All adjective clusters
- 0
- indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
- 1
- used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
- 10
- being one more than nine
- 10-membered
- of a chemical compound having a ring with ten members
- 100
- being ten more than ninety
- 1000
- denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
- 1000th
- the ordinal number of one thousand in counting order
- 100th
- the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order
- 101
- being one more than one hundred
- 101st
- the ordinal number of one hundred one in counting order
- 105
- being five more than one hundred
- 105th
- the ordinal number of one hundred five in counting order
- 10th
- coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position
- 11
- being one more than ten
- 110
- being ten more than one hundred
- 110th
- the ordinal number of one hundred ten in counting order
- 115
- being five more than one hundred ten
- 115th
- the ordinal number of one hundred fifteen in counting order
- 11th
- coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position
- 12
- denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
- 120
- being ten more than one hundred ten
- 120th
- the ordinal number of one hundred twenty in counting order
- 125
- being five more than one hundred twenty
- 125th
- the ordinal number of one hundred twenty-five in counting order
- 12th
- coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position
- 13
- being one more than twelve
- 130
- being ten more than one hundred twenty
- 130th
- the ordinal number of one hundred thirty in counting order
- 135
- being five more than one hundred thirty
- 135th
- the ordinal number of one hundred thirty-five in counting order
- 13th
- coming next after the twelfth in position
- 14
- being one more than thirteen
- 140
- being ten more than one hundred thirty
- 140th
- the ordinal number of one hundred forty in counting order
- 145
- being five more than one hundred forty
- 145th
- the ordinal number of one hundred forty-five in counting order
- 14th
- coming next after the thirteenth in position
- 15
- being one more than fourteen
- 150
- being ten more than one hundred forty
- 150th
- the ordinal number of one hundred fifty in counting order
- 155
- being five more than one hundred fifty
- 155th
- the ordinal number of one hundred fifty-five in counting order
- 15th
- coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position
- 16
- being one more than fifteen
- 160
- being ten more than one hundred fifty
- 160th
- the ordinal number of one hundred sixty in counting order
- 165
- being five more than one hundred sixty
- 165th
- the ordinal number of one hundred sixty-five in counting order
- 16th
- coming next after the fifteenth in position
- 17
- being one more than sixteen
- 170
- being ten more than one hundred sixty
- 170th
- the ordinal number of one hundred seventy in counting order
- 175
- being five more than one hundred seventy
- 175th
- the ordinal number of one hundred seventy-five in counting order
- 17th
- coming next after the sixteenth in position
- 18
- being one more than seventeen
- 180
- being ten more than one hundred seventy
- 180th
- the ordinal number of one hundred eighty in counting order
- 18th
- coming next after the seventeenth in position
- 19
- being one more than eighteen
- 190
- being ten more than one hundred eighty
- 190th
- the ordinal number of one hundred eighty-five in counting order
- 19th
- coming next after the eighteenth in position
- 1st
- indicating the beginning unit in a series
- 2
- being one more than one
- 2-dimensional
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
- 20
- denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units
- 200
- being ten more than one hundred ninety
- 200th
- the ordinal number of two hundred in counting order
- 20th
- coming next after the nineteenth in position
- 21
- being one more than twenty
- 21st
- coming next after the twentieth in position
- 22
- being two more than twenty
- 22nd
- coming next after the twenty-first in position
- 23
- being three more than twenty
- 23rd
- coming next after the twenty-second in position
- 24
- being four more than twenty
- 24th
- coming next after the twenty-third in position
- 25
- being five more than twenty
- 25th
- coming next after the twenty-fourth in position
- 26
- being six more than twenty
- 26th
- coming next after the twenty-fifth in position
- 27
- being seven more than twenty
- 27th
- coming next after the twenty-sixth in position
- 28
- being eight more than twenty
- 28th
- coming next after the twenty-seventh in position
- 29
- being nine more than twenty
- 29th
- coming next after the twenty-eighth in position
- 2d
- coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
- 3
- being one more than two
- 3-dimensional
- involving or relating to three dimensions or aspects; giving the illusion of depth
- 3-membered
- of a chemical compound having a ring with three members
- 30
- being ten more than twenty
- 300
- being one hundred more than two hundred
- 300th
- the ordinal number of three hundred in counting order
- 30th
- coming next after the twenty-ninth in position
- 31
- being one more than thirty
- 31st
- coming next after the thirtieth in position
- 32
- being two more than thirty
- 32nd
- the ordinal number of thirty-two in counting order
- 33
- being three more than thirty
- 33rd
- the ordinal number of thirty-three in counting order
- 34
- being four more than thirty
- 34th
- the ordinal number of thirty-four in counting order
- 35
- being five more than thirty
- 35th
- the ordinal number of thirty-five in counting order
- 36
- being six more than thirty
- 36th
- the ordinal number of thirty-six in counting order
- 37
- being seven more than thirty
- 37th
- the ordinal number of thirty-seven in counting order
- 38
- being eight more than thirty
- 38th
- the ordinal number of thirty-eight in counting order
- 39
- being nine more than thirty
- 39th
- the ordinal number of thirty-nine in counting order
- 3rd
- coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position
- 4
- being one more than three
- 4-dimensional
- involving or relating to the fourth dimension or time
- 4-membered
- of a chemical compound having a ring with four members
- 40
- being ten more than thirty
- 400
- being one hundred more than three hundred
- 400th
- the ordinal number of four hundred in counting order
- 40th
- the ordinal number of forty in counting order
- 41
- being one more than forty
- 41st
- the ordinal number of forty-one in counting order
- 42
- being two more than forty
- 42nd
- the ordinal number of forty-two in counting order
- 43
- being three more than forty
- 43rd
- the ordinal number of forty-three in counting order
- 44
- being four more than forty
- 44th
- the ordinal number of forty-four in counting order
- 45
- being five more than forty
- 45th
- the ordinal number of forty-five in counting order
- 46
- being six more than forty
- 46th
- the ordinal number of forty-six in counting order
- 47
- being seven more than forty
- 47th
- the ordinal number of forty-seven in counting order
- 48
- being eight more than forty
- 48th
- the ordinal number of forty-eight in counting order
- 49
- being nine more than forty
- 49th
- the ordinal number of forty-nine in counting order
- 4th
- coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude
- 5
- being one more than four
- 5-membered
- of a chemical compound having a ring with five members
- 50
- being ten more than forty
- 500
- denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
- 500th
- the ordinal number of five hundred in counting order
- 50th
- the ordinal number of fifty in counting order
- 51
- being one more than fifty
- 52
- being two more than fifty
- 53
- being three more than fifty
- 54
- being four more than fifty
- 55
- being five more than fifty
- 55th
- the ordinal number of fifty-five in counting order
- 56
- being six more than fifty
- 57
- being seven more than fifty
- 58
- being eight more than fifty
- 59
- being nine more than fifty
- 5th
- coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position
- 6
- denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
- 6-membered
- of a chemical compound having a ring with six members
- 60
- being ten more than fifty
- 60th
- the ordinal number of sixty in counting order
- 61
- being one more than sixty
- 62
- being two more than sixty
- 63
- being three more than sixty
- 64
- being four more than sixty
- 64th
- the ordinal number of sixty-four in counting order
- 65
- being five more than sixty
- 65th
- the ordinal number of sixty-five in counting order
- 66
- being six more than sixty
- 67
- being seven more than sixty
- 68
- being eight more than sixty
- 69
- being nine more than sixty
- 6th
- coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position
- 7
- being one more than six
- 7-membered
- of a chemical compound having a ring with seven members
- 70
- being ten more than sixty
- 70th
- the ordinal number of seventy in counting order
- 71
- being one more than seventy
- 72
- being two more than seventy
- 73
- being three more than seventy
- 74
- being four more than seventy
- 75
- being five more than seventy
- 75th
- the ordinal number of seventy-five in counting order
- 76
- being six more than seventy
- 77
- being seven more than seventy
- 78
- being eight more than seventy
- 79
- being nine more than seventy
- 7th
- coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position
- 8
- being one more than seven
- 8-membered
- of a chemical compound having a ring with eight members
- 80
- being ten more than seventy
- 80th
- the ordinal number of eighty in counting order
- 81
- being one more than eighty
- 82
- being two more than eighty
- 83
- being three more than eighty
- 84
- being four more than eighty
- 85
- being five more than eighty
- 85th
- the ordinal number of eighty-five in counting order
- 86
- being six more than eighty
- 87
- being seven more than eighty
- 88
- being eight more than eighty
- 89
- being nine more than eighty
- 8th
- coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
- 9
- denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten
- 9-membered
- of a chemical compound having a ring with nine members
- 90
- being ten more than eighty
- 90th
- the ordinal number of ninety in counting order
- 91
- being one more than ninety
- 92
- being two more than ninety
- 93
- being three more than ninety
- 94
- being four more than ninety
- 95
- being five more than ninety
- 95th
- the ordinal number of ninety-five in counting order
- 96
- being six more than ninety
- 97
- being seven more than ninety
- 98
- being eight more than ninety
- 99
- being one less than one hundred and nine more than ninety
- 9th
- coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position
- a capella
- sung without instrumental accompaniment
- a couple of
- more than one but indefinitely small in number
- a la carte
- (of a restaurant meal) having unlimited choices with a separate price for each item
- a la mode
- in the current fashion or style
- a posteriori
- requiring evidence for validation or support
- a posteriori
- involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes
- a priori
- involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact
- a priori
- based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment
- a-ok
- in perfect condition or order
- A-one
- of the highest quality
- a.m.
- before noon
- abactinal
- (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated
- abandoned
- unrestrained and uninhibited
- abandoned
- forsaken by owner or inhabitants
- abashed
- feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed
- abatable
- capable of being abated
- abaxial
- facing away from the axis of an organ or organism
- abbreviated
- (of clothing) very short
- abbreviated
- cut short in duration
- abdicable
- capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished
- abdominous
- having a large belly
- abducent
- especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
- abecedarian
- alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)
- aberrant
- markedly different from an accepted norm
- abeyant
- inactive but capable of becoming active
- abhorrent
- offensive to the mind
- abiding
- lasting a long time
- abject
- most unfortunate or miserable
- abject
- showing humiliation or submissiveness
- abject
- of the most contemptible kind
- abject
- showing utter resignation or hopelessness
- ablated
- made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization
- ablative
- tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature
- ablaze
- resembling flame in brilliance or color
- ablaze
- lighted up by or as by fire or flame
- ablaze
- keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement
- ablaze
- lighted with red light as if with flames
- able
- having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity
- able
- (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
- able
- having a strong healthy body
- able
- have the skills and qualifications to do things well
- abloom
- bursting into flower
- ablutionary
- cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands
- abnormal
- much greater than the normal
- abnormal
- departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development
- abnormal
- not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm
- abolishable
- capable of being abolished
- abominable
- exceptionally bad or displeasing
- abominable
- unequivocally detestable
- aboral
- opposite to or away from the mouth
- aboriginal
- characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
- aboriginal
- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
- abortifacient
- causing abortion
- abortive
- failing to accomplish an intended result
- aboulic
- suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions
- abounding
- existing in abundance
- about
- on the move
- above
- appearing earlier in the same text
- above-mentioned
- mentioned or named earlier in the same text
- aboveboard
- without concealment or deception; honest
- aboveground
- on or above the surface of the ground
- abranchial
- having no gills
- abrasive
- sharply disagreeable; rigorous
- abrasive
- causing abrasion
- abreast
- being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
- abridged
- (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting
- abroach
- of a cask or barrel
- abroad
- in a foreign country
- abrupt
- exceedingly sudden and unexpected
- abrupt
- surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner
- abrupt
- marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
- abrupt
- extremely steep
- abruptly-pinnate
- (of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex
- abscessed
- infected and filled with pus
- absent
- not being in a specified place
- absent
- lost in thought; showing preoccupation
- absent
- nonexistent
- absolute
- expressing finality with no implication of possible change
- absolute
- perfect or complete or pure
- absolute
- not limited by law
- absolute
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- absolute
- not capable of being violated or infringed
- absolved
- freed from any question of guilt
- absolvitory
- providing absolution
- absorbable
- capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface
- absorbed
- retained without reflection
- absorbed
- giving or marked by complete attention to
- absorbefacient
- inducing or promoting absorption
- absorbent
- having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)
- absorbing
- capable of arousing and holding the attention
- abstemious
- sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
- abstemious
- marked by temperance in indulgence
- abstentious
- self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink
- abstract
- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
- abstract
- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
- abstract
- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
- abstractive
- of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting
- abstruse
- difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
- absurd
- inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
- absurd
- so unreasonable as to invite derision
- abundant
- present in great quantity
- abused
- used improperly or excessively especially drugs
- abused
- subjected to cruel treatment
- abusive
- characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
- abusive
- expressing offensive reproach
- abuzz
- noisy like the sound of a bee
- abysmal
- very great; limitless
- abysmal
- resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
- academic
- hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
- academic
- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
- acanthoid
- shaped like a spine or thorn
- acarpellous
- having no carpels
- acarpous
- producing no fruit
- acatalectic
- (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot
- acaudal
- lacking a tail or taillike appendage
- acaulescent
- (of plants) having no apparent stem above ground
- accelerando
- (music) gradually increasing in tempo
- accelerated
- speeded up, as of an academic course
- accelerative
- tending to increase velocity
- accented
- bearing a stress or accent
- accented
- (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch
- accentual
- (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity
- acceptable
- judged to be in conformity with approved usage
- acceptable
- adequate for the purpose
- acceptable
- worthy of acceptance or satisfactory
- acceptable
- meeting requirements
- acceptant
- accepting willingly
- accepted
- generally approved or compelling recognition
- accepting
- tolerating without protest
- acceptive
- inclined to accept rather than reject
- accessary
- aiding and abetting in a crime
- accessible
- capable of being reached
- accessible
- easy to get along with or talk to; friendly
- accessible
- easily obtained
- accessible
- capable of being read with comprehension
- accessorial
- nonessential but helpful
- accessory
- furnishing added support
- accident-prone
- having more than the average number of accidents
- accidental
- happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
- accidental
- not of prime or central importance
- acclivitous
- sloping upward
- accommodating
- obliging; willing to do favors
- accommodating
- helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
- accommodative
- willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement
- accommodative
- tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony
- accompanied
- having companions or an escort
- accompanied
- playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment
- accompanying
- occurring with or following as a consequence
- accomplishable
- capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do
- accomplished
- highly skilled
- accomplished
- successfully completed or brought to an end
- accomplished
- settled securely and unconditionally
- accordant
- being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'
- accordant
- in keeping
- according
- (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
- according
- (followed by `to') as reported or stated by
- accountable
- liable to account for one's actions
- accoutered
- provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military)
- accredited
- given official approval to act
- accretionary
- marked or produced by accretion
- accretive
- growing by accretion
- accrued
- periodically accumulated over time
- accumbent
- lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
- accumulative
- marked by acquiring or amassing
- accumulative
- increasing by successive addition
- accurate
- conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
- accurate
- (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
- accursed
- under a curse
- accusative
- containing or expressing accusation
- accustomed to
- in the habit of or adapted to
- accustomed
- commonly used or practiced; usual
- acellular
- not made up of or divided into cells
- acentric
- not centered or having no center
- acephalous
- lacking a head or a clearly defined head
- acerate
- narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
- acerb
- harsh or corrosive in tone
- acerb
- sour or bitter in taste
- acetabular
- of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone
- acetose
- tasting or smelling like vinegar
- Acherontic
- dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
- aching
- causing a dull and steady pain
- achlamydeous
- not having a floral envelope or perianth
- achondritic
- not having a granular structure
- achromatic
- having no hue
- achromatous
- having little or inadequate color
- achromic
- having no color
- acid
- having the characteristics of an acid
- acid
- being sour to the taste
- acid-fast
- not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)
- acid-forming
- yielding an acid in aqueous solution
- acid-loving
- thriving in a relatively acidic environment (especially of plants requiring a pH well below 7)
- acid-tasting
- having a sour acidic taste
- acidic
- being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)
- acidophilic
- especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium
- acknowledgeable
- capable of being acknowledged
- acknowledged
- recognized or made known or admitted
- acknowledged
- generally accepted
- acned
- (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin
- acold
- of persons; feeling cold
- acorn-shaped
- shaped like an acorn
- acquainted
- having fair knowledge of
- acquiescent
- willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest
- acquirable
- capable of being acquired
- acquired
- gotten through environmental forces
- acquisitive
- eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
- acquitted
- declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless
- acrid
- strong and sharp
- acrimonious
- marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- acritical
- without a crisis (as of some diseases)
- acrobatic
- vigorously active
- acrocarpous
- (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem
- acromegalic
- marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face
- acropetal
- of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex
- acrophobic
- suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places
- acroscopic
- facing or on the side toward the apex
- across-the-board
- broad in scope or content
- actable
- capable of being acted; suitable for the stage
- actinal
- (of radiate organisms) located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated
- acting
- serving temporarily especially as a substitute
- actinoid
- having a radial form
- actinomorphic
- capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis
- actionable
- affording grounds for legal action
- activated
- (military) set up and placed on active assignment
- activated
- rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive
- activated
- (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition
- activated
- (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive
- activating
- causing motion or action or change
- active
- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- active
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- active
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- active
- disposed to take action or effectuate change
- active
- (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
- active
- (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
- active
- characterized by energetic activity
- active
- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
- active
- engaged in full-time work
- active
- tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- active
- in operation
- active
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- active
- (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
- active
- taking part in an activity
- activist
- advocating or engaged in activism
- actual
- being or existing at the present moment
- actual
- taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated
- actual
- presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
- actual
- existing in act or fact
- actual
- being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
- actuated
- moved to action
- acuate
- ending in a sharp point
- acuminate
- (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point
- acute
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- acute
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- acute
- of critical importance and consequence
- acute
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- acute
- extremely sharp or severe
- acyclic
- not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls
- acyclic
- having an open chain structure
- ad hoc
- for or concerned with one specific purpose
- ad hoc
- often improvised or impromptu
- ad hominem
- appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason)
- ad-lib
- with little or no preparation or forethought
- ad-lib
- said or done without having been planned or written in advance
- adagio
- (of tempo) leisurely
- adamant
- impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
- adamantine
- having the hardness of a diamond
- adaptable
- capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use
- adaptational
- of or relating to adaptation
- adaptative
- having a capacity for adaptation
- adapted
- changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
- adaxial
- nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
- addable
- capable of being added or added to
- addicted
- compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming
- addictive
- causing or characterized by addiction
- additional
- further or added
- additive
- characterized or produced by addition
- additive
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
- addlebrained
- stupid and confused
- addled
- (of eggs) no longer edible
- addled
- confused and vague; used especially of thinking
- addressable
- capable of being addressed
- addressed
- (of mail) marked with a destination
- adducent
- especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
- adenoidal
- sounding as if the nose were pinched
- adept
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- adequate to
- having the requisite qualities for
- adequate
- sufficient for the purpose
- adequate
- having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
- adequate
- about average; acceptable
- adherent
- sticking fast
- adhesive
- tending to adhere
- adiabatic
- occurring without loss or gain of heat
- adipose
- composed of animal fat
- adjacent
- near or close to but not necessarily touching
- adjacent
- having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
- adjacent
- nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
- adjective
- relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
- adjunct
- of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
- adjunctive
- joining; forming an adjunct
- adjuratory
- containing a solemn charge or command
- adjuratory
- earnestly or solemnly entreating
- adjustable
- capable of being regulated
- adjustable
- capable of being changed so as to match or fit
- adjusted
- altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation
- adjusted
- adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability
- adjusted
- (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted
- adjusted
- having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment
- adjustive
- conducive to adjustment
- adjuvant
- enhancing the action of a medical treatment
- administrable
- capable of being administered or managed
- admirable
- deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
- admirable
- inspiring admiration or approval
- admired
- regarded with admiration
- admissible
- deserving to be admitted
- admissive
- characterized by or allowing admission
- admittable
- deserving to be allowed to enter
- admonishing
- expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
- admonitory
- serving to warn
- adnate
- of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached
- adolescent
- in the state of development between puberty and maturity
- adolescent
- displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
- adolescent
- being of the age 13 through 19
- Adonic
- having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee
- adoptable
- suitable or eligible for adoption
- adopted
- acquired as your own by free choice
- adoptive
- of parents and children; related by adoption
- adorable
- lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
- adored
- regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
- adoring
- extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
- adoring
- showing adoration
- adorned
- provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
- adpressed
- pressed close to or lying flat against something
- adrenocorticotrophic
- stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex
- adrift
- afloat on the surface of a body of water
- adrift
- aimlessly drifting
- adroit
- quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
- adscititious
- added or derived from something outside; not inherent
- adscititious
- supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing
- adscript
- written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it
- adscript
- (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner
- adsorbable
- capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid
- adsorbent
- having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface
- adulatory
- obsequiously complimentary
- adult
- (of animals) fully developed
- adult
- designed to arouse lust
- adulterant
- making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials
- adulterate
- mixed with impurities
- adulterine
- conceived in adultery
- adulterous
- not faithful to a spouse or lover
- adulterous
- characterized by adultery
- adumbrative
- indistinctly prophetic
- adust
- burned brown by the sun
- adust
- dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
- advance
- situated ahead or going before
- advance
- being ahead of time or need
- advanced
- comparatively late in a course of development
- advanced
- (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
- advanced
- at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
- advanced
- farther along in physical or mental development
- advanced
- ahead of the times
- advanced
- far along in time
- advanced
- ahead in development; complex or intricate
- advancing
- moving forward
- advantageous
- appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
- advantageous
- giving an advantage
- adventitious
- associated by chance and not an integral part
- adventive
- not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized
- adventuresome
- willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
- adversative
- expressing antithesis or opposition
- adverse
- in an opposing direction
- adverse
- contrary to your interests or welfare
- advertent
- giving attention
- advertised
- called to public attention
- advisable
- worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise
- advised
- having received information
- advised
- having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel
- advisory
- giving advice
- adynamic
- lacking energy or vitality
- adynamic
- characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness
- aeolotropic
- having properties with different values along different axes
- aeonian
- continuing forever or indefinitely
- aerated
- (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification
- aerated
- supplied with carbon dioxide
- aerial
- existing or living or growing or operating in the air
- aerial
- characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
- aeriform
- resembling air or having the form of air
- aerobic
- based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency
- aerobic
- depending on free oxygen or air
- aerobiotic
- living or active only in the presence of oxygen
- aerodynamic
- designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
- aerosolised
- in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas
- aesthetic
- concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
- aesthetic
- aesthetically pleasing
- aestival
- (rare) of or occurring in summer
- afeard
- a pronunciation of afraid
- affable
- diffusing warmth and friendliness
- affected
- acted upon; influenced
- affected
- being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
- affected
- speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- affecting
- arousing affect
- affectional
- characterized by emotion
- affectionate
- having or displaying warmth or affection
- afferent
- of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS
- affiliated
- being joined in close association
- affinal
- (anthropology) related by marriage
- affined
- closely related
- affirmable
- capable of being affirmed or asserted
- affirmative
- affirming or giving assent
- affirmative
- expressing or manifesting praise or approval
- affirmative
- expecting the best
- affixed
- firmly attached
- afflicted
- mentally or physically unfit
- afflicted
- grievously affected especially by disease
- afflictive
- causing misery or pain or distress
- affluent
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- affordable
- that you have the financial means for
- aflare
- streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
- aflicker
- shining unsteadily
- afloat
- borne on the water; floating
- afloat
- covered with water
- aflutter
- excited in anticipation
- afoot
- traveling by foot
- afoot
- currently in progress
- aforementioned
- being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
- aforethought
- with planning and intention
- afoul
- especially of a ship's lines etc
- afraid
- filled with fear or apprehension
- afraid
- filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
- afraid
- feeling worry or concern or insecurity
- afraid
- having feelings of aversion or unwillingness
- African-American
- pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
- aft
- (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
- after
- located farther aft
- after-hours
- after closing time especially a legally established closing time
- after-school
- outside regular school hours
- aftermost
- located closest to the stern or tail
- aftershafted
- having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers)
- agamic
- (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
- agape
- with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
- agaze
- (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
- age-old
- belonging to or lasting from times long ago
- age-related
- changing (increasing or decreasing) as an individual's age increases
- aged
- at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
- aged
- (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
- aged
- advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
- aged
- having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
- aged
- of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)
- ageing
- growing old
- agelong
- lasting through all time
- agglomerate
- clustered together but not coherent
- agglutinate
- united as if by glue
- agglutinative
- forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning
- aggravated
- made more severe or intense especially in law
- aggravated
- incited, especially deliberately, to anger
- aggravating
- making worse
- aggregate
- composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets
- aggregate
- formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
- aggressive
- having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends
- aggressive
- characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
- aggressive
- tending to spread quickly
- aghast
- struck with fear, dread, or consternation
- agile
- mentally quick
- agile
- moving quickly and lightly
- agitated
- troubled emotionally and usually deeply
- agitated
- physically disturbed or set in motion
- agitating
- causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
- agleam
- bright with a steady but subdued shining
- aglitter
- having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
- aglow
- softly bright or radiant
- agnate
- related on the father's side
- agnostic
- uncertain of all claims to knowledge
- ago
- gone by; or in the past
- agog
- highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, etc.
- agonised
- expressing pain or agony
- agonising
- extremely painful
- agonistic
- striving to overcome in argument
- agonistic
- struggling for effect
- agoraphobic
- suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places
- agrarian
- relating to farming or agriculture
- agreeable
- conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
- agreeable
- prepared to agree or consent
- agreed upon
- constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement
- agreed
- united by being of the same opinion
- agrestic
- (of behavior) rustic and uncouth
- agrestic
- characteristic of the fields or country
- aground
- stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float
- aguish
- affected by ague
- ahead
- having the leading position or higher score in a contest
- ahorse
- traveling on horseback
- aided
- having help; often used as a combining form
- ailing
- somewhat ill or prone to illness
- aimless
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
- ain
- belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive
- air sick
- experiencing motion sickness
- air-conditioned
- cooled by air conditioning
- air-cooled
- cooled by a flow of air
- air-dried
- made dry by contact with unheated air
- air-dry
- not giving off moisture on exposure to the air
- air-filled
- full of air
- air-to-air
- operating between or launched from or involving rockets or aircraft in flight
- air-to-ground
- operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the ground
- airborne
- moved or conveyed by or through air
- aired
- open to or abounding in fresh air
- airheaded
- lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
- airless
- lacking fresh air
- airtight
- having no weak points
- airtight
- not allowing air or gas to pass in or out
- airworthy
- (of aircraft) fit to fly
- airy
- having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air
- ajar
- slightly open
- akimbo
- (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body
- akin
- related by blood
- akin
- similar in quality or character
- al dente
- of pasta cooked so as to be firm when eaten
- alacritous
- quick and eager
- alar
- having or resembling wings
- alarmed
- experiencing a sudden sense of danger
- alarming
- frightening because of an awareness of danger
- alate
- (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions
- albescent
- becoming or shading into white
- alcalescent
- tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline
- alcohol-dependent
- addicted to alcohol
- alcohol-soluble
- soluble in alcohol
- alcoholic
- characteristic of or containing alcohol
- aleatory
- dependent on chance
- alert
- mentally perceptive and responsive
- alert
- quick and energetic
- alert
- engaged in or accustomed to close observation
- alfresco
- in the open air
- algid
- chilly
- algophobic
- suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain
- algorithmic
- of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm
- alien
- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
- alien
- not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
- alienable
- transferable to another owner
- alienated
- socially disoriented
- alienated
- caused to be unloved
- alienating
- causing hostility or loss of friendliness
- aligned
- brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause
- aligned
- in a straight line
- aligning
- causing to fall into line or into position
- alike
- having the same or similar characteristics
- alimental
- of or providing nourishment
- aliphatic
- having carbon atoms linked in open chains
- aliquot
- signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity
- alive
- (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit
- alive
- (followed by `to' or `of') aware of
- alive
- having life or vigor or spirit
- alive
- possessing life
- alive
- capable of erupting
- alkalic
- relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7
- alkaline-loving
- thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7)
- all
- completely given to or absorbed by
- all
- (quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
- all important
- of the greatest importance
- all in
- very tired
- all over
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
- all right
- being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
- all-around
- many-sided
- all-devouring
- (of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating
- all-fired
- extreme
- all-knowing
- infinitely wise
- all-mains
- used of a radio receiver that is adaptable to all voltages
- all-metal
- consisting completely of metal
- all-night
- lasting, open, or operating through the whole night
- all-or-none
- occurring completely or not occurring at all
- all-out
- using all available resources
- all-powerful
- having unlimited power
- all-purpose
- not limited in use or function
- all-time
- unsurpassed in some respect up to the present
- all-victorious
- never having lost
- all-weather
- usable or operative or practiced in all kinds of weather
- allantoid
- shaped like a sausage
- allargando
- (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner
- alleged
- declared but not proved
- alleged
- doubtful or suspect
- allegiant
- steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government)
- allegoric
- used in or characteristic of or containing allegory
- allegretto
- (of tempo) faster than allegro
- allegro
- (of tempo) fast
- allergic
- having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)
- alleviated
- (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
- alleviative
- moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
- alliaceous
- smelling of onions or garlic
- allied
- joined by treaty or agreement
- allied
- related by common characteristics or ancestry
- allied
- united in a confederacy or league
- alligatored
- of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
- alliterative
- having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable
- allocable
- capable of being distributed
- allochronic
- (of taxa) occurring in different geologic times
- allochthonous
- of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed
- allogeneic
- denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible)
- allopatric
- (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another
- allotted
- given as a task
- allover
- covering the entire surface
- allowable
- deductible according to the tax laws
- allowable
- deserving to be allowed or considered
- allowable
- that may be permitted especially as according to rule
- alloyed
- (used of metals) blended to obtain a desired property
- alloyed
- (used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior element
- alluring
- highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
- allusive
- characterized by indirect references
- almond-eyed
- having almond-shaped eyes
- almond-scented
- smelling of almond
- almond-shaped
- shaped like an almond
- alone
- isolated from others
- alone
- lacking companions or companionship
- alone
- exclusive of anyone or anything else
- alone
- radically distinctive and without equal
- aloof
- remote in manner
- alpestrine
- growing at high altitudes
- alpha
- first in order of importance
- alpha
- early testing stage of a software or hardware product
- alphabetic
- arranged in order according to the alphabet
- alphabetised
- having been put in alphabetical order
- alpine
- living or growing above the timber line
- alright
- nonstandard usage
- alterable
- (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe
- alterable
- capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic
- alterative
- tending to cure or restore to health
- altered
- changed in form or character without becoming something else
- altered
- having testicles or ovaries removed
- alternate
- every second one of a series
- alternate
- of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
- alternate
- occurring by turns; first one and then the other
- alternate
- serving or used in place of another
- alternating
- (of a current) reversing direction
- alternative
- necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
- alternative
- pertaining to unconventional choices
- altissimo
- very high
- altitudinous
- indefinitely high; lofty
- alto
- (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group
- alto
- of or being the lowest female voice
- alto
- of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor
- altricial
- (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food
- altruistic
- showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- aluminiferous
- containing alum or aluminum
- alveolate
- pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)
- amalgamate
- joined together into a whole
- amaranthine
- of an imaginary flower that never fades
- amateur
- lacking professional skill or expertise
- amateur
- engaged in as a pastime
- amative
- inclined toward or displaying love
- amatory
- expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance
- amazed
- filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
- amazing
- surprising greatly
- amazing
- inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
- ambagious
- roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
- amber
- of a medium to dark brownish yellow color
- amber-green
- of green tinged with amber
- ambidextrous
- equally skillful with each hand
- ambient
- completely enveloping
- ambiguous
- having more than one possible meaning
- ambiguous
- having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns
- ambiguous
- open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
- ambitionless
- having little desire for success or achievement
- ambitious
- having a strong desire for success or achievement
- ambitious
- requiring full use of your abilities or resources
- ambivalent
- uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
- ambiversive
- intermediate between introversive and extroversive
- ambrosial
- worthy of the gods
- ambrosial
- extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant
- ambulant
- able to walk about
- ameliorating
- tending to ameliorate
- amenable
- open to being acted upon in a certain way
- amenable
- liable to answer to a higher authority
- amenable
- disposed or willing to conform
- amenable
- responsive to suggestions and influences
- amendable
- capable of being corrected by additions
- amendatory
- effecting amendment
- amended
- modified for the better
- amended
- of legislation
- amentaceous
- (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins
- amerciable
- of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge
- ametabolic
- undergoing no (or only slight) metamorphosis
- ametabolic
- undergoing slight or no metamorphosis
- amethyst
- of a moderate purple color
- ametropic
- of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina
- amiable
- disposed to please
- amicable
- characterized by friendship and good will
- amidship
- located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft
- amiss
- not functioning properly
- amnesiac
- suffering from a partial loss of memory
- amok
- wildly frenzied and out of control
- amorphous
- unclear because vague or badly organized
- amorphous
- (of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused
- amorphous
- having no definite form or distinct shape
- amorphous
- without real or apparent crystalline form
- amorphous
- lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies
- amort
- utterly cast down
- amphibiotic
- having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form
- amphibious
- operating or living on land and in water
- amphiprostylar
- marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
- amphiprotic
- having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either
- amphistylar
- having columns either at both ends or at both sides
- amphitropous
- (of a plant ovule) partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees on its stalk
- ample
- more than enough in size or scope or capacity
- ample
- affording an abundant supply
- ample
- fairly large in size
- amused
- pleasantly occupied
- amusing
- providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
- amusing
- arousing or provoking laughter
- amylaceous
- resembling starch
- anabatic
- of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope
- anabolic
- characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism
- anachronic
- chronologically misplaced
- anaclinal
- of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata
- anadromous
- migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn
- anaemic
- lacking vigor or energy
- anaerobic
- not aerobic
- anaerobic
- living or active in the absence of free oxygen
- anaesthetic
- characterized by insensibility
- anal
- a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.
- analeptic
- stimulating the central nervous system
- analgesic
- capable of relieving pain
- analog
- of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
- analogical
- expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy
- analogous
- corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin
- analogous
- similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
- analphabetic
- not alphabetic
- analphabetic
- having little acquaintance with writing
- analytic
- of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
- analytic
- using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
- analytic
- expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
- analyzable
- capable of being partitioned
- analyzed
- examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts
- anaphrodisiac
- tending to diminish sexual desire
- anarchic
- without law or control
- anastigmatic
- not astigmatic
- anatropous
- (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk
- ancestral
- inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
- anchoritic
- characterized by ascetic solitude
- ancient
- belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
- ancient
- very old
- andante
- (of tempo) moderately slow
- andantino
- (of tempo) moderately fast
- androgynous
- having both male and female characteristics
- anecdotal
- characterized by or given to telling anecdotes
- anechoic
- not having or producing echoes; sound-absorbent
- anemophilous
- of flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the wind
- anestrous
- (of lower mammals) not in a state of estrus; not in heat
- anfractuous
- full of twists and turns
- angelic
- marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
- angelic
- having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
- angered
- marked by extreme anger
- angled
- forming or set at an angle
- angry
- feeling or showing anger
- angry
- severely inflamed and painful
- angry
- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
- anguished
- experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
- angular
- having angles or an angular shape
- anhydrous
- without water; especially without water of crystallization
- anicteric
- not affected by jaundice
- anile
- of or like a feeble old woman
- animal
- marked by the appetites and passions of the body
- animate
- endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
- animate
- belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
- animate
- endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
- animated
- made to appear to move as living creatures do
- animating
- giving spirit and vivacity
- anise-scented
- smelling of anise
- anisometric
- having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements
- anisotropic
- not invariant with respect to direction
- ankle-deep
- coming only to the ankle or knee
- annihilated
- destroyed completely
- annihilating
- wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
- annihilating
- making light of
- announced
- declared publicly; made widely known
- annoyed
- troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
- annoyed
- aroused to impatience or anger
- annoying
- causing irritation or annoyance
- annual
- completing its life cycle within a year
- annual
- occurring or payable every year
- annular
- shaped like a ring
- anomalous
- deviating from the general or common order or type
- anon.
- having no known name or identity or known source
- anonymous
- not known or lacking marked individuality
- anorectic
- suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
- anorectic
- causing loss of appetite
- anorthic
- having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles
- anosmic
- having impaired sense of smell
- another
- any of various alternatives; some other
- anserine
- having or revealing stupidity
- answerable
- morally or legally responsible to a higher authority
- answerable
- capable of being answered
- answering
- replying
- antacid
- acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach)
- antagonistic
- incapable of harmonious association
- antagonistic
- arousing animosity or hostility
- antagonistic
- characterized by antagonism or antipathy
- antagonistic
- indicating opposition or resistance
- antagonistic
- used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
- Antarctic
- at or near the south pole
- antebellum
- belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
- antecedent
- preceding in time or order
- antediluvian
- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
- antemeridian
- before noon
- antemortem
- preceding death
- antenatal
- occurring or existing before birth
- antepenultimate
- third from last
- anterior
- of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
- anterior
- earlier in time
- anterograde
- of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma
- anthelminthic
- capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms
- antheral
- capable of fertilizing female organs
- anthophagous
- feeding on flowers
- anthropoid
- resembling apes
- anthropoid
- resembling human beings
- anthropomorphic
- suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things
- anti
- not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
- anti-intellectual
- smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
- anti-Semite
- discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
- antiaircraft
- designed for defense from a surface position against air attack
- antiauthoritarian
- opposed to authoritarianism
- antic
- ludicrously odd
- anticholinergic
- inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site
- anticipant
- marked by eager anticipation
- anticipated
- expected hopefully
- anticipatory
- in anticipation
- anticlimactic
- coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot
- anticlinal
- sloping downward away from a common crest
- anticlockwise
- in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
- antidromic
- conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
- antifertility
- capable of preventing conception or impregnation
- antiheretical
- opposed to heresy
- antiknock
- suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines
- antimagnetic
- impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization
- antimicrobial
- capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
- antimonial
- containing antimony
- antimonopoly
- of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices
- antiparallel
- (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed
- antipathetic
- (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
- antipersonnel
- designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction
- antiphlogistic
- counteracting inflammation
- antipyretic
- preventing or alleviating fever
- antique
- made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age
- antique
- out of fashion
- antiseptic
- clean and honest
- antiseptic
- devoid of objectionable language
- antiseptic
- thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
- antiseptic
- freeing from error or corruption
- antisocial
- shunning contact with others
- antisocial
- hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior
- antisubmarine
- defensive against enemy submarines
- antitank
- designed for defense against armored vehicles
- antithetic
- sharply contrasted in character or purpose
- antitoxic
- counteracting a toxin or poison
- antler-like
- resembling antlers
- antlered
- having antlers
- antonymous
- of words: having opposite meanings
- antrorse
- bent or curved forward or upward
- antsy
- nervous and unable to relax
- anurous
- not having a tail
- anxious
- eagerly desirous
- anxious
- causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
- any
- one or some or every or all without specification
- apart
- having characteristics not shared by others
- apart
- remote and separate physically or socially
- apathetic
- showing little or no emotion or animation
- apathetic
- marked by a lack of interest
- apelike
- being or given to servile imitation
- aperient
- mildly laxative
- aperiodic
- not recurring at regular intervals
- apetalous
- (of flowers) having no petals
- aphasic
- unable to speak because of a brain lesion
- aphonic
- being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
- aphoristic
- terse and witty and like a maxim
- aphotic
- lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight
- aphrodisiac
- stimulating sexual desire
- aphyllous
- having no leaves
- apical
- situated at an apex
- apiculate
- (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip
- apivorous
- feeding on bees
- aplacental
- having no placenta
- aplanatic
- free from or corrected for spherical aberration
- apocalyptic
- prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
- apocarpous
- (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses
- apochromatic
- corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration
- apocrine
- (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion
- apocryphal
- being of questionable authenticity
- apodal
- (of snakes and eels) naturally footless
- apodeictic
- of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
- apolitical
- politically neutral
- apologetic
- offering or expressing apology
- apostate
- not faithful to religion or party or cause
- apotropaic
- having the power to prevent evil or bad luck
- appalling
- causing consternation
- appareled
- dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
- apparent
- clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
- apparent
- appearing as such but not necessarily so
- apparitional
- resembling or characteristic of a phantom
- appealable
- capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal
- appealing
- able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
- appealing
- (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
- appeasable
- capable of being pacified
- appeasing
- intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
- appellative
- inclined to or serving for the giving of names
- appendaged
- having an appendage
- appendant
- affixed as an appendage
- apperceptive
- able to relate new percepts to past experience
- appetent
- marked by eager desire
- appetising
- appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma
- applaudable
- worthy of high praise
- apple-scented
- smelling of apples
- apple-shaped
- having the general shape of an apple
- apple-sized
- having the approximate size of an apple
- applicable
- capable of being applied; having relevance
- applicative
- readily applicable or practical
- applied
- concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles
- appointed
- selected for a job
- appointed
- provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind)
- appointed
- subject to appointment
- appointed
- fixed or established especially by order or command
- apportioned
- given out in portions
- apposable
- capable of being placed opposite to something
- apposite
- being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
- appraising
- exercising or involving careful evaluations
- appreciable
- enough to be estimated or measured
- appreciated
- fully understood or grasped
- appreciative
- feeling or expressive of gratitude
- appreciative
- having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion
- apprehensible
- capable of being apprehended or understood
- apprehensive
- in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
- apprehensive
- quick to understand
- apprehensive
- mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
- apprenticed
- bound by contract
- approachable
- easy to meet or converse or do business with
- approachable
- easily approached
- approaching
- of the relatively near future
- appropriable
- that can be appropriated
- appropriate
- suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
- approved
- established by authority; given authoritative approval
- approximate
- not quite exact or correct
- approximate
- located close together
- approximate
- very close in resemblance
- apractic
- having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder
- apropos
- of an appropriate or pertinent nature
- apt
- mentally quick and resourceful
- apt
- (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
- apt
- at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
- apteral
- having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides
- apteral
- (of insects) without wings
- aquaphobic
- abnormally afraid of water
- aquatic
- operating or living or growing in water
- aqueous
- produced by the action of water
- aquiline
- curved down like an eagle's beak
- arable
- (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
- arbitrable
- appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration
- arbitrary
- based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
- arboraceous
- abounding in trees
- arboreal
- resembling a tree in form and branching structure
- arboreal
- inhabiting or frequenting trees
- arcadian
- (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
- arcane
- requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
- arced
- forming or resembling an arch
- arch
- (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
- arch
- naughtily or annoyingly playful
- archaean
- of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the Precambrian Eon
- archaeozoic
- of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era
- archaic
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- archetypal
- representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
- arco
- (of instruments in the violin family) to be played with the bow
- Arctic
- of or relating to the Arctic
- arctic
- extremely cold
- ardent
- glowing or shining like fire
- ardent
- characterized by intense emotion
- ardent
- characterized by strong enthusiasm
- arduous
- difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill
- arduous
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- arduous
- taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
- arenaceous
- resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas
- argent
- of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
- argentiferous
- containing or yielding silver
- argillaceous
- resembling or containing clay
- arguable
- capable of being supported by argument
- arguable
- open to argument or debate
- argumentative
- given to or characterized by argument
- argus-eyed
- having very keen vision
- argus-eyed
- carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger
- arid
- lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
- arid
- lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- ariled
- (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover
- ariose
- having a melody (as distinguished from recitative)
- aristocratic
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- armed
- (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms
- armed
- (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
- armed
- having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination
- armless
- having no arms
- armlike
- resembling an arm
- armor-clad
- covered with heavy steel
- armored
- protected by armor (used of persons or things military)
- armored
- used of animals; provided with protective covering
- armored
- equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior
- aromatic
- having a strong pleasant odor
- around the bend
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- around-the-clock
- at all times
- aroused
- aroused to action
- aroused
- (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
- aroused
- feeling great sexual desire
- aroused
- emotionally aroused
- aroused
- brought to a state of great tension
- arranged
- planned in advance
- arranged
- disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
- arranged
- deliberately arranged for effect
- arrant
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- arrayed
- in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia
- arresting
- commanding attention
- arrhythmic
- without regard for rhythm
- arrhythmic
- lacking a steady rhythm
- arrogant
- having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride
- arrow-shaped
- (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes
- artesian
- (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure
- artful
- marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
- artful
- not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
- arthritic
- of or pertaining to arthritis
- articulate
- expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language
- articulate
- consisting of segments held together by joints
- artificial
- not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes
- artificial
- artificially formal
- artificial
- contrived by art rather than nature
- artistic
- satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities
- artless
- simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
- artless
- showing lack of art
- artless
- characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
- artless
- (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
- artsy-craftsy
- pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming
- arty
- showily imitative of art or artists
- ascendable
- capable of being ascended
- ascendant
- tending or directed upward
- ascendant
- most powerful or important or influential
- ascending
- moving or going or growing upward
- ascertainable
- capable of being ascertained or found out
- ascertained
- discovered or determined by scientific observation
- ascetic
- practicing great self-denial
- ascribable
- capable of being assigned or credited to
- aseptic
- free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
- asexual
- not having or involving sex
- ash-blonde
- of hair color; whitish
- ash-gray
- of a light grey
- ashamed
- feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse
- ashen
- made of wood of the ash tree
- ashen
- anemic looking from illness or emotion
- asinine
- extremely silly or stupid
- askance
- (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
- askew
- turned or twisted toward one side
- aslant
- having an oblique or slanted direction
- asleep
- in a state of sleep
- asleep
- dead
- asleep
- lacking sensation
- asocial
- given to avoiding association with others
- aspheric
- varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape
- asphyxiating
- tending to deprive of oxygen
- aspirant
- desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
- assailable
- not defended or capable of being defended
- assassinated
- murdered by surprise attack for political reasons
- assaultive
- disposed to attack
- assentient
- expressing agreement or consent
- asserted
- confidently declared to be so
- asserting
- relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
- assertive
- aggressively self-assured
- assessable
- capable of being assessed especially for the purpose of taxation
- assessable
- capable of being considered carefully
- assiduous
- marked by care and persistent effort
- assignable
- legally transferable to the ownership of another
- assigned
- appointed to a post or duty
- assimilable
- able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues
- assimilating
- capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
- assimilative
- capable of mentally absorbing
- assistive
- giving assistance
- associable
- capable of being associated
- associate
- having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
- associative
- characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- assonant
- having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
- assonant
- having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables
- assorted
- consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
- assorted
- of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
- assuasive
- freeing from fear and anxiety
- assumed
- adopted in order to deceive
- assuming
- excessively forward
- assumptive
- accepted as real or true without proof
- assured
- marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
- assured
- characterized by certainty or security
- assurgent
- growing or extending upward
- assurgent
- rising from the sea
- assuring
- giving confidence
- astatic
- not static or stable
- asterisked
- marked with an asterisk
- asternal
- not connected to the sternum or breastbone
- asteroid
- shaped like a star
- asthenic
- having a slender physique
- asthmatic
- relating to breathing with a whistling sound
- astigmatic
- of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images
- astir
- out of bed
- astomatous
- having no mouth or mouthlike opening
- astonishing
- so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
- astounding
- bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
- astringent
- tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
- astronomic
- inconceivably large
- astute
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- astylar
- lacking columns or pillars
- asunder
- widely separated especially in space
- asymmetric
- characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components
- asymmetrical
- irregular in shape or outline
- asymptomatic
- having no symptoms of illness or disease
- asynchronous
- (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself
- asynchronous
- not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase
- asyndetic
- lacking conjunctions
- at a loss
- filled with bewilderment
- at bay
- forced to turn and face attackers
- at fault
- deserving blame
- at hand
- close in space; within reach
- at hand
- close in time; about to occur
- at large
- having escaped, especially from confinement
- at loggerheads
- in a dispute or confrontation
- at odds
- in disagreement
- at rest
- in a state of repose or especially sleep
- at sea
- perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
- at the ready
- ready for immediate use
- at variance
- not in accord
- at work
- on the job
- ataractic
- tending to soothe or tranquilize
- atavistic
- characteristic of an atavist
- atheistic
- rejecting any belief in gods
- athirst
- (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous
- athletic
- having a sturdy and well proportioned body
- atilt
- departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
- atomic
- immeasurably small
- atomic
- (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
- atomistic
- divided into separate and often disparate elements
- atonal
- characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality
- atonic
- (used of syllables) carrying no stress
- atoxic
- not producing or resulting from poison
- atrabilious
- irritable as if suffering from indigestion
- atrip
- (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom
- atrocious
- shockingly brutal or cruel
- atrocious
- provoking horror
- atrophied
- (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
- attachable
- capable of being fastened or added to something else
- attached
- used of buildings joined by common sidewalls
- attached
- fond and affectionate
- attached
- associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
- attainable
- capable of being attained or accomplished
- attained
- achieved or reached
- attempted
- tried unsuccessfully
- attendant
- being present (at a meeting or event, etc.)
- attended
- having a caretaker or other watcher
- attention-getting
- likely to attract attention
- attention-getting
- seizing the attention
- attentive
- (often followed by `to') giving care or attention
- attentive
- taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention
- attenuate
- reduced in strength
- attenuated
- of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion
- attested
- established as genuine
- attractable
- capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet
- attractive
- having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull
- attractive
- pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
- attractive
- having power to arouse interest
- attributable
- capable of being attributed
- attributive genitive
- a word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective
- attributive
- of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify
- attrited
- worn by rubbing or friction
- atypic
- not representative of a group, class, or type
- atypical
- deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal
- au gratin
- cooked while covered with browned breadcrumbs (and sometimes cheese)
- au jus
- served in its natural juices or gravy
- au naturel
- completely unclothed
- auburn
- (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown
- audacious
- unrestrained by convention or propriety
- audacious
- invulnerable to fear or intimidation
- audacious
- disposed to venture or take risks
- audible
- heard or perceptible by the ear
- Augean
- extremely filthy from long neglect
- augmentative
- increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree
- augmentative
- intensifying by augmentation and enhancement
- augmented
- added to or made greater in amount or number or strength
- august
- of or befitting a lord
- august
- profoundly honored
- auld
- a Scottish word
- aureate
- elaborately or excessively ornamented
- aureate
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
- auriculate
- having auricles
- auriferous
- containing gold
- auriform
- having a shape resembling an ear
- auspicious
- auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
- austere
- severely simple
- austere
- of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
- austral
- of the south or coming from the south
- autarkic
- of countries; not relying on imports
- authentic
- not counterfeit or copied
- authentic
- conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
- authorised
- sanctioned by established authority
- authorised
- endowed with authority
- authoritarian
- characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
- authoritarian
- expecting unquestioning obedience
- authoritative
- of recognized authority or excellence
- authoritative
- having authority or ascendancy or influence
- autistic
- characteristic of or affected with autism
- autochthonal
- originating where it is found
- autochthonous
- of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
- autocratic
- offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
- autoecious
- of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host
- autoerotic
- sexually satisfying yourself (as by masturbation)
- autofluorescent
- emitting light via self-induced fluorescence
- autogamic
- characterized by or fit for autogamy
- autogenic
- originating within the body
- autographed
- bearing an autograph
- autoicous
- having male and female reproductive organs in separate clusters on the same plant
- autoloading
- (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously
- autologous
- derived from organisms of the selfsame individual
- automated
- operated by automation
- automatic
- operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
- automatic
- resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine
- automatic
- without volition or conscious control
- automotive
- containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement
- autonomic
- relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system
- autonomous
- existing as an independent entity
- autonomous
- (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
- autonomous
- (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
- autosemantic
- of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context
- autumn-blooming
- of plants that bloom during the autumn
- autumnal
- of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn
- autumnal
- characteristic of late maturity verging on decline
- auxiliary
- functioning in a supporting capacity
- available
- obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
- available
- not busy; not otherwise committed
- available
- convenient for use or disposal
- avant-garde
- radically new or original
- avaricious
- immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
- average
- lacking exceptional quality or ability
- average
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation
- average
- approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
- average
- relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
- average
- relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
- average
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
- avertable
- capable of being avoided or warded off
- avid
- (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
- avid
- marked by active interest and enthusiasm
- avirulent
- not virulent; unable to produce disease
- avocado
- of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado
- avowed
- openly declared as such
- awake
- not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
- awakened
- (somewhat formal) having been waked up
- awakened
- aroused or activated
- aware
- (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
- aware
- bearing in mind; attentive to
- away
- not present; having left
- away
- used of an opponent's ground
- away
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
- aweary
- physically and mentally fatigued
- awed
- having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
- awed
- inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
- aweigh
- (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom
- aweless
- devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence
- aweless
- neither feeling nor showing respect
- awful
- causing fear or dread or terror
- awful
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- awful
- offensive or even (of persons) malicious
- awheel
- traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.
- awkward
- lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
- awkward
- causing inconvenience
- awkward
- difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
- awkward
- not elegant or graceful in expression
- awkward
- hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
- awkward
- socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
- awl-shaped
- shaped like an awl
- awned
- having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses
- awninged
- covered with an awning
- awnless
- lacking or having only very short awns
- awol
- absent without permission
- axenic
- (used of cultures of microorganisms) completely free from other organisms
- axenic
- (of experimental animals) raised under sterile conditions
- axial
- situated on or along or in the direction of an axis
- axiomatic
- evident without proof or argument
- azoic
- before the appearance of life
- azonal
- not divided into zones
- azonic
- not restricted to any particular zone or region
- azure
- of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky
- azygos
- occurring singly; not one of a pair
- babelike
- like a baby especially in dependence
- baby-faced
- having a youthful-looking face
- babyish
- characteristic of a baby
- baccate
- producing or bearing berries
- bacchanal
- used of riotously drunken merrymaking
- baccivorous
- feeding on berries
- bacillar
- formed like a bacillus
- back
- related to or located at the back
- back
- of an earlier date
- back
- located at or near the back of an animal
- back-geared
- (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley
- back-to-back
- one after the other
- backed
- having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
- backed
- used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light
- backhand
- (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
- backhand
- (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward
- backhanded
- roundabout or ambiguous
- backless
- lacking a back
- backmost
- located farthest to the rear
- backstage
- concealed from public view or attention
- backstair
- secret and sly or sordid
- backswept
- used of hair
- backward
- directed or facing toward the back or rear
- backward
- (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
- backward
- having made less than normal progress
- backward
- retarded in intellectual development
- bactericidal
- preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
- bad
- nonstandard
- bad
- below average in quality or performance
- bad
- capable of harming
- bad
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
- bad
- having undesirable or negative qualities
- bad
- very intense
- bad
- not working properly
- bad
- reproduced fraudulently
- bad
- not financially safe or secure
- bad
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- bad
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- bad
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
- bad
- not capable of being collected
- bad
- physically unsound or diseased
- bad-mannered
- socially incorrect in behavior
- bad-tempered
- annoyed and irritable
- baffling
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
- bag-shaped
- shaped like a bag
- baggy
- not fitting closely; hanging loosely
- bailable
- admitting of bail
- bailable
- eligible for bail
- baked
- (bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven)
- baking
- as hot as if in an oven
- balanced
- being in a state of proper equilibrium
- balconied
- having balconies or a balcony
- bald
- lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
- bald
- with no effort to conceal
- bald
- without the natural or usual covering
- bald-faced
- (of animals) having white markings on the face
- balding
- getting bald
- baleful
- deadly or sinister
- baleful
- threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
- balking
- stopping short and refusing to go on
- ball-hawking
- used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit
- ball-shaped
- having the shape of a sphere or ball
- bally
- informal intensifiers
- balmy
- mild and pleasant
- balsam-scented
- smelling of balsam resin
- banal
- repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
- banausic
- (formal) ordinary and not refined
- bandaged
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
- banded
- marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture
- banded
- identified with a band especially around a leg
- banded
- characterized by a band of especially white around the body
- bandy
- have legs that curve outward at the knees
- baneful
- exceedingly harmful
- bang-up
- very good
- banging
- (used informally) very large
- bankable
- acceptable to or at a bank
- bankable
- guaranteed to bring a profit
- bankrupt
- financially ruined
- banned
- forbidden by law
- banner
- unusually good; outstanding
- bantam
- very small
- bantering
- cleverly amusing in tone
- Bantu-speaking
- able to communicate in Bantu
- baptised
- having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism
- bar-shaped
- shaped like a rigid strip of metal or wood
- barbarian
- without civilizing influences
- barbaric
- unrestrained and crudely rich
- barbarous
- primitive in customs and culture
- barbarous
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- barbate
- having hair on the cheeks and chin
- barbecued
- cooked over an outdoor grill
- barbed
- having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
- barbed
- capable of wounding
- bare
- lacking its natural or customary covering
- bare
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- bare
- just barely adequate or within a lower limit
- bare
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- bare
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- bare
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
- bare
- having everything extraneous removed including contents
- bare
- lacking a surface finish such as paint
- bare
- not having a protective covering
- bare-ass
- (used informally) completely unclothed
- bare-breasted
- having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity
- bare-knuckle
- characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules
- bareback
- riding without a saddle
- bared
- having the head uncovered
- barefoot
- without shoes
- barehanded
- with bare hands
- barelegged
- having the legs uncovered by clothing
- bargain-priced
- costing less than standard price
- baritone
- lower in range than tenor and higher than bass
- barky
- resembling the rough bark of a tree
- barmy
- marked by spirited enjoyment
- baronial
- impressive in appearance
- baroque
- having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
- barred
- marked with stripes or bands
- barred
- preventing entry or exit or a course of action
- barrel-shaped
- having the general shape of a barrel
- barreled
- (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends
- barreled
- put in or stored in a barrel
- barren
- not bearing offspring
- barren
- completely wanting or lacking
- basal
- serving as or forming a base
- basal
- of or being the essential or basic part
- basal
- especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
- base
- debased; not genuine
- base
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- base
- illegitimate
- base
- of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
- base
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- base
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- base-forming
- yielding a base in aqueous solution
- based
- having a base of operations (often used as a combining form)
- based
- having a base
- baseless
- without a basis in reason or fact
- bashful
- self-consciously timid
- bashful
- disposed to avoid notice
- basic
- of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
- basic
- pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
- basic
- reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
- basic
- serving as a base or starting point
- basifixed
- attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks)
- basined
- enclosed in a basin
- basipetal
- of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from apex to base
- basiscopic
- facing or on the side toward the base
- basket-shaped
- shaped like a basket
- bass
- having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
- bastard
- fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
- bastardised
- deriving from more than one source or style
- bastardly
- of no value or worth
- bastardly
- born out of wedlock
- bastioned
- secured with bastions or fortifications
- bated
- diminished or moderated
- bathetic
- effusively or insincerely emotional
- batter-fried
- fried in batter
- battered
- exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury
- battered
- damaged especially by hard usage
- battered
- damaged by blows or hard usage
- battery-powered
- powered by one or more electric batteries
- battle-scarred
- scarred by battle
- battleful
- having or showing a ready disposition to fight
- battlemented
- protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through
- battlemented
- having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
- batwing
- formed or shaped like a bat's wing
- bawdy
- humorously vulgar
- bay
- (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color
- beaded
- covered with beads of liquid
- beadlike
- small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
- beady
- covered with beads or jewels or sequins
- beady-eyed
- having eyes that gleam with malice
- beaked
- having or resembling a beak
- beakless
- not having a beak or bill
- beaklike
- resembling the beak of a bird
- beaming
- pleased and proud
- beaming
- radiating or as if radiating light
- beaming
- cheerful and bright
- beamish
- smiling with happiness or optimism
- beamy
- broad in the beam
- bean-shaped
- having a shape resembling a bean
- bear-sized
- large as a bear
- bearable
- capable of being borne though unpleasant
- bearded
- having a growth of hairlike awns
- beardless
- lacking hair on the face
- beardless
- having no beard
- beardown
- with full strength
- bearing
- (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain
- bearish
- expecting prices to fall
- beastly
- resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
- beastly
- (informal) very unpleasant
- beatable
- susceptible to being defeated
- beaten
- much trodden and worn smooth or bare
- beatific
- experiencing or bestowing celestial joy
- beatified
- Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
- beauteous
- (poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight
- beautiful
- delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
- beautiful
- (of weather) highly enjoyable
- becalmed
- rendered motionless for lack of wind
- becoming
- displaying or setting off to best advantage
- becoming
- according with custom or propriety
- bedaubed
- ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion
- bedded
- having a bed or beds as specified
- bedded
- deposited or arranged in horizontal layers
- bedewed
- wet with dew
- bedfast
- confined to bed (by illness)
- bedimmed
- made dim or indistinct
- bedless
- without a bed
- bedraggled
- in deplorable condition
- bedraggled
- limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
- beechen
- consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree
- beefed-up
- made greater or stronger
- beefy
- muscular and heavily built
- beery
- smelling of beer
- beetle
- jutting or overhanging
- beetle-browed
- sullen or unfriendly in appearance
- befitting
- appropriate to
- befogged
- stupefied by alcoholic drink
- befouled
- made dirty or foul
- beggarly
- (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
- beggarly
- marked by poverty befitting a beggar
- beginning
- serving to begin
- begotten
- (of offspring) generated by procreation
- begrimed
- thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
- beguiled
- filled with wonder and delight
- beguiling
- misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods
- beheaded
- having had the head cut off
- behind
- having the lower score or lagging position in a contest
- behind-the-scenes
- designed and carried out secretly or confidentially
- behindhand
- behind schedule
- beholden
- under a moral obligation to someone
- beige
- of a light greyish-brown color
- belated
- after the expected or usual time; delayed
- believable
- capable of being believed
- belittled
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
- belittling
- tending to diminish or disparage
- bell-shaped
- having a convex shape that resembles a bell
- bellbottom
- (of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom
- belletristic
- written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content
- bellied
- having a belly; often used in combination
- bellied
- curving outward
- belligerent
- engaged in war
- bellyless
- lacking a prominent belly
- beloved
- dearly loved
- below the belt
- disregarding the rules (from the notion of an illegal low blow in boxing)
- belowground
- underneath the ground
- belowground
- under the level of the ground
- belt-fed
- using belted ammunition
- belt-shaped
- shaped like a belt
- belted
- having or provided with a belt
- beltless
- lacking a belt
- beltlike
- resembling a belt around something
- bemused
- deeply absorbed in thought
- bendable
- capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
- bended
- used of the back and knees; stooped
- benefic
- exerting a favorable or beneficent influence
- beneficed
- having a benefice
- beneficent
- doing or producing good
- beneficent
- generous in assistance to the poor
- beneficial
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- benevolent
- showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
- benevolent
- generous in providing aid to others
- benighted
- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- benighted
- overtaken by night or darkness
- benign
- not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor)
- benign
- kindness of disposition or manner
- benign
- pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence
- benignant
- characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects
- bent
- fixed in your purpose
- bent
- of metal e.g.
