1440+ Adjectives That Start with A: a Huge List of Words with Definitions and Examples

In this article, we present one of the web’s largest lists of adjectives that begin with “A”. We give a definition and a quick usage example for each word.

Over 1440 adjectives in English start with “A”. The letter A is one of the most popular letter for adjectives.

If we sort the list of adjectives by their SECOND letter, it is very interesting to see that AN- is the clear winner (mainly due to the prefixes an- and anti-) followed by AL (135 words), AC (132 words) and AR (128 words). On the other end of the spectrum, AJ and AO only have 1 adjective each.

For your convenience, we have organized the list by the second letter. Feel free to jump right to the section you are interested in. Enjoy!

Adjectives That Start with AB (69 Words)

abactinal	Located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated.
abandoned	Forsaken by owner or inhabitants. He has collected a menagerie of abandoned animals.
abashed	Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious. I was immensely thankful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.
abatable	Capable of being abated. All admitted students who need hostel accommodation will be required to apply in the prescribed application from abatable from hostel superintendent and almost of rooms will be in accordance with the merit of the student.
abaxial	Facing away from the axis of an organ or organism. On the abaxial surface of the mature blade 5 to 6 sori develop in two rows.
abbreviated	Cut short in duration. The name of the monarch is abbreviated.
abdominal	Of or relating to or near the abdomen. The symptoms of infection are diarrhea, constipation, and abdominal pain.
abdominous	Having a large belly.
abdominovesical	Of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder.
abducent	Especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part.
abecedarian	Alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers). Both abecedarian and deadbeat contain more than just those four letters.
aberdonian	Of or relating to aberdeen. As an Aberdonian, just be thankful a vengeful sheep didn’t gambol past.
aberrant	Markedly different from an accepted norm. It’s description of the dialects is totally aberrant.
abeyant	Inactive but capable of becoming active. This creation became abeyant again in 1951.
abhorrent	Offensive to the mind. American acquiescence to these attacks on humanity is abhorrent.
abiding	Unceasing. Abiding by the will, Mizuho cross dresses to attend the school.
abient	Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
abiogenetic	Originating by abiogenesis.
abject	Showing utter resignation or hopelessness. I strongly abject to the user Nemanmarcus being blocked.
abkhaz	Of or relating to abkazia or its people or their language. See Abkhaz phonology for an overview of the phonemic inventory of Abkhaz.
abkhazian	Of or relating to abkazia or its people or their language. Today this dacha belongs to the Abkhazian government.
ablated	Made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization. The water ablated after all.
ablative	Relating to the ablative case. This forms the ablative of comparison.
ablaze	Resembling flame in brilliance or color. They set the place ablaze and ten people died in the fire.
able	Having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity. They were not able to crystallized.
ablutionary	Cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands.
abnaki	Of or relating to the abnakis or their language. Abnaki spent the remainder of her Navy career operating along the west coast.
abnormal	Departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development. This causes an abnormal largeness of the lips.
abomasal	Relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants). Adult worms are attached to abomasal mucosa and feed on the blood.
abominable	Exceptionally bad or displeasing. The article is a prime example of abominable gotracruft.
aboral	Opposite to or away from the mouth. In biology, aboral surfaces are surfaces away from or opposite the mouth.
aboriginal	Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state. The term is used in deformation of the aboriginal culture.
abortifacient	Causing abortion. It is also cited as an antispasmodic and abortifacient.
abortive	Failing to accomplish an intended result. The abortive effort ended in bankruptcy.
aboulic	Suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions.
about	On the move. It’s all about how users comport themselves around the project.
above	Appearing earlier in the same text. The above is extremely provocative.
aboveboard	Without concealment or deception; honest. Editing the page is certainly aboveboard.
aboveground	On or above the surface of the ground. Most fairies consider it the most magical place aboveground.
abranchial	Having no gills.
abranchiate	Having no gills.
abranchious	Having no gills.
abrasive	Sharply disagreeable; rigorous. The abrasive coating is prepared using the glow discharge method.
abreast	Being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge. He undertook computer classes to walk abreast with the modern world.
abroach	Of a cask or barrel.
abroad	In a foreign country. The programs involve studies in the USA and abroad.
abrupt	Surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner. The ending of the book is also abrupt.
absent	Not being in a specified place. Green colors and metallic iridescence are generally absent.
absentminded	Lost in thought; showing preoccupation. He was a strange boy and was always absentminded.
absolute	Not capable of being violated or infringed. The centeredness is contextual and not absolute.
absolutist	Pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism. But I’m not an absolutist on the subject.
absolutistic	Pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism. He flew to Spain after a absolutistic regime and he returned to Guayaquil.
absolvitory	Providing absolution.
absorbed	Retained without reflection. The mat is melted and absorbed into the ingot.
absorbefacient	Inducing or promoting absorption.
absorbent	Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.). This allows the exhaled gas to bypass the absorbent.
absorbing	Capable of arousing and holding the attention. The xenon is absorbed partly in the absorbing substance.
abstemious	Sparing in consumption of especially food and drink- john galsworthy. Jesse did not seem to be abstemious.
abstinent	Self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink. He was the first one to suggest the idea of abstinent societies.
abstract	Dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention. Abstract expressionism was introduced in the 1950s.
abstracted	Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature. The case in point is Abstract expressionism.
abstractive	Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature. The case in point is Abstract expressionism.
abstruse	Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge. I find the argument too abstruse.
absurd	Incongruous;inviting ridicule. It is going from the ridiculous to the absurd.
abulic	Suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions.
abundant	Present in great quantity. It’s the most abundant element in the universe.
abusive	Characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment. The use of abusive language is illegal.
abuzz	Noisy like the sound of a bee. This area is abuzz with commercial activity.
abysmal	Resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable. At the same time, the city’s health statistics are abysmal.

Adjectives That Start with AC (132 Words)

academic	Associated with academia or an academy. The academic environment of the school is very inspiring and motivating.
acanthoid	Shaped like a spine or thorn.
acanthotic	Of or relating to or having acanthosis. It is also known as acral acanthotic anomaly, the two terms being synonymous.
acanthous	Shaped like a spine or thorn.
acapnial	Relating to or demonstrating acapnia.
acapnic	Relating to or demonstrating acapnia.
acapnotic	Relating to or demonstrating acapnia.
acarpellous	Having no carpels.
acarpelous	Having no carpels.
acarpous	Producing no fruit.
acatalectic	Metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot.
acaudal	Lacking a tail or taillike appendage. Acaudal fin with a terminal black band.
acaudate	Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
acaulescent	Having no apparent stem above ground. Sometimes appearing to be acaulescent.
accelerando	Gradually increasing in tempo. Now I’m going to redirect ritardando and accelerando here as well.
acceptable	Worthy of acceptance or satisfactory. Is the solicitation of funds here acceptable
accepted	Generally approved or compelling recognition. The man accepted the deal.
accepting	Tolerating without protest. This dispute was resolved with the deviant monks accepting the existing rules.
acceptive	Accepting willingly.
accessary	Aiding and abetting in a crime. The spelling accessary is occasionally used, but only in this legal sense.
accessible	Easily obtained. It’s very accessible and lucid for the ignorant.
accessorial	Aiding and abetting in a crime. He also described the accessory tear glands of the eye.
accessory	Furnishing added support. The accessory accedes to the principal.
accidental	Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally. These are only the accidental results of the Reformation.
accipitrine	Of or relating to or belonging to the genus accipiter (or to typical hawks).
acclivitous	Sloping upward.
accompanying	Following or accompanying as a consequence. The tower in the accompanying picture is the Levis Tower.
accomplished	Settled securely and unconditionally. Daniel was an accomplished speaker and raconteur.
according	As reported or stated by. According to Descartes, the soul is indivisible.
accountable	Liable to account for one’s actions. The Arbitration Committee must be accountable to the community.
accoutered	Provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military). And the rest of the play’s figures are similarly, gaudily accoutered.
accoutred	Provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military).
acculturational	Of or relating to acculturation.
acculturative	Of or relating to acculturation. Psychological adaptation and development under acculturative stress.
accumbent	Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest.
accumulated	Periodically accumulated over time. Legal fees and accumulated debts erased the balance of the award.
accurate	Characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct. The map of the artcle is accurate.
accursed	Under a curse. I finally had to physically remove myself from the accursed Tivo.
accurst	Under a curse.
accusative	Serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes. The pronouns have additional cases of accusative and genitive, but no vocative.
accusatorial	Specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor. Thank you for fixing that error, and for not being accusatorial.
accusatory	Containing or expressing accusation. The current notice does seem rather unprofessional and accusatory.
accusive	Containing or expressing accusation.
accustomed	In the habit of or adapted to. We’ve all grown accustomed to hearing such superheated humbug.
ace	Of the highest quality. In the second round, the ace will drop the king.
acellular	Not made up of or divided into cells. Sato’s acellular pertussis vaccine was used in Japan since the autumn of 1981.
acentric	Lacking a centromere. Acentric factor accounts for characteristic of molecular structure.
acephalous	Lacking a head or a clearly defined head. Most foraging or hunter gatherer societies are acephalous.
acerate	Narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves.
acerb	Sour or bitter in taste.
acerbic	Harsh or corrosive in tone. It is a combination of acerbic and cerberus.
acerose	Narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves.
acervate	Pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass.
acetabular	Of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone. Acetabular fossa is at centre, inside the lunate surface.
acetic	Relating to or containing acetic acid. It is the triester of glycerol and acetic acid.
acetonic	Of or relating to acetone.
acetose	Tasting or smelling like vinegar.
acetous	Tasting or smelling like vinegar.
acetylenic	Of or related to acetylene. Internal alkynes feature carbon substituents on each acetylenic carbon.
acetylic	Of or related to acetic acid.
achaean	Of or relating to achaea or its ancient greek people. Samolas the Achaean was in command of this brigade.
achenial	Pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit.
acheronian	Dark and dismal as of the rivers acheron and styx in hades-wordsworth.
acherontic	Dark and dismal as of the rivers acheron and styx in hades-wordsworth.
aching	Causing a dull and steady pain. The work was back aching and very tiring.
achlamydeous	Not having a floral envelope or perianth.
achlorhydric	Lacking hydrochloric acid.
achondritic	Not having a granular structure.
achondroplastic	Of or relating to achondroplasia.
achromatic	Having no hue. Therefore, the achromatic number of the Clebsch graph is 8.
achromatinic	Not readily colored by stains.
achromatous	Having little or inadequate color.
achromic	Having no color.
achromous	Having no color.
achy	Causing a dull and steady pain. The pain can feel like burning, pricking sensation, achy or dull.
acicular	Narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves. A process for producing magnetic particles for a magnetic recording medium from an acicular goethite as a starting material comprises a step of growing a Si component containing goethite as an outer layer.
aciculate	Related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts. C. and producing an aciculate textured coke by coking said mixture.
acid	Being sour to the taste. The chemical compound calcium acetate is the calcium salt of acetic acid.
acidic	Being sour to the taste. The stomach is an acidic environment the intestines are alkaline.
acidimetric	Involving or related to acidimetry.
acidophilic	Especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium. The high quantity of mitochondria gives the cells an acidophilic appearance.
acidophilous	Especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium. I resumed taking the acidophilous with no further outbreaks since then.
acidotic	Having or being characterized by acidosis.
acidulent	Being sour to the taste. Fumaric acid is a food acidulent used since 1946.
acidulous	Being sour to the taste. He hates the acidulous taste.
aciduric	Especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium.
acinar	Pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry. Acinar cell source of the parotid hormone.
acinic	Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland). Recurrence of pulmonary acinic cell carcinoma.
acinose	Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
acinous	Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
acneiform	Resembling acne. Other sources classified acne vulgaris under acneiform eruption.
acold	Of persons; feeling cold- shakespeare.
acoustic	Of or relating to the science of acoustics. The range of the acoustic seeker was later improved.
acoustical	Of or relating to the science of acoustics. Construction of the acoustical buffer zone.
acquainted	Having fair knowledge of. He became acquainted with the ideals of the revolution.
acquiescent	Willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest. The parents wanted their children to remain acquiescent.
acquired	Gotten through environmental forces. Sequent was acquired by IBM in 1999.
acquisitive	Eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas. He was very selfish, acquisitive, and resolute, very skilful schemer.
acrid	Strong and sharp. The acrid smell reeking up the shaft was unmistakable.
acrimonious	Marked by strong resentment or cynicism. It is an acrimonious system across the board.
acritical	Without a crisis (as of some diseases). Itcorresponds to the Curie phase transition, and is also called acritical point.
acrocarpous	Having the archegonia at the top of the stem.
acrocentric	Having a subterminal centromere.
acrogenic	Pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem.
acrogenous	Pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem.
acromegalic	Marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face. Midget is to giant as dwarf is to acromegalic.
acropetal	Of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex.
acrophobic	Suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high places. To an acrophobic person, this is scary.
acroscopic	Facing or on the side toward the apex.
actinal	Located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated.
acting	Serving temporarily especially as a substitute. He was notorious for acting like a martinet.
actinic	Relating to or exhibiting actinism. Yellow and red light was non actinic.
actinoid	Having a radial form. It is the seventh transuranic element, and an actinoid.
actinometric	Of or related to actinometry.
actinometrical	Of or related to actinometry.
actinomorphic	Capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis. The flowers are actinomorphic and yellowish green.
actinomorphous	Capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis. The result of the debate was Moving it to Actinomorphous flower.
actinomycetal	Of or belonging to the actinomycetes.
actinomycetous	Of or belonging to the actinomycetes.
actinomycotic	Of or related to actinomycosis infection.
actionable	Affording grounds for legal action. The results of the trial are quite actionable.
active	Expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:. Active erosive esophagitis is often present.
activist	Advocating or engaged in activism. Her sister was the suffragette activist, Lady Constance Lytton.
activistic	Advocating or engaged in activism. The Activist was replaced by the Slacker.
actual	Being or existing at the present moment. The actual sockpuppets get evasive.
actuarial	Of or relating to the work of an actuary. It has nothing to do with the actuarial profession.
acuate	Ending in a sharp point. I fixed it so it’s acuate again.
aculeate	Having or resembling a stinger or barb. The Sapygidae are a family of solitary aculeate wasps.
aculeated	Having or resembling a stinger or barb.
acuminate	Narrowing to a slender point. The leaf apex is acute to acuminate.
acute	Of an angle; less than 90 degrees. I suddenly had an acute pain.
acyclic	Not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls. Flabby sheaves are soft and acyclic.

