Adjectives

Words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns

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apochromatic

adjective

corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration

apodeictic

adjective

of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain

apodal

adjective

(of snakes and eels) naturally footless

apodictic

adjective

of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain

apogamic

adjective

of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absenc...

apomictical

adjective

of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis

apomictic

adjective

(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and femal...

apodous

adjective

(of snakes and eels) naturally footless

apopemptic

adjective

addressed to one who is departing

apothegmatic

adjective

given to or characterized by terse apothegms

apotropaic

adjective

having the power to prevent evil or bad luck

apothecial

adjective

of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi

appareled

adjective

dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in...

apoplectiform

adjective

resembling apoplexy

apparitional

adjective

resembling or characteristic of a phantom

appeasable

adjective

capable of being pacified

appendant

adjective

affixed as an appendage

apperceptive

adjective

able to relate new percepts to past experience

applaudable

adjective

worthy of high praise

applicatory

adjective

readily applicable or practical

applicative

adjective

readily applicable or practical

apportionable

adjective

capable of being distributed

apposable

adjective

capable of being placed opposite to something

appointive

adjective

subject to appointment

appositional

adjective

relating to or being in apposition

appraising

adjective

exercising or involving careful evaluations

appressed

adjective

pressed close to or lying flat against something

apprehensible

adjective

capable of being apprehended or understood

approbative

adjective

expressing or manifesting praise or approval

appropriable

adjective

that can be appropriated

apterous

adjective

(of insects) without wings

approbatory

adjective

expressing or manifesting praise or approval

apteral

adjective

(of insects) without wings

appurtenant

adjective

furnishing added support

aquicultural

adjective

of or relating to aquiculture

archangelic

adjective

of or relating to or resembling archangels

armlike

adjective

resembling an arm

arrhythmic

adjective

without regard for rhythm

arbitral

adjective

relating to or resulting from arbitration

arboreal

adjective

inhabiting or frequenting trees

arborous

adjective

of or relating to or formed by trees

arboresque

adjective

resembling a tree in form and branching structure

arbitrational

adjective

relating to or resulting from arbitration

arboraceous

adjective

abounding in trees

arborescent

adjective

resembling a tree in form and branching structure

arboreous

adjective

inhabiting or frequenting trees

archaean

adjective

of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the...

archaeologic

adjective

related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology

archean

adjective

of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the...

archegoniate

adjective

of or relating to an archegonium