- benumbed
- having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure
- bereaved
- sorrowful through loss or deprivation
- bereft
- unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
- beseeching
- begging
- besieged
- surrounded by hostile forces
- besotted
- very drunk
- bespectacled
- wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass
- bespoke
- (of clothing) custom-made
- bespoken
- pledged to be married
- besprent
- sprinkled over
- best
- (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities
- best
- (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
- best-known
- most familiar or renowned
- best-loved
- preferred above all others and treated with partiality
- best-selling
- selling in great numbers
- bestubbled
- having a short growth of beard
- beta
- second in order of importance
- beta
- preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product
- better
- (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
- better
- (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness
- better
- more than half
- better off
- in a more fortunate or prosperous condition
- better-known
- more familiar or renowned than the other of two
- better-looking
- pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
- bettering
- changing for the better
- betting
- preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
- bewitched
- captured, as if under a spell
- bewitching
- capturing interest as if by a spell
- beyond doubt
- too obvious to be doubted
- biannual
- occurring or payable twice each year
- bias
- slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
- biased
- favoring one person or side over another
- biaural
- relating to or having or hearing with two ears
- bibbed
- having a bib
- bibless
- lacking a bib
- bibulous
- given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
- bicameral
- composed of two legislative bodies
- bicameral
- consisting of two chambers
- bicentric
- having two centers
- bicephalous
- having two heads
- bichrome
- having two colors
- biconcave
- concave on both sides
- biconvex
- convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil
- bicorn
- having two horns or horn-shaped parts
- bicuspid
- having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth)
- bicyclic
- having molecules consisting of two fused rings
- bidentate
- having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed
- bidirectional
- reactive or functioning or allowing movement in two usually opposite directions
- biennial
- occurring every second year
- biennial
- having a life cycle lasting two seasons
- biface
- having two faces or fronts
- bifid
- divided into two lobes
- bifocal
- having two foci
- bifoliate
- having two leaves
- biform
- having or combining two forms
- bifurcate
- resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
- bifurcated
- divided into or made up of two parts
- big
- loud and firm
- big
- marked by intense physical force
- big
- significant
- big
- given or giving freely
- big
- exhibiting self-importance
- big
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- big
- prodigious
- big
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- big
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- big
- conspicuous in position or importance
- big
- feeling self-importance
- big-bellied
- having a prominent belly
- big-boned
- having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh
- big-chested
- marked by a large or well-developed chest
- big-shouldered
- having broad shoulders
- big-ticket
- very expensive
- bigamous
- of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first
- bigeminal
- occurring in pairs
- bigeneric
- resulting from a cross between species of different genera
- bigger
- large or big relative to something else
- biggish
- somewhat large
- bigheaded
- (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
- bigmouthed
- unwisely talking too much
- bigoted
- blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others
- bilabiate
- having two lips
- bilateral
- affecting or undertaken by two parties
- bilateral
- having identical parts on each side of an axis
- bilateral
- having two sides or parts
- bilaterally symmetrical
- capable of division into symmetrical halves by only one longitudinal plane passing through the axis
- bilgy
- smelling like bilge water
- bilinear
- linear with respect to each of two variables or positions
- bilingual
- using or knowing two languages
- bilious
- suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
- billed
- having a beak or bill as specified
- billion
- denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States
- billion
- denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
- billionth
- the ordinal number of one billion in counting order
- billowing
- characterized by great swelling waves or surges
- bilobate
- having two lobes
- bilocular
- divided into or containing two cells or chambers
- bimanual
- requiring two hands or designed for two people
- bimestrial
- two months long; lasting two months
- bimestrial
- occurring every two months
- bimetal
- formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together
- bimodal
- of a distribution; having or occurring with two modes
- bimonthly
- occurring twice a month
- bimotored
- having two motors
- binary
- consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms)
- binate
- growing in two parts or in pairs
- bindable
- capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond
- binding
- executed with proper legal authority
- binomial
- having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies
- binuclear
- having two nuclei
- biodegradable
- capable of being decomposed by e.g. bacteria
- biogenic
- essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes
- biological
- (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related
- bioluminescent
- (of living organisms) emitting light
- bionic
- having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components
- biovular
- (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova
- biparous
- producing two offspring at a time
- bipartisan
- supported by both sides
- bipartite
- divided into two portions almost to the base
- bipartite
- involving two parts or elements
- biped
- having two feet
- bipinnate
- of a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns)
- bipinnatifid
- pinnatifid with the segments also pinnatifid
- bipolar
- having two poles
- biracial
- consisting of or combining two races
- biradial
- showing both bilateral and radial symmetry
- birch
- consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
- bird's-eye
- as from an altitude or distance
- biserrate
- having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched
- bisexual
- sexually attracted to both sexes
- bisexual
- having an ambiguous sexual identity
- bisulcate
- (used of hooves) split, divided
- bit-by-bit
- one thing at a time
- bitchy
- marked by or arising from malice
- biting
- causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
- bitter
- expressive of severe grief or regret
- bitter
- proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
- bitter
- very difficult to accept or bear
- bitter
- causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
- bitterish
- somewhat bitter
- bittersweet
- tinged with sadness
- bittersweet
- having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness
- bittie
- (used informally) very small
- bivalent
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- bivalve
- used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)
- biweekly
- occurring every two weeks
- biweekly
- occurring twice a week
- bizarre
- conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
- blabbermouthed
- prone to communicate confidential information
- black
- (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- black
- of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- black
- being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- black
- marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- black
- (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- black and white
- not having or not capable of producing colors
- black
- distributed or sold illicitly
- black
- (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- black
- offering little or no hope
- black
- (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- black
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- black
- (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- black
- harshly ironic or sinister
- black
- extremely dark
- black
- soiled with dirt or soot
- black-and-blue
- discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin
- black-and-tan
- having a pattern of black and tan
- black-and-white
- of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
- black-barred
- having a pattern consisting of black bars
- black-coated
- coated with black
- black-gray
- of dark grey
- black-haired
- having hair of a dark color
- black-marked
- having black marks
- black-seeded
- having black seeds
- black-tie
- moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket
- blackened
- darkened by smoke
- blackguardly
- lacking principles or scruples
- blackish
- of something that is somewhat black
- blackish-brown
- of brown tinged with black
- blackish-red
- of red tinged with black
- bladed
- composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade
- bladelike
- shaped like a sword blade
- blae
- of bluish-black or grey-blue
- blamable
- deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
- blame
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
- blameless
- free of guilt; not subject to blame
- blanched
- (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
- bland
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- bland
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- bland
- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- blank
- without comprehension
- blank
- not charged with a bullet
- blank
- (of a surface) not written or printed on
- blank
- complete and absolute
- blanketed
- covered with (or as if with) a blanket
- blaring
- unpleasantly loud and penetrating
- blase
- nonchalantly unconcerned
- blase
- uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
- blase
- very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world
- blasphemous
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- blasphemous
- grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
- blasting
- causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
- blatant
- without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
- blatant
- conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- blazing
- shining intensely
- bleached
- (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
- bleached
- having lost freshness or brilliance of color
- bleak
- unpleasantly cold and damp
- blear
- tired to the point of exhaustion
- bleary
- indistinct or hazy in outline
- blebbed
- (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material
- blebby
- covered with small blisters
- blemished
- marred by imperfections
- blemished
- having a blemish or flaw
- blended
- combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable
- blessed
- characterized by happiness and good fortune
- blessed
- enjoying the bliss of heaven
- Blessed
- worthy of worship
- blessed
- highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
- blighted
- affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity
- blimpish
- pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic
- blind
- unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
- blind
- not based on reason or evidence
- blind
- unable to see
- blinded
- deprived of sight
- blindfold
- wearing a blindfold
- blinking
- closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly
- blissful
- completely happy and contented
- blistering
- hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters
- blistering
- very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
- blithe
- lacking or showing a lack of due concern
- blithe
- carefree and happy and lighthearted
- blockading
- blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors
- blocked
- closed to traffic
- blocked
- completely obstructed or closed off
- blockheaded
- (used informally) stupid
- blockish
- resembling a block in shape
- blond
- being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes
- blood-and-guts
- marked by great zeal or violence
- blood-filled
- containing blood
- blood-red
- of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
- bloodcurdling
- extremely alarming
- blooded
- of unmixed ancestry
- bloodguilty
- guilty of murder or bloodshed
- bloodless
- devoid of human emotion or feeling
- bloodless
- free from blood or bloodshed
- bloodless
- without vigor or zest or energy
- bloodless
- destitute of blood or apparently so
- bloodshot
- (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed
- bloodstained
- covered with blood
- bloodsucking
- drawing blood from the body of another
- bloodsucking
- of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
- bloodthirsty
- marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
- bloody
- having or covered with or accompanied by blood
- bloody-minded
- stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
- blotched
- marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots
- blotchy
- marred by discolored spots or blotches
- blotted out
- reduced to nothingness
- blow-by-blow
- providing great detail
- blown
- being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
- blown
- breathing laboriously or convulsively
- blown-up
- as of a photograph; made larger
- blowsy
- characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
- blowy
- abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
- blubbery
- swollen with fat
- blue
- used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
- blue
- of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
- blue
- causing dejection
- blue
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- blue
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- blue
- morally rigorous and strict
- blue-black
- of black tinged with blue
- blue-blind
- inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow
- blue-chip
- extremely valuable
- blue-collar
- of or designating manual industrial work or workers
- blue-collar
- of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
- blue-eyed
- having blue eyes
- blue-eyed
- favorite
- blue-flowered
- having blue flowers
- blue-fruited
- bearing blue fruit
- blue-gray
- of grey tinged with blue
- blue-green
- of a bluish shade of green
- blue-lilac
- of lavender tinged with blue
- blue-purple
- of purple tinged with blue
- blue-ribbon
- selected or chosen for special qualifications
- blue-sky
- without immediate commercial value
- blue-violet
- of violet tinted with blue
- blue-white
- of white tinged with blue
- bluff
- bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured
- bluff
- very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
- blunt
- used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
- blunt
- having a broad or rounded end
- blunt
- characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
- blunt
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- blunted
- made dull or blunt
- blurred
- unclear in form or expression
- blushful
- having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset
- blushful
- of blush color
- blustering
- blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
- blustery
- noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others
- boat-shaped
- having a concave shape like a boat
- bobtail
- having a short or shortened tail
- bodacious
- incorrigible
- bodied
- having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination
- bodied
- possessing or existing in bodily form
- bodiless
- having no trunk or main part
- bodiless
- not having a material body
- bodily
- having or relating to a physical material body
- bodily
- affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
- boffo
- resoundingly successful and popular
- boggy
- (of soil) soft and watery
- bohemian
- unconventional in especially appearance and behavior
- boiled
- cooked in hot water
- boisterous
- violently agitated and turbulent
- boisterous
- full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
- boisterous
- noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
- bold
- fearless and daring
- bold
- clear and distinct
- bolshy
- obstreperous
- bombastic
- ostentatiously lofty in style
- bombproof
- able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells
- bona fide
- undertaken in good faith
- bondable
- capable of holding together or cohering; as particles in a mass
- bone
- consisting of or made up of bone
- bone dry
- without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone
- bone-covered
- (of animals) armored with bone
- bone-idle
- constitutionally lazy or idle
- boned
- having bones as specified
- boned
- having had the bones removed
- boneless
- being without a bone or bones
- bonelike
- resembling bone
- boney
- having bones especially many or prominent bones
- boney
- being very thin
- bonnie
- very pleasing to the eye
- bony-plated
- covered with bony plates
- bonzer
- remarkable or wonderful
- bookable
- subject to being reserved or booked
- booked
- reserved in advance
- bookish
- characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading
- booming
- very lively and profitable
- booming
- (used of the voice or sound) deep and resonant
- boon
- very close and convivial
- boorish
- ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
- boot-shaped
- shaped like a boot
- booted
- wearing boots
- bootless
- unproductive of success
- bootlicking
- attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
- bootlicking
- attempting to win favor by flattery
- bordered
- having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term
- borderline
- of questionable or minimal quality
- boreal
- comprising or throughout far northern regions
- bored
- tired of the world
- boring
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- born
- brought into existence
- born
- being talented through inherited qualities
- born-again
- spiritually reborn or converted
- bosky
- covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets
- bosomed
- having a bosom as specified or having something likened to a bosom; usually used in compounds
- bosomy
- (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
- boss
- exceptionally good
- boss-eyed
- (British informal) cross-eyed
- botched
- spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness
- botchy
- poorly done
- both
- (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two
- bothered
- caused to show discomposure
- botonee
- (of a heraldic cross) having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm
- bottle-fed
- (of an infant) given milk from a bottle
- bottle-green
- of a dark to moderate greyish green color
- bottle-shaped
- shaped like a bottle
- bottom
- situated at the bottom or lowest position
- bottom
- the lowest rank
- bottom-up
- of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level
- bottomed
- having a bottom of a specified character
- bottomless
- having no bottom
- bottomless
- unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness
- bottomless
- extremely deep
- bottomless
- having no apparent limits or bounds
- bottommost
- farthest down
- botuliform
- shaped like a sausage
- bouffant
- being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
- boughed
- having boughs (of trees)
- boughless
- having no boughs (of trees)
- boughten
- purchased; not homemade
- bouldered
- abounding in rocks or stones
- bouncing
- vigorously healthy
- bouncing
- marked by lively action
- bouncy
- elastic; rebounds readily
- bound
- confined in the bowels
- bound
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
- bound
- confined by bonds
- bound
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
- bound
- bound by an oath
- bound up
- closely or inseparably connected or associated with
- bound up
- deeply devoted to
- bound
- (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
- bound
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
- bounded
- having the limits or boundaries established
- bounden
- morally obligatory
- bounderish
- (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
- boundless
- seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
- bountied
- rewarded or able to be rewarded by a bounty
- bountiful
- producing in abundance
- bourgeois
- belonging to the middle class
- bourgeois
- (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
- bourgeois
- conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
- bovine
- dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox
- bowed
- of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
- bowed down
- heavily burdened with work or cares
- bowed
- showing an excessively deferential manner
- bowelless
- ruthless in competition
- bowery
- like a bower; leafy and shady
- bowfront
- having an outward curving front
- bowl-shaped
- having a concave shape with an open top like a bowl
- boxed
- enclosed in or set off by a border or box
- boxed
- enclosed in or as if in a box
- boxlike
- resembling a box in rectangularity
- boyish
- befitting or characteristic of a young boy
- braced
- positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger
- braced
- held up by braces or buttresses
- brachiate
- having widely spreading paired branches
- brachiate
- having arms or armlike appendages
- brachycephalic
- having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80
- brachydactylic
- having abnormally short finger or toes
- brachypterous
- (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings
- bracing
- imparting vitality and energy
- brackish
- distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
- brackish
- slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
- braided
- woven by (or as if by) braiding
- brain dead
- having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram
- brainish
- characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
- brainless
- not using intelligence
- brainsick
- affected with madness or insanity
- brainwashed
- subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones
- brainy
- having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
- braised
- cooked by browning in fat and then simmering in a closed container
- braky
- abounding with bracken
- braky
- covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth
- branched
- having branches
- branchiate
- provided with gills
- branching
- resembling the branches of a tree
- branchless
- having no branches
- branchy
- having many branches
- brand-new
- conspicuously new
- branded
- marked with a brand
- branded
- (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights
- brash
- offensively bold
- brassbound
- having trim or fittings of brass
- brassbound
- inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
- brassy
- tastelessly showy
- brattish
- (used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly
- brave
- brightly colored and showy
- brave
- possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
- brawny
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
- breakable
- capable of being broken or damaged
- breakaway
- having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude
- breakneck
- moving at very high speed
- breast-fed
- (of an infant) fed milk from the mother's breast
- breasted
- having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds
- breastless
- without a breast
- breathed
- uttered without voice
- breathing
- passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination
- breathless
- tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
- breathless
- not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
- breathless
- appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
- breeched
- dressed in trousers
- breeding
- producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring
- breezy
- fresh and animated
- bribable
- capable of being corrupted
- brick-shaped
- shaped like a brick
- brickle
- having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
- bridgeable
- capable of being connected by a bridge or as if by a bridge
- brief
- concise and succinct
- brief
- of short duration or distance
- briefless
- (of lawyers or barristers) lacking clients
- bright
- splendid
- bright
- characterized by happiness or gladness
- bright
- emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- bright
- having lots of light either natural or artificial
- bright as a new penny
- (metaphor) shining brightly
- bright
- clear and sharp and ringing
- bright
- having strong or striking color
- bright
- made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
- bright
- likely to turn out well in the future
- bright
- characterized by quickness and ease in learning
- bright
- not made dim or less bright
- bright-red
- of the red of fresh raspberries
- brightly-colored
- having a bright color
- brilliant
- full of light; shining intensely
- brilliant
- characterized by grandeur
- brilliant
- of surpassing excellence
- brimful
- filled to capacity
- brinded
- having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
- brine-cured
- (used especially of meats) preserved in salt
- brisk
- very active
- bristle-pointed
- pointed like bristles
- bristlelike
- resembling a bristle
- bristly
- very irritable
- brittle
- lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
- brittle
- (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
- broad
- (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
- broad
- being at a peak or culminating point
- broad
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- broad
- very large in expanse or scope
- broad
- not detailed or specific
- broad
- lacking subtlety; obvious
- broad
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- broad-brimmed
- (of hats) having a broad brim
- broad-headed
- having a brachycephalic head
- broad-minded
- inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own
- broad-minded
- incapable of being shocked
- broadleaf
- having relatively broad rather than needlelike or scalelike leaves
- broadloom
- (of rugs or carpets) woven full width
- broadnosed
- of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses
- broadside
- toward a full side
- Brobdingnagian
- unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
- brocaded
- embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery
- broiled
- cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill)
- broke
- lacking funds
- broken
- discontinuous
- broken
- lacking a part or parts
- broken
- physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
- broken
- not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
- broken
- imperfectly spoken or written
- broken
- weakened and infirm
- broken
- tamed or trained to obey
- broken
- out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')
- broken
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- broken
- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- broken
- destroyed financially
- broken
- topographically very uneven
- broken
- (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
- broken-backed
- having the spine damaged
- broken-backed
- (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth
- broken-backed
- (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end
- broken-down
- not in working order
- broken-field
- varying in direction suddenly and frequently
- brokenhearted
- full of sorrow
- bromidic
- dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
- bronchitic
- suffering from or prone to bronchitis
- bronze
- made from or consisting of bronze
- bronze
- of the color of bronze
- bronze-red
- of red tinged with bronze
- bronzed
- (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun
- brooding
- deeply or seriously thoughtful
- broody
- physiologically ready to incubate eggs
- brotherlike
- like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
- brown
- (of skin) deeply suntanned
- brown
- of a color similar to that of wood or earth
- brown-black
- of black tinged with brown
- brown-gray
- of grey tinged with brown
- brown-green
- of green tinged with brown
- browned off
- greatly annoyed; out of patience
- brownish-orange
- of a light brownish color
- brownish-purple
- of dark purple tinted with brown
- brownish-red
- of dark brownish to purplish red
- brownish-speckled
- having brown speckles
- brownish-striped
- having brown stripes
- bruising
- brutally forceful and compelling
- bruising
- causing mental or emotional injury
- brumal
- characteristic of or relating to winter
- Brummagem
- cheap and showy
- brumous
- filled or abounding with fog or mist
- brunet
- marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes
- brushed
- (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush
- brushed
- touched lightly in passing; grazed against
- brushed
- (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
- brushlike
- resembling a brush
- brusk
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- brut
- (of champagne) extremely dry
- brutal
- disagreeably direct and precise
- brutal
- punishingly harsh
- bubbling
- emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
- bubbling
- marked by high spirits or excitement
- bubbly
- full of or showing high spirits
- buccal
- of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located
- buck-toothed
- having protruding upper front teeth
- bucked up
- inspired with confidence
- buckram
- rigidly formal
- buckshee
- free of charge
- budding
- beginning to develop
- buddy-buddy
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- buff
- of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
- buff-brown
- of brown tinged with buff
- buff-colored
- having a buff color
- buffeted
- pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
- buffoonish
- like a clown
- bugged
- having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices
- buggy
- infested with bugs
- built
- (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
- built-in
- existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
- built-up
- peopled with settlers
- bulblike
- shaped like a bulb
- bulging
- curving or bulging outward
- bulky
- of large size for its weight
- bullate
- of leaves; appearing puckered as if blistered
- bullet-headed
- having a small round head
- bullet-headed
- obstinate and stupid
- bulletproof
- not penetrable by bullets
- bulletproof
- without flaws or loopholes
- bullish
- expecting a rise in prices
- bullnecked
- having a thick short powerful neck
- bullocky
- resembling a bullock in strength and power
- bum
- of very poor quality; flimsy
- bumbling
- lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
- bumper-to-bumper
- used of traffic
- bumpkinly
- awkwardly simple and provincial
- bumptious
- offensively self-assertive
- bumpy
- covered with or full of bumps
- bumpy
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
- bunchy
- occurring close together in bunches or clusters
- bundled-up
- dressed warmly
- bungling
- showing lack of skill or aptitude
- buoyant
- characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
- buoyant
- tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
- burbling
- uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
- burdened
- bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities
- burdened
- bearing a physically heavy weight or load
- burdenless
- not encumbered with a physical burden or load
- burdensome
- not easily borne; wearing
- burglarproof
- secure against burglary
- buried
- placed in a grave
- burked
- suppressed quietly or indirectly
- burled
- (of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl
- burnable
- capable of burning
- burned
- destroyed or badly damaged by fire
- burned
- ruined by overcooking
- burned
- treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
- burned-out
- inoperative as a result of heat or friction
- burned-out
- exhausted as a result of longtime stress
- burning
- of immediate import
- burr-headed
- having a head of straight hair cut very short (hence bristly)
- bursiform
- shaped like a pouch
- bush
- not of the highest quality or sophistication
- bushwhacking
- lying in ambush
- bushy
- resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading
- bushy
- used of hair; thick and poorly groomed
- businesslike
- exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business
- businesslike
- not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
- bustling
- full of energetic and noisy activity
- busy
- crowded with or characterized by much activity
- busy
- actively or fully engaged or occupied
- busy
- intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
- busy
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)
- busy
- overcrowded or cluttered with detail
- butch
- (of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance
- butch
- used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
- butcherly
- accompanied by bloodshed
- butterfly-shaped
- shaped like a butterfly
- buttery
- resembling or containing or spread with butter
- buttery
- unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
- button-down
- of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons
- button-down
- unimaginatively conventional
- button-shaped
- shaped like a button
- buttoned
- furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike
- buttoned-up
- conservative in professional manner
- buttoned-up
- (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
- buttony
- ornamented with many buttons
- buxom
- (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous
- bygone
- well in the past; former
- Byzantine
- highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
- cabalistic
- having a secret or hidden meaning
- cackly
- like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg
- cacophonic
- having an unpleasant sound
- cacuminal
- pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
- cadaverous
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- caddish
- offensively discourteous
- cadenced
- marked by a rhythmical cadence
- caducous
- shed at an early stage of development
- caespitose
- (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts
- cagey
- showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
- cagey
- characterized by great caution and wariness
- caitiff
- despicably mean and cowardly
- calando
- (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and volume
- calced
- used of certain religious orders who wear shoes
- calcicolous
- growing or living in soil rich in lime
- calcifugous
- growing or living in acid soil
- calculable
- able to be calculated or estimated
- calculated
- carefully thought out in advance
- calculating
- acting with a specific goal
- calefacient
- producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body
- calefactive
- serving to heat
- calendered
- (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers
- caliche-topped
- covered with caliche, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil
- calico
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- caliginous
- dark and misty and gloomy
- callable
- subject to a demand for payment before due date
- caller
- fresh
- caller
- providing coolness
- callipygian
- pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks
- callous
- having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
- callous
- emotionally hardened
- callow
- young and inexperienced
- calm
- (of weather) free from storm or wind
- calm
- not agitated; without losing self-possession
- calorie-free
- having relatively few calories
- calorifacient
- producing heat; usually used of foods
- calorific
- heat-generating
- calumniatory
- (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
- camouflaged
- made invisible by means of protective coloring
- camp
- providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
- camp-made
- made as part of the arts-and-crafts program at summer camp
- campestral
- of fields or open country
- camphorated
- impregnated with camphor
- campylotropous
- (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk
- can-do
- marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done
- canaliculate
- having thin parallel channels
- canary
- having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow
- cancellate
- having an open or latticed or porous structure
- cancellate
- having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
