Words that rhyme with cull

• clinical 3
  adj 1: relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients; "clinical observation"; "clinical case study" 2: scientifically detached; unemotional; "he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony"
• acoustical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the science of acoustics; "acoustic properties of a hall" [syn: acoustic, acoustical]
• aeronautical 0
  adj 1: of or pertaining to aeronautics [syn: aeronautical, aeronautic]
• aesthetical 0
  adj 1: concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste; "the aesthetic faculties"; "an aesthetic person"; "aesthetic feeling"; "the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success" [syn: aesthetic, esthetic, aesthetical, esthetical] [ant: inaesthetic, unaesthetic]
• agronomical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or promoting agronomy [syn: agronomic, agronomical]
• alchemical 0
  adj 1: related to or concerned with alchemy [syn: alchemic, alchemical]
• allegorical 0
  adj 1: used in or characteristic of or containing allegory; "allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army" [syn: allegorical, allegoric]
• alphabetical 0
  adj 1: relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet; "alphabetical writing system" [syn: alphabetic, alphabetical] [ant: analphabetic] 2: arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order" [syn: alphabetic, alphabetical] [ant: analphabetic]
• analogical 0
  adj 1: expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy; "the analogical use of a metaphor"
• analytical 0
  adj 1: using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind" [syn: analytic, analytical] [ant: synthetic, synthetical] 2: of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition" [syn: analytic, analytical] [ant: synthetic, synthetical]
• anarchical 0
  adj 1: without law or control; "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic" [syn: anarchic, anarchical, lawless]
• anatomical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the structure of the body; "anatomical features" [syn: anatomic, anatomical] 2: of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms; "anatomical research" [syn: anatomic, anatomical] n 1: an expression that relates to anatomy [syn: anatomical reference, anatomical]
• ankle 0
  n 1: a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus [syn: ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis]
• annul 0
  v 1: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" [syn: invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify] [ant: formalise, formalize, validate] 2: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]
• antiparticle 0
  n 1: a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy
• antithetical 0
  adj 1: sharply contrasted in character or purpose; "practices entirely antithetical to her professed beliefs"; "hope is antithetic to despair" [syn: antithetic, antithetical]
• apical 0
  adj 1: situated at an apex
• apolitical 0
  adj 1: politically neutral [syn: apolitical, unpolitical]
• appendicle 0
  n 1: a small appendage
• archducal 0
  adj 1: belonging to or befitting an archduke or his archduchy
• archetypical 0
  adj 1: representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned; "archetypal patterns"; "she was the prototypal student activist" [syn: archetypal, archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical]
• arsenical 0
  adj 1: relating to or containing arsenic; "arsenic vapor" n 1: a pesticide or drug containing arsenic
• article 0
  n 1: nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication 2: one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing" 3: a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) [syn: article, clause] 4: (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase v 1: bind by a contract; especially for a training period
• ascetical 0
  adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices" [syn: ascetic, ascetical] 2: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" [syn: ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan]
• astrological 0
  adj 1: relating to or concerned with astrology; "astrological chart"
• astronomical 0
  adj 1: relating or belonging to the science of astronomy; "astronomic telescope" [syn: astronomic, astronomical] 2: inconceivably large [syn: astronomic, astronomical, galactic]
• asymmetrical 0
  adj 1: characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components [syn: asymmetrical, asymmetric] [ant: symmetric, symmetrical] 2: irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline" [syn: asymmetrical, crooked]
• atypical 0
  adj 1: not representative of a group, class, or type; "a group that is atypical of the target audience"; "a class of atypical mosses"; "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children" [syn: atypical, untypical] [ant: typical] 2: deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal; "these days large families are atypical"; "atypical clinical findings"; "atypical pneumonia"; "highly irregular behavior" [syn: atypical, irregular]
• auricle 0
  n 1: a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart [syn: auricle, atrial auricle, auricula atrii] 2: the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear [syn: auricle, pinna, ear]
• axiological 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the study of values
• barnacle 0
  n 1: marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces [syn: barnacle, cirriped, cirripede] 2: European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north [syn: barnacle goose, barnacle, Branta leucopsis]
• barometrical 0
  adj 1: relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer; "barometric pressure" [syn: barometric, barometrical]
• besprinkle 0
  v 1: scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" [syn: sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle]
• biblical 0
  adj 1: of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible; "biblical names"; "biblical Hebrew" [syn: biblical, scriptural] 2: in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people; "biblical styles in writing"; "a beard of biblical proportions"; "biblical costumes"
• bicycle 0
  n 1: a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals [syn: bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle] v 1: ride a bicycle [syn: bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal, wheel]
• bifocal 0
  adj 1: having two foci; "bifocal eyeglasses"
• binnacle 0
  n 1: a nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm)
• biochemical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to biochemistry; involving chemical processes in living organisms
• biographical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or being biography; "biographical data" [syn: biographic, biographical]
• biological 0
  adj 1: pertaining to biology or to life and living things [syn: biological, biologic] 2: of parents and children; related by blood; "biological child" [ant: adoptive]
• biomedical 0
  adj 1: relating to the activities and applications of science to clinical medicine; "biomedical research laboratory"
• botanical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to plants or botany; "botanical garden" [syn: botanic, botanical] n 1: a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves)
• buckle 0
  n 1: fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong 2: a shape distorted by twisting or folding [syn: warp, buckle] v 1: fasten with a buckle or buckles [syn: buckle, clasp] [ant: unbuckle] 2: fold or collapse; "His knees buckled" [syn: buckle, crumple] 3: bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave" [syn: heave, buckle, warp]
• cackle 0
