cio: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of cio
- boccaccio«Word Popularity Bar3/5
boccaccio
- noun Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375)
Giovanni Boccaccio.
- noun Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375)
- ignacio3/5
ignacio
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- officio3/5
officio
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- nuncio2/5
nuncio
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
papal nuncio.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
- capriccio2/5
capriccio
- noun an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
- noun an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
- braggadocio2/5
braggadocio
- noun vain and empty boasting
rhodomontade; rodomontade; bluster.
- noun vain and empty boasting
- senecio2/5
senecio
(Bot.) A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.
- lucio2/5
lucio
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- mauricio2/5
mauricio
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- masaccio2/5
- horacio2/5
horacio
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- riccio2/5
riccio
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- carpaccio2/5
- internuncio1/5
internuncio
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio
- mogadiscio1/5
mogadiscio
- noun the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean
Mogadishu; capital of Somalia.
- noun the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean
- ajaccio1/5
- braccio1/5
braccio
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- fascio1/5
fascio
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- tercio1/5
tercio
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- mincio1/5
- pasticcio1/5
pasticcio
A medley; an olio. R. H. Swinburne.
- carroccio1/5
- concio1/5
concio
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- bocaccio1/5
bocaccio
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- rovescio1/5
- maleficio1/5
maleficio
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Suffixes of cio
- cion«Word Popularity Bar1/5
cion
See Scion .The cion overruleth the stock; and the stock is but passive, and giveth aliment, but no motion, to the graft. Bacon.
- cioppino1/5
- cions1/5
cion
See Scion .The cion overruleth the stock; and the stock is but passive, and giveth aliment, but no motion, to the graft. Bacon.
Derived words of cio
- conscious«Word Popularity Bar5/5
conscious
- adjective satellite intentionally conceived
witting.
- a conscious effort to speak more slowly
- a conscious policy
- adjective knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
- remained conscious during the operation
- conscious of his faults
- became conscious that he was being followed
- adjective satellite intentionally conceived
- sociology5/5
sociology
- noun the study and classification of human societies
- noun the study and classification of human societies
- consciousness5/5
consciousness
- noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- he lost consciousness
- noun having knowledge of
cognisance; knowingness; awareness; cognizance.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- suspicion5/5
suspicion
- noun an impression that something might be the case
intuition; hunch.
- he had an intuition that something had gone wrong
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
distrust; mistrust; misgiving.
- noun an impression that something might be the case
- sociological5/5
sociological
- adjective of or relating to or determined by sociology
- sociological studies
- adjective of or relating to or determined by sociology
- consciously5/5
consciously
- adverb with awareness
- she consciously played with the idea of inviting them
- adverb with awareness
- precious5/5
precious
- adjective satellite characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
cherished; wanted; treasured.
- a cherished friend
- children are precious
- a treasured heirloom
- so good to feel wanted
- adjective satellite of high worth or cost
- diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones
- adjective satellite characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for
- unconscious5/5
unconscious
- noun that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
unconscious mind.
- adjective not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
- lay unconscious on the floor
- noun that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
- suspicious5/5
suspicious
- adjective satellite openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
untrusting; leery; mistrustful; wary.
- adjective satellite not as expected
funny; shady; suspect; fishy.
- there was something fishy about the accident
- up to some funny business
- some definitely queer goings-on
- a shady deal
- her motives were suspect
- suspicious behavior
- adjective satellite openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
- sociocultural4/5
sociocultural
- adjective relating to both social and cultural matters
- adjective relating to both social and cultural matters
- coercion4/5
coercion
- noun the act of compelling by force of authority
- noun using force to cause something to occur
compulsion.
- though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
- they didn't have to use coercion
- noun the act of compelling by force of authority
- spacious4/5
spacious
- adjective satellite very large in expanse or scope
broad; wide.
- a broad lawn
- the wide plains
- a spacious view
- spacious skies
- adjective satellite (of buildings and rooms) having ample space
roomy.
- a roomy but sparsely furnished apartment
- a spacious ballroom
- adjective satellite very large in expanse or scope
- socioeconomic4/5
socioeconomic
- adjective involving social as well as economic factors
- socioeconomic status
- adjective involving social as well as economic factors
- vicious4/5
vicious
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
savage; barbarous; brutal; cruel; fell; roughshod.
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
- adjective satellite having the nature of vice
evil.
- adjective satellite (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- gracious4/5
gracious
- adjective characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
- gracious even to unexpected visitors
- gracious living
- he bears insult with gracious good humor
- adjective satellite characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects
benignant.