Adjectives That Start with AD (94 Words)

adactylous	Without fingers and/or toes.
adagio	Leisurely. But maybe Adagio will weigh in on that one in a bit.
adamant	Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason- w.churchill. The others plead with the Count, but he is adamant.
adamantine	Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason- w.churchill. Thomas was adamant about participating in the war.
adaptable	Capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use. This made the Birkebeins more mobile and adaptable.
adaptative	Having a capacity for adaptation. These adaptative traits may be structural, behavioral or physiological.
adapted	Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose. The bands are adapted to grip the user’s fingertip.
adaxial	Nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism. They also contain small adaxial resin vesicles.
addicted	Compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming. The incident left Nathan addicted to painkillers.
addictive	Causing or characterized by addiction. Some of the research points to the drug and addictive nature of sugars.
additional	Further or added. Additional CO2 produces more luxuriant growth.
additive	Designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree. Hydrates of the additive compounds may also be used.
addlebrained	Stupid and confused- isaac sterne.
addlepated	Stupid and confused- isaac sterne. And finally, they bring this mass of addlepated wishful thinking toWikipedia.
addressable	Capable of being addressed. It’s not an addressable concern.
adducting	Especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part.
adductive	Especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part.
adenocarcinomatous	Of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma.
adenoid	Relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue. Neutron radiotherapy for adenoid cystic carcinoma of minor salivary glands.
adenoidal	Of or pertaining to the adenoids. She speaks with a distinctively adenoidal voice.
adept	Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude. He’s also adept in the rite of ressurection.
adequate	Sufficient for the purpose. The name of the publication is adequate.
adherent	Sticking fast. The building is adherent to the next one.
adhesive	Tending to adhere. The receptacle and adhesive network covers the penile orifice.
adiabatic	Occurring without loss or gain of heat. Non adiabatic chemical dynamics.
adient	Characterized by acceptance or approach.
adipose	Composed of animal fat. Leucine is utilized in the liver, adipose tissue, and muscle tissue.
adjacent	Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching. The adjacent walls are sheathed in ceramic tiles.
adjectival	Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law. The normal position of the adjective is after the noun.
adjective	Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law. I apologize for that obstreperous adjective.
adjunct	Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another. He is an adjunct professor of business school.
adjunctive	Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another. The first mill was important as an adjunct to the Hope Park plantation.
adjustable	Capable of being changed so as to match or fit. The height of the weir may be adjustable.
adjustive	Conducive to adjustment. First, adjustive instrument made the cut.
adjuvant	Furnishing added support. Adjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer.
administrative	Of or relating to or responsible for administration. Read the administrative consideration of the case.
admirable	Inspiring admiration or approval. Reticence is admirable in some circumstances, but not this one.
admired	Regarded with admiration. It is admired for its alertness and ferocious attacks.
admissible	Deserving to be admitted. It’s certainly not admissible in the article.
admittable	Deserving to be allowed to enter. Your hearsay arguments are not admittable underWikipedia policy.
admittible	Deserving to be allowed to enter.
admonitory	Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective. That definitely was an admonitory remark.
adnate	Of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached. The deeply trilobate lip is adnate to the column to its apex.
adnexal	Of or pertaining to adnexa. On pelvic examination a unilateral adnexal mass may be found.
adolescent	Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent. The youngest sister Renata is an immature and capricious adolescent.
adonic	Or relating to or like adonis. The last line of a Sapphic stanza is an adonic.
adoptable	Suitable or eligible for adoption. I mean only the adoptable form of Boleslas.
adopted	Acquired as your own by free choice. The narrator adopted the religion enthusiastically.
adorable	Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way. All the veggie shapes are adorable.
adored	Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god). He’s adored by all the girls and in particular, Bianca.
adoring	Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent. The Biography section is especially adoring unscientific content.
adorned	Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction. The Lord is adorned with flowers of the previous day.
adpressed	Pressed close to or lying flat against something-l.v.pirsson. The hind limb reaches the wrist of the adpressed fore limb.
adrenal	Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions. It is proper to continue with the diagnosis of secondary adrenal insufficiency.
adrenergic	Relating to epinephrine (its release or action). Beta adrenergic receptor kinase.
adrenocortical	Of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands. The main etiologic factor of adrenocortical cancer is unknown.
adrenocorticotrophic	Stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex.
adrenocorticotropic	Stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex. Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency.
adrift	Afloat on the surface of a body of water. Celidoine is set adrift in a rudderless boat.
adroit	Quick or skillful or adept in action or thought. His adroit use of staccato was rare among modern jazz trumpeters.
adscititious	Added or derived from something outside; not inherent.
adscript	Bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner. There are no signs of iota adscript or iota subscript.
adscripted	Bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner.
adsorbable	Capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid.
adsorbate	Capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid. The adsorbate is then evaporated onto the tip.
adsorbent	Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface. It is the most widely used adsorbent.
adsorptive	Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface. He is known for his work on the structure and adsorptive properties of carbons.
adulatory	Obsequiously complimentary. I would speculate that more skeptical than adulatory articles exist.
adult	Fully developed. I am the mature adult in the room.
adulterant	Making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials. The scientists analyzed the adulterant chemical.
adulterate	Mixed with impurities. I wasn’t out to adulterate, nor inflate.
adulterated	Mixed with impurities. White candy might be adulterated with clay or plaster.
adulterating	Mixed with impurities. Let us not adulterate pure faith with corruptible science.
adulterine	Conceived in adultery. Adulterine in a dictionary gives a definition as being born of adultery.
adulterous	Characterized by adultery. The focus of the text is consternation over an adulterous wife.
adumbrative	Indistinctly prophetic.
adust	Burned brown by the sun- sir walter scott. If I do make a mistake let me know so I can adust fire.
advance	Situated ahead or going before. They become cathartic as they advance to maturity.
advanced	Ahead in development; complex or intricate. Once again the disinherited advanced into Scotland.
advancing	Situated ahead or going before. They planned to resume in advance at daybreak.
advantageous	Appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness. Winning the fourth trick is advantageous.
advective	Of or relating to advection. The salinity data highlighted the advective diffusion of the freshwater plume.
adventitial	Of or pertaining to the adventitia. In the adventitial layer there was an abundance of collagen fibrils.
adventitious	Associated by chance and not an integral part- frederick w. robertson. Propagated by division and by adventitious plantlets.
adventive	Not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized. At times it is difficult to decide if a species is adventive or migratory.
adventuristic	Of or pertaining to adventurism.
adventurous	Willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises. Lucky is the most adventurous of the 99 puppies.
adversative	Expressing antithesis or opposition. From the verb, through the addition of the adversative suffix to the stem.
adverse	In an opposing direction. The most common adverse effect is recurrence of migraine.
advertent	Giving attention.
advisable	Worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise. Sometimes it is advisable to see the roses from the distance.
advised	Having received information. The querent is advised to think outside the box.
advisory	Giving advice,. Paralegal advisory firms are stepping in to fill the gap.
adynamic	Characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness.

Adjectives That Start with AE (30 Words)

aecial	Of or belonging to an aecium. Pycnial and aecial stages are produced on the alternate host.
aegean	Of or relating to or bordering the aegean sea. Kremasti has a beach on the Aegean Sea.
aeolian	Of or pertaining to aeolus, the greek god of the winds; relating to or caused by the wind. Aeolian turbidity currents are better known as dust storms.
aeolotropic	Having properties with different values along different axes.
aeonian	Continuing forever or indefinitely.
aerial	Existing or living or growing or operating in the air. The earliest records of aerial reforestation date back from 1930.
aeriferous	Conveying air; as the bronchial tubes.
aeriform	Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air- thomas carlyle.
aerobic	Depending on free oxygen or air. The use of aerobic granular sludge is one of them.
aerobiotic	Living or active only in the presence of oxygen.
aerodynamic	Of or relating to aerodynamics. The style of the saloon was modern and aerodynamic.
aerolitic	Of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites.
aerological	Of or pertaining to aerology. He studied possibilities of applying aerological data to the weather forecast.
aeromechanic	Of or pertaining to aerodynamics.
aeromedical	Of or relating to aviation medicine. It practiced for aeromedical evacuation missions.
aeronautic	Of or pertaining to aeronautics. The city is home to several automobile and aeronautic manufacturing firms.
aeronautical	Of or pertaining to aeronautics. The programs focused on aeronautical education.
aerophilatelic	Of or relating to airmail stamps. Airmail stamps are an inherent part of every aerophilatelic collection.
aerophilic	Depending on free oxygen or air.
aerophilous	Depending on free oxygen or air.
aerosolised	In the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas. Alternatively, aerosolised drugs, such as albuterol or clenbuterol, may be used.
aerosolized	In the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas. Aerosolized pneumonic plague remains the most significant threat.
aery	Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air- thomas carlyle.
aeschylean	Of or relating to or in the manner of aeschylus.
aesculapian	Of or belonging to aesculapius or the healing art.
aesthetic	Relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics. The aesthetic has the advantage of greatest serenity.
aesthetical	Concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste. There are modern underground facilities for aesthetical reasons.
aestival	Of or occurring in summer. Aestival can be spelt with the ligature quit removing it.
aetiologic	Of or relating to the philosophical study of causation.
aetiological	Of or relating to the philosophical study of causation. The aetiological agent of ISA is the infectious salmon anemia virus ISAV .

Adjectives That Start with AF (36 Words)

afeard	A pronunciation of afraid.
afeared	A pronunciation of afraid. I’d be so afeared for anyone who ever even just looked at them funny.
afebrile	Having no fever. Patients with this mutation have both febrile and afebrile seizures.
affable	Diffusing warmth and friendliness. He is an affable and experienced legislator.
affected	Acted upon; influenced. That adversely affected the health of the emigrants.
affectionate	Having or displaying warmth or affection. Aman is a doting father and an affectionate man.
affective	Characterized by emotion. The second aspect of homesickness is the affective state or emotional state.
afferent	Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the cns. The trajectory of pallidal afferent axons is complex.
affiliated	Being joined in close association. The Institute is affiliated to the University of Mumbai.
affinal	Related by marriage. Such ties are both affinal and consanguineous.
affine	Related by marriage. Also the product of affine matrices is an affine matrix.
affirmative	Expecting the best. They replied in the affirmative.
afflicted	Mentally or physically unfit. I was severly afflicted by the pain.
affluent	Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value. It is the most affluent region in the nation.
affordable	That you have the financial means for. The intention was to build additional affordable housing in the area.
afghan	Of or relating to or characteristic of afghanistan or its people. They believe he was one of the extremist commanders of the Afghan Arabs.
afghani	Of or relating to or characteristic of afghanistan or its people. The Afghani man picked the detainee up at the center.
afghanistani	Of or relating to or characteristic of afghanistan or its people. Afghanistani may be a better term.
afire	Lighted up by or as by fire or flame. The hot shot lodging in a ship’s dry timbers would set the ship afire.
aflame	Lighted up by or as by fire or flame. The episode ends with the player inadvertently setting the whole asylum aflame.
aflare	Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
aflicker	Shining unsteadily.
afloat	Borne on the water; floating. Ships are afloat on the water.
afoot	Traveling by foot. The move towards decimalisation was afoot for over a century.
aforementioned	Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of. The aforementioned values are dependent on the temper of the alloy.
aforesaid	Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of. The aforesaid frequency divider comprises a counter and an AND circuit.
aforethought	Planned in advance. I can only suspect this was done with malice aforethought.
afoul	Especially of a ship’s lines etc. Don’t want anyone to fall afoul of it.
afraid	Filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement. I’m afraid I confused this article a little bit because of my inattention.
african	Of or relating to the nations of africa or their peoples. It will disrupt the decorum of the African American page.
afrikaans	Belonging or relating to white people of south africa whose ancestors were dutch or to their language. I assumed it was Afrikaans and changed it.
afrikaner	Belonging or relating to white people of south africa whose ancestors were dutch or to their language. Afrikaner diaspora and emigration.
aft	Situated at or toward the stern or tail. The peak is the upper aft corner.
after	Located farther aft. His face turned reddish after sitting right next to her.
aftermost	Located closest to the stern or tail. Length The distance between the forwardmost and aftermost parts of the ship.
aftershafted	Having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers).

