Glossary · Adjectives · A
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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Autocraticadjectiveoffensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted powercandidate
Autoicousadjectivehaving male and female reproductive organs in separate clusters on the same plantcandidate
Autoimmuneadjectiveof or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the bodycandidate
Autonomousadjective(of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgmentcandidate
Autophyticadjectiveof or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesiscandidate
Autotrophicadjectiveof or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesiscandidate
Averageadjectiverelating 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)candidate
Awareadjective(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perceptioncandidate
Awedadjectivehaving or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dreadcandidate
Awestrickenadjectivehaving or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dreadcandidate
Awestruckadjectivehaving or showing a feeling of mixed reverence, respect, wonder, and dreadcandidate
Awnedadjectivehaving awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grassescandidate
Awnyadjectivehaving awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grassescandidate