- our benignant king
- adjective characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
- suspicions4/5
suspicion
- noun an impression that something might be the case
intuition; hunch.
- he had an intuition that something had gone wrong
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
distrust; mistrust; misgiving.
- noun an impression that something might be the case
- malicious4/5
malicious
- adjective having the nature of or resulting from malice
- malicious gossip
- took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling
- adjective having the nature of or resulting from malice
- sociologists4/5
sociologist
- noun a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
- noun a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
- sociologist4/5
sociologist
- noun a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
- noun a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
- subconscious4/5
subconscious
- noun psychic activity just below the level of awareness
subconscious mind.
- adjective satellite just below the level of consciousness
- noun psychic activity just below the level of awareness
- graciously4/5
graciously
- adverb in a gracious or graceful manner
gracefully.
- he did not have a chance to grow up graciously
- adverb in a gracious or graceful manner
- judicious4/5
judicious
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
wise; heady.
- judicious use of one's money
- a wise decision
- adjective satellite marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- pernicious4/5
pernicious
- adjective satellite exceedingly harmful
deadly; baneful; pestilent.
- adjective satellite working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
subtle; insidious.
- glaucoma is an insidious disease
- a subtle poison
- adjective satellite exceedingly harmful
- delicious4/5
delicious
- adjective satellite greatly pleasing or entertaining
delightful.
- a delightful surprise
- the comedy was delightful
- a delicious joke
- noun variety of sweet eating apples
- adjective satellite greatly pleasing or entertaining
- unconsciously4/5
unconsciously
- adverb without awareness
- she jumped up unconsciously when he entered the room
- adverb without awareness
- ferocious4/5
ferocious
- adjective satellite marked by extreme and violent energy
fierce; furious; savage.
- a ferocious beating
- fierce fighting
- a furious battle
- adjective satellite marked by extreme and violent energy
- sociolinguistics3/5
sociolinguistics
- noun the study of language in relation to its sociocultural context
- noun the study of language in relation to its sociocultural context
- efficacious3/5
efficacious
- adjective marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
- written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley
- the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough
- adjective producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
effectual; effective.
- an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford
- effective teaching methods
- effective steps toward peace
- made an effective entrance
- his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action
- an efficacious law
- adjective marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect
- audacious3/5
audacious
- adjective satellite invulnerable to fear or intimidation
brave; dauntless; fearless; hardy; intrepid; unfearing.
- audacious explorers
- fearless reporters and photographers
- intrepid pioneers
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or propriety
brassy; insolent; bodacious; brazen; bald-faced; barefaced; brazen-faced.
- an audacious trick to pull
- a barefaced hypocrite
- the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times
- bald-faced lies
- brazen arrogance
- the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
- adjective satellite invulnerable to fear or intimidation
- sociolinguistic3/5
sociolinguistic
- adjective of or relating to sociolinguistics
- adjective of or relating to sociolinguistics
- sociobiology3/5
sociobiology
- noun the branch of biology that conducts comparative studies of the social organization of animals (including human beings) with regard to its evolutionary history
- noun the branch of biology that conducts comparative studies of the social organization of animals (including human beings) with regard to its evolutionary history
- capacious3/5
capacious
- adjective satellite large in capacity
- she carried a capacious bag
- adjective satellite large in capacity
- sagacious3/5
sagacious
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
perspicacious; sapient.
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument
- observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions
- a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators
- adjective satellite skillful in statecraft or management
- an astute and sagacious statesman
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
- unconsciousness3/5
unconsciousness
- noun a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
- noun a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment
- tenacious3/5
tenacious
- adjective good at remembering
recollective; long; retentive.
- a retentive mind
- tenacious memory
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
dour; dogged; persistent; unyielding; pertinacious.
- dogged persistence
- dour determination
- the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
- a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
- men tenacious of opinion
- adjective good at remembering
- precocious3/5
precocious
- adjective characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
- a precocious child
- a precocious achievement
- adjective satellite appearing or developing early
- precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias
- adjective characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
- voracious3/5
voracious
- adjective satellite excessively greedy and grasping
rapacious; ravening.
- a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
- ravening creditors
- paying taxes to voracious governments
- adjective satellite devouring or craving food in great quantities
wolfish; rapacious; esurient; edacious; ravenous; ravening.
