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oewn-00318526-s | lapidarian | a lapidarian record | inscribed on stone |
oewn-00319396-a | cauline | cauline leaves | especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem |
oewn-00319565-a | basal | basal placentation | especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem |
oewn-00319565-a | radical | radical leaves | especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem |
oewn-00319840-a | censored | the censored press in some countries | suppressed or subject to censorship |
oewn-00319988-s | expurgated | at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions | having material deleted |
oewn-00320160-a | uncensored | uncensored news reports | not subject to censorship |
oewn-00320749-s | bobtail | bobtail mare | having a short or shortened tail |
oewn-00321883-s | anurous | anurous toads and frogs | not having a tail |
oewn-00323355-a | causative | poverty as a causative factor in crime | producing an effect |
oewn-00323945-s | anorectic | an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug | causing loss of appetite |
oewn-00323945-s | anorexigenic | an anorectic (or anorexigenic) drug | causing loss of appetite |
oewn-00324097-s | causal | a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices | involving or constituting a cause; causing |
oewn-00324324-s | conducive | working conditions are not conducive to productivity | tending to bring about; being partly responsible for |
oewn-00324324-s | contributing | the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city | tending to bring about; being partly responsible for |
oewn-00324324-s | contributory | a contributory factor | tending to bring about; being partly responsible for |
oewn-00324771-s | fast | a fast lens | (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time |
oewn-00325093-s | motive | motive pleas | impelling to action |
oewn-00325093-s | motivating | motivating arguments | impelling to action |
oewn-00325379-s | motive | a motive force | causing or able to cause motion |
oewn-00325379-s | motive | motive power | causing or able to cause motion |
oewn-00325379-s | motor | motor energy | causing or able to cause motion |
oewn-00325578-s | precipitating | the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce | bringing on suddenly or abruptly |
oewn-00325776-s | responsible | determined who was the responsible party | being the agent or cause |
oewn-00325776-s | responsible | termites were responsible for the damage | being the agent or cause |
oewn-00325776-s | responsible for | termites were responsible for the damage | being the agent or cause |
oewn-00326179-a | cautious | reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions | showing careful forethought |
oewn-00326179-a | cautious | a cautious driver | showing careful forethought |
oewn-00326738-s | fabian | a fabian policy | using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation |
oewn-00327100-s | guarded | guarded optimism | prudent |
oewn-00327194-s | overcautious | sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business | unnecessarily cautious |
oewn-00327334-a | incautious | an incautious remark | lacking in caution |
oewn-00327334-a | incautious | incautious talk | lacking in caution |
oewn-00327506-s | hotheaded | a hotheaded decision | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation |
oewn-00327506-s | impulsive | liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation |
oewn-00327506-s | impetuous | an impetuous display of spending and gambling | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation |
oewn-00327506-s | madcap | madcap escapade | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation |
oewn-00327929-a | cellular | the cellular construction of a beehive | characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization) |
oewn-00327929-a | cellular | any effective opposition to a totalitarian regime must be secretive and cellular | characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization) |
oewn-00328915-s | multicellular | multicellular organisms | consisting of many cells |
oewn-00329696-a | compartmented | a compartmented box | divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units |
oewn-00330483-s | porose | a porose hymenium | forming a continuous series of pores |
oewn-00330593-a | nonporous | nonporous wood | not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores |
oewn-00330729-a | central | a central position | in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area |
oewn-00331294-s | bifocal | bifocal eyeglasses | having two foci |
oewn-00331802-s | focal | focal point | having or localized centrally at a focus |
oewn-00331802-s | focal | focal infection | having or localized centrally at a focus |
oewn-00332157-s | nuclear | annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis | constituting or like a nucleus |
oewn-00332157-s | nuclear | the nuclear core of the congregation | constituting or like a nucleus |
oewn-00332344-a | peripheral | Russia's peripheral provinces | on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area |
oewn-00332344-a | peripheral | peripheral suburbs | on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area |
oewn-00332614-s | circumferential | circumferential highways around cities | lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts |
oewn-00332787-s | marginal | the marginal strip of beach | at or constituting a border or edge |
oewn-00332989-s | encircling | his encircling arms | being all around the edges; enclosing |
oewn-00332989-s | skirting | the room's skirting board needs painting | being all around the edges; enclosing |
oewn-00333273-a | centrifugal | centrifugal force | tending to move away from a center |
oewn-00334249-a | afferent | afferent nerves | of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS |
oewn-00334249-a | afferent | afferent impulses | of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS |
oewn-00334509-s | sensory | sensory neurons | of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system |
oewn-00334885-a | efferent | efferent nerves and impulses | of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS |
oewn-00335143-s | motor | motor nerves | conveying information to the muscles from the CNS |
oewn-00335277-s | corticofugal | corticofugal discharges | of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex |
oewn-00335453-s | neuromotor | neuromotor impulses | relating to a nerve fiber or impulse passing toward motor effectors |
oewn-00336123-s | centrifugal | the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress | tending away from centralization, as of authority |
oewn-00336319-a | certain | what is certain is that every effect must have a cause | established beyond doubt or question; definitely known |
oewn-00336319-a | certain | it is certain that they were on the bus | established beyond doubt or question; definitely known |
oewn-00336319-a | certain | his fate is certain | established beyond doubt or question; definitely known |
oewn-00336319-a | certain | the date for the invasion is certain | established beyond doubt or question; definitely known |
oewn-00336666-s | definite | it is definite that they have won | known for certain |
oewn-00336793-s | indisputable | indisputable (or sure) proof | impossible to doubt or dispute |
oewn-00336793-s | sure | indisputable (or sure) proof | impossible to doubt or dispute |
oewn-00336939-s | sure as shooting | it is sure as shooting that they will come | absolutely certain |
oewn-00337066-a | uncertain | an uncertain future | not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown |
oewn-00337066-a | uncertain | a manuscript of uncertain origin | not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown |
oewn-00337066-a | uncertain | plans are still uncertain | not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown |
oewn-00337066-a | uncertain | changes of great if uncertain consequences | not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown |
oewn-00337066-a | uncertain | without further evidence his story must remain uncertain | not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown |
oewn-00337462-s | indefinite | were indefinite about their plans | not decided or not known |
oewn-00337462-s | indefinite | plans are indefinite | not decided or not known |
oewn-00337622-s | up in the air | left everything up in the air | very uncertain |
oewn-00337729-a | certain | felt certain of success | having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured |
oewn-00337729-a | certain | was sure (or certain) she had seen it | having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured |
oewn-00337729-a | sure | was sure (or certain) she had seen it | having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured |
oewn-00337729-a | sure | was very sure in his beliefs | having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured |
oewn-00337729-a | sure | sure of her friends | having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured |
oewn-00338070-s | convinced | were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join | persuaded of; very sure |
oewn-00338070-s | positive | I am positive he is lying | persuaded of; very sure |
oewn-00338070-s | confident | was confident he would win | persuaded of; very sure |
oewn-00338302-a | uncertain | uncertain of his convictions | lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance |
oewn-00338302-a | unsure | unsure of himself and his future | lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance |
oewn-00338302-a | uncertain | moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps | lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance |
oewn-00338302-a | unsure | moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps | lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance |
oewn-00338302-a | uncertain | an uncertain smile | lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance |
oewn-00338302-a | uncertain | touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers | lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance |
oewn-00338739-s | ambivalent | was ambivalent about having children | uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow |
oewn-00338911-s | doubtful | they were doubtful that the cord would hold | fraught with uncertainty or doubt |
oewn-00338911-s | doubtful | it was doubtful whether she would be admitted | fraught with uncertainty or doubt |
oewn-00338911-s | dubious | dubious about agreeing to go | fraught with uncertainty or doubt |
oewn-00339173-s | groping | a groping effort to understand | acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence |
oewn-00339319-a | convinced | a convinced and fanatical pacifist | having a strong belief or conviction |