Words that rhyme with precritical

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]

adj 1: politically neutral [syn: apolitical, unpolitical]

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"

n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject] v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd" 2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn: pick, pluck, cull]

adj 1: capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel [syn: diacritic, diacritical]

adj 1: of or relating to geopolitics

adj 1: professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"

adj 1: involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance" [ant: mental] 2: relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics; "physical sciences"; "physical laws" 3: having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by tangible objects" 4: according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter); "a reflex response to physical stimuli" 5: characterized by energetic bodily activity; "a very physical dance performance" 6: impelled by physical force especially against resistance; "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong- arm tactics" [syn: forcible, physical, strong-arm] 7: concerned with material things; "physical properties"; "the physical characteristics of the earth"; "the physical size of a computer"

adj 1: involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians; "calling a meeting is a political act in itself"- Daniel Goleman; "political pressure"; "a political machine"; "political office"; "political policy" [ant: nonpolitical] 2: of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power; "political opinions" 3: of or relating to the profession of governing; "political career"

adj 1: exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis" [ant: atypical, untypical] 2: of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!" [syn: distinctive, typical] 3: conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior"

adj 1: marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures; "news sources reflected uncritical estimates of the number of juvenile addicts" [syn: uncritical, noncritical] [ant: critical] 2: not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors; "a devoted and almost uncritical admirer" [ant: critical]

n 1: a passage with access only at one end [syn: cul, cul de sac, dead end]

adj 1: not political [ant: political]

adj 1: without a crisis (as of some diseases)

adj 1: inclined to judge too severely; "hypercritical of colloquial speech"; "the overcritical teacher can discourage originality" [syn: hypercritical, overcritical]