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Unguentous
Unguentary.
Yellow-eyed
Having yellow eyes.
Free-spoken
Accustomed to speak without reserve.
Conducive
Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.
Algific
Producing cold.
Lubricant
Lubricating.
High-mettled
Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
Extraterritorial
Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial.
Nestorian
relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.
Connate
Born with another; being of the same birth.
Congregational
Of or pertaining to a congregation; conducted, or participated in, by a congregation; as, congregational singing.
Knee-high
Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high.
Whiskered
Formed into whiskers; furnished with whiskers; having or wearing whiskers.
Puerile
Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
Reformative
Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.
Indagative
Searching; exploring; investigating.
Rewardful
Yielding reward.
Putrescible
Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.
Bicentenary
Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration.
Conspecific
Of the same species.
Didactical
Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.
Untruthful
Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact.
Hummocky
Abounding in hummocks.
Inhuman
Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.
Easterly
Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.
Frizzly
Alt. of Frizzy
Disloyal
Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; faithless; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a husband disloya..
Architectonic
Alt. of Architectonical
Predatory
Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.
Fifteen
Five and ten; one more than fourteen.
Earless
Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear.
Luculent
Lucid; clear; transparent.
Pelagic
Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast.
Subordinate
Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
High-church
Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.
Automatous
Automatic.
Sempervirent
Always fresh; evergreen.
Anaemia
A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.
Divisional
That divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.
Well-natured
Good-natured; kind.
Tricennial
Of or pertaining to thirty years; consisting of thirty years; occurring once in every thirty years.
Miasmatic
Alt. of Miasmatical
Undermanned
Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.
Hypodermic
Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin.
Fasciculated
Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
Bellied
Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied.
Cursive
Running; flowing.
Errable
Liable to error; fallible.
Semilunate
Semilunar.
Adjuratory
Containing an adjuration.
Vespertine
Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening.
Repercussive
Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.
Distinguishable
Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub.
Overlong
Too long.
Petitionary
Supplicatory; making a petition.
Hypochondriacal
Same as Hypochondriac, 2.
Globe-shaped
Shaped like a globe.
Tallowy
Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy.
Caliginous
Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure.
Shamefast
Modest; shamefaced.
Acrobatic
Pertaining to an acrobat.
Affectional
Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.
Nonelastic
Not having elasticity.
Alexipharmac
Alt. of Alexipharmacal
Supervisory
Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers.
Globate
Alt. of Globated
Long-drawn
Extended to a great length.
Flectional
Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.
Cut
Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
Prepubic
Situated in front of, or anterior to, the pubis; pertaining to the prepubis.
Counter-compony
See Compony.
Hyperdulia
Veneration or worship given to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of mere creatures; higher veneration than dulia.
Osseous
Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific.
Cuprous
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion.
Phantasmal
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm; spectral; illusive.
Calendarial
Of or pertaining to the calendar or a calendar.
Chimerical
Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.
Malapropos
Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.
Biparous
Bringing forth two at a birth.
Apophthegmatic
Alt. of Apophthegmatical
Arquated
Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved.
Convexed
Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form.
Crenate
Alt. of Crenated
Tenantable
Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant.
Comestible
Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.
Extortionate
Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
Moodish
Moody.
Lissome
Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.
Repetitional
Alt. of Repetitionary
Ossified
Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
Neolithic
Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone.
Seizable
That may be seized.
Inestimable
Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges.
Matronlike
Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
Conservational
Tending to conserve; preservative.
Mercantile
Of or pertaining to merchants, or the business of merchants; having to do with trade, or the buying and selling of commodities; commercial.
Ecclesiastical
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Venereal
Of or pertaining to venery, or sexual love; relating to sexual intercourse.
Inconsolable
Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate.
Enterprising
Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm.
Antidotal
Having the quality an antidote; fitted to counteract the effects of poison.
Traded
Professional; practiced.
Axiomatic
Alt. of Axiomatical
Laxative
Having a tendency to loosen or relax.
Intermedial
Lying between; intervening; intermediate.
Feodal
Feudal. See Feudal.
Exclusory
Able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude.
Myriopoda
See Myriapoda.
Ballproof
Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.
Evincive
Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.
Rearmost
Farthest in the rear; last.
Tullian
Belonging to, or in the style of, Tully (Marcus Tullius Cicero).
Bolognese
Of or pertaining to Bologna.
Gashful
Full of gashes; hideous; frightful.
Resolvent
Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
Warm-hearted
Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic.
Arian
See Aryan.