Adjectives That Start with AG (57 Words)

agamic	Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction. Abhisheka is also a special form of puja prescribed by Agamic injunction.
agamogenetic	Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction.
agamous	Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction.
agape	With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe. However, there are some examples of agape used to mean the same as eros.
agaze	Open and fixed as if in fear or wonder.
aged	At an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable). Some wines are aged in oaken casks.
ageless	Continuing forever or indefinitely. Birinchi Baba claims to be ageless.
agelong	Lasting through all time. There is agelong spoken tradition that is known from folklore and songs.
agglomerate	Clustered together but not coherent. They agglomerate many, competiting people, groups and ideologies.
agglomerated	Clustered together but not coherent. But it should probably be agglomerated by disease in List of…
agglomerative	Clustered together but not coherent. It has produced olivine basalt dykes, lavas, and agglomerate.
agglutinate	United as if by glue. Hemagglutinin refers to a substance that causes red blood cells to agglutinate.
agglutinative	Forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning. It certainly looks agglutinative to me.
aggravating	Making worse. The judge applied the same aggravating circumstances for all.
aggregate	Composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets. The aggregate winners advanced to the second round.
aggregated	Composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets. The composer then presents the aggregate.
aggregative	Formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole. The team with the higher aggregate score moves on to the second round.
aggressive	Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight. This is the most aggressive of the four strategies.
aghast	Struck with fear, dread, or consternation. The second monk was aghast and yet said nothing.
agile	Mentally quick. All of the birds in this genus are small and agile.
aging	Growing old. Shortening of leukocyte telomeres is a marker of aging.
agitated	Physically disturbed or set in motion. Even in the interview, she was agitated and anxious.
agitative	Causing or tending to cause anger or resentment. The president spoke with a n agitative tone.
agleam	Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
aglitter	Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.
aglow	Softly bright or radiant. In its own loneliness in the sky I see the North Star aglow.
agnate	Related on the father’s side. Mary I married her own agnate, thus keeping the crown in the family.
agnatic	Related on the father’s side. The agnatic primogeniture follows the same principle.
agnostic	Uncertain of all claims to knowledge. I’m agnostic about whether the quote belongs in the article at all.
agnostical	Uncertain of all claims to knowledge.
ago	Gone by; or in the past. They consummate two days ago.
agog	Highly excited. I am still agog about the quadruple 10,000.
agonadal	Lacking gonads.
agonal	Pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies). These people may or may not show a lot of sickling as an agonal event.
agone	Gone by; or in the past.
agonised	Expressing pain or agony. I agonised over this case, and I’m sure others did too.
agonising	Extremely painful. Death was agonising and habitually slow.
agonistic	Striving to overcome in argument. Others disagree with this agonistic historical view.
agonistical	Striving to overcome in argument.
agonizing	Extremely painful. The mood drops to agonizing disappointment, and hits Ives the hardest.
agoraphobic	Suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or public places. An agoraphobic loner inexorably loses his mind within the confines of a bed sit.
agranulocytic	Relating to the blood disorder of agranulocytosis.
agraphic	Relating to or having agraphia.
agrarian	Relating to rural matters. The agrarian and military sides of the festival are clearly distinguished.
agreeable	Conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature- disraeli. All the changes you’ve made to the article are absolutely agreeable.
agreed	United by being of the same opinion. The majority of the bishops agreed.
agrestic	Characteristic of the fields or country. Sign this petition for an agrestic/majesticmerge.
agricultural	Relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming. The agricultural and cattle productions are of subsistence.
agrobiologic	Of or pertaining to agrobiology.
agrobiological	Of or pertaining to agrobiology.
agrologic	Of or related to agrology.
agrological	Of or related to agrology.
agronomic	Of or relating to or promoting agronomy. These agronomic practices facilitate harvest and increases bean quality.
agronomical	Of or relating to or promoting agronomy. To my mother that was nothing but an agronomical ruse.
aground	Stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float. They went aground on the beach or bar in winter.
agrypnotic	Of or pertaining to agrypnia.
aguish	Affected by ague.

Adjectives That Start with AH (4 Words)

ahead	Having the leading position or higher score in a contest. All were screened for venereal diseases ahead of time.
ahistorical	Unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition. Mentioning it before then is an ahistorical construct.
ahorse	Traveling on horseback.
ahorseback	Traveling on horseback.

Adjectives That Start with AI (11 Words)

ailing	Somewhat ill or prone to illness. The actor has been ailing from cancer.
aimless	Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another. Just part of my temporary, aimless article ‘ennui’, I guess.
ain	Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive. There are no plans for the return of AIN.
airborne	Moved or conveyed by or through air. Airborne reconnaissance goes back to the early era of ballooning.
airheaded	Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity. He is naive, friendly and airheaded, but loves to eat rice.
airless	Lacking fresh air. This sets an artificial, airless tone fatal to the iki audience.
airlike	Resembling air or having the form of air.
airsick	Experiencing motion sickness. According to some witnesses, he appeared to be airsick and held his head.
airtight	Having no weak points. The airtight rear doors of the troop compartment also contain fuel tanks.
airworthy	Fit to fly. Not all are currently airworthy.
airy	Not practical or realizable; speculative. She is the writer of the ‘Airy Fairy’ books.

Adjective That Starts with AJ (1 Word)

ajar	Slightly open. The photograph in this article shows the door ajar.

Adjectives That Start with AK (2 Words)

akimbo	Bent outward with the joint away from the body. He is standing with arms akimbo and speaking to the umpire in front of him.
akin	Related by blood. The Romans considered the Aquitanians akin to the Spaniards.

Adjectives That Start with AL (135 Words)

alabaster	Of or resembling alabaster. The Alabaster Dairy Queen moved to the Colonial Promenade in 2009.
alabastrine	Of or resembling alabaster. The tomb consists of a slab of alabaster mounted in gilded bronze.
alar	Of or relating to the axil. Laterally of this are a pair of alar folds.
alarmed	Experiencing a sudden sense of danger. The gun toting guards alarmed the locals.
alarming	Frightening because of an awareness of danger. There is an alarming number of things in the direction of fascism.
alary	Having or resembling wings. The President of the General Council is Damien Alary of the Socialist Party.
alaskan	Relating to or characteristic of the state or people of alaska. The Alaskan article needs to be specific and be footnoted.
alate	Having winglike extensions. Stem erect, distinctly alate, cylindrical between the whorls triangular.
alated	Having winglike extensions.
albanian	Of or relating to albania or its people or language or culture. As such, he may justly bear the title of father of Albanian prose.
albescent	Becoming or shading into white.
albigensian	Of or relating to albigenses or albigensianism. At least in the uncontrolled way of the Albigensian Crusade.
albinal	Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism.
albinic	Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism.
albinistic	Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism. Not an animal at all, but a supernatural being, ergo not albinistic.
albinotic	Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism. That is the reason why fully albinotic animals and people are half blind.
albitic	Of or related to albite feldspar.
albuminous	Relating to or containing or resembling albumin. Seeds with an endosperm at maturity are termed albuminous seeds.
albuminuric	Of or related to the state of albuminuria.
alcalescent	Tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline.
alchemistical	Of or relating to alchemists.
alcoholic	Characteristic of or containing alcohol. The traditional alcoholic beverage of the region is beer.
aldehydic	Of or related to or containing aldehydes. Uninhibited Perfume has top notes of bergamot, orange oil and aldehydic accords.
aldermanly	Of or relating to or like an alderman.
aleatory	Dependent on chance. The term aleatory, I think, is often misused as meaning completely random.
alert	Quick and energetic. Independent, curious and alert, yet imperturbable.
aleuronic	Of or related to aleurone.
aleutian	Of or relating to the aleut or their language or culture. Aleutian Disease was first recognized in ranch raised mink in 1956.
alexandrian	Of or relating to alexander the great or his empire. Alexandrian edition of Sappho’s poetry.
alexic	Of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia.
alfresco	In the open air. These offer alfresco dining, along with occasional street markets.
algebraic	Of or relating to algebra. The opposite is true in the algebraic and holomorphic settings.
algebraical	Of or relating to algebra.
algerian	Of or relating to or characteristic of algeria or its inhabitants. From 1954 to 1962, the Algerian War preoccupied the French.
algid	Chilly.
algoid	Of or resembling algae.
algolagnic	Of or relating to algolagnia.
algometric	Of or related to algometry.
algometrical	Of or related to algometry.
algonkian	Of or relating to an algonquian tribe or its people or language. When we used this strategy in the reconstruction of Proto Algonkian we were fortunate to be dealing with polysyllabic words.
algonquian	Of or relating to an algonquian tribe or its people or language. The Massachusett belong to the Algonquian family of peoples.
algonquin	Of or relating to an algonquian tribe or its people or language. The name is derived from the Algonquin language.
algophobic	Suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain.
algorithmic	Of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm. An additional feature is to propose several algorithmic models designed to be of maximal adequacy and generality as well as of minimal computational complexity.
alien	Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world. Ultraman King had arrived to thwart the diabolical alien.
alienable	Transferable to another owner. Alienable and inalienable possession is distinguished.
aliform	Having or resembling wings. Her aliform acted like a Venus flytrap, and she had an elastic tongue.
alight	Lighted up by or as by fire or flame. This set the tire alight which ignited the magnesium hub.
aligned	Brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause. The horizontal canal is aligned roughly horizontally in the head.
aligning	Causing to fall into line or into position. The challenges included aligning the cultural aspects of the organizations.
alike	Having the same or similar characteristics. Morbid minds think alike and perversity is a shared trait.
alimental	Of or providing nourishment.
alimentary	Of or providing nourishment. A proctodeum is the back ectodermal part of an alimentary canal.
alimentative	Related to the supply of aliment.
aliphatic	Having carbon atoms linked in open chains. The cyclic diol may be aliphatic or aromatic.
aliquot	Signifying an exact divisor or factor of a quantity. In the field of science, a liquid sample is sometimes called an aliquot.
alive	Capable of erupting. They caught the crustacean alive.
alkahestic	Of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist.
alkalescent	Tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline.
alkalic	Relating to or containing an alkali; having a ph greater than 7. It occurs as a secondary beryllium mineral in granitic and alkalic pegmatites.
alkaline	Relating to or containing an alkali; having a ph greater than 7. The fungus is known to thrive in moist and alkaline soils.
alkaloidal	Pertaining to or consisting of alkaloids. The first is a chemically basic and alkaloidal substance.
alkalotic	Marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis). If severe, it may cause tetany alkalotic tetany .
alkylic	Of or related to an alkyl.
all	Quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class. All of the weight percents are of the total aqueous sizing composition.
allantoic	Relating to or characterized by an allantois. Allantoic acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula C4H8N4O4.
allantoid	Shaped like a sausage. Virions are bacilliform, ovoid, and allantoid.
allargando	Gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner.
alleged	Doubtful or suspect. The alleged difference then is in the teaching.
allegiant	Steadfast in devotion (especially to your lawful monarch or government). I’m a democrat but I’m not blindly allegiant.
allegoric	Used in or characteristic of or containing allegory. The film is an allegoric drama about an eight year old girl dealing with loss.
allegorical	Used in or characteristic of or containing allegory. And as such, is an allegorical myth.
allegretto	Faster than allegro. The second movement was not taken with its usual lachrymose funeral treatment, but at a very sensible allegretto pace.
allegro	Fast. A sonata allegro movement is divided into sections.
allelic	Of or relating to alleles. This shows that there are many possible types of allelic combination.
allelomorphic	Of or relating to alleles.
allergenic	Relating to or having the effect of an allergen. This is in line with allergenic effects.
allergic	Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor). In the event of skin allergic reaction, cease using.
alleviatory	Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.
alliaceous	Of or pertaining to the botanical genus allium.
allied	United in a confederacy or league. The allied forces took the Japanese news as a ploy.
alligatored	Of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide.
allocable	Capable of being distributed. Moreover, prepaid insurance may be easily allocable.
allochronic	Occurring in different geologic times.
allochthonous	Of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed. Energy sources can be autochthonous or allochthonous.
allogamous	Relating to cross-fertilization in plants.
allogeneic	Denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible). Rather, it refers to surgery performed without transfusion of allogeneic blood.
allographic	Of or relating to an allograph.
allomerous	Pertaining to allomerism.
allometric	Relating to or marked by allometry. Allometric scaling is any growth with deviates from isometry.
allomorphic	Pertaining to allomorphs.
allopathic	Of or relating to the practice of allopathy. This is not an allopathic encyclopedia.
allopatric	Occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another. Generalization in response to allopatric mate recognition signals.
allophonic	Pertaining to allophones. Some of these may be allophonic.
allotropic	Of or related to or exhibiting allotropism. There are three allotropic forms of iron, known as alpha, gamma, and delta.
allotropical	Of or related to or exhibiting allotropism.
allotted	Given as a task. The album was produced to the point of spending triple the allotted budget.
allover	Covering the entire surface. People from allover Mumbai gather here to celebrate the main festivals.
allowable	Deserving to be allowed or considered. The following two are the user allowable Forest Updates.
alloyed	Blended to obtain a desired property. It may occur alloyed with gold as electrum.
alluring	Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire. The sight at dusk is especially alluring.
alluvial	Of or relating to alluvium. The soil is alluvial and fertile.
allylic	Of or pertaining to the allyl radical. Polarity also has an effect on allylic strain.
almighty	Having unlimited power. God almighty is omnipotent.
alone	Radically distinctive and without equal. Do you like processing alone
aloof	Remote in manner. He is quite aloof and a bit slow on the uptake.
alopecic	Pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers. Affected areas become progressively more alopecic.
alpestrine	Growing at high altitudes.
alpha	First in order of importance. Alpha was the original prototype of the Internet.
alphabetic	Arranged in order according to the alphabet. Arranged by alphabetic order of the first subject in the title.
alphabetical	Arranged in order according to the alphabet. The Alphabetical Order of the D’ni Language.
alphabetised	Having been put in alphabetical order. I alphabetised the list and added one.
alphabetized	Having been put in alphabetical order. In the process of cleaning up the dab page I alphabetized the links.
alphameric	Of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters. The first letter must be alphabetic; the second must be alphameric.
alphamerical	Of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters.
alphanumeric	Of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters. The taxiways are given alphanumeric identification.
alphanumerical	Of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters. That include non alphanumerical characters.
alpine	Living or growing above the timber line. The mountains were created during the Alpine Orogeny in the Tertiary.
alright	Nonstandard usage. I was cordially and said it was alright.
alsatian	Of or relating to or characteristic of alsace or its inhabitants. Foggerty An Alsatian, the fourth pirate to die in the battle.
altaic	Of or pertaining to or written in altaic. Especially history of altaic theory is useful.
alternate	Occurring by turns; first one and then the other. The successive magnets of the row are of alternate polarity.
alternating	Reversing direction. The alternating magnetic field induces eddy currents in the plates.
alternative	Necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities. The alternative is fractional degrees.
altissimo	Very high. The second register key makes the altissimo range much easier to play.
altitudinous	Indefinitely high; lofty.
alto	Of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor. The tone of the alto is more brilliant than that of the tenor or bass trombone.
altricial	Naked and blind and dependent on parents for food. The chicks are altricial and take around 12 days to fledge.
altruistic	Showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others. Because of this an altruistic behavior can take hold by the following reasoning.
alular	Pertaining to alulae.
aluminiferous	Containing alum or aluminum.
aluminous	Pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum. Stuffed derivatives of aluminous quartz may also be provided.
alveolar	Pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs. Alveolar stops and are either apico alveolar or apico dental.
alveolate	Pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb).
alvine	Of or relating to the intestines.