- cancelled
- (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
- cancerous
- like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads
- cancerous
- relating to or affected with cancer
- candent
- emitting light as a result of being heated
- candescent
- glowing from great heat
- candid
- informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared
- candid
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- candied
- (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar
- candied
- encrusted with sugar or syrup
- candy-like
- resembling candy
- candy-scented
- smelling of candy
- canescent
- of greyish white
- canescent
- covered with fine whitish hairs or down
- cankerous
- having an ulcer or canker
- canned
- sealed in a can or jar
- canned
- recorded for broadcast
- cannibalic
- marked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal; rapaciously savage
- cannular
- constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
- canonic
- conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
- canonised
- accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing
- canopied
- covered with or as with a canopy
- canorous
- richly melodious
- cantabile
- smooth and flowing
- cantankerous
- having a difficult and contrary disposition
- canty
- lively and brisk
- capable
- (followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for
- capable
- (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability
- capable
- possibly accepting or permitting
- capacious
- large in capacity
- caparisoned
- clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings)
- capillary
- long and slender with a very small internal diameter
- capital
- first-rate
- capital
- of primary importance
- capital
- uppercase
- capitalist
- favoring or practicing capitalism
- capitate
- being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip
- capped
- covered as if with a cap or crown especially of a specified kind
- capped
- used especially of front teeth having (artificial) crowns
- capricious
- changeable
- capricious
- determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
- capsulate
- used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule
- captious
- tending to find and call attention to faults
- captivated
- strongly attracted
- captive
- being in captivity
- caramel
- having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown
- carbonated
- having carbonation (especially artificially carbonated)
- carbuncled
- set with carbuncles
- carbuncled
- afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle
- cardboard
- without substance
- cardinal
- being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order
- cardinal
- serving as an essential component
- care-laden
- burdened by cares
- cared-for
- having needed care and attention
- carefree
- cheerfully irresponsible
- carefree
- free of trouble and worry and care
- careful
- full of cares or anxiety
- careful
- exercising caution or showing care or attention
- careful
- unhurried and with care and dignity
- careful
- cautiously attentive
- careful
- mindful of the future in spending money
- careless
- marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
- careless
- effortless and unstudied
- careless
- (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration
- careworn
- showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
- caring
- feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others
- carious
- (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay
- carminative
- relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping)
- carnassial
- (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh
- carnation
- pink or pinkish
- carnivorous
- (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals
- carpellate
- bearing or consisting of carpels
- carpetbag
- presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
- carpeted
- covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination
- carpophagous
- feeding on fruit
- cartilaginous
- difficult to chew
- carved in stone
- no longer changeable
- carved
- made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary)
- carvel-built
- (of ships) built with flush (rather than overlapping) hull planks
- case-by-case
- separate and distinct from others of the same kind
- case-hardened
- used of persons; emotionally hardened
- casebook
- according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical
- cased
- enclosed in a case
- cased
- covered or protected with or as if with a case
- caseous
- of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
- cashable
- able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent
- cashed
- for which money has been paid
- cassocked
- dressed in a cassock
- cast-iron
- extremely robust
- cast-off
- thrown away
- casteless
- not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society
- castrated
- deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes
- casual
- without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
- casual
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- casual
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- casual
- appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
- casual
- not showing effort or strain
- casual
- characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
- casual
- natural and unstudied
- casual
- marked by blithe unconcern
- casual
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
- catabatic
- of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night
- catabolic
- characterized by destructive metabolism
- cataclinal
- of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata
- cataclysmal
- severely destructive
- catacorner
- slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line
- catadromous
- migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn
- catalectic
- (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
- catarrhine
- of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward
- catastrophic
- extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin
- catching
- (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
- catchpenny
- designed to sell quickly without concern for quality
- catchy
- having concealed difficulty
- categorematic
- of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or (especially) the predicate of a proposition
- categoric
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- categorised
- arranged into categories
- catenulate
- having a chainlike form
- caterpillar-tracked
- having caterpillar treads or tracks on the wheels
- cathartic
- strongly laxative
- cathartic
- emotionally purging
- cathartic
- emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
- catholic
- free from provincial prejudices or attachments
- Caucasoid
- of or relating to Caucasian people
- caudal
- situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises
- caudal
- resembling a tail
- caudate
- (of a leaf shape) tapering gradually into a long taillike tip
- caudate
- having a tail or taillike appendage
- caught up
- having become involved involuntarily
- caulescent
- (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground
- cauline
- especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem
- caulked
- having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler
- causal
- involving or constituting a cause; causing
- causative
- producing an effect
- causeless
- having no cause or apparent cause
- causeless
- having no justifying cause or reason
- caustic
- of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
- cautionary
- warding off
- cautious
- showing careful forethought
- cautious
- avoiding excess
- cavalier
- given to haughty disregard of others
- cavernous
- being or suggesting a cavern
- cavernous
- filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
- ceaseless
- uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- cedar-scented
- smelling like cedar
- cedarn
- consisting of or made of cedar
- ceilinged
- provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior surface
- celebrated
- widely known and esteemed
- celebrated
- having an illustrious past
- celestial
- of heaven or the spirit
- celibate
- abstaining from sexual intercourse
- cell-free
- lacking cells
- cell-like
- resembling a cell
- cellular
- characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization)
- celluloid
- artificial as if portrayed in a film
- censored
- suppressed or subject to censorship
- censorious
- harshly critical or expressing censure
- centenarian
- being at least 100 years old
- center
- of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
- center
- equally distant from the extremes
- centered
- being or placed in the center
- central
- in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
- centralised
- drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority
- centralising
- tending to draw to a central point
- centric
- having or situated at or near a center
- centrifugal
- tending to move away from a center
- centrifugal
- tending away from centralization, as of authority
- centrifugal
- conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
- centripetal
- tending to move toward a center
- centripetal
- of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
- centripetal
- tending to unify
- centrist
- supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative
- centrosymmetric
- having a symmetrical arrangement of radiating parts about a central point
- cerebral
- involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
- ceremonial
- marked by pomp or ceremony or formality
- ceremonious
- rigidly formal or bound by convention
- cernuous
- having branches or flower heads that bend downward
- certain
- established beyond doubt or question; definitely known
- certain
- definite but not specified or identified
- certain
- established irrevocably
- certain
- reliable in operation or effect
- certain
- having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- certain
- certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- certain
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- certifiable
- capable of being guaranteed or certified
- certifiable
- fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)
- certificated
- furnished with or authorized by a certificate:
- certificatory
- serving to certify or endorse authoritatively
- certified
- endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements
- certified
- holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill
- chafed
- painful from having the skin abraded
- chaffy
- value
- chained
- bound with chains
- chalky
- of something having the color of chalk
- challengeable
- capable of being challenged
- challenging
- disturbingly provocative
- challenging
- stimulating interest or thought
- chambered
- having compartmental chambers
- champion
- holding first place in a contest
- champleve
- (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired
- chanceful
- of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
- chancy
- subject to accident or chance or change
- changeable
- such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
- changeable
- varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
- changeable
- capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
- changeable
- subject to change
- changed
- made or become different in nature or form
- changed
- made or become different in some respect
- changed
- changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism
- changeless
- unvarying in nature
- changeless
- not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature
- changeless
- remaining the same for indefinitely long times
- changing
- marked by continuous change or effective action
- chanted
- sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone
- chantlike
- uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting
- chaotic
- completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing
- chaotic
- lacking a visible order or organization
- chapfallen
- brought low in spirit
- chapleted
- provided with a chaplet
- chapped
- used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure
- characteristic
- typical or distinctive
- characterless
- lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
- charcoal
- of a very dark grey
- chargeable
- liable to be accused, or cause for such liability
- charged
- of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
- charged
- capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy
- charged
- fraught with great emotion
- charismatic
- possessing an extraordinary ability to attract
- charitable
- full of love and generosity
- charming
- pleasing or delighting
- charming
- possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
- charnel
- gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
- chartered
- hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers
- chartless
- (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated
- chartreuse
- of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur
- chaste
- morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
- chaste
- abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
- chaste
- pure and simple in design or style
- chatty
- full of trivial conversation
- chatty
- prone to friendly informal communication
- chauvinistic
- fanatically patriotic
- cheap
- embarrassingly stingy
- cheap
- relatively low in price or charging low prices
- cheapjack
- made of inferior workmanship and materials
- cheating
- violating accepted standards or rules
- checked
- patterned with alternating squares of color
- checkered
- marked by changeable fortune
- cheerful
- being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
- cheerful
- pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
- cheering
- providing freedom from worry
- cheerless
- causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- cheery
- bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- cheeselike
- having the consistency of cheese
- cheeseparing
- giving or spending with reluctance
- chemisorptive
- having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces
- cherished
- characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
- cherry-sized
- having the approximate size of a cherry
- chestnut
- (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
- chestnut-brown
- (of hair or feathers) of brown tinged with chestnut
- chestnut-colored
- having the brown color of chestnuts
- chewable
- able to be chewed or cut
- chewy
- requiring much chewing
- chewy
- (of a consistency) requiring chewing
- chic
- elegant and stylish
- chichi
- affectedly trendy and fashionable
- chicken
- easily frightened
- chicken-breasted
- having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets
- chief
- most important element
- chilblained
- having chilblains
- child-centered
- designed to promote a child's personal qualities rather than to provide training or information
- childish
- indicating a lack of maturity
- childless
- without offspring
- childlike
- befitting a young child
- childlike
- exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
- chilling
- provoking fear terror
- chilly
- not characterized by emotion
- chilly
- lacking warmth of feeling
- chilly
- appreciably or disagreeably cold
- chimerical
- produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
- Chinese-red
- of a vivid red to reddish-orange color
- chinked
- having narrow opening filled
- chinless
- having a receding chin
- chipper
- having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
- chisel-like
- resembling a chisel
- chiseled
- having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges
- chivalric
- characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages
- chivalrous
- being attentive to women like an ideal knight
- chlamydeous
- having a floral envelope or perianth consisting of a calyx and/or corolla
- chockablock
- packed full to capacity
- chocolate-colored
- having the color of dark chocolate
- choice
- appealing to refined taste
- choice
- of superior grade
- choked
- stopped up; clogged up
- choky
- so tight as to tend to choke
- choleric
- easily moved to anger
- choleric
- quickly aroused to anger
- choleric
- characterized by anger
- cholinergic
- releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound
- chondritic
- having a granular structure like that of chondrites
- choosey
- difficult to please
- chopped
- prepared by cutting
- choppy
- rough with small waves
- choppy
- marked by abrupt transitions
- christian
- following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ
- christianly
- becoming to or like a Christian
- christless
- not believing in Christ
- christlike
- resembling or showing the spirit of Christ
- chromatic
- based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones
- chromatic
- being or having or characterized by hue
- chronic
- being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
- chronic
- of long duration
- chronic
- habitual
- chthonian
- dwelling beneath the surface of the earth
- chubby
- sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
- chuffed
- very pleased
- chukker-brown
- snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown
- chummy
- (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals
- chunky
- short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
- chunky
- like or containing small sticky lumps
- churchgoing
- actively practicing a religion
- churchly
- resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church
- churlish
- rude and boorish
- churlish
- having a bad disposition; surly
- churned-up
- moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation
- churning
- (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
- cigar-shaped
- tapering at each end
- ciliate
- having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections
- Cimmerian
- intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness
- cinnamon colored
- having the color of cinnamon
- cinnamon-red
- red tinged with cinnamon
- cinnamon-scented
- smelling of cinnamon
- circuitous
- deviating from a straight course
- circuitous
- marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
- circular
- describing a circle; moving in a circle
- circular
- having the shape or form of a circle
- circular-knit
- knitted in tubular form
- circulating
- passing from one to another
- circumferent
- closely encircling
- circumferential
- lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- circumpolar
- located or found throughout a polar region
- circumpolar
- (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel
- circumscribed
- subject to limits or subjected to limits
- circumspect
- heedful of potential consequences
- circumstantial
- fully detailed and specific about particulars
- cisalpine
- on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps
- cismontane
- on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains
- cissy
- having unsuitable feminine qualities
- citified
- being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person
- city-like
- resembling a city
- citywide
- occurring or extending throughout a city
- civil
- (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
- civil
- of or in a condition of social order
- civil
- applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
- civil
- not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
- civil-libertarian
- having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law
- civilian
- associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military
- civilised
- having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
- civilised
- marked by refinement in taste and manners
- clad
- having an outer covering especially of thin metal
- clad
- wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
- clairvoyant
- perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- clairvoyant
- foreseeing the future
- clamant
- demanding attention
- clammy
- unpleasantly cool and humid
- clandestine
- conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
- clanging
- having a loud resonant metallic sound
- clanking
- having a hard nonresonant metallic sound
- clannish
- characteristic of a clan especially in being unified
- clannish
- befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
- clapped out
- worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people)
- clarifying
- that makes clear
- clarion
- loud and clear
- clashing
- sharply and harshly discordant
- class-conscious
- (used of society) socially hierarchical
- classic
- of a well-known type; remarkably typical
- classic
- considered of the highest quality and lasting significance or worth
- classic
- well-known and long-established in form or style
- classic
- of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.
- classical
- of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas
- classical
- (physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics
- classical
- of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors
- classifiable
- capable of being classified
- classified
- arranged into classes
- classified
- official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation
- classless
- favoring social equality
- classy
- elegant and fashionable
- clastic
- of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone)
- clastic
- capable of being taken apart
- clathrate
- designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another
- clattery
- a rattling sound as of hard things striking together
- claustrophobic
- suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places
- claustrophobic
- uncomfortably closed or hemmed in
- claw-shaped
- shaped like a claw
- clawed
- having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form
- clawed
- (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons
- clawlike
- resembling a claw
- clayey
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- clean
- thorough and without qualification
- clean
- without difficulties or problems
- clean
- not carrying concealed weapons
- clean
- free of drugs
- clean
- free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
- clean
- ritually clean or pure
- clean
- (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense
- clean
- morally pure
- clean
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- clean
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- clean
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- clean
- free from impurities
- clean
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
- clean
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
- clean
- not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- clean
- free from sepsis or infection
- clean
- (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
- clean-burning
- leaving little contamination while consuming fuel
- clean-cut
- clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
- clean-cut
- neat and smart in appearance
- clean-handed
- free from evil or guilt
- clean-limbed
- having well-proportioned limbs
- clean-shaven
- closely shaved recently
- cleanable
- capable of being cleaned
- cleanly
- habitually clean
- cleansing
- acting like an antiseptic
- clear
- characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
- clear
- readily apparent to the mind
- clear
- allowing light to pass through
- clear
- free from confusion or doubt
- clear
- free from clouds or mist or haze
- clear
- free from contact or proximity or connection
- clear
- clear of charges or deductions
- clear
- free from flaw or blemish or impurity
- clear
- easily deciphered
- clear
- affording free passage or view
- clear
- characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
- clear
- (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
- clear
- accurately stated or described
- clear-cut
- having had all the trees removed at one time
- clear-cut
- clearly or sharply defined to the mind
- clear-eyed
- mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
- clear-sighted
- having sharp clear vision
- cleared
- rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
- clearheaded
- not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently
- cleavable
- capable of being cleaved
- cleft
- split or divided
- cleft
- having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib
- clement
- (of weather or climate) physically mild
- clement
- (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy
- clenched
- closed or squeezed together tightly
- clerical
- appropriate for or engaged in office work
- clever
- showing inventiveness and skill
- cliched
- repeated regularly without thought or originality
- cliff-hanging
- (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
- climactic
- consisting of or causing a climax
- climbable
- capable of being surmounted
- clincher-built
- having overlapping hull planks
- clinical
- scientifically detached; unemotional
- clinking
- like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped
- clinquant
- glittering with gold or silver
- clip-on
- attachable by a clip
- clipped
- (of speech) having quick short sounds
- clipped
- cut or trimmed by clipping
- cloaked
- covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
- cloaked
- having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
- clockwise
- in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
- cloddish
- heavy and dull and stupid
- clogged
- loaded with something that hinders motion
- clogged
- thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots)
- clogging
- preventing movement
- cloistered
- of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
- cloistered
- providing privacy or seclusion
- close
- confined to specific persons
- close
- strictly confined or guarded
- close
- used of hair or haircuts
- close
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- close
- close in relevance or relationship
- close
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- close set
- set close together
- close
- fitting closely but comfortably
- close
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- close
- crowded
- close
- marked by fidelity to an original
- close
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- close
- of textiles
- close-grained
- dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells
- close-hauled
- having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible
- close-knit
- held together as by social or cultural ties
- close-packed
- packed especially tightly
- closed
- (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
- closed
- not open or affording passage or access
- closed
- with shutters closed
- closed
- requiring union membership
- closed
- not open to the general public
- closed
- blocked against entry
- closed
- used especially of mouth or eyes
- closed
- not open
- closed
- not having an open mind
- closed-chain
- having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form
- closed-door
- not open to the public
- closed-minded
- not ready to receive to new ideas
- closefisted
- unwilling to part with money
- closely-held
- owned by a relatively few shareholders
- closing
- final or ending
- clothesless
- possessing no clothing
- cloud-covered
- filled or abounding with clouds
- clouded
- mentally disordered
- clouded
- made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance
- cloudless
- free from clouds
- cloudlike
- resembling a cloud
- cloudy
- full of or covered with clouds
- cloudy
- (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
- cloudy
- lacking definite form or limits
- clove-scented
- smelling of clove
- cloying
- overly sweet
- club-shaped
- shaped in the form of a club that is larger at one end
- club-shaped
- shaped in the form of the black trefoil or clover leaf on some playing cards
- clubable
- inclined to club together
- clubbish
- effusively sociable
- clubfooted
- having a deformed foot
- clueless
- totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring
- clumsy
- lacking grace in movement or posture
- clunky
- making a clunking sound
- clustered
- growing close together but not in dense mats
- cluttered
- filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish
- co-ed
- attended by members of both sexes
- coagulable
- capable of coagulating and becoming thick
- coagulate
- transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
- coagulated
- changed into a solid mass
- coal-black
- of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
- coal-burning
- fueled by burning coal
- coalescent
- growing together, fusing
- coarctate
- (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case
- coarse
- of low or inferior quality or value
- coarse
- lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- coarse
- of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
- coarse-furred
- having coarse hair or fur
- coarse-grained
- composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
- coarse-grained
- not having a fine texture
- coarse-textured
- having surface roughness
- coarsened
- made coarse or crude by lack of skill
- coastal
- located on or near or bordering on a coast
- coastwise
- along or following a coast
- coated
- having or dressed in a coat
- coated
- having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination
- coaxal
- having a common axis
- coaxing
- pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade
- cobwebby
- covered with cobwebs
- cobwebby
- so thin as to transmit light
- coccoid
- spherical; like a coccus
- cockamamie
- informal term for ridiculous and implausible
- cocksure
- marked by excessive confidence
- cocky
- overly self-confident or self-assertive
- cod
- payable by the recipient on delivery
- codified
- enacted by a legislative body
- coequal
- having the same standing before the law
- coercive
- serving or intended to coerce
- coetaneous
- of the same period
- coexistent
- existing at the same time
- coextensive
- being of equal extent or scope or duration
- cogent
- powerfully persuasive
- cogged
- having cogs
- cogitable
- capable of being thought about
- cogitative
- given to cogitation
- cognate
- having the same ancestral language
- cognate
- related in nature
- cognisable
- capable of being known
- coherent
- (physics) of waves having a constant phase relation
- coherent
- marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
- coherent
- capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
- coherent
- sticking together
- cohesive
- causing cohesion
- cohesive
- cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
- coiled
- curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals)
- coiling
- in the shape of a coil
- coincident
- matching point for point
- coincident
- occurring or operating at the same time
- cold
- (color) giving no sensation of warmth
- cold
- unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication
- cold
- of a seeker; far from the object sought
- cold
- lacking the warmth of life
- cold
- so intense as to be almost uncontrollable
- cold
- marked by errorless familiarity
- cold
- feeling or showing no enthusiasm
- cold
- having lost freshness through passage of time
- cold
- extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion
- cold
- having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
- cold sober
- totally sober
- cold
- without compunction or human feeling
- cold
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
- cold
- sexually unresponsive
- cold-blooded
- having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)
- cold-eyed
- unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
- cold-temperate
- the colder parts of temperate waters
- coldhearted
- lacking in sympathy or feeling
- colicky
- suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- collaborative
- accomplished by collaboration
- collapsable
- capable of collapsing or being collapsed
- collateral
- situated or running side by side
- collateral
- additional but secondary; auxiliary
- collateral
- serving to support or corroborate
- collateral
- descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
- collectable
- subject to or requiring payment especially as specified
- collected
- in full control of your faculties
- collective
- forming a whole or aggregate
- collective
- set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
- collective
- done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
- collectivised
- subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively
- collectivised
- characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production
- collinear
- lying on the same line
- colloquial
- characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
- collusive
- acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
- colonial
- composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
- colonised
- inhabited by colonists
- colonnaded
- having a series of columns arranged at regular intervals
- color
- having or capable of producing colors
- color-blind
- unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors
- color-blind
- unprejudiced about race
- colored
- having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
- colored
- having skin rich in melanin pigments
- colorfast
- having color that is resistant to fading or running
- colorful
- having much or varied color
- colorful
- striking in variety and interest
- colorless
- weak in color; not colorful
- colorless
- lacking in variety and interest
- colossal
- so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
- coltish
- given to merry frolicking
- columnar
- characterized by columns
- columnar
- having the form of a column
- columned
- having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form)
- comal
- of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair
- comate
- bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts
- comatose
- in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli
- combatant
- engaging in or ready for combat
- combative
- inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
- combed
- (of hair) made tidy with a comb
- combinable
- able to or tending to combine
- combinative
- relating to or involving combinations
- combinative
- marked by or relating to or resulting from combination
- combinatorial
- relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets
- combined
- made or joined or united into one
- comburant
- supporting combustion
- combustible
- capable of igniting and burning
- come-at-able
- capable of being reached or attained
- comestible
- suitable for use as food
- comet-like
- resembling a comet
- comfortable
- sufficient to provide comfort
- comfortable
- more than adequate
- comfortable
- free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind
- comfortable
- providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)
- comfortable
- in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
- comforted
- made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress
- comforting
- affording comfort or solace
- comfortless
- without comfort
- commanding
- used of a height or viewpoint
- commensurable
- capable of being measured by a common standard
- commensurate
- corresponding in size or degree or extent
- commercial
- connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
- commercial
- of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior
- commercialised
- organized principally for financial gain
- comminatory
- containing warning of punishment
- commiserative
- feeling or expressing sympathy
- commissioned
- (of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above
- committed
- bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude
- commodious
- large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
- common
- having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
- common
- belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- common
- to be expected; standard
- common
- common to or shared by two or more parties
- common
- of or associated with the great masses of people
- common
- commonly encountered
- common
- being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- common-law
- based on common law
- commonplace
- completely ordinary and unremarkable
- commonplace
- not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
- commonsense
- exhibiting native good judgment
- communal
- for or by a group rather than individuals
- communicable
- readily communicated
- communicational
- used in communication
- communicative
- able or tending to communicate
- commutable
- subject to alteration or change
- commutable
- capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent
- commutative
- (of a binary operation) independent of order; as in e.g.