- edacious vultures
- a rapacious appetite
- ravenous as wolves
- voracious sharks
- adjective satellite excessively greedy and grasping
- scion3/5
scion
- noun a descendent or heir
- a scion of royal stock
- noun a descendent or heir
- rapacious3/5
rapacious
- adjective satellite living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
raptorial; vulturous; vulturine; ravening; predatory.
- a predatory bird
- the rapacious wolf
- raptorial birds
- ravening wolves
- a vulturine taste for offal
- adjective satellite excessively greedy and grasping
voracious; ravening.
- a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
- ravening creditors
- paying taxes to voracious governments
- adjective satellite living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- auspicious3/5
auspicious
- adjective auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
- an auspicious beginning for the campaign
- adjective auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
- capricious3/5
capricious
- adjective satellite changeable
freakish.
- a capricious summer breeze
- freakish weather
- adjective satellite determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
whimsical; impulsive.
- a capricious refusal
- authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
- the victim of whimsical persecutions
- adjective satellite changeable
- atrocious3/5
atrocious
- adjective satellite shockingly brutal or cruel
grievous; monstrous; flagitious.
- murder is an atrocious crime
- a grievous offense against morality
- a grievous crime
- no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
- adjective satellite exceptionally bad or displeasing
dreadful; terrible; unspeakable; awful; abominable; painful.
- atrocious taste
- abominable workmanship
- an awful voice
- dreadful manners
- a painful performance
- terrible handwriting
- an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
- adjective satellite shockingly brutal or cruel
- luscious3/5
luscious
- adjective satellite having strong sexual appeal
toothsome; red-hot; juicy; voluptuous.
- juicy barmaids
- a red-hot mama
- a voluptuous woman
- a toothsome blonde in a tight dress
- adjective satellite extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
pleasant-tasting; yummy; scrumptious; delectable; toothsome; delicious.
- adjective satellite having strong sexual appeal
- viciously3/5
viciously
- adverb in a vicious manner
savagely; brutally.
- he was viciously attacked
- adverb in a vicious manner
- fallacious3/5
fallacious
- adjective satellite containing or based on a fallacy
unsound.
- fallacious reasoning
- an unsound argument
- adjective satellite intended to deceive
fraudulent; deceitful.
- deceitful advertising
- fallacious testimony
- smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge
- a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
- adjective satellite containing or based on a fallacy
- specious3/5
specious
- adjective satellite plausible but false
spurious.
- a specious claim
- spurious inferences
- adjective satellite based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
gilded; meretricious.
- the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
- meretricious praise
- a meretricious argument
- adjective satellite plausible but false
- maliciously3/5
maliciously
- adverb with malice; in a malicious manner
- she answered maliciously
- adverb with malice; in a malicious manner
- vivacious3/5
vivacious
- adjective satellite vigorous and animated
vibrant.
- a vibrant group that challenged the system
- a charming and vivacious hostess
- a vivacious folk dance
- adjective satellite vigorous and animated
- suspiciously3/5
suspiciously
- adverb with suspicion
- she regarded the food suspiciously
- adverb with suspicion
- subconsciously3/5
subconsciously
- adverb from the subconscious mind
- the image came to him subconsciously
- adverb from the subconscious mind
- unconscionable3/5
unconscionable
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
conscienceless.
- a conscienceless villain
- brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless
- an unconscionable liar
- adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
extortionate; usurious; outrageous; exorbitant; steep.
- exorbitant rent
- extortionate prices
- spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
- usurious interest rate
- unconscionable spending
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
- deliciously3/5
deliciously
- adverb in a very pleasurable manner
pleasurably.
- they were walking along the beach slowly and deliciously
- adverb so as to produce a delightful taste
scrumptiously; lusciously.
- I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches
- adverb in a very pleasurable manner
- tenaciously3/5
tenaciously
- adverb with obstinate determination
doggedly.
- he pursued her doggedly
- adverb with obstinate determination
- judiciously3/5
judiciously
- adverb in a judicious manner
- let's use these intelligence tests judiciously
- adverb in a judicious manner
- sociopolitical3/5
sociopolitical
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- perspicacious2/5
perspicacious
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
sagacious; sapient.
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument
- observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions
- a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators
- adjective satellite mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
clear-eyed; clear-sighted.
- too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow
- chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
- sociolinguists2/5
sociolinguist
- noun a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication
- noun a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication
- sociologies2/5
sociology
- noun the study and classification of human societies
- noun the study and classification of human societies
- avaricious2/5
avaricious
- adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
covetous; prehensile; greedy; grasping; grabby.
