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oewn-00157706-s | cocky | a very cocky young man | overly self-confident or self-assertive |
oewn-00157841-s | emphatic | the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty | forceful and definite in expression or action |
oewn-00158105-a | unassertive | a shy unassertive person | inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence |
oewn-00158346-s | nonassertive | she was quiet and nonassertive as she took control | not aggressively self-assured, though not necessarily lacking in confidence |
oewn-00158655-a | associative | associative learning | characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination |
oewn-00158924-s | associable | words associable with politics | capable of being associated |
oewn-00159375-s | engaged | the engaged couple | pledged to be married |
oewn-00159503-s | intended | his intended bride | future; betrothed |
oewn-00159811-s | unengaged | continued seeing him but on an unengaged basis | not promised in marriage |
oewn-00159966-a | affixed | the affixed labels | firmly attached |
oewn-00160646-a | loose | the stamp came loose | not affixed |
oewn-00160763-a | sessile | sessile flowers | attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk |
oewn-00160763-a | sessile | the shell of a sessile barnacle is attached directly to a substrate | attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk |
oewn-00161000-a | pedunculate | a pedunculate flower | having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk |
oewn-00161000-a | pedunculate | a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk | having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk |
oewn-00161240-a | sessile | sessile marine animals and plants | permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about |
oewn-00161409-a | vagile | vagile aquatic animals | having freedom to move about |
oewn-00161690-a | attached | a block of attached houses | used of buildings joined by common sidewalls |
oewn-00161838-a | detached | detached houses | used of buildings; standing apart from others |
oewn-00161838-a | detached | a detached garage | used of buildings; standing apart from others |
oewn-00162033-s | freestanding | a freestanding bell tower | standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything |
oewn-00162033-s | separate | a house with a separate garage | standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything |
oewn-00162222-s | semidetached | a semidetached house | attached on one side only |
oewn-00162330-a | stuck | stuck in the mud | caught or fixed |
oewn-00162541-a | unstuck | a man with a mule got my car unstuck | free |
oewn-00162541-a | unstuck | the gears locked in second and would not come unstuck | free |
oewn-00163348-a | detachable | shirts with detachable collars | designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage |
oewn-00163513-s | clastic | the professor had a clastic model of the human brain | capable of being taken apart |
oewn-00163651-a | wary | they were wary in their movements | marked by keen caution and watchful prudence |
oewn-00163651-a | wary | a wary glance at the black clouds | marked by keen caution and watchful prudence |
oewn-00163651-a | wary | taught to be wary of strangers | marked by keen caution and watchful prudence |
oewn-00163926-s | on guard | on guard against con artists | vigilant |
oewn-00163926-s | on your guard | must remain on your guard in such a situation | vigilant |
oewn-00164128-s | shy | shy of strangers | wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things |
oewn-00164255-a | unwary | the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise | not alert to danger or deception |
oewn-00164255-a | unwary | some thieves prey especially on unwary travelers | not alert to danger or deception |
oewn-00164580-s | gullible | gullible tourists taken in by the shell game | easily tricked because of being too trusting |
oewn-00164745-s | unguarded | an unguarded remark | displaying or feeling no wariness |
oewn-00164857-a | attentive | attentive to details | (often followed by `to') giving care or attention |
oewn-00164857-a | attentive | the nurse was attentive to her patient | (often followed by `to') giving care or attention |
oewn-00164857-a | attentive | an attentive suitor | (often followed by `to') giving care or attention |
oewn-00165943-s | solicitous | solicitous about her health | showing hovering attentiveness |
oewn-00165943-s | solicitous | made solicitous inquiries about our family | showing hovering attentiveness |
oewn-00166125-a | inattentive | inattentive students | showing a lack of attention or care |
oewn-00166125-a | inattentive | an inattentive babysitter | showing a lack of attention or care |
oewn-00166433-s | absent | an absent stare | lost in thought; showing preoccupation |
oewn-00166433-s | absent | an absentminded professor | lost in thought; showing preoccupation |
oewn-00166433-s | absentminded | an absentminded professor | lost in thought; showing preoccupation |
oewn-00166433-s | scatty | the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence | lost in thought; showing preoccupation |
oewn-00166847-s | woolgathering | a woolgathering moment | dreamy in mood or nature |
