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aground | stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float |
agrypnotic | of or pertaining to agrypnia |
aguish | affected by ague |
ahead | having the leading position or higher score in a contest |
ahistorical | unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition |
ahorse | traveling on horseback |
ahorseback | traveling on horseback |
aided | give help or assistance; be of service |
ailing | be ill or unwell |
aimless | aimlessly drifting |
ain | belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive |
airborne | moved or conveyed by or through air |
aired | expose to fresh air |
airheaded | lacking seriousness; given to frivolity |
airless | lacking fresh air |
airlike | resembling air or having the form of air |
airsick | experiencing motion sickness |
airtight | having no weak points |
airworthy | (of aircraft) fit to fly |
airy | open to or abounding in fresh air |
ajar | slightly open |
akimbo | (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body |
akin | similar in quality or character |
alabaster | a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving |
alabastrine | of or resembling alabaster |
alacritous | quick and eager |
alar | a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time |
alarmed | fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised |
alarming | fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised |
alary | having or resembling wings |
alaskan | a native or resident of Alaska |
alate | (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions |
alated | (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions |
albanian | a native or inhabitant of Albania |
albescent | becoming or shading into white |
albigensian | of or relating to Albigenses or Albigensianism |
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 |
albinotic | of or pertaining to or affected by albinism |
albitic | of or related to albite feldspar |
albuminous | relating to or containing or resembling albumin |
albuminuric | of or related to the state of albuminuria |
alcalescent | tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline |
alchemic | related to or concerned with alchemy |
alchemical | related to or concerned with alchemy |
alchemistic | of or relating to alchemists |
alchemistical | of or relating to alchemists |
alcoholic | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually |
aldehydic | of or related to or containing aldehydes |
aldermanic | of or relating to or like an alderman |
aldermanly | of or relating to or like an alderman |
aleatory | dependent on chance |
alert | condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action |
aleuronic | of or related to aleurone |
aleutian | a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska |
alexandrian | a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt) |
alexic | a person with alexia |
alfresco | in the open air |
algal | of or relating to alga |
algebraic | of or relating to algebra |
algebraical | of or relating to algebra |
algerian | a native or inhabitant of Algeria |
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 | a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec |
algonquian | a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast |
algonquin | a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast |
algophobic | suffering from algophobia; abnormally afraid of pain |
algorithmic | of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm |
alien | a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country |
alienable | transferable to another owner |
alienated | arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
alienating | arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness |
aliform | having or resembling wings |
alight | to come to rest, settle |
aligned | place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight |
aligning | place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight |
alike | having the same or similar characteristics |
alimental | of or providing nourishment |
alimentary | of or providing nourishment |
alimentative | related to the supply of aliment |
aliphatic | having carbon atoms linked in open chains |
aliquot | an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity |
alive | possessing life |
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 |
alkaline | relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7 |
alkaloidal | pertaining to or consisting of alkaloids |
alkalotic | marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis) |
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 |
allantoic | relating to or characterized by an allantois |
allantoid | shaped like a sausage |
allargando | gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner |
alleged | report or maintain |