Adjectives That Start with AM (96 Words)

amalgamate	Joined together into a whole. The decision was taken to amalgamate the two undertakings.
amalgamated	Joined together into a whole. Hey I can amalgamate the OVAs here and then combine it with the list.
amalgamative	Characterized by or tending toward amalgamation.
amaranthine	Of an imaginary flower that never fades. The club color is dark amaranthine.
amateur	Engaged in as a pastime. The rest of the squad was constituted of amateur players.
amateurish	Lacking professional skill or expertise. The amateurish nature of the site would suggest otherwise.
amative	Inclined toward or displaying love.
amatory	Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance. I think this article neglects the satirical quality of amatory fiction.
amaurotic	Pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis. The genetic basis of amaurotic family idiocy.
amazed	Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock. The script amazed a cluster of people.
amazing	Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder. The amazing scenes were startling.
ambagious	Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy. I do not object to appropriate levels of prolixity and ambagious dialectic.
amber	Of a medium to dark brownish yellow color. The internal callus is reddish brown to amber, and the operculum is pale.
ambidextrous	Equally skillful with each hand. Second, the people listed there were obvious ambidextrous people.
ambient	Completely enveloping. The absorption of water is affected by the ambient temperature.
ambiguous	Having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns. The interpretation of the statement is ambiguous.
ambitious	Having a strong desire for success or achievement. The album is among the most ambitious of Joel’s albums.
ambivalent	Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow. The public’s attitude toward the elite is ambivalent.
ambiversive	Intermediate between introversive and extroversive.
amblyopic	Pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology. These deficits are usually specific to the amblyopic eye.
ambrosial	Worthy of the gods. The ambrosial dish was excellent in its taste.
ambulacral	Pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms. This ambulacral groove extends from the mouth to the end of each ray or arm.
ambulatory	Able to walk about. Its mission is to advance the art and science of ambulatory care nursing.
ameban	Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
amebic	Pertaining to or resembling amoebae. Amebic dysentery usually calls for a two pronged attack.
ameboid	Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape). This action is carried out in the ameboid and resting states.
amebous	Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
amelioratory	Tending to ameliorate.
amenable	Liable to answer to a higher authority. Caesar was no longer the amenable silent partner of the trio.
amenorrheal	Related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy.
amenorrheic	Related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy.
amenorrhoeal	Related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy. Derived adjectives are amenorrhoeal and amenorrhoeic.
amenorrhoeic	Related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy. Derived adjectives are amenorrhoeal and amenorrhoeic.
amentaceous	Bearing or characterized by aments or catkins.
amentiferous	Bearing or characterized by aments or catkins.
amerciable	Of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge.
american	Of or relating to the united states of america or its people or language or culture. My grandpa was the founder of the American Indian Movement.
amerind	Of or pertaining to american indians or their culture or languages. A virtual who’s who of Americanists lined up against Amerind.
amerindic	Of or pertaining to american indians or their culture or languages.
ametabolic	Undergoing slight or no metamorphosis.
ametabolous	Undergoing slight or no metamorphosis. These are known as ametabolous insects.
amethyst	Of a moderate purple color. The occidental amethyst is easily engraved and is found in a variety of sizes.
amethystine	Containing or resembling amethyst. Veins of amethystine quartz are apt to lose their color on the exposed outcrop.
ametropic	Of or relating to an abnormal condition of the eye in which visual images are not in focus on the retina.
amharic	Related to or characteristic of or written in amharic. I will know that it makes sense in Amharic.
amiable	Disposed to please- hal hinson. Hoglan left the band on amiable terms in January, 2007.
amicable	Characterized by friendship and good will. Thanks for being so amicable in the discussion.
amidship	Located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft. The forward section lies on its port side, with the amidship section keel up.
aminic	Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
amino	Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia. The subscript indicates the number of amino acid residues in the fragment.
amiss	Not functioning properly. Henry Ford’s understandings of the issues were obviously amiss.
amitotic	Pertaining to a simple method of cell division.
ammino	Pertaining to or characteristic of an ammine (an inorganic coordination compound of ammonia and a metallic salt).
ammoniac	Pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia. Sal ammoniac is a rare mineral composed of ammonium chloride, NH4Cl.
ammoniated	Combined or treated with ammonia. The preferred use of the ammoniated straw is as an animal feed.
ammonitic	Of or related to an order of fossil cephalopods. The suture is ammonitic but rather simple.
amnesic	Suffering from a partial loss of memory. Tolerance to the amnesic effects, generally, does not occur.
amnestic	Of or relating to or caused by amnesia. The amnestic attack has a sudden onset.
amnic	Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
amnionic	Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
amniotic	Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion. Membranes of the amniotic fluid rupture, lubricating the vagina.
amoeban	Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
amoebic	Pertaining to or resembling amoebae. Invasion of the intestinal lining causes amoebic dysentery or amoebic colitis.
amoeboid	Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape). Amoeboid sperm crawl along the spicule into the female worm.
amoebous	Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
amok	Frenzied as if possessed by a demon. But Amok is a valuable member of the GRRM fan community.
amoristic	Of or pertaining to romantic love.
amorous	Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance. She and Boris are somewhat amorous.
amorphous	Lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies. The amorphous creature is a common trope in science fiction.
amort	Utterly cast down.
amphibian	Relating to or characteristic of animals of the class amphibia. The chemistry of poisons in amphibian skin.
amphibiotic	Having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form.
amphibious	Operating or living on land and in water. For the amphibious drive the vehicle used two screws installed at the back.
amphiprostylar	Marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure.
amphiprostyle	Marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure. A pseudoperipteral building with a portico at each end is called amphiprostyle.
amphiprotic	Having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either. Seems to be much commonality between Amphoteric and Amphiprotic.
amphistylar	Having columns either at both ends or at both sides.
amphitheatric	Of or related to an amphitheater. The village is built in an amphitheatric layout under Mount Zalaka.
amphitheatrical	Of or related to an amphitheater. As in 1926, the chairs on the stage were placed in an amphitheatrical grouping.
amphitropous	Partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees on its stalk.
amphoric	The sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle.
amphoteric	Having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either. Sodium bicarbonate is an amphoteric compound.
ample	Affording an abundant supply. There is ample room in the body of the article.
ampullar	Of or related to an ampulla.
ampullary	Of or related to an ampulla. These new organs have been described as ampullary organs.
amuck	Frenzied as if possessed by a demon. Not as a place for annoyed admins to run amuck.
amusing	Arousing or provoking laughter. She’s amusing the hell out of herself on the phone.
amusive	Providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining.
amygdaliform	Shaped like an almond.
amygdaline	Related to or resembling an almond.
amygdaloid	Shaped like an almond. The amygdaloid complex comprises both nuclear and cortical layers.
amygdaloidal	Shaped like an almond. Rocks containing amygdules can be described as amygdaloidal.
amylaceous	Resembling starch. A stabilized proteinaceous particle containing either egg or cottage cheese is formed by combining therewith a binder and an amylaceous component. The resultant particle is incorporated in a moist food and is stable under retort canning conditions used to sterilize a moist food.
amyloid	Resembling starch. In 1985 succeeded the biochemical identification of amyloid beta.
amyloidal	Resembling starch.
amylolytic	Of or related to the process of amylolysis. The amylolytic process is used in the brewing of alcohol from grains.

Adjectives That Start with AN (257 Words)