- compact
- closely and firmly united or packed together
- compact
- briefly giving the gist of something
- compact
- having a short and solid form or stature
- companionable
- suggestive of companionship
- companionate
- like a companion
- comparable
- able to be compared or worthy of comparison
- comparable to
- worthy of comparison; as good as
- comparable with
- similar in some respect and so able to be compared in order to show differences and similarities
- comparable
- conforming in every respect
- comparative
- estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
- compartmental
- divided up into compartments or categories
- compartmented
- divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units
- compassionate
- showing or having compassion
- compatible
- able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination
- compatible
- capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction
- compatible
- capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
- compelling
- tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument
- compelling
- driving or forcing
- compensable
- for which money is paid
- compensated
- receiving or eligible for compensation
- competent
- properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
- competent
- legally qualified or sufficient
- competent
- adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional
- competitive
- involving competition or competitiveness
- competitive
- subscribing to capitalistic competition
- competitive
- showing a fighting disposition
- complacent
- contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
- complaining
- expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment
- complaisant
- showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
- complemental
- acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
- complementary
- of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
- complete
- having every necessary or normal part or component or step
- complete
- perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
- completed
- caught
- completed
- (of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony
- complex
- complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
- complex
- difficult to analyze or understand
- compliant
- inclined to comply
- complimentary
- conveying or resembling a compliment
- complimentary
- costing nothing
- compos mentis
- of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to go to trial
- composed
- serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress
- composite
- consisting of separate interconnected parts
- compositional
- arranging or grouping
- compound
- consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
- compound
- composed of more than one part
- compounded
- combined into or constituting a chemical compound
- comprehendible
- capable of being comprehended or understood
- comprehensive
- including all or everything
- comprehensive
- broad in scope
- compressed
- reduced in volume by pressure
- compressed
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- compressed
- pressed tightly together
- compressible
- capable of being compressed or made more compact
- compressible
- capable of being easily compressed
- compromising
- vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion
- compromising
- making or willing to make concessions
- compulsive
- caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion
- compulsive
- strongly motivated to succeed
- compulsory
- required by rule
- computable
- may be computed or estimated
- comradely
- heartily friendly and congenial
- con brio
- with vigor
- concave
- curving inward
- concavo-convex
- concave on one side and convex on the other with the concavity being greater than the convexity
- concealed
- hidden on any grounds for any motive
- concealed
- not accessible to view
- concealing
- covering or hiding
- conceited
- characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- conceivable
- capable of being imagined
- concentrated
- gathered together or made less diffuse
- concentrated
- of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced
- concentrated
- intensely focused
- concentrated
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- concentrated
- being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
- concentric
- having a common center
- conceptional
- being of the nature of a notion or concept
- conceptive
- capable of conceiving
- conceptual
- being or characterized by concepts or their formation
- concerned
- feeling or showing worry or solicitude
- concerned
- culpably involved
- concerned
- involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in
- concerted
- involving the joint activity of two or more
- conciliative
- intended to placate
- concise
- expressing much in few words
- concluding
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- conclusive
- forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question
- concordant
- being of the same opinion
- concrete
- capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
- concrete
- formed by the coalescence of particles
- concupiscent
- vigorously passionate
- condemnable
- bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
- condemnatory
- containing or imposing condemnation or censure
- condign
- fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment
- conditional
- imposing or depending on or containing a condition
- conditional
- qualified by reservations
- conditioned
- physically fit
- conditioned
- established by conditioning or learning
- condolent
- expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one
- conducive
- tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
- conductive
- having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound; exhibiting conductivity
- cone-bearing
- of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves
- Confederate
- of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
- confident
- having or marked by confidence or assurance
- confident
- persuaded of; very sure
- confident
- not liable to error in judgment or action
- confidential
- the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified
- confidential
- denoting confidence or intimacy
- confidential
- entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
- confidential
- (of information) given in confidence or in secret
- confiding
- willing to entrust personal matters
- configured
- organized so as to give configuration to
- confined
- not invading healthy tissue
- confined
- not free to move about
- confining
- restricting the scope or freedom of action
- confirmable
- capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation
- confirmed
- of persons; not subject to change
- confirmed
- having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation
- confirming
- indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
- confiscate
- surrendered as a penalty
- conflicting
- on bad terms
- confluent
- flowing together
- conformable
- quick to comply
- conforming
- adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)
- conformist
- marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles
- confounding
- that confounds or contradicts or confuses
- confusable
- so similar as to be easily identified for another thing
- confused
- mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
- confused
- lacking orderly continuity
- confused
- having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
- confusing
- causing confusion or disorientation
- confusing
- lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity
- confutable
- able to be refuted
- congealed
- congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling
- congenial
- (used of plants) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted
- congenial
- suitable to your needs
- congenital
- present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
- congested
- overfull as with blood
- conglomerate
- composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass
- congratulatory
- expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune
- congruent
- coinciding when superimposed
- congruent
- corresponding in character or kind
- congruous
- suitable or appropriate together
- conjectural
- based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- conjoined
- consisting of two or more associated entities
- conjugate
- (of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets
- conjugate
- of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond
- conjugate
- formed by the union of two compounds
- conjugate
- joined together especially in a pair or pairs
- conjunct
- bound in close association
- conjunct
- progressing melodically by intervals of a second
- conjunctive
- serving or tending to connect
- connate
- of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united
- connatural
- similar in nature
- connatural
- normally existing at birth
- connected
- plugged in
- connected
- joined or linked together
- connected
- wired together to an alarm system
- connected
- stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer
- connective
- connecting or tending to connect
- connotational
- of or relating to a connotation
- connotative
- having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit
- conquerable
- subject to being conquered or overcome
- conquerable
- capable of being surmounted or excelled
- conscience-smitten
- affected by conscience
- conscienceless
- lacking a conscience
- conscientious
- guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong
- conscientious
- characterized by extreme care and great effort
- conscionable
- acceptable to your conscience
- conscious
- (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something
- conscious
- knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
- conscious
- intentionally conceived
- consecrate
- solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose
- consecrated
- made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
- consecutive
- in regular succession without gaps
- consecutive
- successive (without a break)
- consensual
- existing by consent
- consentaneous
- in complete agreement
- consenting
- having given consent
- consequential
- having important issues or results
- conservative
- resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion
- conservative
- having social or political views favoring conservatism
- conserved
- protected from harm or loss
- considerable
- large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
- considerate
- showing concern for the rights and feelings of others
- considered
- carefully weighed
- consistent
- (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable
- consistent
- capable of being reproduced
- consistent
- the same throughout in structure or composition
- consolable
- able to be consoled
- consolidated
- forming a solid mass
- consolidative
- tending to consolidate
- consolidative
- combining into a single unit
- consonant
- involving or characterized by harmony
- consonantal
- being or marked by or containing or functioning as a consonant
- conspicuous
- obvious to the eye or mind
- constant
- steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection
- constipated
- have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels
- constituent
- constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
- constituted
- brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
- constitutional
- sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
- constrained
- lacking spontaneity; not natural
- constricted
- drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically
- constricted
- especially tense; especially in some dialects
- constricting
- (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
- constructive
- emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good
- constructive
- constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development
- constructive-metabolic
- of or relating to anabolism
- consumable
- may be used up
- consuming
- very strong; urgently felt
- consummate
- having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
- consummated
- brought to completion
- consumptive
- afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
- consumptive
- tending to consume or use often wastefully
- contagious
- easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
- contained
- gotten under control
- contaminated
- corrupted by contact or association
- contaminated
- rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution
- contaminating
- that infects or taints
- contaminating
- spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination
- contaminative
- making impure by contact or mixing
- contemporaneous
- occurring in the same period of time
- contemporary
- characteristic of the present
- contemporary
- belonging to the present time
- contemptible
- deserving of contempt or scorn
- contemptuous
- expressing extreme contempt
- content
- satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
- contentious
- involving or likely to cause controversy
- conterminous
- connecting without a break; within a common boundary
- contestable
- capable of being contested
- contiguous
- very close or connected in space or time
- continent
- having control over urination and defecation
- continent-wide
- involving the entire continent
- continental
- being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe
- contingent
- uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
- contingent
- possible but not certain to occur
- contingent
- being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
- continual
- recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
- continual
- having no interruptions
- continuant
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
- continued
- without stop or interruption
- continuing
- remaining in force or being carried on without letup
- continuous
- of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
- continuous
- continuing in time or space without interruption
- contorted
- twisted (especially as in pain or struggle)
- contrabass
- pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range
- contracted
- reduced in size or pulled together
- contractile
- capable of contracting or being contracted
- contradictory
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
- contradictory
- unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
- contralateral
- on or relating to the opposite side (of the body)
- contrapuntal
- having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
- contrarious
- difficult to deal with
- contrary
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false
- contrary
- very opposed in nature or character or purpose
- contrary to fact
- going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)
- contrary
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- contrasting
- strikingly different; tending to contrast
- contrastive
- syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence
- contrastive
- of words so related that one contrasts with the other
- contrasty
- having sharp differences between black and white
- contrite
- feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
- contrived
- showing effects of planning or manipulation
- controllable
- capable of being controlled
- controlled
- restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
- controlling
- able to control or determine policy
- controversial
- marked by or capable of arousing controversy
- contumacious
- wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
- contumelious
- arrogantly insolent
- convalescent
- returning to health after illness or debility
- convenient
- suited to your comfort or purpose or needs
- conventional
- following accepted customs and proprieties
- conventional
- unimaginative and conformist
- conventional
- in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
- conventional
- (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
- conventional
- conforming with accepted standards
- conventional
- represented in simplified or symbolic form
- conventionalised
- using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
- convergent
- tending to come together from different directions
- conversant
- (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly
- converse
- of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other
- converse
- turned about in order or relation
- convertible
- designed to be changed from one use or form to another
- convertible
- capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
- convertible
- capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
- convexo-concave
- convex on one side and concave on the other with the convexity being greater than the concavity
- convinced
- having a strong belief or conviction
- convincible
- being susceptible to persuasion
- convincing
- causing one to believe the truth of something
- convivial
- occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
- convolute
- rolled longitudinally upon itself
- convulsive
- resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent
- convulsive
- affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
- cooked
- having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
- cookie-cutter
- having the same appearance (as if mass-produced)
- cookie-sized
- having the approximate size of a cookie
- cool
- neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
- cool
- psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
- cool
- inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets when referring to color
- cool
- used of a quantity or amount (especially of money) for emphasis
- cool
- fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
- cool
- marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
- cooperative
- done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit
- coordinate
- of equal importance, rank, or degree
- coordinated
- being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements
- coordinated
- operating as a unit
- coordinated
- intentionally matched
- coordinating
- serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction
- copacetic
- completely satisfactory
- Copernican
- of radical or major importance
- Copernican
- according to Copernicus
- copious
- large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
- coplanar
- lying in the same plane
- copper colored
- of something having the color of copper
- copper-bottomed
- having a bottom of copper or sheathed with copper
- copulative
- syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence
- copyrighted
- (of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright
- coquettish
- like a coquette
- coral
- of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color
- coral-red
- of red tinged with coral
- cordate
- (of a leaf) shaped like a heart
- corded
- of textiles; having parallel raised lines
- cordial
- politely warm and friendly
- cordial
- sincerely or intensely felt
- coreferent
- related by sharing a symbolic link to a concrete object or an abstraction
- coriaceous
- resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable
- corked
- (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin
- corn-fed
- strong and healthy but not sophisticated
- corn-fed
- fed on corn
- corned
- (used especially of meat) cured in brine
- corneous
- made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)
- coroneted
- belonging to the peerage
- corporate
- organized and maintained as a legal corporation
- corporeal
- having material or physical form or substance
- corpulent
- excessively fat
- correct
- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
- correct
- correct in opinion or judgment
- correct
- socially right or correct
- correct
- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
- correctable
- capable of being returned to the original condition; not necessarily permanent
- corrected
- having something undesirable neutralized
- correctional
- concerned with or providing correction
- corrective
- tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition
- corrective
- designed to promote discipline
- correlate
- mutually related
- correlative
- expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation
- corresponding
- accompanying
- corresponding
- similar especially in position or purpose
- corrigible
- capable of being corrected or set right
- corroborant
- used of a medicine that is strengthening
- corroded
- eaten away as by acid or oxidation
- corrosion-resistant
- impervious to corrosion
- corrosive
- spitefully sarcastic
- corrugated
- shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
- corrupt
- lacking in integrity
- corrupt
- containing errors or alterations
- corrupt
- not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
- corrupt
- touched by rot or decay
- corrupted
- ruined in character or quality
- corrupting
- seducing into corrupt practices
- corrupting
- harmful to the mind or morals
- corruptive
- tending to corrupt or pervert
- corticifugal
- of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex
- corticipetal
- of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex
- coseismal
- being where earthquake waves arrive simultaneously
- cosher
- conforming to dietary laws
- cosignatory
- signing jointly with others
- cosmetic
- serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
- cosmetic
- serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body
- cosmic
- inconceivably extended in space or time
- cosmopolitan
- composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
- cosmopolitan
- of worldwide scope or applicability
- cosmopolitan
- growing or occurring in many parts of the world
- cost-effective
- productive relative to the cost
- cost-plus
- determining payment based on the actual cost of production plus an agreed-upon fee or rate of profit
- costate
- having ribs
- costate
- (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture
- costive
- retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating
- costly
- having a high price
- costly
- entailing great loss or sacrifice
- costumed
- dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class
- cosy
- enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
- cottony
- resembling cotton; as soft as cotton
- cottony-white
- of something as white as cotton
- couchant
- lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward
- countable
- that can be counted
- counteractive
- opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action
- counterbalanced
- brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another
- counterfeit
- not genuine; imitating something superior
- counterintuitive
- contrary to what common sense would suggest
- counterproductive
- tending to hinder the achievement of a goal
- counterrevolutionary
- marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution
- countless
- too numerous to be counted
- countrified
- characteristic of rural life
- country-bred
- rough and uncouth
- country-style
- typical of the country
- countrywide
- occurring or extending throughout a country or nation
- countywide
- occurring or extending throughout a county
- coupled
- connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
- court-ordered
- ordered by a court of law
- courteous
- characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners
- courteous
- exhibiting courtesy and politeness
- courtly
- refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
- cousinly
- like or befitting a cousin
- couth
- (used facetiously) refined and well-mannered
- couthie
- (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial
- covariant
- changing so that interrelations with another variable quantity or set of quantities remain unchanged
- covered
- overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
- covert
- secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
- covert
- (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
- coveted
- greatly desired
- covetous
- showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
- cowardly
- lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
- cowl-shaped
- shaped like a cowl
- cowled
- having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood
- coy
- showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement
- coy
- modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures
- coy
- affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
- cozy
- suggesting connivance
- cozy
- having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
- crabwise
- (of movement) at an angle
- crackbrained
- insanely irresponsible
- cracker-barrel
- characteristic of country life
- crackle
- having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware
- crafty
- marked by skill in deception
- cragfast
- stranded on or as if on a crag
- cragged
- having hills and crags
- cramped
- constricted in size
- crank
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- cranky
- easily irritated or annoyed
- crannied
- having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones)
- crappy
- very bad
- crapulent
- suffering from excessive eating or drinking
- crapulous
- given to gross intemperance in eating or drinking
- crass
- (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
- craved
- wanted intensely
- craven
- lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
- crazed
- driven insane
- crazy
- possessed by inordinate excitement
- crazy
- bizarre or fantastic
- crazy
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- crazy
- foolish; totally unsound
- creaky
- worn and broken down by hard use
- creaky
- having a rasping or grating sound
- cream-colored
- having the color of fresh cream
- creamy
- of the color of cream
- creamy
- thick like cream
- creamy-yellow
- yellow with a creamy tinge
- creaseless
- used especially of fabrics
- creative
- promoting construction or creation
- creative
- having the ability or power to create
- credentialled
- certified as professional by evidence or testimonials
- credible
- (a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate) credulous
- credible
- appearing to merit belief or acceptance
- creditable
- worthy of often limited commendation
- credited
- (usually followed by `to') given credit for
- creditworthy
- having an acceptable credit rating
- credulous
- showing a lack of judgment or experience
- credulous
- disposed to believe on little evidence
- creepy
- annoying and unpleasant
- creepy
- causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
- crenate
- having a margin with rounded scallops
- crenulate
- having a margin with small rounded teeth
- crepuscular
- like twilight; dim
- crescendo
- (music) gradually increasing in volume
- crescent
- resembling the new moon in shape
- cress green
- of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green
- crested
- bearing an heraldic device
- crested
- (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume
- crested
- (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination
- cretinous
- afflicted with cretinism
- criminal
- guilty of crime or serious offense
- criminal
- involving or being or having the nature of a crime
- criminative
- charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
- crimson
- (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
- crimson
- characterized by violence or bloodshed
- crimson-magenta
- magenta tinged with crimson
- crimson-purple
- purple tinged with crimson
- crimson-yellow
- yellow tinged with crimson
- cringing
- totally submissive
- crinkled
- uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
- crippled
- disabled in the feet or legs
- crippling
- that cripples or disables or incapacitates
- crisp
- pleasingly firm and fresh
- crisp
- tender and brittle
- crisp
- brief and to the point; effectively cut short
- crisp
- (of hair) in small tight curls
- crisp
- pleasantly cold and invigorating
- crisp
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- crispate
- wavy or notched and curled very irregularly
- crisscross
- marked with crossing lines
- criterial
- serving as a basis for evaluation
- critical
- marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
- critical
- characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
- critical
- at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
- critical
- being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
- critical
- forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
- critical
- urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- croaky
- like the sounds of frogs and crows
- crocketed
- (of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage)
- crookback
- characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
- crooked
- having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
- crooked
- having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
- cropped
- (of land or soil) used for growing crops
- cross
- extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
- cross-banded
- (of snakes) having crossing bands on the back
- cross-eyed
- having convergent strabismus
- cross-grained
- of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel
- cross-section
- representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length
- cross-shaped
- shaped in the form of a cross
- crossbred
- bred from parents of different varieties or species
- crossed
- (of a check) marked for deposit only as indicated by having two lines drawn across it
- crossed
- placed crosswise
- crosshatched
- shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines
- crosstown
- going or extending across a town or city
- crosswise
- lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction
- crosswise
- in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
- crow-sized
- having the approximate size of a crow
- crowded
- overfilled or compacted or concentrated
- crowned
- provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination
- crowned
- having an (artificial) crown on a tooth
- crowned
- crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory
- crowning
- representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment
- crowning
- forming or providing a crown or summit
- crownless
- not (especially not yet) provided with a crown
- crucial
- having crucial relevance
- crucial
- of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
- cruciate
- shaped like a cross
- cruddy
- characterized by obscenity
- crude
- conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
- crude
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
- crude
- not processed or subjected to analysis
- crude
- not carefully or expertly made
- crude
- not refined or processed
- crumbly
- easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
- crushed
- treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
- crushing
- physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
- crusted
- having a hardened crust as a covering
- crusty
- brusque and surly and forbidding
- crying
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- cryptic
- having a puzzling terseness
- cryptic
- of an obscure nature
- crystal clear
- transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
- crystal clear
- (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
- crystalised
- having both internal structure and external form of a crystal
- crystalline
- consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
- crystalline
- distinctly or sharply outlined
- crystallised
- having become fixed and definite in form
- cubelike
- shaped like a cube
- cubic
- having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions
- cucumber-shaped
- shaped like a cucumber
- cuddlesome
- inviting cuddling or hugging
- cultivated
- (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing
- cultivated
- no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use
- cultural
- denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people
- cum laude
- with honor; with academic distinction
- cumbersome
- difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- cumuliform
- shaped like a cumulus cloud
- cumulous
- thrown together in a pile
- cuneate
- (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
- cunning
- attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
- cuplike
- resembling the shape of a cup
- cupular
- shaped like (or supporting) a cupule
- curable
- capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent
- curable
- able to be cured or healed
- cured
- (used of hay e.g.) allowed to dry
- cured
- (used of concrete or mortar) kept moist to assist the hardening
- cured
- freed from illness or injury
- cured
- (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)
- curious
- eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
- curious
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- curled
- (of hair) making curls or having been made to curl
- curly
- (of hair) having curls or waves
- curly-coated
- covered with curly hair
- curly-leafed
- having curly leaves
- current
- occurring in or belonging to the present time
- currish
- base and cowardly
- currish
- resembling a cur; snarling and rude
- cursed with
- burdened with
- cursed
- deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
- cursed
- in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
- cursive
- having successive letter joined together
- cursorial
- (of limbs and feet) adapted for running
- curtained
- furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies
- curtainless
- not provided with curtains
- curtal
- (archaic) cut short
- curved
- having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
- curvey
- having curves
- curvilineal
- characterized by or following a curved line
- cushioned
- softened by the addition of cushions or padding
- cushy
- not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
- cuspate
- having cusps or points
- cussed
- stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- custodial
- providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
- custom
- made according to the specifications of an individual
- custom-built
- built for a particular individual
- customary
- in accordance with convention or custom
- cut
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- cut
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
- cut
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- cut off
- detached by cutting
- cut out
- having been cut out
- cut up
- cut into pieces
- cut
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- cut
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- cut
- with parts removed
- cut
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- cut
- mixed with water
- cut
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- cut-and-dried
- according to ordinary expectations
- cute
- obviously contrived to charm
- cutting
- (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
- cutting
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- cutting-edge
- in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style
- cyanogenetic
- capable of producing cyanide
- cyclic
- marked by repeated cycles
- cyclic
- forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl
- cyclic
- of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure
- cyclic
- recurring in cycles
- cycloid
- resembling a circle
- cylindric
- having the form of a cylinder
- cylindrical-stemmed
- having a cylindrical stem
- cymose
- having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side
- cynical
- believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
- cyprian
- resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus
- cytomegalic
- of or relating to or characterized by greatly enlarged cells
- cytopathogenic
- of or relating to or causing pathological changes in cells
- d.o.a.
