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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Anaphoricadjectiverelating to anaphoracandidateMay 18, 2026
Anaphrodisiacadjectivetending to diminish sexual desirecandidateMay 18, 2026
Anaphylacticadjectiverelated to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Anaplasticadjectiveof or relating to anaplasiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Anarchicadjectivewithout law or controlcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anarchicaladjectivewithout law or controlcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anarchisticadjectiveof or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anasarcousadjectivecharacterized by or affected by dropsycandidateMay 18, 2026
Anastigmaticadjectivepertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images)candidateMay 18, 2026
Anastomoticadjectiveof or relating to or exhibiting anastomosiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Anatomicadjectiveof or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organismscandidateMay 18, 2026
Anatomicaladjectiveof or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organismscandidateMay 18, 2026
Anatropousadjective(of a plant ovule) completely invertedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Ancestraladjectiveinherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descentcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anchoriticadjectivecharacterized by ascetic solitudecandidateMay 18, 2026
Ancientadjectivebelonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman EmpirecandidateMay 18, 2026
Ancillaryadjectivefurnishing added supportcandidateMay 18, 2026
Andalusianadjectivein or relating to AndalusiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Andanteadjective(of tempo) moderately slowcandidateMay 18, 2026
Andantinoadjective(of tempo) moderately fastcandidateMay 18, 2026
Andeanadjectiverelating to the Andes and their inhabitantscandidateMay 18, 2026
Andorranadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Andorra or its peoplecandidateMay 18, 2026
Androgeneticadjectiveof or related to androgenesiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Androgenicadjectiveof or related to the male hormone androgencandidateMay 18, 2026
Androgenousadjectiveof or related to androgenesiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Androgynousadjectiverelating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearancecandidateMay 18, 2026
Aneadjectiveused of a single unit or thingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anecdotaladjectivecharacterized by or given to telling anecdotescandidateMay 18, 2026
Anecdoticadjectivecharacterized by or given to telling anecdotescandidateMay 18, 2026
Anecdoticaladjectivecharacterized by or given to telling anecdotescandidateMay 18, 2026
Anechoicadjectivenot having or producing echoescandidateMay 18, 2026
Anemicadjectiverelating to anemia or suffering from anemiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Anemographicadjectivepertaining to the recording of wind measurementscandidateMay 18, 2026
Anemometricadjectivepertaining to the measurement of wind speed and directioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Anemometricaladjectivepertaining to the measurement of wind speed and directioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Anemophilousadjectiveof flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the windcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anencephalicadjectivecharacterized by partial or total absence of a braincandidateMay 18, 2026
Anencephalousadjectivecharacterized by partial or total absence of a braincandidateMay 18, 2026
Aneroidadjectivecontaining no liquid or actuated without the use of liquidcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anestheticadjectiverelating to or producing insensibilitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Anestricadjectiveof or relating to anestruscandidateMay 18, 2026
Anestrousadjective(of lower mammals) not in a state of estruscandidateMay 18, 2026
Aneuploidadjectivehaving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid numbercandidateMay 18, 2026
Aneurismaladjectiverelating to or affected by an aneurysmcandidateMay 18, 2026
Aneurismaticadjectiverelating to or affected by an aneurysmcandidateMay 18, 2026
Aneurysmaladjectiverelating to or affected by an aneurysmcandidateMay 18, 2026
Aneurysmaticadjectiverelating to or affected by an aneurysmcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anfractuousadjectivefull of twists and turnscandidateMay 18, 2026
Angelicadjectivehaving a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherubcandidateMay 18, 2026
Angelicaladjectivehaving a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherubcandidateMay 18, 2026
Angeredadjectivemarked by extreme angercandidateMay 18, 2026
Anginaladjectiveof or related to the pain of angina pectoriscandidateMay 18, 2026
Anginoseadjectiveof or related to the pain of angina pectoriscandidateMay 18, 2026
Anginousadjectiveof or related to the pain of angina pectoriscandidateMay 18, 2026
Angiocarpicadjectivehaving or being fruit enclosed in a shell or huskcandidateMay 18, 2026
Angiocarpousadjectivehaving or being fruit enclosed in a shell or huskcandidateMay 18, 2026
Angiomatousadjectiveof or related to or having a tumor of the kind known as an angiomacandidateMay 18, 2026
Angiospermousadjectiveof or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiospermscandidateMay 18, 2026
Angledadjectiveforming or set at an anglecandidateMay 18, 2026
Anglicanadjectiveof or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican churchcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anglo-Catholicadjectivesupporting the Anglican ChurchcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anglo-Indianadjectiverelating to British India or the English in IndiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Anglo-Jewishadjectiveof English-speaking Jews and their culturecandidateMay 18, 2026
Anglo-Saxonadjectiveof or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their languagecandidateMay 18, 2026
Anglophilicadjectivecharacterized by AnglophiliacandidateMay 18, 2026
Anglophobicadjectivecharacterized by AnglophobiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Angolanadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Angola or its peoplecandidateMay 18, 2026
Angryadjective(of the elements) as if showing violent angercandidateMay 18, 2026
Anguillanadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Anguilla or its peoplecandidateMay 18, 2026
Anguineadjectiveof or related to or resembling a snakecandidateMay 18, 2026
Anguishedadjectiveexperiencing intense pain especially mental paincandidateMay 18, 2026
Angularadjectivemeasured by an angle or by the rate of change of an anglecandidateMay 18, 2026
Angulateadjectivehaving angles or an angular shapecandidateMay 18, 2026
Anhydrousadjectivewithout watercandidateMay 18, 2026
Anictericadjectivenot affected by jaundicecandidateMay 18, 2026
Anileadjectiveof or like a feeble old womancandidateMay 18, 2026
Animaladjectivemarked by the appetites and passions of the bodycandidateMay 18, 2026
Animalisticadjectiveof or pertaining to animalismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Animateadjectiveendowed with animal life as distinguished from plant lifecandidateMay 18, 2026
Animatedadjectivemade to appear to move as living creatures docandidateMay 18, 2026
Animatingadjectivegiving spirit and vivacitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Animatisticadjectiveof or pertaining to animatismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Animistadjectiveof or pertaining to the doctrine of animismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Animisticadjectiveof or pertaining to the doctrine of animismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anionicadjectiveof or relating to anionscandidateMay 18, 2026
Anise-Scentedadjectivesmelling of anisecandidateMay 18, 2026
Aniseikonicadjectiverelating to or characteristic of the visual defect aniseikoniacandidateMay 18, 2026
Anisogameticadjectiverelating to either of a pair of dissimilar (anisogamic) gametes combining in sexual reproductioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Anisogamicadjectiverelating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape)candidateMay 18, 2026
Anisogamousadjectiverelating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape)candidateMay 18, 2026
Anisometricadjectivehaving unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurementscandidateMay 18, 2026
Anisometropicadjectiverelating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyescandidateMay 18, 2026
Anisotropicadjectivenot invariant with respect to directioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Ankle-Deepadjectivecoming only to the ankle or kneecandidateMay 18, 2026
Ankyloticadjectiverelating to or characteristic of the abnormality ankylosiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Annalisticadjectiverelating to annalscandidateMay 18, 2026
Annelidadjectiverelating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum AnnelidacandidateMay 18, 2026
Annelidanadjectiverelating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum AnnelidacandidateMay 18, 2026
Annexaladjectiveof or pertaining to adnexacandidateMay 18, 2026
Annexationaladjectiverelating to annexationcandidateMay 18, 2026