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analytic
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adj 1: using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and
calculus; "analytic statics"
2: 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]
3: expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words
rather than inflection [syn: analytic, uninflected] [ant:
synthetic]
4: 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]
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arthritic
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adj 1: of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints";
"rheumy with age and grief" [syn: arthritic, creaky,
rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy]
n 1: a person afflicted with arthritis; "the hands of an elderly
arthritic"
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catalytic
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adj 1: relating to or causing or involving catalysis; "catalytic
reactions"
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critic
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n 1: a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and
interpretation of works of art
2: anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
3: someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair
judgments
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electrolytic
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adj 1: of or concerned with or produced by electrolysis
2: of or relating to or containing an electrolyte
n 1: a fixed capacitor consisting of two electrodes separated by
an electrolyte [syn: electrolytic, electrolytic
capacitor, electrolytic condenser]
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hermaphroditic
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adj 1: of or relating to monoclinous plants
2: of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive
organs [syn: hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite]
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impolitic
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adj 1: not politic; "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue"
[ant: politic]
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paralytic
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adj 1: relating to or of the nature of paralysis; "paralytic
symptoms" [syn: paralytic, paralytical]
2: affected with paralysis [syn: paralytic, paralyzed]
n 1: a person suffering from paralysis
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parasitic
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adj 1: relating to or caused by parasites; "parasitic infection"
[syn: parasitic, parasitical]
2: of or pertaining to epenthesis [syn: epenthetic,
parasitic]
3: of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a
parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class
parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines
that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his
indolent leechlike existence" [syn: parasitic,
parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking]
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cushitic
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n 1: a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and
northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions
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dendritic
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adj 1: (neuroscience) of or relating to or resembling a
dendrite; "dendritic fiber"
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granitic
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adj 1: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his
flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the
most obdurate heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic,
obdurate, stony]
2: hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: granitic,
granitelike, rocklike, stony]
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hamitic
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n 1: a group of languages in northern Africa related to Semitic
[syn: Hamitic, Hamitic language]
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neritic
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adj 1: of or relating to the region of the sea over the
continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep;
"neritic fauna"; "neritic oil"
2: relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the
seacoast; "neritic fauna"
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semitic
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adj 1: of or relating to the group of Semitic languages;
"Semitic tongues have a complicated morphology"
2: of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; "Semite
peoples" [syn: Semite, Semitic]
n 1: a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family
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hemolytic
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adj 1: relating to or involving or causing hemolysis; "hemolytic
anemia" [syn: hemolytic, haemolytic]
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porphyritic
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adj 1: (of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large
crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals
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thrombolytic
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n 1: a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking
the flow of blood to the heart muscle [syn: thrombolytic,
thrombolytic agent, clot buster]
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troglodytic
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satellitic
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steatitic
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endocarditic
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