  n 1: the sound made by a hen after laying an egg 2: noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle] 3: a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle v 1: talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine" 2: squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens 3: emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
• calycle 0
  n 1: a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus [syn: epicalyx, false calyx, calycle, calyculus] 2: a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) [syn: calyculus, caliculus, calycle]
• canonical 0
  adj 1: appearing in a biblical canon; "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament" [syn: canonic, canonical] 2: of or relating to or required by canon law [syn: canonic, canonical] 3: reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern" [syn: basic, canonic, canonical] 4: conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis [syn: canonic, canonical, sanctioned]
• canticle 0
  n 1: a hymn derived from the Bible
• carbuncle 0
  n 1: deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets 2: an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus
• catechetical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or involving catechesis [syn: catechetical, catechetic]
• categorical 0
  adj 1: relating to or included in a category or categories [syn: categorical, categoric] 2: not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional]
• cervical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; "cervical cancer" 2: relating to or associated with the neck
• chemical 0
  adj 1: relating to or used in chemistry; "chemical engineer"; "chemical balance" [syn: chemical, chemic] 2: of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes; "chemical fertilizer" n 1: material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules [syn: chemical, chemical substance]
• chimerical 0
  adj 1: being or relating to or like a chimera; "his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush [syn: chimeric, chimerical, chimeral] 2: produced by a wildly fanciful imagination; "his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush
• chronicle 0
  n 1: a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" [syn: history, account, chronicle, story] v 1: record in chronological order; make a historical record
• chuckle 0
  n 1: a soft partly suppressed laugh [syn: chortle, chuckle] v 1: laugh quietly or with restraint [syn: chuckle, chortle, laugh softly]
• circle 0
  n 1: ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle" 2: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle, band, lot] 3: something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle" 4: movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" [syn: lap, circle, circuit] 5: a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary" [syn: traffic circle, circle, rotary, roundabout] 6: street names for flunitrazepan [syn: R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle] 7: a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle" [syn: circle, dress circle] 8: any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles" [syn: circle, round] v 1: travel around something; "circle the globe" 2: move in circles [syn: circle, circulate] 3: form a circle around; "encircle the errors" [syn: encircle, circle]
• classical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture; "classic Cinese pottery" [syn: classical, classic] [ant: nonclassical] 2: of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation" [syn: authoritative, classical, classic, definitive] 3: of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome; " a classical scholar" 4: (language) having the form used by ancient standard authors; "classical Greek 5: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures; "classical mythology"; "classical [syn: classical, classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenic] n 1: traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste [syn: classical music, classical, serious music]
• clavicle 0
  n 1: bone linking the scapula and sternum [syn: clavicle, collarbone]
• clerical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to clerks; "clerical work" 2: of or relating to the clergy; "clerical collar" 3: appropriate for or engaged in office work; "clerical skills"; "a clerical job"; "the clerical staff"
• cockle 0
  n 1: common edible European bivalve 2: common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs v 1: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate] 2: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit]
• comical 0
  adj 1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics" [syn: amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible]
• conical 0
  adj 1: relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit" [syn: conic, conical, conelike, cone-shaped]
• coracle 0
  n 1: a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain
• cortical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to a cortex
• cosmological 0
  adj 1: pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe; "cosmologic science"; "cosmological redshift"; "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe" [syn: cosmologic, cosmological, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmogenic] 2: pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality; "cosmologic philosophy"; "a cosmological argument is an argument that the universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause which is God" [syn: cosmologic, cosmological]
• crackle 0
  adj 1: having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze" n 1: the sharp sound of snapping noises [syn: crackle, crackling, crepitation] 2: glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface [syn: crackle, crackleware, crackle china] v 1: make a crackling sound; "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl" [syn: crepitate, crackle] 2: make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" [syn: crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle] 3: to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"
• crinkle 0
  n 1: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line] v 1: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" [syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp] 2: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]
• critical 0
  adj 1: marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude" [ant: uncritical] 2: at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction; "a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass"; "go critical" [ant: noncritical] 3: characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings" [ant: noncritical, uncritical] 4: urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest" [syn: critical, vital] 5: forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test" [syn: critical, decisive] 6: being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage" [ant: noncritical, noncrucial] 7: of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism; "critical acclaim"
• cubical 0
  adj 1: shaped like a cube [syn: cubelike, cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal]
• cubicle 0
  n 1: small room in which a monk or nun lives [syn: cell, cubicle] 2: small individual study area in a library [syn: carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall] 3: small area set off by walls for special use [syn: booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk]
• cuticle 0
  n 1: the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail 2: the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates [syn: epidermis, cuticle] 3: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield]
• cycle 0
  n 1: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons" [syn: cycle, rhythm, round] 2: a series of poems or songs on the same theme; "Schubert's song cycles" 3: a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation" 4: the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second [syn: hertz, Hz, cycle per second, cycles/second, cps, cycle] 5: a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons" [syn: cycle, oscillation] 6: a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals [syn: bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle] v 1: cause to go through a recurring sequence; "cycle the laundry in this washing program" 2: pass through a cycle; "This machine automatically cycles" 3: ride a motorcycle [syn: motorbike, motorcycle, cycle] 4: ride a bicycle [syn: bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal, wheel] 5: recur in repeating sequences
• cyclical 0
  adj 1: recurring in cycles [syn: cyclic, cyclical] [ant: noncyclic, noncyclical]
• cylindrical 0
  adj 1: having the form of a cylinder [syn: cylindrical, cylindric]
• cynical 0
  adj 1: believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others [syn: cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical]
• debacle 0
  n 1: a sudden and violent collapse [syn: debacle, fiasco] 2: flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer 3: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping]
• deckle 0
  n 1: rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper [syn: deckle edge, deckle] 2: (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets
• demoniacal 0
  adj 1: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)]
• diabolical 0
  adj 1: showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his eye" [syn: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean] 2: extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" [syn: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy]
• diacritical 0
  adj 1: capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel [syn: diacritic, diacritical]
• dialectical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the dialectical method" [syn: dialectic, dialectical]
• diametrical 0
  adj 1: related to or along a diameter; "the diametral plane" [syn: diametral, diametric, diametrical] 2: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions" [syn: diametric, diametrical, opposite, polar]
• dominical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or coming from Jesus Christ 2: of or relating to Sunday as the Lord's Day
• ducal 0
  adj 1: of or belonging to or suitable for a duke; "ducal palace"
• dull 0
  adj 1: lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods" [ant: lively] 2: emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky" [ant: bright] 3: being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets" [syn: dull, muffled, muted, softened] 4: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" [syn: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome] 5: (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues" 6: not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain" [ant: sharp] 7: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" [syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow] 8: (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" [syn: dull, slow, sluggish] 9: not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use" [ant: sharp] 10: blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather 11: not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets" [syn: dull, thudding] 12: darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "the sky was leaden and thick" [syn: dull, leaden] v 1: make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface" 2: become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time" 3: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down] 4: make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: numb, benumb, blunt, dull] 5: make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" [syn: dull, blunt] [ant: sharpen] 6: become less interesting or attractive [syn: pall, dull] 7: make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
• ecological 0
  adj 1: characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment; "an ecological disaster" [syn: ecological, ecologic] 2: of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research" [syn: ecological, ecologic, bionomical, bionomic]
• economical 0
  adj 1: using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time" [syn: economic, economical] 2: of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life" [syn: economic, economical] 3: avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally" [syn: economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting]
• ecumenical 0
  adj 1: concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the ecumenical movement" [syn: ecumenic, oecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenical] 2: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world- wide]
• egotistical 0
  adj 1: characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance [syn: egotistic, egotistical, narcissistic, self-loving] 2: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self- conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [syn: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain]
• electrical 0
  adj 1: relating to or concerned with electricity; "an electrical engineer"; "electrical and mechanical engineering industries" 2: using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity; "electric current"; "electric wiring"; "electrical appliances"; "an electrical storm" [syn: electric, electrical]
• elliptical 0
  adj 1: rounded like an egg [syn: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate] 2: characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor [syn: elliptic, elliptical]
• empirical 0
  adj 1: derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known" [syn: empirical, empiric] [ant: theoretic, theoretical] 2: relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment" [syn: empiric, empirical]
• encircle 0
  v 1: form a circle around; "encircle the errors" [syn: encircle, circle] 2: bind with something round or circular [syn: gird, encircle]
• encyclical 0
  adj 1: intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter" n 1: a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world [syn: encyclical, encyclical letter]
• enigmatical 0
  adj 1: not clear to the understanding; "I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later"; "prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries" [syn: enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzling]
• epicycle 0
  n 1: a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid
• epochal 0
  adj 1: highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era; "epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill"; "an epoch-making discovery" [syn: epochal, epoch-making]
• equivocal 0
  adj 1: open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question" [syn: equivocal, ambiguous] [ant: unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal] 2: open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson 3: uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"
• ethical 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics; "ethical codes"; "ethical theories" 2: conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; "an ethical lawyer"; "ethical medical practice"; "an ethical problem"; "had no ethical objection to drinking"; "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants"- Omar N. Bradley [ant: unethical] 3: adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action" [syn: ethical, honorable, honourable]
• ethnical 0
  adj 1: denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties"- J.F.Kennedy; "ethnic food" [syn: cultural, ethnic, ethnical]

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