- they are avaricious and will do anything for money
- casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
- a grasping old miser
- grasping commercialism
- greedy for money and power
- grew richer and greedier
- prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
- adjective satellite immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
- aficionados2/5
aficionado
- noun a fan of bull fighting
- noun a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer
- noun a fan of bull fighting
- consciousnesses2/5
consciousness
- noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- he lost consciousness
- noun having knowledge of
cognisance; knowingness; awareness; cognizance.
- he had no awareness of his mistakes
- his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced
- their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
- noun an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- pugnacious2/5
pugnacious
- adjective satellite tough and callous by virtue of experience
hard-bitten; hard-boiled.
- adjective satellite ready and able to resort to force or violence
rough.
- pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville
- they were rough and determined fighting men
- adjective satellite tough and callous by virtue of experience
- spaciousness2/5
spaciousness
- noun spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
commodiousness; capaciousness; roominess.
- the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child
- roominess in this size car is always a compromise
- his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to
- noun spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
- scions2/5
scion
- noun a descendent or heir
- a scion of royal stock
- noun a descendent or heir
- aficionado2/5
aficionado
- noun a fan of bull fighting
- noun a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer
- noun a fan of bull fighting
- audaciously2/5
audaciously
- adverb in an audacious manner
- an idea so daring and yet so audaciously tempting that a shiver of excitement quivered through him
- adverb in an audacious manner
- sociobiological2/5
sociobiological
- adjective of or relating to sociobiology
sociobiologic.
- adjective of or relating to sociobiology
- semiconscious2/5
semiconscious
- adjective satellite partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations
- adjective satellite partially conscious; not completely aware of sensations
- sociobiologists2/5
sociobiologist
- noun a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior
- noun a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior
- sociometry2/5
sociometry
- noun the quantitative study of social relationships
- noun the quantitative study of social relationships
- subconsciousness2/5
subconsciousness
- noun a state of mind not immediately available to consciousness
- noun a state of mind not immediately available to consciousness
- contumacious2/5
contumacious
- adjective satellite wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
- a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment
- adjective satellite wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
- sociologically2/5
sociologically
- adverb with regard to sociology
- sociologically speaking, this is an interesting phenomenon
- adverb with regard to sociology
- graciousness2/5
graciousness
- noun excellence of manners or social conduct
- noun the quality of being kind and gentle
benignity; benignancy.
- noun excellence of manners or social conduct
- officious2/5
officious
- adjective satellite intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
busy; meddlesome; meddling; interfering; busybodied.
- an interfering old woman
- bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
- busy about other people's business
- adjective satellite intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
- concepcion2/5
conception
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
concept; construct.
- noun the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
- noun an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- asuncion2/5
asuncion
- noun the capital and chief port of Paraguay
capital of Paraguay.
- noun the capital and chief port of Paraguay
- viciousness2/5
viciousness
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
savagery; ferociousness; brutality.
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
- injudicious2/5
injudicious
- adjective satellite lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise
- an injudicious measure
- the result of an injudicious decision
- adjective satellite lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise
- loquacious2/5
loquacious
- adjective satellite full of trivial conversation
talky; gabby; garrulous; chatty; talkative.
- kept from her housework by gabby neighbors
- adjective satellite full of trivial conversation
- salacious2/5
salacious
- adjective satellite characterized by lust
lustful; prurient; lubricious.
- eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
- her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature
- prurient literature
- prurient thoughts
- a salacious rooster of a little man
- adjective satellite suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
lewd; obscene; raunchy.
- lewd whisperings of a dirty old man
- an indecent gesture
- obscene telephone calls
- salacious limericks
- adjective satellite characterized by lust
- preciousness2/5
preciousness
- noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
costliness; dearness.
- noun the positive quality of being precious and beyond value
pricelessness; invaluableness; valuableness.
- noun the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
- mendacious2/5
mendacious
- adjective satellite given to lying
- a mendacious child
- adjective satellite intentionally untrue
- a mendacious statement
- adjective satellite given to lying
- suspiciousness2/5
suspiciousness
- noun being of a suspicious nature
suspicion.
- his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage
- noun being of a suspicious nature
- meretricious2/5
meretricious
- adjective like or relating to a prostitute
- meretricious relationships
- adjective satellite tastelessly showy
garish; gaudy; brassy; tatty; tawdry; flash; cheap; flashy; tacky; gimcrack; loud; trashy.
