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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Antidromicadjectiveconducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normalcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antiferromagneticadjectiverelating to antiferromagnetismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antifertilityadjectivecapable of preventing conception or impregnationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antifungaladjectivecapable of destroying fungicandidateMay 18, 2026
Antigenicadjectiveof or relating to antigenscandidateMay 18, 2026
Antiguanadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Antigua or its peoplecandidateMay 18, 2026
Antihereticaladjectiveopposed to heresycandidateMay 18, 2026
Antiknockadjectivesuppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion enginescandidateMay 18, 2026
Antiknockingadjectivesuppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion enginescandidateMay 18, 2026
Antimagneticadjectiveimpervious to the effects of a magnetic fieldcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antimicrobialadjectivecapable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganismscandidateMay 18, 2026
Antimicrobicadjectivecapable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganismscandidateMay 18, 2026
Antimonialadjectivecontaining antimonycandidateMay 18, 2026
Antimonicadjectiverelating to or derived from antimonycandidateMay 18, 2026
Antimoniousadjectiverelating to or derived from antimonycandidateMay 18, 2026
Antimonopolyadjectiveof laws and regulationscandidateMay 18, 2026
Antineoplasticadjectiveused in the treatment of cancercandidateMay 18, 2026
Antinomianadjectiverelating to or influenced by antinomianismcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antiparalleladjective(especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antipatheticadjective(usually followed by `to') strongly opposedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antipatheticaladjective(usually followed by `to') strongly opposedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antipersonneladjectivedesigned to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destructioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Antiphlogisticadjectivecounteracting inflammationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antiphonaladjectiverelating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphonycandidateMay 18, 2026
Antiphonaryadjectiverelating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphonycandidateMay 18, 2026
Antipodaladjectiverelating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earthcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antipodeanadjectiverelating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earthcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antipollutionadjectiveintended to reduce pollutioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Antipyreticadjectivepreventing or alleviating fevercandidateMay 18, 2026
Antiquarianadjectiveof or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquitiescandidateMay 18, 2026
Antiquatedadjectiveso extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier periodcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antiqueadjectivemade in or typical of earlier times and valued for its agecandidateMay 18, 2026
Antisatelliteadjectiveof or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbitcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antisepticadjectivethoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organismscandidateMay 18, 2026
Antisocialadjectivehostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behaviorcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antistrophicadjectiveof or relating to an antistrophecandidateMay 18, 2026
Antisubmarineadjectivedefensive against enemy submarinescandidateMay 18, 2026
Antitankadjectivedesigned for defense against armored vehiclescandidateMay 18, 2026
Antitheticadjectivesharply contrasted in character or purposecandidateMay 18, 2026
Antitheticaladjectivesharply contrasted in character or purposecandidateMay 18, 2026
Antithyroidadjectivehaving the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Antitoxicadjectivecounteracting a toxin or poisoncandidateMay 18, 2026
Antitrustadjectiveof laws and regulationscandidateMay 18, 2026
Antitumoradjectiveused in the treatment of cancercandidateMay 18, 2026
Antitumouradjectiveused in the treatment of cancercandidateMay 18, 2026
Antitypicadjectiveof or relating to an antitypecandidateMay 18, 2026
Antitypicaladjectiveof or relating to an antitypecandidateMay 18, 2026
Antiviraladjectiveinhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of virusescandidateMay 18, 2026
Antler-Likeadjectiveresembling antlerscandidateMay 18, 2026
Antleredadjectivehaving antlerscandidateMay 18, 2026
Antonymousadjectiveof words: having opposite meaningscandidateMay 18, 2026
Antrorseadjectivebent or curved forward or upwardcandidateMay 18, 2026
Antsyadjectivenervous and unable to relaxcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anuranadjectiverelating to frogs and toadscandidateMay 18, 2026
Anureticadjectiveof or relating to an inability to urinatecandidateMay 18, 2026
Anuricadjectiveof or relating to an inability to urinatecandidateMay 18, 2026
Anurousadjectivenot having a tailcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anxiolyticadjectiveanxiety relievingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Anxiousadjectivecausing or fraught with or showing anxietycandidateMay 18, 2026
Anyadjectiveone or some or every or all without specificationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Aoristicadjectiveof or relating to the aorist tensecandidateMay 18, 2026
Aortaladjectiveof or relating to the aortacandidateMay 18, 2026
Aorticadjectiveof or relating to the aortacandidateMay 18, 2026
Apartadjectivehaving characteristics not shared by otherscandidateMay 18, 2026
Apatheticadjectiveshowing little or no emotion or animationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Apelikeadjectivebeing or given to servile imitationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Aperientadjectivemildly laxativecandidateMay 18, 2026
Aperiodicadjectivenot recurring at regular intervalscandidateMay 18, 2026
Apetalousadjective(of flowers) having no petalscandidateMay 18, 2026
Aphaereticadjectiverelating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Aphakicadjectiveof or relating to or afflicted with aphakiacandidateMay 18, 2026
Aphaniticadjectiveof or relating to aphanitecandidateMay 18, 2026
Aphasicadjectiveunable to speak because of a brain lesioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Aphereticadjectiverelating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Apheticadjectiveproduced by aphesiscandidateMay 18, 2026
Aphonicadjectivebeing without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speechcandidateMay 18, 2026
Aphoristicadjectiveterse and witty and like a maximcandidateMay 18, 2026
Aphoticadjectivelacking lightcandidateMay 18, 2026
Aphrodisiacadjectiveexciting sexual desirecandidateMay 18, 2026
Aphrodisiacaladjectiveexciting sexual desirecandidateMay 18, 2026
Aphyllousadjectivehaving no leavescandidateMay 18, 2026
Apianadjectiverelating to or having the characteristics of beescandidateMay 18, 2026
Apiarianadjectiverelating to bees or beekeepingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Apicaladjectivesituated at an apexcandidateMay 18, 2026
Apiculateadjective(of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tipcandidateMay 18, 2026
Apiculturaladjectiverelating to the care and breeding of beescandidateMay 18, 2026
Apishadjectivebeing or given to servile imitationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Apivorousadjectivefeeding on beescandidateMay 18, 2026
Aplacentaladjectivehaving no placentacandidateMay 18, 2026
Aplanaticadjectivefree from or corrected for spherical aberrationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Apliticadjectiveof or related to aplitecandidateMay 18, 2026
Apneicadjectiveof or relating to apneacandidateMay 18, 2026
Apnoeicadjectiveof or relating to apneacandidateMay 18, 2026
Apocalypticadjectiveprophetic of devastation or ultimate doomcandidateMay 18, 2026
Apocalypticaladjectiveprophetic of devastation or ultimate doomcandidateMay 18, 2026
Apocarpousadjective(of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or rosescandidateMay 18, 2026
Apochromaticadjectivecorrected for both chromatic and spherical aberrationcandidateMay 18, 2026
Apocrineadjective(of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretioncandidateMay 18, 2026
Apocryphaladjectivebeing of questionable authenticitycandidateMay 18, 2026
Apocynaceousadjectiveof or relating to tropical plants of the family ApocynaceaecandidateMay 18, 2026