Aflutter
In a flutter; agitated.
Corrigible
Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.
Consultative
Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference.
Mediaeval
Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, mediaeval architecture.
Funicular
Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
Acadian
Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia.
Kittenish
Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.
Gratulatory
Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.
Dravidian
Of or pertaining to the Dravida.
Angiospermous
Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
Hydrous
Containing water; watery.
Bitterweed
A species of Ambrosia (A. artemisiaefolia); Roman worm wood.
Existential
Having existence.
Bulbose
Bulbous.
Concessive
Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction.
Roughhewn
Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained.
Fluxionary
Fluxional.
Turkish
Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks.
Emendatory
Pertaining to emendation; corrective.
Preternatural
Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; ..
Agitative
Tending to agitate.
Closehauled
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
Unsincere
Not sincere or pure; insincere.
Contorted
Twisted, or twisted together.
Herbivorous
Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora.
Able-bodied
Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.
Ill-mannered
Impolite; rude.
Ci-devant
Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor.
Caucasian
Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.
Euphonious
Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding.
Excursive
Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.
Museful
Meditative; thoughtfully silent.
Delectable
Highly pleasing; delightful.
Ventricose
Alt. of Ventricous
Dotal
Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it.
Churchgoing
Habitually attending church.
Spiritful
Full of spirit; spirited.
Fabian
Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.
Imaginative
Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word.
Conscionable
Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.
Flatwise
With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise.
Meretricious
Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
Directorial
Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive.
Floaty
Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light.
Grallatorial
Alt. of Grallatory
Hobnailed
See with hobnails, as a shoe.
Deliberative
Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body.
Chiliastic
Millenarian.
Athletic
Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.
Copulative
Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like "and".
Pellucid
Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque.
Blubbery
Swollen; protuberant.
Catacaustic
Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a.
Saturnian
Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age.
Fatherly
Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.
Martial
Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance.
Undaunted
Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear.
Confutable
That may be confuted.
Cloud-built
Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary.
Dispositioned
Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well-dispositioned.
Mistakable
Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived.
Dissidence
Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion.
Galvanometric
Of, pertaining to, or measured by, a galvanometer.
Condign
Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit.
Freeborn
Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom.
Largess
Alt. of Largesse
Dispensable
Capable of being dispensed or administered.
Fructuous
Fruitful; productive; profitable.
Albescent
Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
Thewy
Having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.
Grizzly
Somewhat gray; grizzled.
Enviable
Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.
Hydraulic
Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock.
Dentiform
Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.
Conjunctival
Joining; connecting.
Coarse-grained
Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.
Nonresistant
Making no resistance.
Juridical
Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to law; legal; as, juridical law.
Emanative
Issuing forth; effluent.
Acescent
Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
Lactescent
Having a milky look; becoming milky.
Disappointed
Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.
Generic
Alt. of Generical
Friendless
Destitute of friends; forsaken.
Bandy-legged
Having crooked legs.
Cock-a-hoop
Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
Introspective
Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.
Assertive
Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
Undestroyable
Indestructible.
Impersonal
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
Land-poor
Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
Franciscan
Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.
Centenarian
Of or relating to a hundred years.
Impregnable
Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue.
Refutable
Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.
Analeptic
Restorative; giving strength after disease.
Pediculous
Pedicular.
Statutory
Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.
Affirmatory
Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.
Anticipative
Anticipating, or containing anticipation.
Curvilinear
Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure.
Fribbling
Frivolous; trining; toolishly captious.
Morning
Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service.
Canorous
Melodious; musical.
Caravan
A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile ..
Controvertible
Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question.
Leisurely
Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.
Forethought
Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.
Argentine
Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
Flagelliform
Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.
Butyraceous
Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter.
Antinomian
Of or pertaining to the Antinomians; opposed to the doctrine that the moral law is obligatory.
Ineffaceable
Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
Light-footed
Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris.
Chirographic
Alt. of Chirographical
Hickory
An American tree of the genus Carya, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the C. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown ..
Fireproof
Proof against fire; incombustible.
Populate
Populous.
Coextensive
Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive.
Consolatory
Of a consoling or comforting nature.
Fruiting
Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.
Unific
Making one or unity; unifying.
Blowzed
Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered.
Organographic
Alt. of Organographical
Grandfatherly
Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.
Carnivorous
Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to su..
Bicameral
Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches.
Barefaced
With the face uncovered; not masked.
Present
Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
Heartburning
Causing discontent.
Labile
Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
Expensive
Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.
Curtate
Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicul..
Drinkable
Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural.
Fallible
Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible.