- a flash car
- a flashy ring
- garish colors
- a gaudy costume
- loud sport shirts
- a meretricious yet stylish book
- tawdry ornaments
- adjective like or relating to a prostitute
- sociopath2/5
sociopath
- noun someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
psychopath.
- noun someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
- unsuspicious2/5
unsuspicious
- adjective satellite not suspicious
unsuspecting.
- deceiving the unsuspecting public
- adjective satellite not suspicious
- semiprecious2/5
semiprecious
- adjective satellite used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones
- such semiprecious stones as amethyst, garnet, jade, and tourmaline
- adjective satellite used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones
- socioeconomically2/5
socioeconomically
- adverb with respect to socioeconomic factors
- they are far apart socioeconomically
- adverb with respect to socioeconomic factors
- sociopaths2/5
sociopath
- noun someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
psychopath.
- noun someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
- inauspicious2/5
inauspicious
- adjective not auspicious; boding ill
unfortunate.
- adjective satellite contrary to your interests or welfare
untoward; adverse.
- adverse circumstances
- made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions
- adjective not auspicious; boding ill
- ungracious2/5
ungracious
- adjective lacking charm and good taste
- an ungracious industrial city
- this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious
- ungracious behavior
- adjective satellite lacking social graces
discourteous.
- adjective lacking charm and good taste
- capriciously2/5
capriciously
- adverb unpredictably
freakishly.
- the weather has been freakishly variable
- adverb in a capricious manner
- there were Turk's head lilies and patches of iris , islands of brilliant blue set capriciously in the green sea
- adverb unpredictably
- nonconscious2/5
nonconscious
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- nonconscious psychic processes
- adjective satellite relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- sociopathic2/5
sociopathic
- adjective of or relating to a sociopathic personality disorder
- adjective of or relating to a sociopathic personality disorder
- capriciousness2/5
capriciousness
- noun the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
unpredictability.
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
arbitrariness; whimsy; whimsicality; whimsey; flightiness.
- I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
- noun the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses
- veracious2/5
veracious
- adjective satellite habitually speaking the truth
- a veracious witness
- adjective satellite precisely accurate
right.
- a veracious account
- adjective satellite habitually speaking the truth
- pertinacious2/5
pertinacious
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
tenacious; dour; dogged; persistent; unyielding.
- dogged persistence
- dour determination
- the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
- a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
- men tenacious of opinion
- adjective satellite stubbornly unyielding
- precociously2/5
precociously
- adverb in a precocious manner
- her child behaves precociously
- adverb in a precocious manner
- auspiciously2/5
auspiciously
- adverb in an auspicious manner
propitiously.
- he started his new job auspiciously on his birthday
- adverb in an auspicious manner
- ferociously2/5
ferociously
- adverb in a physically fierce manner
fiercely.
- silence broken by dogs barking ferociously
- they fought fiercely
- adverb in a physically fierce manner
- voraciously2/5
voraciously
- adverb in an eagerly voracious manner
- she reads voraciously
- adverb in an eagerly voracious manner
- unselfconscious2/5
unselfconscious
- adjective satellite not self-conscious
- she grew up with him in unselfconscious friendship
- adjective satellite not self-conscious
- ungraciously2/5
ungraciously
- adverb without grace; rigidly
woodenly; ungracefully; gracelessly.
- they moved woodenly
- adverb without grace; rigidly
- unselfconsciously2/5
unselfconsciously
- adverb in a comfortable unselfconscious manner
- they were naked, unshy, and unselfconsciously beautiful
- adverb in a comfortable unselfconscious manner
- dioecious2/5
dioecious
- adjective having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
dioecian.
- adjective having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals
- sociohistorical2/5
sociohistorical
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- preconscious2/5
preconscious
Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.
- sociotechnical2/5
sociotechnical
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- unconscionability2/5
unconscionability
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- revolucionario2/5
revolucionario
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- sociometric2/5
sociometric
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- poblacion2/5
poblacion
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- superconscious2/5
superconscious
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- glaciology2/5
glaciology
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- speciosa2/5
speciosa
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- fasciotomy2/5
- sociopsychological2/5
sociopsychological
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- maliciousness1/5
maliciousness
- noun feeling a need to see others suffer
spitefulness; malice; spite; venom.
- noun feeling a need to see others suffer
- coercions1/5
coercion
- noun the act of compelling by force of authority
- noun using force to cause something to occur
compulsion.
- though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
- they didn't have to use coercion
- noun the act of compelling by force of authority
- nuncios1/5
nuncio
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
papal nuncio.