anabatic	Of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope. Anabatic winds can be detrimental to the maximum downhill speed of cyclists.
anabiotic	Of or related to the state of anabiosis.
anabolic	Characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism. Behavioural manifestations of anabolic steroid use.
anachronic	Chronologically misplaced. I suggest such colourful boxes be used sparingly and not in an anachronic way.
anachronistic	Chronologically misplaced. I don’t see the word in the in the latin, and suspect it is anachronistic.
anachronous	Chronologically misplaced. Menorca could therefore be included on an anachronous map.
anaclinal	Of valleys and rivers; progressing in a direction opposite to the dip in surrounding rock strata.
anaclitic	Of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another.
anacoluthic	Of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons.
anadromous	Migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn. Alewife and other anadromous fish are migratory.
anaemic	Lacking vigor or energy. Other poets only need to use artificial rhetoric to enhance anaemic figures.
anaerobic	Living or active in the absence of free oxygen. The first requires anaerobic conditions and the second aerobic conditions.
anaerobiotic	Living or active in the absence of free oxygen.
anaesthetic	Characterized by insensibility. At the end of surgery the volatile or intravenous anaesthetic is discontinued.
anaglyphic	Related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy. Anaglyphic processes are not always able to reconstruct full color 3D images.
anaglyphical	Related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy.
anaglyptic	Related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy.
anaglyptical	Related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy.
anagogic	Based on or exemplifying anagoge. The Imperial Saik Anagogic School indentured to the Emperor of Nansur.
anagogical	Based on or exemplifying anagoge. There is the literal, the allegorical, the anagogical, and the… the…
anagrammatical	Related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram.
anal	A stage in psychosexual development when the child’s interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.. The chief symptom is itching in the anal area.
analeptic	Stimulating the central nervous system. The compounds are useful as anorexigenic or analeptic agents.
analgesic	Capable of relieving pain. The compounds of the invention exert analgesic and antiinflammatory activity.
analgetic	Capable of relieving pain. These have anti inflammatory or analgetic activity.
analog	Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input. The radio would handshake with the repeater using a single analog tone.
analogous	Corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin. However, the process of the perm is quite analogous.
analogue	Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input. After the analogue closedown, a fourth multiplex named MUX E was launched.
analphabetic	Having little acquaintance with writing. Kosovo has been a region of poverty and analphabetic for most of its History.
analytic	Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus. The group was the beginning of analytic philosophy.
analytical	Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole–intellectual or substantial–into its elemental parts or basic principles);. The analytical hierarchy of sets of natural numbers.
analyzable	Capable of being partitioned. An incomplete study indicates that these may be analyzable within our model.
anamnestic	Of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory. Anamnestic signs always point to the ‘past’.
anamorphic	Pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another. The film was shot with the anamorphic process.
anapaestic	Characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one. Some anapaestic verses in praise of Euripides are preserved in Gellius.
anapestic	Characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one. Also, the anapestic rhythm is taken from the previous variation.
anaphasic	Of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase.
anaphoric	Relating to anaphora. Anaphoric links to the name remain possible by means of the index variable as long as its value remains unchanged.
anaphrodisiac	Tending to diminish sexual desire. For this reason alcohol is considered an anaphrodisiac.
anaphylactic	Related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis. Compounds for use as orally active anaphylactic inhibitors are disclosed.
anaplastic	Of or relating to anaplasia. It can appear very similar to anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
anasarcous	Characterized by or affected by dropsy.
anastigmatic	Not astigmatic. All modern photographic lenses are close to being anastigmatic.
anastomotic	Of or relating to or exhibiting anastomosis. Almost all joints receive anastomotic blood supply from more than one source.
anatomical	Of or relating to the structure of the body. The form was anatomical and graphic, highlighting the femininity of the body.
anatropous	Completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk. Ovules are anatropous, with micropyles directed downward.
ancestral	Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent. The ancestral seat of the family was established in 1632 in the city of Bielz.
anchoritic	Characterized by ascetic solitude. The anchoritic life is one of the earliest forms of Christian monastic living.
ancient	Belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the western roman empire. The ancient minstrel was full of joy.
ancillary	Furnishing added support. The ancillary materials are not the movie.
andalusian	In or relating to andalusia. Andalusian horses generally stand between high.
andante	Moderately slow. The result of the debate was Delete, at a gentle andante pace.
andantino	Moderately fast. It is hard to play in an andantino tempo.
andean	Relating to the andes and their inhabitants. Andean textile manufacture has an ancient and advanced history.
andorran	Of or relating to or characteristic of andorra or its people. Andorran euro coins have not yet been designed.
androgenetic	Of or related to androgenesis.
androgenic	Of or related to the male hormone androgen. Androstenedione is a substance of moderate androgenic activity.
androgenous	Of or related to androgenesis. The linux penguin is a little faggy boy wonder to the mighty androgenous gnu.
androgynous	Having both male and female characteristics. All powerful gods and the gods of Egypt were described as androgynous.
ane	Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more. Same etymology ane meaning as for 1.
anecdotal	Having the character of an anecdote. The first bit of trivia is anecdotal.
anecdotical	Characterized by or given to telling anecdotes. Fining for a phone call in catalan is anecdotical.
anechoic	Not having or producing echoes; sound-absorbent. Perhaps I ought to more closely model this after the Anechoic chamber concept.
anemic	Lacking vigor or energy. It is weak because of the anemic nature of coverage.
anemographic	Pertaining to the recording of wind measurements.
anemometrical	Pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction.
anemophilous	Of flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the wind. Anemophilous flowering plants generally have inconspicuous flowers.
anencephalic	Characterized by partial or total absence of a brain. Longest anencephalic on record is said to be twelve years old.
anencephalous	Characterized by partial or total absence of a brain.
aneroid	Containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid. This aneroid capsule cell is made from an alloy of beryllium and copper.
anesthetic	Relating to or producing insensibility. Amylocaine was the first synthetic local anesthetic.
anestric	Of or relating to anestrus.
anestrous	Not in a state of estrus; not in heat.
aneuploid	Having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number. These cells can generate aneuploid offspring.
aneurismal	Relating to or affected by an aneurysm.
aneurismatic	Relating to or affected by an aneurysm.
aneurysmal	Relating to or affected by an aneurysm. The term aneurysmal is derived from its radiographic appearance.
aneurysmatic	Relating to or affected by an aneurysm.
anfractuous	Full of twists and turns. It can easily explode if an oil spot remains inside the anfractuous air pipes.
angelic	Of or relating to angels. Angelic Abhorrence devote themselves to end game pve content.
angelical	Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint. Her angelical glance and her voice, give a more spiritual touch to the band.
anginal	Of or related to the pain of angina pectoris. It is a class 3 anti anginal drug, and a class IV antiarrhythmic.
anginose	Of or related to the pain of angina pectoris.
anginous	Of or related to the pain of angina pectoris.
angiocarpic	Having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk.
angiocarpous	Having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk.
angiomatous	Of or related to or having a tumor of the kind known as an angioma.
angiospermous	Of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms.
anglican	Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the anglican church. She’s the pope of the Anglican Church.
anglophilic	Characterized by anglophilia.
anglophobic	Characterized by anglophobia. To omit him would be anglophobic.
angolan	Of or relating to or characteristic of angola or its people. Ambassador exhorts reinforcement of work with Angolan community.
angry	Severely inflamed and painful. The angry citizens ripped the tents.
anguillan	Of or relating to or characteristic of anguilla or its people. The Anguillan company was moved to a Cyprus company at some point.
anguine	Of or related to or resembling a snake.
anguished	Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain. Are players typically upset or anguished when they lose The Game
angular	Having angles or an angular shape. Angular rhythms clash with the insistent groove of the bass.
anhydrous	Without water; especially without water of crystallization. Simply heating the hydrates does not afford the anhydrous dichloride.
anicteric	Without jaundice.
anile	Of or like a feeble old woman.
animal	Marked by the appetites and passions of the body. The name of the species refers to the nose shape of the animal.
animalistic	Of or pertaining to animalism. The Sithi are often described in animalistic terms.
animate	Belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings. My cat’s misbehavior concerns me, but I am both animate and sapient.
animated	Having life or vigor or spirit. Hidebound is their first animated film.
animating	Giving spirit and vivacity. In addition, the animators did as little animating as possible.
animatistic	Of or pertaining to animatism.
animist	Of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism. Idrissou did not wish to manage the affaires of the animist Mafa populations.
animistic	Of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism. Some faiths and religions can be both pantheistic and animistic.
anionic	Of or relating to anions. Rearrangements of carbanions of allyl ethers are anionic.
aniseikonic	Relating to or characteristic of the visual defect aniseikonia.
anisogametic	Relating to either of a pair of dissimilar (anisogamic) gametes combining in sexual reproduction.
anisogamic	Relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape).
anisogamous	Relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape).
anisometric	Having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements.
anisometropic	Relating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyes. Refractive or anisometropic amblyopia.
anisotropic	Not invariant with respect to direction. As a whole, such structure is an anisotropic medium.
ankylotic	Relating to or characteristic of the abnormality ankylosis.
annelid	Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum annelida. Studies on the life history of the marine annelid ‘Nereis vexillosa’.
annelidan	Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum annelida.
annexal	Of or pertaining to adnexa.
annexational	Relating to annexation. Mostly of the annexational kind.
annoyed	Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances. He is annoyed whenever she is being prudential.
annoying	Causing irritation or annoyance. All of this is very displeasing and annoying.
annual	Occurring or payable every year. The biggest event of the year is the annual Carnival.
annular	Shaped like a ring. A first annular plate is arranged as an annular base plate.
annulate	Shaped like a ring. It looks like the male, but with more annulate legs.
annulated	Shaped like a ring. The legs and palp are annulated yellow and black.
annunciatory	Relating to the act of announcing or being announced.
anodyne	Capable of relieving pain. It is used as an anodyne or as a hypnotic.
anoestrous	Of or relating to anestrus.
anomalous	Deviating from the general or common order or type. The changed statistics arises from anomalous dimensions of the fields.
anonymous	Having no known name or identity or known source. The anonymous user is the idiot.
anoperineal	Relating to the anus and surrounding perineum.
anopheline	Relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes.
anorectal	Pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together. Diagnosis of anorectal abscess begins with a medical history and physical exam.
anorectic	Causing loss of appetite. It has potent anorectic effects in animal studies.
anorexic	Suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin. She was anorexic and constantly self mortified.
anorexigenic	Causing loss of appetite. One of the goals was to find an endogenous anorexigenic substance.
anorthic	Having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles.
anorthitic	Characteristic of anorthite.
anosmatic	Relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell.
anosmic	Having impaired sense of smell. Some people may be anosmic for one particular odor.
another	Any of various alternatives; some other. Another support means supports the other end of the bunk bed.
anoxemic	Relating to or marked by abnormally little oxygen in arterial blood.
anoxic	Relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs. Sewage is treated by an anoxic oxic system.
anserine	Of or resembling a goose.
answerable	Capable of being answered. It was held that the manufacturer was not answerable to the lessee.
answering	Replying. Great answering of the objection on the history.
antacid	Acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach). Administering an antacid will reduce the acidity.
antagonistic	Indicating opposition or resistance. The antagonistic pricks who you have learned to hate in the movie.
antarctic	At or near the south pole. The south of the country faces the Antarctic Ocean.
antebellum	Belonging to a period before a war especially the american civil war. Culturally, the term can be used to describe the antebellum period.
antecedent	Preceding in time or order. Later, you reversed the antecedent and consequent in justifying the step.
antecubital	Of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow. Other parts of the body may be involved, for example, the antecubital fossa.
antediluvial	Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood.
antediluvian	Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood. This antediluvian method of transportation has largely passed out of currency.
antemeridian	Before noon.
antemortem	Preceding death.
antenatal	Occurring or existing before birth. He received antenatal diagnosis in genetic disease.
antenuptial	Relating to events before a marriage.
antepartum	Occurring or existing before birth. It is a leading cause of antepartum haemorrhage vaginal bleeding .
antepenultimate	Third from last. A proparoxytone is stressed on the antepenultimate syllable.
anterior	Of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body. The incisive nerve runs forward in the mandible and supplies the anterior teeth.
anterograde	Of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma. Damage to this area typically results in anterograde amnesia.
anthelminthic	Capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms.
anthelmintic	Capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms. Geraniol, the putative anthelmintic principle of ‘Cymbopogon martinii’.
antheridial	Relating to or characterized by an antheridium.
anthophagous	Feeding on flowers.
anthophilous	Feeding on flowers.
anthropic	Relating to mankind or the period of mankind’s existence. Character of anthropic reasoning.
anthropical	Relating to mankind or the period of mankind’s existence.
anthropocentric	Human-centered. The party aspires to turn away from the anthropocentric view of life.
anthropogenetic	Of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings.
anthropogenic	Of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings. These articles relate to the anthropogenic effects on the natural environment.
anthropoid	Resembling apes. She owns Kuu, an exceptionally intelligent anthropoid cat.
anthropoidal	Resembling human beings. It is an early Miocene anthropoid skull from the Chilean Andes.
anthropological	Of or concerned with the science of anthropology. The data is copyright of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
anthropometric	Of or relating to anthropometry. Additional anthropometric measurements may be relevant to designing a chair.
anthropometrical	Of or relating to anthropometry.
anthropomorphic	Suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things. Badrang the Tyrant is an anthropomorphic stoat and the main villain.
anthropomorphous	Suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes will no doubt be exterminated.
anthropophagous	Of or relating to eaters of human flesh.
anti	Not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.). It may have anti inflammatory and anticancer effects.
antiadrenergic	Relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body. Antiadrenergic agents inhibit the signals of epinephrine and norepinephrine.
antiaircraft	Designed for defense from a surface position against air attack. Normally assigned antiaircraft and antisubmarine duties.
antiapartheid	Opposing the policy of apartheid in south africa. Even in prison I was a leader of the antiapartheid movement.
antiauthoritarian	Opposed to authoritarianism.
antibacterial	Destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth. Antibacterial and antifungal effects.
antibiotic	Of or relating to antibiotic drugs. The antibiotic is accumulated in the culture liquor and is isolated therefrom.
antiblack	Discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion. A prime example is that there are black antiblack racists.
antic	Ludicrously odd. Soon after, Antic was elected the youngest member of G 17 Plus presidency.
anticancer	Used in the treatment of cancer. It was the first anticancer chemotherapeutic.
anticholinergic	Inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site. Pyrrobutamine is an antihistamine and anticholinergic.
anticipatory	In anticipation. I think all this anticipatory stuff can be deleted.
anticlimactic	Of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style. It seems a little anticlimactic at the end.
anticlimactical	Of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style.
anticlinal	Sloping downward away from a common crest. The discordance comes from its injection into an anticlinal extensional fault.
anticlockwise	In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock. The course was and, except for 1956, was run in an anticlockwise direction.
anticoagulative	Of or relating to an anticoagulant.
antidromic	Conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal.
antiferromagnetic	Relating to antiferromagnetism. Piezomagnetism is a phenomenon observed in some antiferromagnetic crystals.
antifertility	Capable of preventing conception or impregnation. Compounds of the present invention are useful as antifertility agents.
antifungal	Capable of destroying fungi. Bifonazole is an imidazole antifungal drug.
antiguan	Of or relating to or characteristic of antigua or its people. SAP FC have clinched the Antiguan league title thrice.
antiheretical	Opposed to heresy.
antiknock	Suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines. TEL was used as an antiknock agent and that’s all.
antiknocking	Suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines.
antimagnetic	Impervious to the effects of a magnetic field; resistant to magnetization.
antimicrobial	Capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms. Lactoperoxidase is an effective antimicrobial agent.
antimicrobic	Capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms.
antimonial	Containing antimony.
antimonic	Relating to or derived from antimony.
antimonious	Relating to or derived from antimony.
antimonopoly	Of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices. This includes tax, currency, labor and antimonopoly legislation.
antineoplastic	Used in the treatment of cancer. Mifamurtide has adverse effects typical of antineoplastic drugs.
antinomian	Relating to or influenced by antinomianism. Such theories provide an outlet for antinomian tendencies.
antiparallel	Parallel but oppositely directed. The membrane channel is formed by an antiparallel beta barrel.
antipathetic	Characterized by antagonism or antipathy. It was cherry picked in by editors antipathetic to the subject.
antipathetical	Strongly opposed.
antipersonnel	Designed to inflict death or personal injury rather than material destruction. It also features a torso mounted antipersonnel machine gun.
antiphlogistic	Counteracting inflammation. The compounds have spasmolytic, antiphlogistic and tranquilizer activity.
antiphonal	Relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony. In the early church, the music consisted of hymns and antiphonal psalmody.
antiphonary	Relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony. I’m afraid there is nothing more I can say about this antiphonary.
antipodal	Relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth. The balls are hollow and have two small antipodal holes.
antipodean	Relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth. Maybe it’s just my crazy antipodean logic.
antipollution	Intended to reduce pollution.
antipyretic	Preventing or alleviating fever. It also has analgesic, antipyretic, and platelet inhibitory actions.
antiquarian	Of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities. Antiquarian and expert in heraldry.
antiquated	So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period. The Bibliography is dreadfully thin and antiquated.
antique	Out of fashion. The person looked into the antique bowl to appraise its value.
antisatellite	Of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit.
antisemitic	Relating to or characterized by anti-semitism; hating jews. There is the islam is antisemitic side and the islam is not antisemitic side.
antiseptic	Thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms. The bark of the tree acts as an antiseptic.
antisocial	Shunning contact with others. That is hijacking of lemma’s and destructive antisocial behavior.
antistrophic	Of or relating to an antistrophe.
antisubmarine	Defensive against enemy submarines. Hungerford was placed in charge of antisubmarine warfare.
antitank	Designed for defense against armored vehicles. However, it was not designed to provide protection from antitank weapons.
antithetic	Sharply contrasted in character or purpose. The masterpiece was antithetic to the former work of the author.
antithetical	Sharply contrasted in character or purpose. Facism is antithetical to individualism and militates against it.
antithyroid	Having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity. An antithyroid agent is a hormone antagonist acting upon thyroid hormones.
antitoxic	Counteracting a toxin or poison.
antitrust	Of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices. The challenge of antitrust law is to grapple with such questions.
antitumor	Used in the treatment of cancer. The compounds are useful as antitumor, antiprotozoal and antifungal agents.
antitumour	Used in the treatment of cancer.
antitypic	Of or relating to an antitype.
antitypical	Of or relating to an antitype.
antiviral	Inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses. It is hoped they will have antiviral effects.
antlered	Having antlers. Heracles sought the golden antlered hind of Artemis in Hyperborea.
antrorse	Bent or curved forward or upward.
antsy	Nervous and unable to relax. Although, I am getting a bit antsy concerning the delay.
anuran	Relating to frogs and toads. Asexual phase in adult anuran host.
anuretic	Of or relating to an inability to urinate.
anuric	Of or relating to an inability to urinate. Patients being treated for burns, develop sudden anuric renal failure.
anurous	Not having a tail.
anxiolytic	Anxiety relieving. Bentazepam is effective as an anxiolytic.
anxious	Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety. Even in the interview, she was agitated and anxious.
any	One or some or every or all without specification. Do you know any mollification method

Adjective Beginning with AO (1 Word)

aoristic

Of or relating to the verbal aspect that expresses a momentary or completed action, especially in past time.