Disreputable
Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, ..
Angwantibo
A small lemuroid mammal (Arctocebus Calabarensis) of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail.
Dilatable
Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; -- opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat.
Cretaceous
Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.
Conjugal
Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial.
Humdrum
Monotonous; dull; commonplace.
Carminative
Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic.
Knock-kneed
Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking.
Frosted
Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost; ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake; frosted glass.
Dissatisfactory
Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing.
Conceited
Endowed with fancy or imagination.
Atramentous
Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots.
Achievable
Capable of being achieved.
Anguine
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent.
Cardiac
Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.
Exceptionable
Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.
Adjustable
Capable of being adjusted.
Reproachablr
Opprobrius; scurrilous.
Heteromerous
Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.
Breakable
Capable of being broken.
Metamorphic
Subject to change; changeable; variable.
Shrewish
having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.
Armadillo
Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad..
Negotiable
Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assigment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange.
Diamagnetic
Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism; taking, or being of a nature to take, a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force. See Paramagnetic.
Disable
Lacking ability; unable.
Gasiform
Having a form of gas; gaseous.
Academical
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
Permissible
That may be permitted; allowable; admissible.
Undying
Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men.
Esemplastic
Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity.
Fibered
Alt. of Fibred
Appendical
Of or like an appendix.
Savorless
Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid.
Airless
Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.
Fadeless
Not liable to fade; unfading.
Euphonical
Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography.
Truculent
Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia.
Infralabial
Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.
Wide-awake
Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert.
Litigable
Such as can be litigated.
Well-known
Fully known; generally known or acknowledged.
Wayfaring
Traveling; passing; being on a journey.
Vicinal
Near; vicine.
Uppish
Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority.
Obsequious
Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
Unembarrassed
Not embarrassed.
Triumphal
Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch.
Transitional
Of or pertaining to transition; involving or denoting transition; as, transitional changes; transitional stage.
Temporary
Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.
Symptomatic
Alt. of Symptomatical
Subsistent
Having real being; as, a subsistent spirit.
Spiccato
Detached; separated; -- a term indicating that every note is to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.
Sinistrorse
Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; -- the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse.
Inspirational
Pertaining to inspiration.
Self-restrained
Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.
Self-possessed
Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.
Saddleback
Same as Saddle-backed.
Rotatory
Turning as on an axis; rotary.
Remanent
That which remains; a remnant; a residue.
Relative
Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
Amateurish
In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.
Procacious
Pert; petulant; forward; saucy.
Precocious
Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.
Pimpled
Having pimples.
Pervasive
Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality.
Peripatetic
Walking about; itinerant.
Penurious
Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.
Parsimonious
Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.
Parenthetical
Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark.
Overhasty
Too hasty; precipitate; rash.
Madbrained
Disordered in mind; hot-headed.
Madbrain
Hot-headed; rash.
Levorotatory
Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.
Atomistic
Of or pertaining to atoms; relating to atomism.
Irruptive
Rushing in or upon.
Invasive
Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive.
Interpretive
Interpretative.
Institutive
Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
Grizzled
Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.
Importunate
Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity.
Impingent
Striking against or upon.
Mealy-mouthed
Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.
Frontal
Belonging to the front part; being in front
Frequentative
Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb.
Expeditious
Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march or ..
Expeditionary
Of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary force.
Evidential
Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity.
Electrostatic
Pertaining to electrostatics.
Dismissive
Giving dismission.
Luscious
Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.
Corruptible
Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay.
Contrarious
Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse.
Marriageable
Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable.
Unfrequent
Infrequent.
Coinstantaneous
Happening at the same instant.
Coincidental
Coincident.
Coeternal
Equally eternal.
Closefisted
Covetous; niggardly.
Causeless
1. Self-originating; uncreated.
Brittle
Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Between
In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.
Aphrodisiac
Alt. of Aphrodisiacal
Avaricious
Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
Powdery
Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery spar.
Approximative
Approaching; approximate.
Antipodal
Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.
Angustifoliate
Alt. of Angustifolious
Catachrestic
Alt. of Catachrestical
Febrile
Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action.
Emblematic
Alt. of Emblematical
Irrefragable
Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.
Misadvised
Ill advised.
Epidermal
Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular.
Punishable
Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.
Blink-eyed
Habitually winking.
Splashy
Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.
Stridulous
Making a shrill, creaking sound.
Forceless
Having little or no force; feeble.
Allegorical
Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.
Brimful
Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow.
Coelodont
Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards.
Collective
Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation.