oewn-00167205-s | forgetful | forgetful of her responsibilities | failing to keep in mind |
oewn-00167205-s | oblivious | oblivious old age | failing to keep in mind |
oewn-00167408-a | attractive | a remarkably attractive young man | pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm |
oewn-00167408-a | attractive | an attractive personality | pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm |
oewn-00167408-a | attractive | attractive clothes | pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm |
oewn-00167408-a | attractive | a book with attractive illustrations | pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm |
oewn-00168015-s | bewitching | bewitching smile | capturing interest as if by a spell |
oewn-00168015-s | captivating | Roosevelt was a captivating speaker | capturing interest as if by a spell |
oewn-00168015-s | enchanting | enchanting music | capturing interest as if by a spell |
oewn-00168015-s | enthralling | an enthralling book | capturing interest as if by a spell |
oewn-00168015-s | entrancing | antique papers of entrancing design | capturing interest as if by a spell |
oewn-00168015-s | fascinating | a fascinating woman | capturing interest as if by a spell |
oewn-00168339-s | charismatic | a charismatic leader | possessing an extraordinary ability to attract |
oewn-00168339-s | magnetic | a magnetic personality | possessing an extraordinary ability to attract |
oewn-00168540-s | cute | a cute kid with pigtails | attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness |
oewn-00168540-s | cute | a cute little apartment | attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness |
oewn-00168540-s | cunning | cunning kittens | attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness |
oewn-00168540-s | cunning | a cunning baby | attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness |
oewn-00168782-s | dinky | what a dinky little hat | (British informal) pretty and neat |
oewn-00168933-s | engaging | an engaging frankness | attracting or delighting |
oewn-00168933-s | piquant | a piquant face with large appealing eyes | attracting or delighting |
oewn-00169091-s | fetching | a fetching new hairstyle | very attractive; capturing interest |
oewn-00169091-s | taking | something inexpressibly taking in his manner | very attractive; capturing interest |
oewn-00169091-s | winning | a winning personality | very attractive; capturing interest |
oewn-00169301-s | glossy | a glossy TV series | superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense |
oewn-00169450-s | hypnotic | read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice | attracting and holding interest as if by a spell |
oewn-00169450-s | mesmeric | she had a warm mesmeric charm | attracting and holding interest as if by a spell |
oewn-00169450-s | mesmerizing | the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing | attracting and holding interest as if by a spell |
oewn-00169450-s | spellbinding | a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome | attracting and holding interest as if by a spell |
oewn-00169813-s | irresistible | irresistible beauty | overpoweringly attractive |
oewn-00170172-s | prepossessing | strong and vigorous and of prepossessing appearance | creating a favorable impression |
oewn-00170426-a | unattractive | as unattractive as most mining regions | lacking beauty or charm |
oewn-00170694-s | homely | a homely child | lacking in physical beauty or proportion |
oewn-00170694-s | homely | several of the buildings were downright homely | lacking in physical beauty or proportion |
oewn-00170694-s | plain | a plain girl with a freckled face | lacking in physical beauty or proportion |
oewn-00170954-s | subfusc | a subfusc mining town | devoid of brightness or appeal |
oewn-00170954-s | subfusc | dark subfusc clothing | devoid of brightness or appeal |
oewn-00171217-a | attractive | an attractive force | having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull |
oewn-00171417-a | repulsive | a repulsive force | possessing the ability to repel |
oewn-00171619-a | appealing | an appealing sense of humor | able to attract interest or draw favorable attention |
oewn-00171619-a | appealing | the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing | able to attract interest or draw favorable attention |
oewn-00171978-s | catchy | a catchy title for a movie | likely to attract attention |
oewn-00172108-s | attractive | an attractive opportunity | having power to arouse interest |
oewn-00172108-s | attractive | the job is attractive because of the pay | having power to arouse interest |
oewn-00172305-a | unappealing | they have made the place as unappealing as possible | not able to attract favorable attention |
oewn-00172305-a | unappealing | was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess | not able to attract favorable attention |
oewn-00172708-s | unattractive | being unemployed is a most unattractive prospect | lacking power to arouse interest |
oewn-00172851-a | attributable | the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale | capable of being attributed |
oewn-00172851-a | attributable | an idea attributable to a Russian | capable of being attributed |
oewn-00173133-s | ascribable | punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading | capable of being assigned or credited to |