Adjectives That Start with AP (104 Words)

apart	Having characteristics not shared by others- vannever bush. The flat is torn apart by the Stasi, but the typewriter remains elusive.
apathetic	Marked by a lack of interest. I’m apathetic on the matter, content with the lot handed to me.
aperient	Mildly laxative. Apenta is a still and sparkling Hungarian aperient water.
aperiodic	Not recurring at regular intervals. As I see it, aperiodic to periodic is just as rational to irrational.
apetalous	Having no petals. The flowers are apetalous and unisexual, and borne in panicles.
aphaeretic	Relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis.
aphakic	Of or relating to or afflicted with aphakia. Aphakic reading adds an error in traditional teaching.
aphanitic	Of or relating to aphanite. In thin section, dacites may have an aphanitic to porphyritic texture.
aphasic	Unable to speak because of a brain lesion. Some linguistic structures in the speech of a Broca’s aphasic.
apheretic	Relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis.
aphetic	Produced by aphesis. Partly an aphetic form of, partly directly from.
aphonic	Being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech.
aphoristic	Terse and witty and like a maxim. There is also in the school a strong tendency towards aphoristic statement .
aphotic	Lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight. Along with pelagic aphotic zones there are also benthic aphotic zones.
aphrodisiac	Exciting sexual desire. So apparently turkey is an aphrodisiac.
aphrodisiacal	Exciting sexual desire. The aphrodisiacal effects are actually side effects.
aphyllous	Having no leaves.
apian	Relating to or having the characteristics of bees. The house Markt 13 shows the coat of arms of the family Apian.
apiarian	Relating to bees or beekeeping. An arm and hand protector for apiarian use.
apical	Situated at an apex. Shells are compressed with the apical portion curved and the anterior straight.
apiculate	Having a short sharply pointed tip.
apicultural	Relating to the care and breeding of bees.
apish	Being or given to servile imitation. A couple of his informants also recognize the apish man in the picture.
apivorous	Feeding on bees.
aplacental	Having no placenta. It is presumably aplacental viviparous like other members of its family.
aplanatic	Free from or corrected for spherical aberration. He invented the aplanatic lens and also coined this term.
aplitic	Of or related to aplite. Later healed by aplitic material and concentrations of alkali feldspar.
apneic	Of or relating to apnea. Apneic oxygenation is more than a physiologic curiosity.
apnoeic	Of or relating to apnea. Symptoms include cyanosis, dyspnoea and apnoeic spells.
apocalyptic	Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom. His millenarian views are said to have pointed to 1655 as apocalyptic.
apocalyptical	Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom. That the thousand apocalyptical years are not passed but future. 2.
apocarpous	Consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses.
apochromatic	Corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration.
apocrine	Producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion. They use both apocrine and merocrine methods for secretion.
apocryphal	Of or belonging to the apocrypha. Some of the other comments in the article sound apocryphal and speculative.
apocynaceous	Of or relating to tropical plants of the family apocynaceae.
apodal	Naturally footless.
apodeictic	Of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain.
apodictic	Of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain. But you are not even willing to to admit the plain meaning of apodictic.
apodous	Naturally footless.
apogametic	Of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization.
apogamic	Of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization.
apogamous	Of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization.
apolitical	Politically neutral. Army is absolutely an apolitical organization.
apologetic	Offering or expressing apology. The webmaster deleted the blog and sent an apologetic letter.
apomictic	Of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis. They are not exclusively apomictic, at least most zones of southern Europe.
apomictical	Of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis.
aponeurotic	Of or relating to an aponeurosis. Acquired ptosis is most commonly caused by aponeurotic ptosis.
apopemptic	Addressed to one who is departing.
apophatic	Of or relating to the belief that god can be known to humans only in terms of what he is not (such as `god is unknowable’). Thus he is a major figure in the history of apophatic theology and spirituality.
apophyseal	Of or relating to an apophysis.
apoplectic	Pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy. Mackenzie died on August 28, 1861, following an apoplectic seizure.
apoplectiform	Resembling apoplexy.
apoplectoid	Resembling apoplexy.
aposiopetic	Relating to or characteristic of aposiopesis.
apostate	Not faithful to religion or party or cause. Basil was caught up in the persecution of Julian the Apostate.
apothecial	Of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi.
apothegmatic	Given to or characterized by terse apothegms.
apothegmatical	Given to or characterized by terse apothegms.
apotropaic	Having the power to prevent evil or bad luck. Religion was often apotropaic; specifically, it involved sympathetic magic.
appalachian	In or relating to appalachia. The Appalachian Trail crosses the town.
appalled	Struck with fear, dread, or consternation. The results of it appalled me.
appalling	Causing consternation. All it proves is the appalling extent of illiteracy.
apparent	Appearing as such but not necessarily so. The apparent efficiency of the Dobbs was counterfeit.
apparitional	Resembling or characteristic of a phantom.
appealing	Able to attract interest or draw favorable attention- vincent starrett. It is both genuinely desperate and irresistibly appealing.
appeasing	Intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions. First and foremost, I believe there is simply no appeasing him.
appellant	Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals). The appellant was over 20 years the senior of this unsuspecting country girl.
appellate	Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals). The court affirmed the appellate court’s order.
appellative	Pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun. Further, it is not appellative since it is not universal.
appendaged	Having an appendage.
appendicular	Relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs. The appendicular skeleton contains the fore and hindlimbs.
apperceptive	Able to relate new percepts to past experience. Prosopagnosia can also be divided into apperceptive and associative subtypes.
appetent	Marked by eager desire.
appetising	Appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma. I love crumble but that image isn’t really that appetising.
appetizing	Appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma. Generally the flesh smells pleasant and appetizing.
applicable	Capable of being applied; having relevance. The process is particularly applicable to the production of vinyl chloride.
applied	Concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles- sidney hook. I applied salve on my scar.
appointed	Selected for a job. He was appointed Alabama’s state climatologist in 2000.
apposable	Capable of being placed opposite to something.
apposite	Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence. In fact your question , Jack of Oz, is apposite to the extreme.
appreciable	Enough to be estimated or measured. Its matchless economic growth over the years is appreciable.
appreciated	Fully understood or grasped. The reassurance is very much appreciated.
appreciative	Having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion. The goal is only to be more appreciative of the expert editors.
apprehensible	Capable of being apprehended or understood. The style of the art work was apprehensible.
apprehensive	In fear or dread of possible evil or harm. Not very comforting words for the apprehensive Shia community of that country.
appressed	Pressed close to or lying flat against something-l.v.pirsson. Pitchers arise from the end of the tendril, forming a tightly appressed curve.
approachable	Capable of being read with comprehension. The article aims to be approachable.
approaching	Of the relatively near future. The camera would be the person approaching the theater.
appropriable	Suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc. A scowl would of been more appropriate.
appropriate	Suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc. The man’s joke was not appropriate.
appropriative	Suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc. The man’s joke was not appropriate.
approved	Established by authority; given authoritative approval. The board approved the addition.
approving	Expressing or manifesting praise or approval. The decree approving the miracles was published in March 1925.
approximate	Located close together. The approximate population of the area is 4093.
approximative	Not quite exact or correct. Recent Past sounds to me as an approximative translation of Passato Prossimo.
appurtenant	Furnishing added support. An appurtenant profit may only be used by the owner of the adjacent property.
apractic	Having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a cns disorder.
apraxic	Having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a cns disorder.
apropos	Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. This is apropos because the book was the subject of many cited references.
apsidal	Of or relating to an apse. The apsidal chancel is enclosed by a narrow ambulatory.
apt	At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant. The actions were criminal and the terms the legal system has provided are apt.
apteral	Without wings.
apterous	Without wings. These groups are said to be primarily apterous.

Adjectives That Start with AQ (7 Words)

aquacultural	Of or relating to aquiculture. There are aquacultural cooperatives and a central aquaculture office.
aquaphobic	Abnormally afraid of water.
aquatic	Relating to or consisting of or being in water. In 1981 the Foster Aquatic Center replaced the pool.
aqueous	Similar to or containing or dissolved in water. Effervescence is the escape of gas from an aqueous solution.
aquicultural	Of or relating to aquiculture.
aquiferous	Of or relating to an aquifer.
aquiline	Curved down like an eagle’s beak. There has never been negative prejudice surrounding the aquiline nose.

Adjectives That Start with AR (128 Words)