Heart-robbing
Depriving of thought; ecstatic.
Homeopathic
Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy.
Financial
Pertaining to finance.
Disserviceable
Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable.
Caudated
Having a tail; having a termination like a tail.
Bookish
Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.
Cowardly
Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.
Untreasured
Deprived of treasure.
Incapacious
Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish; as, an incapacious soul.
Babish
Like a babe; a childish; babyish.
Enteric
Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal.
Eventful
Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.
Open
Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
Advertent
Attentive; heedful; regardful.
Recommendable
Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable.
Deinteous
Alt. of Deintevous
Doleful
Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
Adulatory
Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address.
Declivitous
Alt. of Declivous
Aspirant
Aspiring.
Expansible
Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.
Gymnastic
Alt. of Gymnastical
Avocado
The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.
Impictured
Pictured; impressed.
Hyperkinetic
Of or pertaining to hyperkinesis.
Abdominal
Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.
Egotistic
Alt. of Egotistical
Amaranthine
Of or pertaining to amaranth.
Insatiable
Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire.
Laconian
Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan.
Disseminative
Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.
Educable
Capable of being educated.
Resurgent
Rising again, as from the dead.
Full-grown
Having reached the limits of growth; mature.
Dreamful
Full of dreams.
Expansile
Expansible.
Etiological
Pertaining to, or inquiring into, causes; aetiological.
Expressionless
Destitute of expression.
Brazenfaced
Impudent; shameless.
Homelike
Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly.
Coquettish
Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing.
Capsular
Alt. of Capsulary
Warrantable
Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable.
Judicial
Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proce..
Hexatomic
Having six atoms in the molecule.
Coalescent
Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting.
Reclusive
Affording retirement from society.
Digitated
Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation.
Measurable
Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation.
Exophthalmic
Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia.
Cold-blooded
Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.
Titanic
Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures.
Assessable
Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.
Eligible
That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.
Sinistral
Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; -- opposed to dextral.
Inly
Internal; interior; secret.
Military
Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military condu..
Crustacean
Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous.
Philharmonic
Loving harmony or music.
Irreprovable
Incapable of being justly reproved; irreproachable; blameless; upright.
Blockish
Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.
Albigensian
Of or pertaining to the Albigenses.
Infantine
Infantile; childish.
Rachitic
Of or pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis; rickety.
Supposable
Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case.
High-swelling
Inflated; boastful.
Dog-weary
Extremely weary.
Flexuose
Flexuous.
Trichromic
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, three colors or color sensations.
Sadducaic
Pertaining to, or like, the Sadducees; as, Sadducaic reasonings.
Rivose
Marked with sinuate and irregular furrows.
Traverse
A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc, without this; that is, without t..
Accusative
Producing accusations; accusatory.
Excrescential
Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence.
Tatouay
An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is roun..
Abstinent
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate.
Aciculate
Alt. of Aciculated
Controversial
Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.
Propitious
Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.
Anesthesia
Alt. of Anesthetic
Purpureal
Of a purple color; purple.
Concentrative
Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration.
Amethystine
Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet.
Purplish
Somewhat purple.
Casuistry
The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules a..
Animative
Having the power of giving life or spirit.
Liver-colored
Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.
Knobbed
Containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. See Illust of Antenna.
Economical
Pertaining to the household; domestic.
Beautiless
Destitute of beauty.
Abysmal
Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.
Violaceous
Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.
Paphian
Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus, having a celebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites.
Dauntless
Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.
Fuliginous
Pertaining to soot; sooty; dark; dusky.
Blackish
Somewhat black.
Brobdingnagian
Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic.
Anhydrous
Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids.
Muricate
Alt. of Muricated
Stricken
Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.
Completory
Serving to fulfill.
Impartially
In an impartial manner.
Colossal
Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.
Inconsequential
Not regularly following from the premises; hence, irrelevant; unimportant; of no consequence.
Knurled
Full of knots; gnarled.
Finicky
Finical; unduly particular.
Labor-saving
Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, labor-saving machinery.
Depthless
Having no depth; shallow.
Clear-sighted
Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason
Cadaverous
Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
Contemplative
Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.
Downtrod
Alt. of Downtrodden
Behindhand
In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.
Argumental
Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.
Griefful
Full of grief or sorrow.
Deprivable
Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed.
Impecunious
Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
Dhole
A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs.
Concerning
Important.
Causidical
Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.
Litigious
Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.
Amative
Full of love; amatory.
Bicolored
Of two colors.
Compliable
Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.
Nonresisting
Not making resistance.