- abbreviation for `dead on arrival' at the emergency room
- dabbled
- covered with bright patches (often used in combination)
- daedal
- complex and ingenious in design or function
- dagger-like
- resembling a dagger
- daily
- of or belonging to or occurring every day
- dainty
- especially pleasing to the taste
- dainty
- delicately beautiful
- dainty
- excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
- damaged
- harmed or injured or spoiled
- damaged
- being unjustly brought into disrepute
- damaging
- (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
- damaging
- designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
- damascene
- (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals
- damask
- having a woven pattern
- damn
- used as expletives
- damnable
- deserving a curse
- damnatory
- threatening with damnation
- damp
- slightly wet
- danceable
- suitable for dancing
- dandified
- affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner
- dangerous
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- dangerous
- involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
- dapper
- marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
- dappled
- having spots or patches of color
- daredevil
- presumptuously daring
- dark
- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
- dark
- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
- dark
- (used of color) having a dark hue
- dark
- not giving performances; closed
- dark
- secret
- dark
- showing a brooding ill humor
- dark
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
- dark-blue
- of a dark shade of blue
- dark-coated
- covered with dark hair
- dark-colored
- having a dark color
- dark-fruited
- bearing dark fruit
- dark-gray
- of a dark shade of grey
- dark-green
- of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
- dark-skinned
- naturally having skin of a dark color
- dark-spotted
- having dark spots
- darkened
- become or made dark by lack of light
- darkened
- (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time
- darkening
- becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over
- darkish
- slightly dark
- darkling
- (poetic) occurring in the dark or night
- darkling
- uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure
- dashed
- having gaps or spaces
- dashing
- lively and spirited
- dastard
- despicably cowardly
- data-based
- relying on observation or experiment
- datable
- that can be given a date
- dated
- marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
- dateless
- of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date
- dateless
- having no known beginning and presumably no end
- dateless
- unaffected by time
- dateless
- not bearing a date
- daughterly
- befitting a daughter
- daunting
- discouraging through fear
- day-old
- not fresh today
- daylong
- lasting through an entire day
- dazed
- stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
- dazed
- in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
- dazzled
- stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering
- dazzled
- having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light
- dazzling
- amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning
- de facto
- existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not
- de jure
- by right; according to law
- de luxe
- elegant and sumptuous
- de rigueur
- required by etiquette or usage or fashion
- de-iodinating
- removing iodine from
- dead
- not surviving in active use
- dead
- lacking resilience or bounce
- dead
- out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
- dead
- no longer having force or relevance
- dead
- the complete stoppage of an action
- dead
- devoid of activity
- dead
- physically inactive
- dead
- no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
- dead
- not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
- dead
- lacking acoustic resonance
- dead
- unerringly accurate
- dead on target
- accurately placed or thrown
- dead
- devoid of physical sensation; numb
- dead
- drained of electric charge; discharged
- dead
- not yielding a return
- dead
- (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
- dead
- not circulating or flowing
- dead-end
- lacking opportunities for development or advancement
- dead-on
- accurate and to the point
- deadened
- made or become less intense
- deadlocked
- at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions
- deadly
- (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
- deadly
- causing or capable of causing death
- deadly
- of an instrument of certain death
- deadly
- involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
- deadly
- extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
- deadpan
- deliberately impassive in manner
- deaf
- lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
- deaf as a post
- totally deaf; unable to hear anything
- deaf
- (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed
- deaf-and-dumb
- lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak
- deafened
- caused to hear poorly or not at all
- deafening
- loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
- dear
- sincerely earnest
- dear
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- deathless
- never dying
- deathlike
- having the physical appearance of death
- debased
- lowered in value
- debasing
- used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
- debatable
- capable of being disproved
- debatable
- open to doubt or debate
- debauched
- unrestrained by convention or morality
- debile
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- debilitating
- impairing the strength and vitality
- debilitative
- causing debilitation
- debonair
- having a sophisticated charm
- decadent
- luxuriously self-indulgent
- decadent
- marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
- decalescent
- absorbing heat without increase in temperature when heated beyond a certain point
- decasyllabic
- having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables
- decayable
- liable to decay or spoil or become putrid
- decayed
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
- deceitful
- intended to deceive
- decent
- observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
- decent
- sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public
- decent
- conforming to conventions of sexual behavior
- decent
- in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
- decent
- socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
- decentralised
- withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities
- decentralising
- tending away from a central point
- deceptive
- causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
- deceptive
- designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
- decided
- recognizable; marked
- deciding
- having the power or quality of deciding
- deciduous
- (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
- deciduous
- (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth
- decimal
- numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten
- deciphered
- converted from cryptic to intelligible language
- decisive
- determining or having the power to determine an outcome
- decisive
- characterized by decision and firmness
- decisive
- unmistakable
- deckled
- having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade
- declarable
- that must be declared
- declared
- made known or openly avowed
- declared
- declared as fact; explicitly stated
- declassified
- having had security classification removed
- declivitous
- sloping down rather steeply
- decollete
- (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline
- decompositional
- causing organic decay
- decompound
- of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound
- deconsecrated
- divested of consecration
- decorous
- characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
- decreased
- made less in size or amount or degree
- decreasing
- (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume
- decreasing
- becoming less or smaller
- decreasing monotonic
- consistently decreasing
- decrescendo
- (music) gradually decreasing in volume
- decurved
- bent down or curved downward
- decussate
- crossed or intersected in the form of an X
- dedicated
- devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
- dedifferentiated
- having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function
- deducible
- capable of being deduced
- deductible
- acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction)
- deductive
- involving inferences from general principles
- deep
- with head or back bent low
- deep
- large in quantity or size
- deep
- intense or extreme
- deep
- having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
- deep
- relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
- deep
- very distant in time or space
- deep
- exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
- deep
- extending relatively far inward
- deep
- relatively thick from top to bottom
- deep
- marked by depth of thinking
- deep
- strong; intense
- deep
- (of darkness) densely dark
- deep-chested
- thick in the chest
- deep-eyed
- characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
- deep-fried
- cooked by frying in fat
- deep-laid
- secretly and carefully planned
- deep-lobed
- having deep bilateral lobes
- deep-mined
- of coal, as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine
- deep-pink
- of a deep shade of pink
- deep-rooted
- (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
- deep-sea
- of or taking place in the deeper parts of the sea
- deep-set
- having a sunken area
- deep-water
- of or carried on in waters of great depth
- deep-yellow
- of something having the color of a pumpkin
- deepening
- accumulating and becoming more intense
- defeasible
- capable of being annulled or voided or terminated
- defeated
- beaten or overcome; not victorious
- defeated
- disappointingly unsuccessful
- defective
- markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
- defective
- having a defect
- defenceless
- lacking weapons for self-defense
- defenceless
- lacking protection or support
- defendable
- capable of being defended
- defending
- attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
- defenseless
- having no protecting or concealing cover
- defensive
- intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
- defensive
- attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
- deferent
- showing deference
- defiant
- boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
- deficient
- falling short of some prescribed norm
- deficient
- of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
- deficient
- inadequate in amount or degree
- defiled
- morally blemished; stained or impure
- definable
- capable of being defined, limited, or explained
- defined
- clearly characterized or delimited
- defined
- showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary
- definite
- precise; explicit and clearly defined
- definite
- known for certain
- definitive
- supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
- definitive
- clearly defined or formulated
- deflationary
- associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money
- deflective
- capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)
- defoliate
- deprived of leaves
- deformed
- so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
- deft
- skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
- defunct
- having ceased to exist or live
- defunct
- no longer in force or use; inactive
- degage
- free and relaxed in manner
- degage
- showing lack of emotional involvement
- degenerative
- (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function
- degressive
- going down by steps
- degressive
- (of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount
- dehiscent
- (of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds
- dehumanised
- divested of human qualities or attributes
- dehydrated
- suffering from excessive loss of water from the body
- dehydrated
- preserved by removing natural moisture
- deific
- characterized by divine or godlike nature
- dejected
- affected or marked by low spirits
- delayed
- not as far along as normal in development
- delectable
- extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
- delectable
- capable of arousing sexual desire
- deleterious
- harmful to living things
- deliberate
- characterized by conscious design or purpose
- deliberative
- involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination
- delible
- capable of being deleted
- delicate
- exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
- delicate
- marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
- delicate
- of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
- delicate
- developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
- delicate
- easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- delicate
- easily hurt
- delicate
- difficult to handle; requiring great tact
- delicious
- greatly pleasing or entertaining
- delighted
- greatly pleased
- delineate
- represented accurately or precisely
- delineative
- depicted in a recognizable manner
- delinquent
- guilty of a misdeed
- delinquent
- failing in what duty requires
- delinquent
- past due; not paid at the scheduled time
- deliquescent
- (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
- delirious
- marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
- delirious
- experiencing delirium
- Delphic
- obscurely prophetic
- deltoid
- triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex
- delusional
- suffering from or characterized by delusions
- delusive
- inappropriate to reality or facts
- deluxe
- ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
- demanding
- requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
- demeaning
- causing awareness of your shortcomings
- democratic
- characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality
- democratic
- representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
- demolished
- torn down and broken up
- demon-ridden
- as if possessed by demons
- demonic
- extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
- demonstrable
- necessarily or demonstrably true
- demonstrable
- capable of being demonstrated or proved
- demonstrated
- having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt
- demonstrative
- given to or marked by the open expression of emotion
- demonstrative of
- serving to prove or demonstrate
- demonstrative
- serving to demonstrate
- demoralised
- made less hopeful or enthusiastic
- demoralising
- destructive of morale and self-reliance
- demotic
- of or for the common people
- demulcent
- having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
- demythologised
- having mythical elements removed
- denary
- containing ten or ten parts
- denatured
- changed in nature or natural quality
- deniable
- capable of being denied or contradicted
- denominational
- adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination
- denotative
- having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
- denotative
- in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
- dense
- having high relative density or specific gravity
- dense
- slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- dense
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- dense
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- dentate
- having toothlike projections in the margin
- denticulate
- having a very finely toothed margin
- dependable
- financially safe
- dependable
- worthy of being depended on
- dependable
- worthy of reliance or trust
- dependable
- consistent in performance or behavior
- dependant
- addicted to a drug
- dependant
- contingent on something else
- dependent
- relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
- dependent
- held from above and hanging down
- dependent
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- dependent
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
- depicted
- represented graphically by sketch or design or lines
- depilatory
- able to remove hair or render hairless
- depilous
- completely hairless
- depletable
- capable of being depleted
- depleted
- no longer sufficient
- deplorable
- bad; unfortunate
- deplorable
- of very poor quality or condition
- depopulated
- having lost inhabitants as by war or disease
- depraved
- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
- deprecative
- given to expressing disapproval
- depreciating
- tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
- depressant
- capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
- depressed
- flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
- depressed
- lower than previously
- deprived
- marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
- derisive
- abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule
- derivable
- capable of being derived
- derivational
- characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base
- derivative
- resulting from or employing derivation
- derived
- formed or developed from something else; not original
- derogative
- expressive of low opinion
- descendant
- proceeding by descent from an ancestor
- descendant
- going or coming down
- descending
- coming down or downward
- describable
- capable of being described
- described
- represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
- descriptive
- serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
- descriptive
- of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage
- desecrated
- treated with disrespect and contempt
- desegrated
- rid of segregation; having had segregation ended
- desensitising
- making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
- deserved
- properly deserved
- deserving
- (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way
- desiccated
- thoroughly dried out
- designate
- appointed but not yet installed in office
- designative
- serving to designate
- designed
- done or made or performed with purpose and intent
- designing
- concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
- desirable
- worth having or seeking or achieving
- desirable
- worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
- desirous
- having or expressing desire for something
- deskbound
- restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity
- desolate
- crushed by grief
- despairing
- arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
- desperate
- showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
- desperate
- (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
- desperate
- fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
- desperate
- desperately determined
- desperate
- showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
- despicable
- morally reprehensible
- despised
- treated with dislike or contempt
- despiteful
- showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
- despoiled
- having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
- despondent
- without or almost without hope
- despotic
- ruled by or characteristic of a despot
- destitute
- poor enough to need help from others
- destroyable
- capable of being destroyed
- destroyed
- spoiled or ruined or demolished
- destroyed
- destroyed physically or morally
- destructible
- easily destroyed
- destructive
- causing destruction or much damage
- destructive-metabolic
- of or relating to catabolism
- desultory
- marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
- detachable
- designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage
- detached
- used of buildings; standing apart from others
- detached
- not fixed in position
- detached
- being or feeling set or kept apart from others
- detached
- no longer connected or joined
- detached
- lacking affection or warm feeling
- detailed
- developed or executed with care and in minute detail
- detectable
- capable of being detected
- detectable
- easily seen or detected
- detected
- perceived with the mind
- detected
- perceived or discerned
- detergent
- having cleansing power
- determinable
- capable of being determined or limited or fixed
- determinate
- precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
- determinate
- not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
- determined
- having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation
- determined
- characterized by great determination
- determined
- devoting full strength and concentrated attention to
- determined
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
- deterministic
- an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes
- deterrent
- tending to deter
- detonative
- exploding almost instantaneously
- detractive
- causing to decrease in importance or value
- deuteranopic
- inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red
- developed
- being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful
- developed
- (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads
- developed
- (used of societies) having high industrial development
- developing
- relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
- devil-may-care
- marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
- devilish
- showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
- devilish
- playful in an appealingly bold way
- devious
- indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
- devious
- characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive
- devoted
- (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use
- devoted
- zealous in devotion or affection
- devotional
- relating to worship
- devout
- deeply religious
- dexter
- on or starting from the wearer's right
- dextral
- of or on the right
- dextral
- preferring to use right foot or hand or eye
- dextrorotary
- rotating to the right
- dextrorsal
- spiraling upward from left to right
- diabatic
- involving a transfer of heat
- diabetic
- suffering from diabetes
- diachronic
- used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
- diacritic
- capable of distinguishing
- diadromous
- (used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters
- diagnosable
- capable of being diagnosed
- diagnostic
- characteristic or indicative of a disease
- diagonal
- connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
- diagrammatic
- shown or represented by diagrams
- diametric
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- dianoetic
- proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
- diarrheal
- of or relating to diarrhea
- diatonic
- based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals
- diatonic
- based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music
- dichotomous
- divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications
- dickey
- (British informal) faulty
- diclinous
- having pistils and stamens in separate flowers
- dicotyledonous
- (of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed
- didactic
- instructive (especially excessively)
- die-cast
- formed by forcing molten metal into a die
- die-hard
- tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated
- diestrous
- (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity
- different
- distinct or separate
- different
- unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
- different
- distinctly separate from the first
- different
- differing from all others; not ordinary
- differentiable
- capable of being perceived as different
- differentiated
- made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different
- differentiated
- exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment
- difficult
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- difficult
- hard to control
- diffident
- showing modest reserve
- diffident
- lacking self-confidence
- diffuse
- lacking conciseness
- diffuse
- spread out; not concentrated in one place
- diffuse
- (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
- diffused
- (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material
- diffusing
- spreading by diffusion
- digestible
- capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal
- dighted
- dressed or adorned (as for battle)
- digital
- of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits
- digitate
- resembling a finger
- digitigrade
- (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)
- dignified
- having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance
- dignified
- having or showing self-esteem
- dignifying
- investing with dignity or honor
- digressive
- (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
- digressive
- of superficial relevance if any
- dilatory
- wasting time
- dilettante
- showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish
- diligent
- characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks
- diligent
- quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
- dilute
- reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity
- dim
- made dim or less bright
- dim
- lacking clarity or distinctness
- dim
- lacking in light; not bright or harsh
- dim-sighted
- having greatly reduced vision
- dim-witted
- lacking mental capacity and subtlety
- dimensional
- having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person
- dimensioning
- indicating or determining size and position in space
- diminished
- (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval
- diminished
- impaired by diminution
- diminishing
- becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so
- dingy
- (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
- dinky
- (British informal) pretty and neat
- dinky
- small and unimpressive
- dioecian
- having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
- diploid
- of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
- diplomatic
- using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people
- dipped
- having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
- direct
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- direct
- similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- direct
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
- direct
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- direct
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
- direct
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
- direct
- being an immediate result or consequence
- direct
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- direct
- having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
- direct
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- directed
- manageable by a supervising agent
- directed
- (often used in combination) having a specified direction
- directing
- showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on
- dirigible
- capable of being steered or directed
- dirt cheap
- very cheap
- dirt
- (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel
- dirty
- expressing or revealing hostility or dislike
- dirty
- unpleasantly stormy
- dirty
- (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency
- dirty
- vile; despicable
- dirty
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- dirty
- obtained illegally or by improper means
- dirty
- contaminated with infecting organisms
- dirty
- unethical or dishonest
- dirty
- soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
- dirty-faced
- having a dirty face
- dirty-minded
- having lewd thoughts
- disabled
- having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness
- disabling
- depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified
- disabused
- freed of a mistaken or misguided notion
- disadvantageous
- involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness
- disaffected
- discontented as toward authority
- disagreeable
- not to your liking
- disagreeable
- unpleasant to interact with
- disagreeable
- not agreeing with your tastes or expectations
- disappointing
- not up to expectations
- disapproving
- expressing or manifesting disapproval
- disarming
- capable of allaying hostility
- disarranged
- having the arrangement disturbed; not in order
- disarrayed
- in disarray
- disavowable
- capable of being disavowed
- disbelieving
- denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
- discalceate
- (used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals
- discernable
- perceptible by the senses or intellect
- discernible
- capable of being perceived clearly
- discernible
- capable of being seen or noticed
- discerning
- able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive
- discerning
- having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
- discerning
- unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
- discharged
- having lost your job
- disciform
- having a round or oval shape like a disc
- disciplined
- trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise
- disciplined
- obeying the rules
- disclike
- having a flat circular shape
- disclosed
- made known (especially something secret or concealed)
- discombobulated
- having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
- discomposed
- having your composure disturbed
- disconcerting
- causing an emotional disturbance
- disconfirming
- establishing as invalid or untrue
- disconfirming
- not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition
- disconnected
- not plugged in or connected to a power source
- disconnected
- having been divided; having the unity destroyed
- disconnected
- (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
- disconsolate
- sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
- discontent
- showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing
- discontinued
- stopped permanently or temporarily
- discontinuous
- of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities
- discontinuous
- not continuing without interruption in time or space
- discordant
- not in agreement or harmony
- discordant
- lacking in harmony
- discouraged
- lacking in resolution
- discouraging
- expressing disapproval in order to dissuade
- discouraging
- depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
- discourteous
- showing no courtesy; rude
- discourteous
- lacking social graces
- discreditable
- tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy
- discredited
- suffering shame
- discreet
- marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
- discrepant
- not compatible with other facts
- discrepant
- not in agreement
- discrete
- constituting a separate entity or part
- discretional
- having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
- discretionary
- (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed
- discriminable
- capable of being discriminated
- discriminate
- marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions
- discriminating
- showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste
- discriminative
- capable of making fine distinctions
- discriminative
- expressing careful judgment
- discriminatory
- containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
- discriminatory
- manifesting partiality
- discriminatory
- being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand
- disdainful
- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- diseased
- caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
- disenchanted
- freed from enchantment
- disenchanting
- freeing from illusion or false belief
- disenfranchised
- deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- disentangled
- straightened out
- disfigured
- having the appearance spoiled
- disgraceful
- giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
- disgruntled
- in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
- disgusted
- having a strong distaste from surfeit
- disgustful
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- dished
- shaped like a dish or pan
- disheveled
- in disarray; extremely disorderly
- dishonest
- deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
- dishonorable
- lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor
- dishy
- (informal British) sexually attractive
- disillusioned
- freed from illusion
- disinclined
- unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval
- disinherited
- deprived of your rightful heritage
- disintegrable
- capable of melting
- disintegrative
- tending to cause breakup into constituent elements or parts
- disinterested
- unaffected by self-interest
- disjoined
- have the connection undone; having become separate