arabian	Of or relating to arabian horses. The Arabian blood was added to offset possible flaws of the Thoroughbred.
arabic	Relating to or characteristic of arabs. Slaves, hides, beeswax, ambergris and, later, gum arabic were exported.
arable	Capable of being farmed productively. The soil and equable climate of the Isle have always encouraged arable farming.
araceous	Relating to a plant of the family araceae.
arachnidian	Relating to or resembling a member of the class arachnida.
arachnoid	Relating to or resembling a member of the class arachnida. Myelograms are contraindicated for people with arachnoid cysts.
aramaean	Of or relating to aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language. They even claim that there was a huge Aramaean empire and everything.
aramaic	Of or relating to the ancient aramaic languages. The inscription below the bow is in Aramaic.
aramean	Of or relating to aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language. Julia was of Aramean origin from the ancient city of Emesa.
araneidal	Relating to or resembling a spider.
araneidan	Relating to or resembling a spider.
arawakan	Of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the arawak. The language spoken by the woman belonged to the Arawakan language family.
arbitral	Relating to or resulting from arbitration. If the parties do not choose the applicable law the arbitral tribunal will.
arbitrary	Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice. The fixation of the cut off date was arbitrary.
arboraceous	Abounding in trees.
arborary	Of or relating to or formed by trees.
arboreal	Inhabiting or frequenting trees. The Panamanian Night Monkey is arboreal and nocturnal.
arboreous	Inhabiting or frequenting trees.
arborescent	Resembling a tree in form and branching structure. It contains fifteen species displaying shrub or arborescent habit.
arboresque	Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
arborical	Of or relating to or formed by trees.
arboriform	Resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
arborous	Of or relating to or formed by trees.
arcadian	Idyllically rustic. Hi Arcadian, well done for this template.
arcane	Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge. The Order of the Thorn specialize in arcane magic, as wizards or as sorcerers.
arch	Characteristic of those who treat others with condescension. Part of the proscenium arch is also still intact.
archaean	Of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the precambrian eon. The Precambrian is divided into the Hadean, Archaean and Proterozoic eons.
archaeologic	Related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology. Show me any similar carved stone object, found in any Mayan archaeologic site.
archaeological	Related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology. The tour marks the archaeological remains of the fort’s buildings.
archaeozoic	Of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the precambrian era.
archaic	Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type. Even the hilts of the lightsabers were very archaic and ancient.
archangelical	Of or relating to or resembling archangels.
archdiocesan	Of or relating to an archdiocese. He also served as a judge on the archdiocesan matrimonial court.
archducal	Belonging to or befitting an archduke or his archduchy. Besides the archducal hat there are two other coronets.
archean	Of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during the precambrian eon. The Hamersley basin covers the Pilbara archean craton in the north.
arched	Characteristic of those who treat others with condescension. The keystone of the arch is tall and deep.
archegonial	Of or relating to an archegonium.
archegoniate	Of or relating to an archegonium.
archeologic	Related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology.
archeozoic	Of or belonging to earlier of two divisions of the precambrian era.
archepiscopal	Of or associated with an archbishop. The archepiscopal see is in the city of Poitiers.
archesporial	Of or relating to the cells in a sporangium that give rise to spores.
archetypal	Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned. Blackbeard is often regarded as the archetypal image of the seafaring pirate.
archetypical	Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned. The history of SQL is an archetypical example.
archidiaconal	Of or relating to an archdeacon or his office.
archiepiscopal	Of or associated with an archbishop. He also sat on the archiepiscopal council.
arching	Naughtily or annoyingly playful. The arch of the bridge over the river is pentagon.
architectural	Of or pertaining to the art and science of architecture. It spread the Dravidian culture, the literary and architectural grandeur.
archosaurian	Of or relating to reptiles of the subclass archosauria. A basal archosaurian origin for birds.
arciform	Forming or resembling an arch. It is also called arciform rhythm because of the shape of the waveforms.
arco	To be played with the bow. Possibly a rewritten para would be appropriate in ARCO.
arctic	Extremely cold. Much of the Canadian Arctic is covered by ice and permafrost.
arcuate	Forming or resembling an arch. The columella is arcuate and thin.
ardent	Characterized by strong enthusiasm. He is an ardent supporter of legalization and regulation of the industry.
arduous	Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort. The race proves to be long and arduous.
arenaceous	Resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas.
arenicolous	Growing or living or burrowing in sand.
areolar	Relating to or like or divided into areolae. The papillary region is composed of loose areolar connective tissue.
areolate	Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
argent	Of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver. From centre hill, a spring argent with water flowing to pool argent .
argentic	Relating to compounds in which silver is bivalent. The oxidation is advantageously conducted by the use of argentic oxide.
argentiferous	Containing or yielding silver. Two companies mined for argentiferous galena, a source of silver.
argentine	Of or relating to or characteristic of argentina or its people. The U.S. government was indifferent to the Argentine claims.
argentinian	Of or relating to or characteristic of argentina or its people. Paz was featured on an Argentinian post stamp.
argentous	Relating to compounds in which silver is univalent.
argillaceous	Resembling or containing clay. Clays and shales are thus predominantly argillaceous.
argive	Of or relating to the ancient greek city of argos or its people. Cydippe was travelling from Argos to a festival in honor of Argive Hera.
arguable	Capable of being supported by argument. As for the loss of the links, it’s arguable both ways.
argumentative	Given to or characterized by argument. Crockspot was argumentative to the end, in my opinion.
arid	Lacking sufficient water or rainfall. The land is arid, as if desertification was imminent.
ariled	Having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover.
arillate	Having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover. Seeds few to many, arillate; aril often lobed or lacerate.
ariose	Having a melody (as distinguished from recitative).
aristocratic	Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. Kalundborg is also the traditional seat of the aristocratic Lerche family.
aristocratical	Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. There was opposition in the conservative aristocratical circles.
aristotelean	Of or relating to aristotle or his philosophy. Such is the Aristotelean solution of the problem of universals.
aristotelian	Of or relating to aristotle or his philosophy. Life and death of Aristotelian physics.
aristotelic	Of or relating to aristotle or his philosophy.
arithmetic	Relating to or involving arithmetic. Pomerene designed the adder portion of the arithmetic unit.
arithmetical	Relating to or involving arithmetic. Not every implicitly arithmetical set is arithmetical, however.
armed	Characterized by having or bearing arms. Armed gangs roam the streets and terrorize the neighborhood.
armenian	Of or pertaining to armenia or the people or culture of armenia. No lectern is provided for the Gospel reading in the Armenian sanctuary.
armillary	Of or relating to bracelets. Hipparchus probably used an armillary sphere of four rings.
arminian	Of or relating to arminianism. Finney held to the Perseverance of the Saints, so he cannot be an Arminian.
armless	Having no arms. They look like armless rabbits with human faces.
armlike	Resembling an arm. Each bracket fixedly and snugly receives therein the armlike mounting portion.
armored	Equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior. It was armored and reinforced to support the weight of the mount.
armorial	Of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms. Thomas illement was an armorial painter of windows.
armoured	Equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior. The primary weapon of the armored infantryman was the M1 Garand rifle.
aroid	Relating to a plant of the family araceae. Also known as the Arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroid.
aromatic	Having a strong pleasant odor- jean stafford. There is regular aromatic rice and glutinous or sticky rice.
aroused	Excessively affected by emotion. The tragedy aroused the pity of the nation.
arranged	Disposed or placed in a particular kind of order. The feathery leaves are arranged in a nest.
arrant	Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;. Because honestly, that numerology stuff is such arrant nonsense.
arrayed	In ceremonial attire and paraphernalia. The following order of battle was arrayed on the day.
arresting	Commanding attention. Allen Love were in the process of arresting Reodica.
arrhythmic	Lacking a steady rhythm. The speed of the car was arrhythmic.
arrhythmical	Without regard for rhythm.
arrogant	Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride. Are they wrong and the unbelievably arrogant
arsenical	Relating to or containing arsenic. If there is an outbreak of this species, an arsenical spray can be used.
arsenious	Relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent. Arsenites are salts of arsenious acid.
artefactual	Of or relating to artifacts. There is no such word as artefactual.
arterial	Of or involving or contained in the arteries. Lower was the first to observe the difference in arterial and venous blood.
arteriolar	Of or relating to or involving arterioles. It is a type of arteriolosclerosis which refers to hardening of arteriolar wall.
arteriosclerotic	Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness- david cannadine. The carefully modelled serifs follow an artful logic of asymmetry.
arteriovenous	Connecting an artery to a vein. As a consequence, arteriovenous malformations often form.
artesian	Rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure. Drawdown test to determine effective radius of artesian well.
artful	Marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft. Hip hop lyrics have also explored the artful possibilities of doggerel.
arthralgic	Of or relating to arthralgia. He notes the arthralgic symptoms are present in most cases of brucellosis.
arthromeric	Of or relating to one of the body segments of jointed animals.
arthrosporic	Of or relating to arthrospores.
arthrosporous	Of or relating to arthrospores.
arthurian	Of or relating to king arthur and the knights of the round table. The man was living in an Arthurian era.
articled	Bound by contract. He was a law student and articled clerk there.
articular	Relating to or affecting the joints of the body. Repairing articular cartilage damage.
articulary	Relating to or affecting the joints of the body.
articulate	Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language. He is genteel, articulate, poised and charming.
articulated	Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language. Dot Com appears to be the more articulate and sensible member of the entourage.
articulative	Of or relating to articulation.
articulatory	Of or relating to articulation. Traditional articulatory phonetics.
artificial	Artificially formal. Artificial insemination is the means of conception.
artiodactyl	Of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order artiodactyla. Hippos are a kind of non ruminating artiodactyl.
artiodactylous	Of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order artiodactyla.
artistic	Satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities. It was an eye opener for this artistic troglodyte.
artless	Showing lack of art. I’m very sorry, but your revisions were artless.
arty	Showily imitative of art or artists. Field arty fire control is generally covered in the Indirect fire article.
arundinaceous	Of or relating to or resembling reedlike plants of the genus arundinaria.
aryan	Of or relating to the former indo-european people. The Age of Cancer Capricorn marks the beginning of the Aryan Epoch.

Adjectives That Start with AS (91 Words)

asat	Of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit. It has the traditional name asat.
ascendant	Tending or directed upward- john ruskin. The next in line is the Ascendant Prince.
ascendent	Most powerful or important or influential. To put it mildly, they were arguably not the ascendent cultural presence.
ascending	Moving or going or growing upward. Dutt followed by ascending to the top of the ladder to try and grab the ring.
ascensive	Tending or directed upward- john ruskin.
ascetic	Practicing great self-denial- william james. Humbert is at the center of ascetic writers in the Dominican Order.
ascetical	Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline. The ascetic spent day and night in prayer and psalmody.
ascitic	Of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity. Pleural or ascitic fluid should be sent for analysis.
asclepiadaceous	Of or relating to plants of the milkweed family.
ascocarpous	Of or relating to ascocarps.
ascomycetous	Related to or characteristic of fungi of the class ascomycetes. The Xylariaceae are a family of mostly small ascomycetous fungi.
ascosporic	Of or relating to ascospores.
ascosporous	Of or relating to ascospores.
aseptic	Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms. Finally, please try to be aseptic.
asexual	Not having or involving sex. I wondered about the dismissal of asexual reproduction.
ashamed	Feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse. He is not ashamed of being a scullion.
ashen	Made of wood of the ash tree. He was ashen and appeared to be in shock.
asian	Of or relating to or characteristic of asia or the peoples of asia or their languages or culture. The victims of Asian fetish are objectified by the perpetrators.
asiatic	Of or relating to or characteristic of asia or the peoples of asia or their languages or culture. The Bole languages belong to the Afro Asiatic family and are spoken in Nigeria.
asinine	Devoid of intelligence. The reference to his plane is asinine.
askance	Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy- elizabeth bowen. Ponsford Botts would look at him askance.
askant	Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy- elizabeth bowen.
askew	Turned or twisted toward one side- g.k.chesterton. The man looked at the sculpture with an askew eye.
aslant	Having an oblique or slanted direction.
asleep	Lacking sensation. Asleep in a Krell laboratory, Morbius is wakened by Altaira’s scream.
aslope	Having an oblique or slanted direction.
asocial	Hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior. Individuals in the state of nature were apolitical and asocial.
aspectual	Of or belonging to an aspect (as an aspect of the verb). Translation of PB annotations to logical representations with eventuality variables and tagging these variables according to their aspectual type would thus make it possible to provide an analysis of temporal relations.
aspheric	Varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape. In preferred forms some of the lens surfaces are aspheric.
aspherical	Varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape. The correction lenses may have a relatively simple aspherical surface.
asphyxiated	In a state of asphyxia. There, she is asphyxiated with a bag and her eyes are pulled out.
asphyxiating	Tending to deprive of oxygen. A grotesque image rises to mind of 5 million people slowly self asphyxiating.
aspirant	Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement. Gavallan is an aspirant to the office of tai pan.
aspiring	Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement. Ambitious and urbane, Leighton was an aspiring diplomat.
asquint	Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy- elizabeth bowen.
assamese	Of or relating to or characteristic of assam or its people or culture or language. The Mughals could not stand the dash and fury of the Assamese onset.
assertable	Capable of being affirmed or asserted. No available sources,no assertable notability.
asserting	Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration. I therefore object to asserting the effect or the intent is otherwise.
assertive	Aggressively self-assured. I apologize for being overly assertive about the notability of the author.
assiduous	Marked by care and persistent effort. As a player, he was assiduous and adroit.
assigned	Appointed to a post or duty. The designation was assigned in the 1960s.
assistant	Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another. The identity of the male assistant is unknown.
assistive	Giving assistance. Measures of assistive technology predisposition and use.
associable	Having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status. The Society is an associate member of the International Actuarial Association.
associate	Having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status. Talmud teachers of the fourth century associate quite familiarly with him.
associational	Of or relating to associations or associationism. The tone of the poems is less surreal than associational or intoxicated.
associative	Having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status. Some studies associate the HP with the risk of developing schizophrenia.
associatory	Having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status. He is the Associate Conductor of the Arizona Arts Chorale.
assonant	Having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables. Too much dominant harmony makes you sound assonant.
assorted	Of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity. The Israelis have sold the rest to assorted countries, many in Latin America.
assumed	Adopted in order to deceive. The title was assumed in the content.
assuming	Excessively forward. Assuming the end of the horn itself generates gravity.
assured	Marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence. The victory assured qualification to the tournament.
assurgent	Rising from the sea.
assuring	Giving confidence. DeWine won the Republican nomination, assuring him of election in November.
astatic	Not static or stable.
asteriated	Exhibiting asterism. Cymophane, the chatoyant chrysoberyl known as cat’s eye, may also be asteriated.
asterismal	Relating to asterisms or constellations.
asternal	Not connected to the sternum or breastbone.
asteroid	Shaped like a star. This Asteroid is named after the Swiss pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi.
asteroidal	Of or relating to or resembling an asteroid.
asthenic	Having a slender physique.
asthmatic	Relating to breathing with a whistling sound. Rosen was an asthmatic child, which had prompted the family’s move south.
astigmatic	Of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images. Above I wrote that Bates was the first person to perform astigmatic keratotomy.
astir	Out of bed. The setting was the Astir Palace hotel and the nearby beach.
astomatal	Lacking a stoma or stomata.
astomatous	Having no mouth or mouthlike opening.
astonied	Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
astonished	Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock. I have often been astonished with his perspicuity.
astonishing	So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm. The amount of confusion is astonishing.
astounded	Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock. Bernard is similarly astounded that his master could be so indiscreet.
astounding	So surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm. The maturity of debate within the forum is astounding.
astragalar	Of or relating to the anklebone.
astral	Being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars. The Anunnaki have great influence over the astral world also.
astringent	Sour or bitter in taste. The leaves have strong astringent properties.
astrocytic	Of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia. The identity of the astrocytic factors is not yet known.
astronautic	Of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics. He was a pioneer of aeronautic and astronautic material engineering in China.
astronautical	Of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics. Furthermore he read papers for several international Astronautical Congresses.
astronomic	Relating or belonging to the science of astronomy. Researchers believe that it was built as an astronomic clock or calendar.
astronomical	Inconceivably large. The astronomical unit of mass is the solar mass.
astrophysical	Of or concerned with astrophysics. Baliunas’s main focus is on astrophysical research.
astute	Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence. Cirt, thank you for the fair deliberation on The Astute Recorder page.
astylar	Lacking columns or pillars.
asunder	Widely separated especially in space. I can see a connection between asunder and knife.
asymmetric	Characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components. The balance was asymmetric.
asymmetrical	Irregular in shape or outline. The last segment of the frond is irregular and asymmetrical, on a short stem.
asymptomatic	Having no symptoms of illness or disease. An AAA may remain asymptomatic indefinitely.
asymptotic	Relating to or of the nature of an asymptote. The aim of the asymptotic approach is to simplify the object.
asynchronous	Pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself. Channels may be synchronous or asynchronous.
asyndetic	Lacking conjunctions.
asynergic	Of or relating to the state of asynergy; lacking synergy.

