Adjectives

Words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns

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caudate

adjective

having a tail or taillike appendage

cauline

adjective

(of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground

caulescent

adjective

(of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground

cavitied

adjective

pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)

cacuminal

adjective

pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the...

cacophonous

adjective

having an unpleasant sound

cadent

adjective

marked by a rhythmical cadence

cadenced

adjective

marked by a rhythmical cadence

caducous

adjective

shed at an early stage of development

caliginous

adjective

dark and misty and gloomy

calorifacient

adjective

producing heat; usually used of foods

calumniatory

adjective

(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to di...

calumnious

adjective

(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to di...

calycinal

adjective

of or relating to or resembling a calyx

canescent

adjective

covered with fine whitish hairs or down

canorous

adjective

richly melodious

capacious

adjective

large in capacity

capitulary

adjective

of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter

capitular

adjective

of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter

carunculated

adjective

having a caruncle

caruncular

adjective

resembling a caruncle

carunculate

adjective

having a caruncle

caseous

adjective

of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike

catenulate

adjective

having a chainlike form

cathectic

adjective

of or relating to cathexis

catoptric

adjective

of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirror...

catoptrical

adjective

of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirror...

ceilinged

adjective

provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior sur...

censorious

adjective

harshly critical or expressing censure

censurable

adjective

deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurio...

centesimal

adjective

the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order

centralising

adjective

tending to draw to a central point

centralist

adjective

advocating centralization

centralizing

adjective

tending to draw to a central point

centralistic

adjective

advocating centralization

centripetal

adjective

tending to unify

centrical

adjective

having or situated at or near a center

centrosymmetric

adjective

having a symmetrical arrangement of radiating parts about a...

cernuous

adjective

having branches or flower heads that bend downward

certificated

adjective

furnished with or authorized by a certificate:

certificatory

adjective

serving to certify or endorse authoritatively

cespitose

adjective

(of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts

ceylonese

adjective

of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people...

cecal

adjective

of or like a cecum

cedarn

adjective

consisting of or made of cedar

celiac

adjective

of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen

cenogenetic

adjective

of or relating to cenogenesis

cenobitic

adjective

of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices...

cerise

adjective

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange)...

chaetognathan

adjective

of or relating to arrowworms