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status
- sociolinguist1/5
sociolinguist
- noun a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication
- noun a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication
- sciolists1/5
sciolist
- noun an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dabbler; dilettante.
- noun an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
- capriccios1/5
capriccio
- noun an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
- noun an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
- sciolist1/5
sciolist
- noun an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dabbler; dilettante.
- noun an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
- efficaciously1/5
efficaciously
- adverb in an effective manner
effectively.
- these are real problems that can be dealt with most effectively by rational discussion
- adverb in an effective manner
- officiousness1/5
officiousness
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
meddlesomeness; intrusiveness.
- noun aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation
- sagaciously1/5
sagaciously
- adverb in a shrewd manner
sapiently; astutely; shrewdly; acutely.
- he invested his fortune astutely
- he was acutely insightful
- adverb in a shrewd manner
- predacious1/5
predacious
- adjective satellite hunting and killing other animals for food
predaceous.
- adjective satellite living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
predatory; predaceous.
- predatory capitalists
- a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott
- a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
- adjective satellite hunting and killing other animals for food
- precociousness1/5
precociousness
- noun intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
precocity.
- noun intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
- efficaciousness1/5
efficaciousness
- noun capacity or power to produce a desired effect
efficacy.
- concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine
- noun capacity or power to produce a desired effect
- capaciousness1/5
capaciousness
- noun intellectual breadth
roominess.
- the very capaciousness of the idea meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary
- his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess
- noun spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
spaciousness; commodiousness; roominess.
- the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the child
- roominess in this size car is always a compromise
- his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become accustomed to
- noun intellectual breadth
- sociolinguistically1/5
sociolinguistically
- adverb with respect to sociolinguistics
- sociolinguistically fascinating
- adverb with respect to sociolinguistics
- sociobiologist1/5
sociobiologist
- noun a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior
- noun a biologist who studies the biological determinants of social behavior
- marcionism1/5
marcionism
- noun the Christian heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human
- noun the Christian heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human
- audaciousness1/5
audaciousness
- noun fearless daring
temerity; audacity.
- noun aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery
audacity.
- he had the audacity to question my decision
- noun fearless daring
- fugacious1/5
fugacious
- adjective satellite lasting a very short time
short-lived; ephemeral; transitory; transient; passing.
- the ephemeral joys of childhood
- a passing fancy
- youth's transient beauty
- love is transitory but it is eternal
- fugacious blossoms
- adjective satellite lasting a very short time
- inefficacious1/5
inefficacious
- adjective lacking the power to produce a desired effect
- laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime
- adjective lacking the power to produce a desired effect
- fasciola1/5
fasciola
(Anat.) A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution. Wilder.
- bodacious1/5
bodacious
- adjective satellite incorrigible
- a bodacious gossip
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or propriety
brassy; insolent; audacious; brazen; bald-faced; barefaced; brazen-faced.
- an audacious trick to pull
- a barefaced hypocrite
- the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times
- bald-faced lies
- brazen arrogance
- the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell
- adjective satellite incorrigible
- lubricious1/5
lubricious
- adjective satellite having a smooth or slippery quality
- the skin of cephalopods is thin and lubricious
- adjective satellite characterized by lust
lustful; prurient; salacious.
- eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
- her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature
- prurient literature
- prurient thoughts
- a salacious rooster of a little man
- adjective satellite having a smooth or slippery quality
- rapaciousness1/5
rapaciousness
- noun extreme gluttony
edacity; esurience; voracity; rapacity; voraciousness.
- noun an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)
voraciousness; greediness.
- the greediness of lawyers
- noun extreme gluttony
- judiciousness1/5
judiciousness
- noun good judgment
- noun the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
sagaciousness; sagacity.
- noun good judgment
- pugnaciously1/5
pugnaciously
- adverb in a pugnacious manner
- adverb in a pugnacious manner
- ferociousness1/5
ferociousness
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
savagery; viciousness; brutality.
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
- tenaciousness1/5
tenaciousness
- noun persistent determination
perseverance; persistency; doggedness; tenacity; pertinacity; persistence.
- noun persistent determination
- semiconsciousness1/5
semiconsciousness
- noun marginal consciousness
grogginess; stupor; stupefaction.
- his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows
- someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor
- noun marginal consciousness
- loquaciousness1/5
loquaciousness
- noun the quality of being wordy and talkative
garrulity; loquacity; garrulousness; talkativeness.
- noun the quality of being wordy and talkative
- fascioliasis1/5
fascioliasis
- noun infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot
fasciolosis.