Adjectives That Start with AT (44 Words)

atactic	Lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia. In atactic macromolecules the substituents are placed randomly along the chain.
ataractic	Tending to soothe or tranquilize. The novel compounds are useful as ataractic, analgesic, and hypotensive agents.
ataraxic	Tending to soothe or tranquilize.
atavistic	Characteristic of an atavist. He does not degenerate into an atavistic state.
ataxic	Lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia. A dog may appear to walk as though ‘drunken’ ataxic .
ateleiotic	Of or relating to ateleiosis.
atheist	Related to or characterized by or given to atheism. He was a freethinker, and atheist.
atheistic	Related to or characterized by or given to atheism. The situation for atheistic scouts and scouters is somewhat different.
atheistical	Related to or characterized by or given to atheism. He’s apparently the founder of the Scottish Atheist Council.
athenian	Of or relating to or characteristic of athens or its inhabitants. However the arrival of Alexander charmed the Athenian public.
atheromatic	Of or relating to or resembling atheroma.
atheromatous	Of or relating to or resembling atheroma. It has two main causes fibromuscular dysplasia and atheromatous stenosis.
atherosclerotic	Of or relating to atherosclerosis. An atherosclerotic lesion is indeed a blood vessel with inflammation, i.e.
athirst	Extremely desirous.
athletic	Vigorously active. The school’s athletic moniker is the Warrior.
atilt	Departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.
atlantic	Relating to or bordering the atlantic ocean. Transatlantic refers to the Atlantic Ocean.
atmospheric	Relating to or located in the atmosphere. The weight of the atmosphere is certainly significant as atmospheric pressure.
atomic	Immeasurably small. The atomic bomb was not mentioned in the communique.
atomistic	Divided into separate and often disparate elements. The romantic outsider is replaced by atomistic narrators in uncaring society.
atomistical	Divided into separate and often disparate elements.
atonal	Characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality. Mixed interval chords occur more in atonal music and tend to be dissonant.
atonalistic	Of or relating to atonalism.
atonic	Used of syllables. Carbachol can be used to treat atonic bowel and bladder.
atoxic	Not producing or resulting from poison.
atrabilious	Irritable as if suffering from indigestion.
atrial	Of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart). In general, atrial flutter should be treated the same as atrial fibrillation.
atrioventricular	Relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart. It can appear similar to atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia.
atrip	Just clear of the bottom.
atrocious	Shockingly brutal or cruel. The Biography pages of the members of the band are atrocious.
attached	Being joined in close association. The transcription is attached.
attainable	Capable of being attained or accomplished. First is to make the study of cursive Egyptian script more attainable.
attempted	Tried unsuccessfully. None of the protestant countries even attempted toleration.
attendant	Following or accompanying as a consequence. The attendant winds down the ring rails to the bottom.
attentive	Giving care or attention. She had adored the courteous and attentive old gentleman.
attenuate	Reduced in strength. The device serves to attenuate spikes of current and to limit peak currents.
attenuated	Reduced in strength. The base of the lamina is gradually attenuate towards the petiole.
attic	Of or relating to attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in athens in classical times. Alphabetic representation of the vowels of Attic.
attired	Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination. This is to ensure that officers are properly and professionally attired.
attractive	Having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull;. It makes the face lustrous and attractive.
attributable	Capable of being attributed. The third attributable hand is that of Ende.
attrited	Worn by rubbing or friction.
attritional	Relating to or caused by attrition. The attritional influence of the book still gave inspiration to many.
atypical	Not representative of a group, class, or type. The cause of atypical odontalgia is not yet clear.

Adjectives That Start with AU (86 Words)

auburn	Colored a moderate reddish-brown. I was very impressed with LSU’s upset of Auburn at Auburn this year.
auctorial	Of or by or typical of an author. The usual debates about auctorial voice and heteronormativity ensue.
audacious	Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. The metaphor of drawing a bullseye is however audacious.
audenesque	In the manner of w. h. auden.
audible	Heard or perceptible by the ear. The sound is clearly audible on the tape.
audile	Of or relating to the process of hearing.
audiometric	Of or relating to audiometry. Audiometric analysis may be necessary to assess the severity of ototoxicity.
audiovisual	Involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids). Cinematographic and other audiovisual works.
auditive	Of or relating to the process of hearing. So music in Africa is not necessarily an auditive art.
auditory	Of or relating to the process of hearing. The auditory test is the same process.
augean	Extremely filthy from long neglect. From Augean Stable I don’t understand what you mean in your edit summary.
augitic	Of or relating to or containing the mineral augite.
august	Profoundly honored. I saw The Drowsy Chaperone in early August.
augustan	Relating to or characteristic of the times of the roman emperor augustus. Such extravagant claims are characteristic of the Augustan age.
auld	A scottish word. Just call it an auld pharts inability to change.
aural	Relating to or characterized by an aura. The Magic City is an aural snapshot of that metamorphic process.
aureate	Elaborately or excessively ornamented. It is made of nickel plated with aureate bronze.
auric	Of or relating to or containing or derived from gold. Georges Auric was hired as the composer for the film.
auricular	Relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of hearing- george santayana. As a juvenile, the Red Warbler is pinkish brown with a whitish auricular patch.
auriculate	Having auricles.
auriculated	Having auricles.
auriculoventricular	Relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart.
auriferous	Containing gold. Auriferous jem is very valuable.
auriform	Having a shape resembling an ear. The shell is oval auriform, depressed, and rugosely striate.
auroral	Of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras. The rockets carried an Auroral research payload for the University of Iowa.
aurorean	Characteristic of the dawn.
aurous	Of or relating to or containing or derived from gold. Curiously, aurous complexes of water are rare.
auspicious	Auguring favorable circumstances and good luck. The Fitzgeralds held the more auspicious title of ‘The Earls of Desmond’.
austenitic	Composed of austenite. Austenitic steels are not hardenable by heat treatment.
austere	Severely simple. The trustees deliberately kept the structure austere to save money.
austral	Of the south or coming from the south. Thanks for adding the Clubs category tag to the Austral Society.
australasian	Relating to or found in australasia. Asian debates are largely an adaptation of the Australasian format.
australian	Of or relating to or characteristic of australia or its inhabitants or its languages. Australian inferno previews fire prone future.
australopithecine	Of or belonging to the hominid genus australopithecus. Scientists have recently discovered a new australopithecine in South Africa.
austrian	Of or relating to austria or its people or culture. The proposals by the Austrian communists were therefore brushed aside.
austronesian	Of or relating to or characteristic of austronesia or its people or culture. A group of the Austronesian speaking people.
autacoidal	Of or relating to an autacoid.
autarkic	Of countries; not relying on imports. Energy autarkic houses can be taken off the grid.
autarkical	Of countries; not relying on imports.
authentic	Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief. She bought the authentic piece of music.
authenticated	Established as genuine. I simply added in the rest when I authenticated the permission.
authorised	Sanctioned by established authority. The executive director was authorized to procure the necessary resources.
authoritarian	Expecting unquestioning obedience. It works by the authoritarian command of a clique of users.
authoritative	Of recognized authority or excellence. For the article to be authoritative, the credibility of the writers do count.
authorized	Endowed with authority. The man was authorized by the pope.
autistic	Characteristic of or affected with autism. Discovery of autistic psychopathy.
autobiographic	Of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer. The Russian version of the book also has an autobiographic part.
autobiographical	Of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer. Looks suspiciously autobiographical.
autocatalytic	Relating to or proceeding by autocatalysis. In this way the set as a whole is said to be autocatalytic.
autochthonal	Originating where it is found. The rest have a mixture of both traditional and autochthonal beliefs.
autochthonic	Originating where it is found. Autochthone seem to have the same meaning as autochthonic.
autochthonous	Of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed. Amenokal is an autochthonous title for the highest Tuareg traditional chiefs.
autocratic	Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty. In Russian the term neans ultimate autocratic ruler of a country.
autodidactic	Relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact. He more or less learned his techniques the autodidactic way.
autoecious	Of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host. An autoecious pathogen, it can complete its life cycle using a single host.
autoerotic	Sexually satisfying yourself (as by masturbation). A case of autoerotic asphyxia associated with multiplex paraphilia.
autofluorescent	Emitting light via self-induced fluorescence.
autogamic	Characterized by or fit for autogamy.
autogamous	Characterized by or fit for autogamy. A few are autogamous and are able to pollinate themselves.
autogenetic	Of or relating to autogenesis. The switch to autogenetic excitation is a form of positive feedback.
autogenic	Originating within the body. Look on www.google.com and search for autogenic training.
autogenous	Originating within the body. For example, the mixture is reacted under autogenous pressure at 180.degree.
autoicous	Having male and female reproductive organs in separate clusters on the same plant.
autoimmune	Of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder.
autoloading	Capable of automatic loading and firing continuously. Pre set triggers are only on autoloading pistols.
autologous	Derived from organisms of the selfsame individual. Autologous patient specific tumor antigen response.
autolytic	Of or relating to self-digestion.
automated	Operated by automation. The hard part is the automated archiving.
automatic	Without volition or conscious control. Welcome to the semi automatic vandalism paging system.
automatonlike	Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine.
automotive	Of or relating to motor vehicles. In the nineties paper honeycomb was introduced in the automotive industry.
autonomic	Relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system. Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy.
autonomous	Existing as an independent entity. The autonomous power of the local church is highly valued.
autophytic	Of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis.
autoplastic	Of or relating to or involved in autoplasty.
autoradiographic	Of or relating to or produced by autoradiography. Biochemical and autoradiographic characterization.
autosemantic	Of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context.
autosomal	Of or relating to an autosome. Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney.
autotelic	Of or relating to or believing in autotelism. Autotelic is defined by one having a purpose in and not apart from itself .
autotomic	Of or relating to autotomy.
autotrophic	Of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis. All algae produce oxygen, and many are autotrophic.
autotypic	Of or relating to autotypy.
autumnal	Of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn. The autumnal or Sharadiya ceremony is known as various names in Orissa.
auxetic	Of or relating to growth by auxesis. The use of the word auxetic to refer to this property probably began in 1991.
auxiliary	Furnishing added support. The yacht was an auxiliary of the coast guard.
auxinic	Relating to or containing auxins.

Adjectives That Start with AV (19 Words)

available	Not busy; not otherwise committed. Boots are available only in factory mode.
avaricious	Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. Asians were sallow, avaricious and easily distracted.
avascular	Without blood vessels. After 5 days it was found that he was suffering from avascular necrosis.
avellan	Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts.
avellane	Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts.
average	Lacking exceptional quality or ability. The average size of a cocci is approximately 0.5 to 1 micrometer.
averse	Strongly opposed. But there is an evil and averse counterpart corresponding to the ovine nature.
aversive	Tending to repel or dissuade. In Australia, there is a broad suspicion of aversive psychology.
avestan	Of or pertaining to the avesta (sacred text of zoroastrianism). This article deals with the ‘phonology of the Avestan language’.
avian	Pertaining to or characteristic of birds. The pecten is a specialised structure in the avian retina.
avid	Ardently or excessively desirous. His wife, Mythili, is an avid marathoner.
avifaunal	Of or relating to birds of a particular region or period. Mesopredator release and avifaunal extinctions in a fragmented system.
avifaunistic	Of or relating to birds of a particular region or period.
avionic	Of or relating to avionics. It has an identical avionic characteristic as the MiG 29M.
avirulent	Not virulent; unable to produce disease.
avitaminotic	Of or relating to or characteristic of avitaminosis.
avocado	Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado. The tree structure is much like that of an Avocado.
avocational	Of or involved in an avocation.
avuncular	Being or relating to an uncle. My avuncular advice is, try to write some less controversial articles.

Adjectives That Start with AW (18 Words)

awake	Mentally perceptive and responsive. People were awake by the sound of toot.
aware	Having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception. An aeronaut should be aware of aerodynamics.
awash	Covered with water. In fall, the hills are awash in the beautiful colours of autumn leaves.
away	On the far side of home plate from the batter. Harry sneaks out of the circle and away from the fire.
aweary	Physically and mentally fatigued.
aweigh	Just clear of the bottom. The school’s fight song is sung to the tune of Anchors Aweigh.
awesome	Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder. The quality of the editing here is awesome.
awestricken	Having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread. Nick is awestricken by the number of instruments at the party.
awestruck	Having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread. An awestruck congregation gapes at the silhouetted goat devil.
awful	Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder. Disrespecting adults is awful.
awheel	Traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.. It cannot be followed on horse or awheel.
awing	Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.
awkward	Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner. The first sentence here is awkward and ungrammatical.
awned	Having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses. Forked three awned grass is designated as a species at risk.
awnless	Lacking or having only very short awns.
awny	Having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses.
awol	Absent without permission. Seems to me,come monday,you’re both awol and fugitives from justice.
awry	Turned or twisted toward one side- g.k.chesterton. The incident goes awry as Charlie nearly dies in the attempt.

Adjectives That Start with AX (7 Words)

axenic	Raised under sterile conditions. Axenic cultures are usually checked routinely to ensure that they remain axenic.
axial	Relating to or attached to the axis. Glucose prefers the axial conformation in the gas phase.
axile	Relating to or attached to the axis. In axile placentation, they are attached to radial spokes within the ovary.
axillary	Of or relating to the armpit. Primary subclavian axillary vein thrombosis.
axiological	Of or relating to the study of values. Value claims are subject to the AXIOLOGICAL JUDGMENTS of good and bad.
axiomatic	Containing aphorisms or maxims. We cannot use the modern axiomatic method to establish the theory of sets.
axiomatical	Of or relating to or derived from axioms.

Adjectives That Start with AZ (12 Words)

azerbaijani	Of or pertaining to azerbaijan or the people or culture of azerbaijan. Azerbaijani media misrepresent remarks of Iranian President’s advisor.
azido	Relating to or containing the azido group n3. Introduction of the 2 azido moiety to glycals.
azimuthal	Of or relating to or in azimuth. There are a wide variety of ‘azimuthal’ map projections.
azo	Relating to or containing the azo radical. The drug is one of the azo dyes.
azoic	Before the appearance of life. I’ve suggested a merge of the currently minimal Azoic Age article to here.
azonal	Not divided into zones. They are azonal soils and occur in nearly all climates.
azonic	Not restricted to any particular zone or region.
azotemic	Of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency).
azotic	Of or containing nitrogen.
azure	Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear october sky. Many of the scenes include the use of an azure blue 1953 Cadillac Eldorado.
azygos	Occurring singly; not one of a pair. The name for this vein is derived from that of the azygos vein.
azygous	Occurring singly; not one of a pair. The azygous fins have prickly beams.

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