- disjoint
- having no elements in common
- disjointed
- taken apart at the joints
- disjointed
- separated at the joint
- disjunct
- progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- disjunct
- used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations
- disjunct
- having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
- disjunct
- marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
- disjunctive
- serving or tending to divide or separate
- dislikable
- such as to provoke dislike
- disliked
- regarded with aversion
- dislogistic
- expressing disapproval
- disloyal
- deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle
- disloyal
- showing lack of love for your country
- dismissible
- subject to dismissal
- dismissive
- showing indifference or disregard
- dismissive
- stopping to associate with
- disobedient
- not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
- disobedient
- unwilling to submit to authority
- disobliging
- intentionally unaccommodating
- disordered
- not arranged in order
- disorderly
- undisciplined and unruly
- disorderly
- in utter disorder
- disorganised
- lacking order or methodical arrangement or function
- disorienting
- causing loss of physical or intellectual bearings
- disparate
- including markedly dissimilar elements
- disparate
- fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
- dispensable
- capable of being dispensed with or done without
- dispensed
- distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions
- dispersed
- distributed or spread over a considerable extent
- dispirited
- marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
- displeased
- not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure
- displeasing
- causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities
- disposable
- designed to be disposed of after use
- disposable
- free or available for use or disposition
- disposed
- having made preparations
- dispossessed
- physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security
- disproportional
- out of proportion
- disproportionate
- not proportionate
- disputed
- subject to disagreement and debate
- disqualified
- disqualified by law or rule or provision
- disqualified
- barred from competition for violation of rules
- disquieted
- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
- disquieting
- causing mental discomfort
- disregarded
- not noticed inadvertently
- disreputable
- lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
- disrespectful
- exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous
- disrupted
- marked by breaks or gaps
- disruptive
- characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
- dissentient
- disagreeing, especially with a majority
- dissentient
- (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
- dissentious
- dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
- dissident
- characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
- dissilient
- bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels
- dissimilar
- not similar
- dissimilar
- not alike or similar
- dissimulative
- concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive
- dissociable
- capable of being divided or dissociated
- dissociative
- tending to produce dissociation
- dissoluble
- capable of dissolving
- dissolved
- (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form
- dissonant
- characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
- dissuasive
- deterring from action
- distaff
- characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
- distal
- situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone
- distal
- directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body
- distant
- separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
- distant
- far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
- distant
- located far away spatially
- distant
- separate or apart in time
- distasteful
- not pleasing in odor or taste
- distensible
- capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand
- distinct
- easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined
- distinct
- (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality
- distinctive
- of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
- distinguishable
- capable of being perceived as different or distinct
- distinguished
- (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
- distinguished
- used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
- distortable
- capable of having the meaning altered or twisted
- distorted
- having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
- distracted
- having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
- distraught
- deeply agitated especially from emotion
- distressed
- generalized feeling of distress
- distressed
- facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
- distressed
- suffering severe physical strain or distress
- distressful
- causing distress or worry or anxiety
- distributed
- spread out or scattered about or divided up
- distributive
- serving to distribute or allot or disperse
- distrustful
- having or showing distrust
- disturbed
- having the place or position changed
- disturbed
- emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
- disused
- no longer in use
- disyllabic
- having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables
- diurnal
- having a daily cycle or occurring every day
- diurnal
- of or belonging to or active during the day
- divergent
- diverging from another or from a standard
- divergent
- tending to move apart in different directions
- divers
- many and different
- diverse
- distinctly dissimilar or unlike
- diversified
- having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety
- diversionary
- (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive
- dividable
- can be divided usually without leaving a remainder
- divided
- separated into parts or pieces
- divided
- distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
- divided
- having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions
- divinatory
- resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
- divine
- devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity
- divine
- being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
- divine
- being or having the nature of a god
- divine
- appropriate to or befitting a god
- divine
- emanating from God
- divine
- resulting from divine providence
- divisible
- capable of being or liable to be divided or separated
- divisional
- constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit
- divisional
- serving to divide or marking a division
- divorced
- of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved
- dizzy
- having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
- do-it-yourself
- done by yourself
- do-nothing
- characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility
- docile
- willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
- docile
- easily handled or managed
- docile
- ready and willing to be taught
- doctrinaire
- stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
- documentary
- (of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event
- documented
- furnished with or supported by documents
- doddering
- mentally or physically infirm with age
- dog-eared
- worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down
- dog-sized
- having the approximate size of an average dog
- dog-tired
- drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
- dogged
- stubbornly unyielding
- dogging
- relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit
- doglike
- resembling a dog; especially in devotion
- dogmatic
- characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
- dolabrate
- having the shape of the head of an ax or cleaver
- doleful
- filled with or evoking sadness
- dolichocephalic
- having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75
- dolled up
- dressed in fancy or formal clothing
- dolorous
- showing sorrow
- dome-shaped
- having the shape of a dome
- domed
- having a hemispherical vault or dome
- domestic
- of or involving the home or family
- domestic
- of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
- domestic
- produced in a particular country
- domestic
- converted or adapted to domestic use
- domesticated
- accustomed to home life
- dominant
- exercising influence or control
- dominant
- (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
- dominant
- most frequent or common
- dominated
- controlled or ruled by superior authority or power
- dominated
- harassed by persistent nagging
- domineering
- tending to domineer
- done
- cooked until ready to serve
- done for
- destroyed or killed
- done for
- doomed to extinction
- done with
- having no further concern with
- done
- having finished or arrived at completion
- doomed
- marked for certain death
- doomed
- (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate
- doomed
- marked by or promising bad fortune
- door-to-door
- (of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination
- door-to-door
- omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next
- doped
- treated or impregnated with a foreign substance
- doped
- under the influence of narcotics
- dormant
- in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
- dormant
- (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
- dormant
- lying with head on paws as if sleeping
- dormie
- in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played
- dorsal
- belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part
- dorsoventral
- extending from the back to the belly
- dosed
- treated with some kind of application
- dotted
- having a pattern of dots
- double
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- double
- large enough for two
- double
- twice as great or many
- double
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- double
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- double
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- double-barreled
- having two purposes; twofold
- double-barreled
- having two barrels mounted side by side
- double-bedded
- having a double bed
- double-breasted
- (of clothing) fastened by lapping one edge of the front well over the other usually with a double row of buttons
- double-chinned
- having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw
- double-edged
- capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways
- double-faced
- (of fabrics) having faces on both sides
- double-geared
- equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage
- double-jointed
- having unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers
- double-quick
- (of a marching cadence) very quick
- double-spaced
- (of type or print) having a blank line between lines of type
- doubtful
- fraught with uncertainty or doubt
- doubtful
- open to doubt or suspicion
- doubtful
- unsettled in mind or opinion
- doubting
- marked by or given to doubt
- doughy
- having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking
- dour
- harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
- dovish
- opposed to war
- dowdy
- lacking in smartness or taste
- dowdy
- primly out of date
- dowered
- supplied with a dower or dowry
- dowerless
- lacking a dowry
- down
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- down
- shut
- down
- being put out by a strikeout
- down
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
- down
- becoming progressively lower
- down
- understood perfectly
- down
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
- down-and-out
- lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)
- down-to-earth
- sensible and practical
- downbound
- heading in any direction that is conventionally down
- downcast
- directed downward
- downfield
- toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
- downlike
- like down or as soft as down
- downmarket
- designed for low-income consumers
- downright
- characterized by plain blunt honesty
- downscale
- intended for people with low incomes
- downstage
- of the front half of a stage
- downstair
- on or of lower floors of a building
- downstream
- in the direction of a stream's current
- downtown
- of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center
- downtrodden
- abused or oppressed by people in power
- downward
- on or toward a surface regarded as a base
- downward-arching
- curving downward
- downwind
- towards the side away from the wind
- downy
- covered with fine soft hairs or down
- dozy
- half asleep
- drab
- lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
- drab
- of a light brownish green color
- drab
- lacking brightness or color; dull
- drafty
- not airtight
- dragging
- marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner
- drained
- emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)
- drained
- very tired
- draining
- having a debilitating effect
- dramatic
- used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style
- dramatic
- suitable to or characteristic of drama
- dramatic
- sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
- draped
- covered in folds of cloth
- drastic
- forceful and extreme and rigorous
- drawn
- having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut
- drawn-out
- (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels
- drawn-out
- relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
- dreadful
- extremely disagreeable and unpleasant
- dreamed
- conceived of or imagined or hoped for
- dreamless
- untroubled by dreams
- dreamlike
- resembling a dream
- dreamy
- lacking spirit or liveliness
- dreamy
- dreamy in mood or nature
- drenched
- abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination
- dress
- (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
- dress
- suitable for formal occasions
- dressed
- treated with medications and protective covering
- dressed
- (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth
- dressy
- in fancy clothing
- dried
- not still wet
- dried-up
- depleted of water
- dried-up
- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
- drill-like
- resembling a drill
- drilled
- trained in a skill by repetitious practice
- drinkable
- suitable for drinking
- drip-dry
- used of fabrics that do not require ironing
- drip-dry
- treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing
- dripless
- designed to prevent dripping
- drippy
- leaking in drops
- drippy
- wet with light rain
- driven
- compelled forcibly by an outside agency
- driven
- urged or forced to action through moral pressure
- driving
- acting with vigor
- driving
- having the power of driving or impelling
- drizzling
- (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops
- droll
- comical in an odd or whimsical manner
- drooping
- hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)
- drooping
- weak from exhaustion
- dropping
- coming down freely under the influence of gravity
- dropsical
- swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid
- drowsy
- showing lack of attention or boredom
- drudging
- doing arduous or unpleasant work
- drug-free
- characteristic of a person not taking illegal drugs or of a place where no illegal drugs are used
- drugless
- without the use of drugs
- drum-like
- shaped in a form resembling a drum
- drumhead
- performed speedily and without formality
- drunk
- stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
- drunk
- as if under the influence of alcohol
- dry
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- dry
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- dry
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- dry
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- dry
- having no adornment or coloration
- dry
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- dry
- not shedding tears
- dry
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- dry
- not producing milk
- dry
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- dry
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- dry
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- dry
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- dry
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
- dry
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- dry
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- dry-cleaned
- cleaned with chemical solvents
- dry-eyed
- free from tears
- dry-shod
- having or keeping the feet or shoes dry
- dual
- a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural)
- dual-purpose
- designed for or serving two purposes
- dubious
- not convinced
- duckbill
- having a beak resembling that of a duck
- ductile
- easily influenced
- ductile
- capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
- dud
- failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive
- due
- scheduled to arrive
- due
- owed and payable immediately or on demand
- due
- suitable to or expected in the circumstances
- dulcet
- extremely pleasant in a gentle way
- dulcet
- pleasing to the ear
- dull
- (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
- dull
- emitting or reflecting very little light
- dull
- not having a sharp edge or point
- dull
- not keenly felt
- dull
- lacking in liveliness or animation
- dull
- blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
- dull
- darkened with overcast
- dull
- being or made softer or less loud or clear
- dull
- (of business) not active or brisk
- dull
- not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
- dull-purple
- of a dull shade of purple
- dull-white
- of a dull shade of white
- dulled
- deprived of color
- dumb
- lacking the power of human speech
- dumb
- unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
- dumb
- temporarily incapable of speaking
- dumbfounded
- as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
- dummy
- having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function
- dumpy
- short and plump
- dun
- of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color
- dun-colored
- having a dun color
- duodecimal
- based on twelve
- duplex
- (used technically of a device or process) having two parts
- duplex
- allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously
- duplicable
- capable of being duplicated
- duplicate
- identically copied from an original
- duplicate
- being two identical
- durable
- very long lasting
- durable
- existing for a long time
- durable
- capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay
- dusky
- lighted by or as if by twilight
- dust-covered
- covered with a layer of dust
- dustlike
- as fine and powdery as dust
- duteous
- willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect
- dutiable
- subject to import tax
- duty-bound
- under a moral obligation to do something
- duty-free
- exempt from duty
- dwarfish
- atypically small
- dwindling
- gradually decreasing until little remains
- dying
- in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
- dynamic
- characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
- dysfunctional
- impaired in function; especially of a bodily system or organ
- dysfunctional
- (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose
- dyslectic
- having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder
- dyspeptic
- suffering from dyspepsia
- dysphemistic
- of or the nature of dysphemism
- dystopian
- as bad as can be; characterized by human misery
- each
- (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
- eager
- having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
- eagle-eyed
- capable of seeing to a great distance
- eared
- having ears (or appendages resembling ears) or having ears of a specified kind; often used in combination
- earless
- lacking external ears
- earlier
- (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early
- early
- at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
- early
- being or occurring at an early stage of development
- early
- of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
- early
- very young
- early
- expected in the near future
- early
- belonging to the distant past
- early-blooming
- of plants that bloom during the spring
- earlyish
- being somewhat early
- earned
- gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action
- earnest
- characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
- earthborn
- springing from or born on the earth
- earthborn
- connected with earthly life; of earthly origin
- earthborn
- of earthly origin (as mortals are)
- earthbound
- confined to the earth
- earthbound
- lacking wit or imagination
- earthlike
- resembling or characteristic of earth
- earthlike
- earth colored; of something having a color of soil or earth
- earthly
- of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven
- earthshaking
- loud enough to shake the very earth
- earthshaking
- sufficiently significant to affect the whole world
- earthy
- not far removed from or suggestive of nature
- earthy
- hearty and lusty
- east
- situated in or facing or moving toward the east
- east-central
- of a region of the United States generally including Kentucky, West Virginia
- eastbound
- moving toward the east
- easterly
- from the east; used especially of winds
- easterly
- lying in or toward the east
- eastern
- lying toward or situated in the east
- eastern
- of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States
- eastern
- relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world
- easternmost
- farthest to the east
- eastside
- of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan
- easy
- free from worry or anxiety
- easy
- posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
- easy
- affording comfort
- easy
- obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally
- easy
- less in demand and therefore readily obtainable
- easy
- affording pleasure
- easy
- readily exploited or tricked
- easy
- not hurried or forced
- easy
- marked by moderate steepness
- easy
- having little impact
- easy
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- easygoing
- relaxed and informal in attitude or standards
- ebon
- of a very dark black
- ebullient
- joyously unrestrained
- eccentric
- not having a common center; not concentric
- eccrine
- (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature
- ecdemic
- of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs
- echoic
- like or characteristic of an echo
- echoic
- (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
- echoing
- (of sounds) repeating by reflection
- echoless
- having or producing no echo
- echt
- not fake or counterfeit
- eclectic
- selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
- economic
- financially rewarding
- economic
- concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money)
- economic
- using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness
- economical
- avoiding waste
- ecstatic
- feeling great rapture or delight
- ectomorphic
- having a build with little fat or muscle but with long limbs
- ectothermic
- of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment
- ecumenic
- concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
- edacious
- devouring or craving food in great quantities
- edental
- having few if any teeth
- edentulous
- having lost teeth
- edged
- having a specified kind of border or edge
- edged
- having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination
- edgeless
- lacking a cutting edge
- edgy
- being in a tense state
- edified
- instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement
- edifying
- enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
- edited
- improved or corrected by critical editing
- educated
- possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
- educated
- characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved
- educational
- providing knowledge
- educative
- resulting in education
- eel-shaped
- shaped in the form of an eel
- eellike
- resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous
- eerie
- suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
- eerie
- inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
- effaceable
- capable of being effaced
- effective
- ready for service
- effective
- works well as a means or remedy
- effective
- existing in fact; not theoretical; real
- effective
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
- effective
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
- effective
- exerting force or influence
- effectual
- having legal efficacy or force
- efferent
- of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS
- effervescent
- (of a liquid) giving off bubbles
- effervescent
- used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide
- effete
- deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective
- effete
- affected, overrefined, and effeminate
- efficacious
- marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
- efficient
- being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
- effluent
- that is flowing outward
- effortful
- requiring great physical effort
- effortless
- requiring or apparently requiring no effort
- effusive
- extravagantly demonstrative
- egg-filled
- full of eggs
- egg-producing
- capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring
- egg-shaped
- rounded like an egg
- egocentric
- limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
- egotistic
- characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance
- eidetic
- of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy
- eight-day
- lasting for eight days
- eight-sided
- having eight sides
- eightfold
- having eight units or components
- eightpenny
- used of nail size; 2 1/2 in or 6.4 cm long
- elaborate
- marked by complexity and richness of detail
- elastic
- capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy
- elastic
- able to adjust readily to different conditions
- elasticised
- made with strands or inserts of elastic
- elated
- exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits
- elated
- full of high-spirited delight
- elating
- making lively and joyful
- elder
- used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
- eldest
- first in order of birth
- eldritch
- suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
- elect
- elected but not yet installed in office
- elect
- selected as the best
- elected
- subject to popular election
- elective
- not compulsory
- electoral
- relating to or composed of electors
- electric
- (of a situation) exceptionally tense
- electric
- affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
- electrifying
- causing a surge of emotion or excitement
- electronegative
- having a negative charge
- electroneutral
- having no net electric charge
- electropositive
- having a positive charge
- elegant
- refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
- elegant
- displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution
- elegant
- suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
- elegiac
- expressing sorrow often for something past
- elementary
- easy and not involved or complicated
- elephantine
- of great mass; huge and bulky
- elevated
- raised above the ground
- elevated
- of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
- elevated
- increased in amount or degree
- eleven-sided
- having eleven sides
- elfin
- usually good-naturedly mischievous
- elfin
- small and delicate
- elfin
- suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
- elicited
- called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation
- eligible
- qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen
- ellipsoid
- having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
- elliptic
- (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse
- elliptic
- characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements
- elocutionary
- (used of style of speaking) overly embellished
- elongate
- having notably more length than width; being long and slender
- elongate
- (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
- elongated
- drawn out or made longer spatially
- eloquent
- expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
- elusive
- skillful at eluding capture
- elusive
- difficult to describe
- elusive
- difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
- emancipated
- free from traditional social restraints
- emancipative
- tending to set free
- emarginate
- having a notched tip
- embarrassed
- made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride
- embarrassing
- causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
- embattled
- prepared for battle
- embattled
- (of a person) beset by difficulties or conflict
- embedded
- inserted as an integral part of a surrounding whole
- embedded
- enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass
- embezzled
- taken for your own use in violation of a trust
- emblematic
- serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
- emblematic
- being or serving as an illustration of a type
- emboldened
- made bold or courageous
- embroiled
- deeply involved especially in something complicated
- embryologic
- of an organism prior to birth or hatching
- embryonic
- in an early stage of development
- emergent
- occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
- emergent
- coming into existence
- emerging
- coming to maturity
- emeritus
- honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'
- eminent
- standing above others in quality or position
- eminent
- of imposing height; especially standing out above others
- emmetropic
- of or relating to the normal condition of the eye in which visual images are in clear focus on the retina
- emotional
- of more than usual emotion
- emotional
- determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason
- emotionless
- unmoved by feeling
- empathetic
- showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states
- emphasised
- spoken with emphasis
- emphatic
- sudden and strong
- emphatic
- forceful and definite in expression or action
- empiric
- derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
- employable
- physically and mentally capable of working at a regular job and available
- employed
- having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary
- employed
- put to use
- empowered
- invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter
- empty
- emptied of emotion
- empty
- holding or containing nothing
- empty
- needing nourishment
- empty
- devoid of significance or force
- empty-handed
- carrying nothing in the hands
- empty-handed
- having acquired or gained nothing
- empurpled
- excessively elaborate or showily expressed
- empyreal
- inspiring awe
- emulous
- eager to surpass others
- en deshabille
- partly dressed in a loose or careless manner
- en garde
- (fencing) in a defensive stance
- enabling
- providing legal power or sanction
- enamored
- marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
- enate
- related on the mother's side
- enchanted
- influenced as by charms or incantations
- encircled
- confined on all sides
- encircling
- being all around the edges; enclosing
- enclosed
- closed in or surrounded or included within
- encomiastic
- formally expressing praise
- encouraging
- giving courage or confidence or hope
- encouraging
- furnishing support and encouragement
- encroaching
- gradually intrusive without right or permission
- encumbered
- loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
- encyclical
- intended for wide distribution
- encyclopaedic
- comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia)
- end-rhymed
- rhymed on the terminal syllables of the verses
- end-stopped
- (verse) having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line
- end-to-end
- with the end of one object in contact lengthwise with the end of another object
- endangered
- (of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction
- endemic
- native to or confined to a certain region
- endemic
- of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality
- endergonic
- (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants
- endless
- having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole
- endless
- infinitely great in number
- endless
- tiresomely long; seemingly without end
- endocentric
- fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents
- endoergic
- (of a nuclear reaction) occurring with absorption of energy
- endogamic
- pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying onl