- noun infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot
- voraciousness1/5
voraciousness
- noun excessive desire to eat
ravenousness; edacity; esurience; voracity.
- noun extreme gluttony
edacity; esurience; voracity; rapacity; rapaciousness.
- noun excessive desire to eat
- spaciously1/5
spaciously
- adverb with ample room
roomily.
- the furniture was spaciously spread out
- adverb with ample room
- perniciousness1/5
perniciousness
- noun grave harmfulness or deadliness
toxicity.
- noun grave harmfulness or deadliness
- cynoscion1/5
cynoscion
- noun sea trout
genus Cynoscion.
- noun sea trout
- fasciolopsis1/5
fasciolopsis
- noun a genus of Fasciolidae
genus Fasciolopsis.
- noun a genus of Fasciolidae
- avariciousness1/5
avariciousness
- noun extreme greed for material wealth
avarice; covetousness; cupidity.
- noun extreme greed for material wealth
- avariciously1/5
avariciously
- adverb in a greedy manner
covetously; greedily.
- adverb in a greedy manner
- contumaciously1/5
contumaciously
- adverb in a rebellious manner
defiantly; rebelliously.
- he rejected her words rebelliously
- adverb in a rebellious manner
- auspiciousness1/5
auspiciousness
- noun the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
propitiousness.
- noun the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
- officiously1/5
officiously
- adverb in an officious manner
- nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty
- adverb in an officious manner
- atrociously1/5
atrociously
- adverb in a terrible manner
rottenly; abominably; awfully; terribly; abysmally.
- she sings terribly
- adverb to an extravagant or immoderate degree
outrageously.
- atrociously expensive
- adverb in a terrible manner
- injudiciously1/5
injudiciously
- adverb in an injudicious manner
- these intelligence tests were used injudiciously for many years
- adverb in an injudicious manner
- silicious1/5
silicious
- adjective relating to or containing or resembling silica
siliceous.
- gritrock is siliceous sandstone
- adjective relating to or containing or resembling silica
- perniciously1/5
perniciously
- adverb in a harmfully insidious manner
insidiously.
- these drugs act insidiously
- adverb in a noxiously baneful way
banefully.
- this banefully poisoned climate
- adverb in a harmfully insidious manner
- vivaciously1/5
vivaciously
- adverb with vivacity
- he describes his adventures vivaciously
- adverb with vivacity
- speciously1/5
speciously
- adverb in a specious manner
- adverb in a specious manner
- preciosity1/5
preciosity
- noun the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined
preciousness.
- noun the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined
- speciousness1/5
speciousness
- noun an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
meretriciousness.
- the speciousness of his argument
- noun an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
- fallaciousness1/5
fallaciousness
- noun result of a fallacy or error in reasoning
- noun result of a fallacy or error in reasoning
- conscionable1/5
conscionable
- adjective satellite acceptable to your conscience
- adjective satellite acceptable to your conscience
- salaciously1/5
salaciously
- adverb in a lascivious manner
lasciviously.
- adverb in a lascivious manner
- salaciousness1/5
salaciousness
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
obscenity; salacity; bawdiness; lewdness.
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
- unselfconsciousness1/5
unselfconsciousness
- noun the quality of being not self-conscious; unawareness of yourself or of others' views of yourself
- he had the unselfconsciousness of a child
- noun the quality of being not self-conscious; unawareness of yourself or of others' views of yourself
- ungraciousness1/5
ungraciousness
- noun an offensive lack of good manners
- noun an offensive lack of good manners
- pertinaciously1/5
pertinaciously
- adverb in a dogged and pertinacious manner
- he struggled pertinaciously for the new resolution
- adverb in a dogged and pertinacious manner
- deliciousness1/5
deliciousness
- noun extreme appetizingness
toothsomeness; delectability; lusciousness.
- noun extreme appetizingness
- lusciously1/5
lusciously
- adverb so as to produce a delightful taste
deliciously; scrumptiously.
- I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches
- adverb so as to produce a delightful taste
- mendaciously1/5
mendaciously
- adverb in a mendacious and untruthful manner
untruthfully.
- I told him, quite untruthfully, that I had just returned from leave
- adverb in a mendacious and untruthful manner
- rapaciously1/5
rapaciously
- adverb in a rapacious manner
- adverb in a rapacious manner
- inauspiciousness1/5
inauspiciousness
- noun the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result
unpropitiousness.
- noun the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result
- lusciousness1/5
lusciousness
- noun extreme appetizingness
toothsomeness; deliciousness; delectability.
