-
acrobatic
0
adj 1: vigorously active; "an acrobatic dance"; "an athletic
child"; "athletic playing"; "gymnastic exercises" [syn:
acrobatic, athletic, gymnastic]
-
aeronautic
0
adj 1: of or pertaining to aeronautics [syn: aeronautical,
aeronautic]
-
amniotic
0
adj 1: of or related to the amnion or characterized by
developing an amnion; "amniotic membrane" [syn:
amniotic, amnionic, amnic]
-
analeptic
0
adj 1: stimulating the central nervous system; "an analeptic
drug stimulates the central nervous system"
n 1: a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous
system
-
anecdotic
0
adj 1: characterized by or given to telling anecdotes;
"anecdotal conversation"; "an anecdotal history of jazz";
"he was at his anecdotic best" [syn: anecdotic,
anecdotal, anecdotical]
-
anorectic
0
adj 1: suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
[syn: anorexic, anorectic]
2: causing loss of appetite; "an anorectic (or anorexigenic)
drug" [syn: anorectic, anorexigenic]
n 1: a person suffering from anorexia nervosa [syn: anorexic,
anorectic]
-
antibiotic
0
adj 1: of or relating to antibiotic drugs
n 1: a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium
that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections;
"when antibiotics were first discovered they were called
wonder drugs" [syn: antibiotic, antibiotic drug]
-
antic
0
adj 1: ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition";
"fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection
in the mirror" [syn: antic, fantastic, fantastical,
grotesque]
n 1: a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
[syn: antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on]
v 1: act as or like a clown [syn: clown, clown around,
antic]
-
anticlimactic
0
adj 1: of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a
ludicrous style [syn: anticlimactic, anticlimactical]
2: coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative
plot; "everything after the discovery of the murderer was
anticlimactic" [ant: climactic]
-
antiseptic
0
adj 1: thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-
causing organisms; "doctors in antiseptic green coats";
"the antiseptic effect of alcohol"; "it is said that
marjoram has antiseptic qualities" [ant: infected,
septic]
2: clean and honest; "antiseptic financial practices"
3: freeing from error or corruption; "the antiseptic effect of
sturdy criticism"
4: devoid of objectionable language; "lyrics as antiseptic as
Sunday School"
n 1: a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry
disease without harming body tissues
-
aortic
0
adj 1: of or relating to the aorta [syn: aortal, aortic]
-
apocalyptic
0
adj 1: prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom [syn:
apocalyptic, apocalyptical, revelatory]
2: of or relating to an apocalypse
-
apoplectic
0
adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy; "apoplectic
seizure"
-
aquatic
0
adj 1: relating to or consisting of or being in water; "an
aquatic environment"
2: operating or living or growing in water; "boats are aquatic
vehicles"; "water lilies are aquatic plants"; "fish are
aquatic animals" [ant: amphibious, terrestrial]
n 1: a plant that lives in or on water
-
arctic
0
adj 1: of or relating to the Arctic; "the Arctic summer" [syn:
north-polar, Arctic]
2: extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid
waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands";
"polar weather" [syn: arctic, frigid, gelid, glacial,
icy, polar]
n 1: the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on
the North Pole [syn: Arctic, Arctic Zone, North Frigid
Zone]
2: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
[syn: arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe]
-
aristocratic
0
adj 1: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic
Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family";
"blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle
blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South";
"aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features";
"patrician tastes" [syn: aristocratic,
aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle,
patrician]
-
aromatic
0
adj 1: (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more
benzene rings; "an aromatic organic compound"
2: having a strong pleasant odor; "the pine woods were more
redolent"- Jean Stafford [syn: aromatic, redolent]
-
aseptic
0
adj 1: free of or using methods to keep free of pathological
microorganisms; "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic
surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques"
[syn: aseptic, sterile]
-
asthmatic
0
adj 1: relating to breathing with a whistling sound [syn:
asthmatic, wheezing, wheezy]
n 1: a person suffering from asthma; "she is a chronic
asthmatic"; "the painful gasps of a dying asthmatic"
-
asymptomatic
0
adj 1: having no symptoms of illness or disease [syn:
asymptomatic, symptomless]
-
asymptotic
0
adj 1: relating to or of the nature of an asymptote; "an
asymptotic function"
-
ataractic
0
adj 1: tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a
tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative
properties before going to bed" [syn: ataractic,
ataraxic, sedative, tranquilizing,
tranquillizing, tranquilising, tranquillising]
n 1: a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing
mental clarity [syn: tranquilizer, tranquillizer,
tranquilliser, antianxiety agent, ataractic drug,
ataractic agent, ataractic]
-
attic
0
adj 1: of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the
dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic
Greek"
n 1: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just
below roof; often used for storage [syn: loft, attic,
garret]
2: the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and
Athens and Ionia [syn: Attic, Ionic, Ionic dialect,
Classical Greek]
3: informal terms for a human head [syn: attic, bean,
bonce, noodle, noggin, dome]
4: (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature;
hides the roof
-
authentic
0
adj 1: conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; "an
authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable
information" [syn: authentic, reliable]
2: not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona
fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs
taken in a veritable bull ring" [syn: authentic, bona
fide, unquestionable, veritable]
-
autocratic
0
adj 1: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually
unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic
behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a
rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the
employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering
peremptory manner" [syn: autocratic, bossy,
dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial,
peremptory]
2: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having
absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic
government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that
lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical
government" [syn: authoritarian, autocratic,
dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical]
-
autodidactic
0
adj 1: relating to or having the characteristics of an
autodidact
-
automatic
0
adj 1: operating with minimal human intervention; independent of
external control; "automatic transmission"; "a budget
deficit that caused automatic spending cuts" [ant:
manual]
2: resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an
automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency" [syn:
automatic, automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike,
robotic]
3: without volition or conscious control; "the automatic
shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a
reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive" [syn: automatic,
reflex(a), reflexive]
n 1: light machine gun [syn: automatic rifle, automatic,
machine rifle]
2: a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone
or the trigger is released [syn: automatic pistol,
automatic]
-
axiomatic
0
adj 1: evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth";
"we hold these truths to be self-evident" [syn:
axiomatic, self-evident, taken for granted(p)]
2: containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom" [syn:
axiomatic, aphoristic]
3: of or relating to or derived from axioms; "axiomatic
physics"; "the postulational method was applied to geometry"-
S.S.Stevens [syn: axiomatic, axiomatical,
postulational]
-
bacchantic
0
adj 1: of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler
-
biotic
0
adj 1: of or relating to living organisms
-
bureaucratic
0
adj 1: of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or
bureaucracy; "his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his
colleagues"; "a bureaucratic nightmare"
-
catalectic
0
adj 1: (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or
more syllables in the final metrical foot [ant:
acatalectic, hypercatalectic]
n 1: (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last
metrical foot
-
cataleptic
0
adj 1: of or having characteristics of or affected with
catalepsy; "cataleptic persons"; "cataleptic state"
n 1: a person suffering from catalepsy
-
cathartic
0
adj 1: emotionally purging [syn: cathartic,
psychotherapeutic]
2: emotionally purging (of e.g. art) [syn: cathartic,
releasing]
3: strongly laxative [syn: cathartic, evacuant, purgative]
n 1: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
[syn: purgative, cathartic, physic, aperient]
-
chaotic
0
adj 1: lacking a visible order or organization [syn: chaotic,
helter-skelter]
2: completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing [syn:
chaotic, disorderly]
3: of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial
conditions
-
charismatic
0
adj 1: possessing an extraordinary ability to attract; "a
charismatic leader"; "a magnetic personality" [syn:
charismatic, magnetic]
-
chiropractic
0
n 1: a method of treatment that manipulates body structures
(especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even
headache or high blood pressure
-
cinematic
0
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema
-
climactic
0
adj 1: consisting of or causing a climax; "a climactic
development" [ant: anticlimactic]
-
climatic
0
adj 1: of or relating to a climate; "climatic changes" [syn:
climatic, climatical]
-
cryptic
0
adj 1: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is
written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep
dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence";
"in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim
origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally
mystifying to visitors from other lands" [syn: cryptic,
cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious,
mystifying]
2: having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols
engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline
in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther [syn:
cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic,
cryptical, sibylline]
3: having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"
-
deictic
0
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference
depends on the circumstances of its use; "deictic
pronouns"
n 1: a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location
from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context
in which the communication occurs; "words that introduce
particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive
field into the message"- R.Rommetveit [syn: deictic,
deictic word]
-
democratic
0
adj 1: characterized by or advocating or based upon the
principles of democracy or social equality; "democratic
government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn
for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier [ant:
undemocratic]
2: belong to or relating to the Democratic Party; "Democratic
senator"
3: representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of
the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or
popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science";
"popular fiction" [syn: democratic, popular]
-
demotic
0
adj 1: of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek
based on colloquial use
2: of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments";
"demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic
rhythms"
n 1: a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script;
"Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek" [syn:
Demotic, Demotic script]
2: the modern Greek vernacular [syn: Romaic, Demotic]
-
despotic
0
adj 1: belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
[syn: despotic, despotical]
2: ruled by or characteristic of a despot; "moved from a feudal
to a despotic order"; "his administration was arrogant and
despotic"
3: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having
absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic
government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that
lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical
government" [syn: authoritarian, autocratic,
dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical]
-
dialectic
0
adj 1: of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the
dialectical method" [syn: dialectic, dialectical]
n 1: any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by
the exchange of logical arguments
2: a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining
factor in their interaction; "this situation created the
inner dialectic of American history"
-
didactic
0
adj 1: instructive (especially excessively) [syn: didactic,
didactical]
-
diptych
0
n 1: a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two
panels (usually hinged like a book)
-
dyspeptic
0
adj 1: suffering from dyspepsia
2: irritable as if suffering from indigestion [syn:
atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic, liverish]
n 1: a person suffering from indigestion
-
eclectic
0
adj 1: selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
n 1: someone who selects according to the eclectic method [syn:
eclectic, eclecticist]
-
ecliptic
0
n 1: the great circle representing the apparent annual path of
the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun;
makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator; "all
of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same
ecliptic"
-
elliptic
0
adj 1: (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse
2: rounded like an egg [syn: egg-shaped, elliptic,
elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform,
ovoid, prolate]
3: 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]
-
enzootic
0
adj 1: of a disease that is constantly present in an animal
community but only occurs in a small number of cases
-
epideictic
0
adj 1: designed primarily for rhetorical display; "epideictic
orations" [syn: epideictic, epideictical]
-
epileptic
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy;
"epileptic seizure"
n 1: a person who has epilepsy
-
epizootic
0
adj 1: (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind
within a particular region; "an epizootic disease"
-
erotic
0
adj 1: giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing [syn: erotic,
titillating]
n 1: an erotic person
-
erratic
0
adj 1: liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic
behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of
temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful
at one moment, utterly fragile the next" [syn: erratic,
fickle, mercurial, quicksilver(a)]
2: having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life
followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" [syn:
erratic, planetary, wandering]
3: likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane
of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would
start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but
temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster [syn:
erratic, temperamental]
-
eukaryotic
0
adj 1: having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei [syn:
eukaryotic, eucaryotic] [ant: procaryotic,
prokaryotic]
-
eutectic
0
n 1: a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point
-
exotic
0
adj 1: being or from or characteristic of another place or part
of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a
greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine" [syn: alien, exotic]
2: strikingly strange or unusual; "an exotic hair style";
"protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants";
"the exotic landscape of a dead planet"
-
extragalactic
0
adj 1: outside or beyond a galaxy; "extragalactic nebula"
-
frantic
0
adj 1: excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other
violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration";
"frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied
look in his eye" [syn: frantic, frenetic,
phrenetic, frenzied]
2: marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of
delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their
gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" [syn: delirious,
excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained]
-
galactic
0
adj 1: of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the
Milky Way); "the galactic plane"
2: inconceivably large [syn: astronomic, astronomical,
galactic]
-
gigantic
0
adj 1: so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant
or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic
disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth
multinational corporation" [syn: gigantic, mammoth]
-
hectic
0
adj 1: marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a
feverish pace" [syn: feverish, hectic]
-
heretic
0
n 1: a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the
dogma of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: heretic,
misbeliever, religious outcast]
2: a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not
merely religion)
-
hermeneutic
0
adj 1: interpretive or explanatory
-
hieratic
0
adj 1: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or
sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" [syn:
priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal]
2: written or belonging to a cursive form of ancient Egyptian
writing; "hieratic Egyptian script"
3: adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and
formal; "the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer
curiously unmoved"
n 1: a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially
by the priests [syn: hieratic, hieratic script]
-
homoerotic
0
adj 1: of or concerning homosexual love
-
hypnotic
0
adj 1: of or relating to hypnosis
2: attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the
bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric
charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a
spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome" [syn:
hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding]
n 1: a drug that induces sleep [syn: soporific, hypnotic]
-
idiosyncratic
0
adj 1: peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own
idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly
idiosyncratic style of painting"
-
idiotic
0
adj 1: insanely irresponsible; "an idiotic idea" [syn:
crackbrained, idiotic]
2: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the
dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a
nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a
contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous
to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn
back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of
universal interest in her rather dull children was
ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory,
idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical,
preposterous, ridiculous]
3: having a mental age of three to seven years [syn: imbecile,
imbecilic, idiotic]
-
impolitic
0
adj 1: not politic; "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue"
[ant: politic]
-
inauthentic
0
adj 1: intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art" [syn:
inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious]
-
intergalactic
0
adj 1: between or among galaxies; "intergalactic space"
-
lactic
0
adj 1: of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour
milk or whey); "lactic acid"; "lactic fermentation"
-
lunatic
0
adj 1: insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the
moon [syn: lunatic, moonstruck]
n 1: an insane person [syn: lunatic, madman, maniac]
2: a reckless impetuous irresponsible person [syn: daredevil,
madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-
scarum]
-
macrobiotic
0
adj 1: of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics;
"macrobiotic diet"
-
mantic
0
adj 1: resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy;
"the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic
powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and
infallible answers to questions" [syn: divinatory,
mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical]
-
meiotic
0
adj 1: of or relating to meiosis
-
melodramatic
0
adj 1: having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama;
"a melodramatic account of two perilous days at sea"
2: characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often
affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic
despair"; "a theatrical pose" [syn: histrionic,
melodramatic]
-
mitotic
0
adj 1: of or relating to or undergoing mitosis
-
monochromatic
0
adj 1: of or relating to monochromatism
2: (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) having only one
wavelength; "monochromatic light" [syn: monochromatic,
homochromatic] [ant: polychromatic]
3: having or appearing to have only one color [syn:
monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, monochromous]
-
narcoleptic
0
adj 1: of or relating to narcolepsy
n 1: a person who has narcolepsy
2: a soporific drug that produces an uncontrollable desire to
sleep
-
narcotic
0
adj 1: of or relating to or designating narcotics; "narcotic
addicts"; "narcotic stupor"
2: inducing stupor or narcosis; "narcotic drugs" [syn:
narcotic, narcotizing, narcotising]
3: inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech" [syn:
narcotic, soporiferous, soporific]
n 1: a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for
pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to
addiction
-
necromantic
0
adj 1: relating to or associated with necromancy; "mysterious
necromantic rites" [syn: necromantic, necromantical]
2: given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up
the dead; "a necromantic sorcerer"; "necromantic delusions";
"necromantic powders and other weird objects"
-
necrotic
0
adj 1: relating to or affected by necrosis; "necrotic tissue"
-
neurotic
0
adj 1: characteristic of or affected by neurosis; "neurotic
disorder"; "neurotic symptoms"
2: affected with emotional disorder [syn: neurotic,
psychoneurotic] [ant: unneurotic]
n 1: a person suffering from neurosis [syn: neurotic,
psychoneurotic, mental case]
-
operatic
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of opera
-
optic
0
adj 1: of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular
muscles"; "an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the
optic (or optical) axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a
pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to
light" [syn: ocular, optic, optical, opthalmic]
2: relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical
illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation" [syn:
ocular, optic, optical, visual]
n 1: the organ of sight [syn: eye, oculus, optic]
-
osmotic
0
adj 1: of or relating to osmosis; "osmotic pressure"
-
pancreatic
0
adj 1: of or involving the pancreas; "pancreatic cancer"
-
panoptic
0
adj 1: including everything visible in one view; "a panoptic
aerial photograph of the missile base"; "a panoptic stain
used in microscopy" [syn: panoptic, panoptical]
2: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases";
"an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against
human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad
applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"-
T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the-
board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive,
blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive,
panoptic, wide]
-
pedantic
0
adj 1: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
especially its trivial aspects [syn: academic,
donnish, pedantic]
-
peptic
0
adj 1: relating to or promoting digestion; "peptic juices"
-
plutocratic
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a plutocrat [syn:
plutocratic, plutocratical]
-
politic
0
adj 1: marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness;
"it is neither polite nor politic to get into other
people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic
manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and
politic reply" [ant: impolitic]
2: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of
sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so
important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer
with a smooth apology for the error" [syn: politic,
smooth, suave, bland]
-
prokaryotic
0
adj 1: having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei [syn:
prokaryotic, procaryotic] [ant: eucaryotic,
eukaryotic]
-
prophylactic
0
adj 1: capable of preventing conception or impregnation;
"contraceptive devices and medications" [syn:
contraceptive, prophylactic, antifertility]
2: warding off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic
symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze [syn:
cautionary, prophylactic]
3: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease;
"preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a
prophylactic drug" [syn: preventive, preventative,
prophylactic]
n 1: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or
disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
[syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic]
2: contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or
latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse [syn:
condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic]