Adjectives

Words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns

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stalkless

adjective

attached directly by the base; not having an intervening sta...

staminate

adjective

capable of fertilizing female organs

stannic

adjective

of or relating to or containing tin

stannous

adjective

of or relating to or containing tin

starlike

adjective

resembling a star

statant

adjective

standing on four feet

stative

adjective

(used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adj...

stellate

adjective

arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center

stenographic

adjective

of or relating to or employing stenography

stenosed

adjective

abnormally constricted body canal or passage

stentorian

adjective

(used of the voice or sound) deep and resonant

stepwise

adjective

one thing at a time

stertorous

adjective

of breathing having a heavy snoring sound

stigmatic

adjective

not astigmatic

stimulative

adjective

capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychol...

stipulatory

adjective

constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement

stochastic

adjective

being or having a random variable

stomachic

adjective

relating to or involving the stomach

stomatal

adjective

relating to or constituting plant stomata

stomatous

adjective

relating to or constituting plant stomata

stormbound

adjective

delayed or confined or cut off by a storm

straggly

adjective

spreading out in different directions or distributed irregul...

streptococcic

adjective

of or relating to or caused by streptococci

strikebound

adjective

closed or immobilized by a strike

subacid

adjective

slightly sour to the taste

subacute

adjective

less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person w...

subalpine

adjective

growing at high altitudes

subaquatic

adjective

partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and part...

subaqueous

adjective

growing or remaining under water

subfusc

adjective

devoid of brightness or appeal

subjacent

adjective

lying nearby but lower

subjugable

adjective

susceptible to being subjugated

sublunar

adjective

of this earth

sublunary

adjective

of this earth

submersed

adjective

beneath the surface of the water

submergible

adjective

capable of being immersed in water or functioning while subm...

suboceanic

adjective

formed or situated or occurring beneath the ocean or the oce...

suborbital

adjective

situated on or below the floor of the eye socket

subocular

adjective

situated on or below the floor of the eye socket

subordinative

adjective

serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause

subscript

adjective

written or printed below and to one side of another characte...

substantival

adjective

of or relating to or having the nature or function of a subs...

subterminal

adjective

near but not precisely at an end

subtractive

adjective

constituting or involving subtraction

suffusive

adjective

spreading through

sulphuretted

adjective

treated or impregnated with sulfur

sumptuary

adjective

regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior

sunbaked

adjective

dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

superable

adjective

capable of being surmounted or excelled

supercritical

adjective

(especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain...