable |
(adjective) lacking in sympathy and kindness | Synonyms: unkindly |
(adjective) not having an open mind | Synonyms: closed |
unsystematic | (adjective) lacking systematic arrangement or method or organization | - |
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