- noun extreme appetizingness
- halcion1/5
halcion
- noun a form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill; usually given to people who have trouble falling asleep
triazolam.
- noun a form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill; usually given to people who have trouble falling asleep
- inauspiciously1/5
inauspiciously
- adverb in an inauspicious manner
unpropitiously.
- he started his new job inauspiciously on Friday the 13th
- adverb in an inauspicious manner
- monoecious1/5
monoecious
- adjective having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
monoicous; monecious.
- adjective having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
- preciously1/5
preciously
- adverb extremely
precious.
- there is precious little time left
- adverb extremely
- picciotto1/5
- boccioni1/5
- socioreligious1/5
- unconscionably1/5
unconscionable
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
conscienceless.
- a conscienceless villain
- brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless
- an unconscionable liar
- adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
extortionate; usurious; outrageous; exorbitant; steep.
- exorbitant rent
- extortionate prices
- spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
- usurious interest rate
- unconscionable spending
- adjective satellite lacking a conscience
- canciones1/5
- cancion1/5
cancion
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- sociolegal1/5
- scious1/5
scious
Knowing; having knowledge. "Brutes may be and are scious." Coleridge.
- sociol1/5
sociol
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- sociopathy1/5
sociopathy
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- sociodramatic1/5
- socioculturally1/5
sociocultural
- adjective relating to both social and cultural matters
- adjective relating to both social and cultural matters
- cancionero1/5
cancionero
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- sociogram1/5
sociogram
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- suspicionless1/5
suspicionless
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- sociocentric1/5
- sociosexual1/5
sociosexual
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- marcionite1/5
marcionite
(Eccl. Hist) A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation. Brande & C.
- sociologic1/5
sociologic
Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science. --So`ci*o*log"ic*al*ly , adv.
- glaciological1/5
- marcionites1/5
marcionite
(Eccl. Hist) A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation. Brande & C.
- superconsciousness1/5
superconsciousness
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- conciousness1/5
- facioscapulohumeral1/5
facioscapulohumeral
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- fallaciously1/5
fallacious
- adjective satellite containing or based on a fallacy
unsound.
- fallacious reasoning
- an unsound argument
- adjective satellite intended to deceive
fraudulent; deceitful.
- deceitful advertising
- fallacious testimony
- smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge
- a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
- adjective satellite containing or based on a fallacy
- sociodrama1/5
sociodrama
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- deliciosa1/5
deliciosa
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- speciosum1/5
speciosum
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- hellacious1/5
- gracioso1/5
gracioso
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- phytosociological1/5
phytosociological
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- speciosus1/5
speciosus
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- tercios1/5
- glaciomarine1/5
- sociolect1/5
sociolect
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- sociograms1/5
- sociogenesis1/5
- sociolects1/5
- revolucionarios1/5
revolucionarios
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- glaciolacustrine1/5
- sociogenetic1/5
- sociomedical1/5
- suspicioned1/5
suspicion
- noun an impression that something might be the case
intuition; hunch.
- he had an intuition that something had gone wrong
- noun doubt about someone's honesty
distrust; mistrust; misgiving.
- noun an impression that something might be the case
- sociologism1/5
- nonconsciously1/5
nonconscious
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- nonconscious psychic processes
- adjective satellite relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things
- adjective satellite concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness
- vivaciousness1/5
vivaciousness
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- reduccion1/5
reduction
- noun the act of decreasing or reducing something
diminution; decrease; step-down.
- noun any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
reducing.
- noun the act of decreasing or reducing something
- sociogenic1/5
sociogenic
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- glaciologists1/5
glaciologists
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- sociosexuality1/5
sociosexuality
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- hyperconscious1/5
hyperconscious
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- glaciologist1/5
glaciologist
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- phytosociology1/5
- capriccioso1/5
- perspicaciously1/5
perspicacious
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
sagacious; sapient.
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument
- observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions
- a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators
- adjective satellite mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
clear-eyed; clear-sighted.
- too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow
- chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership
- much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument
- adjective satellite acutely insightful and wise
- preconsciously1/5
preconscious
Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness.
- sciolto1/5
- unsuspiciously1/5
unsuspicious
- adjective satellite not suspicious
unsuspecting.
- deceiving the unsuspecting public
- adjective satellite not suspicious
- supraconscious1/5
- delicioso1/5
delicioso
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- socioeducational1/5
- afficionados1/5
- sociography1/5
- foreconscious1/5
foreconscious
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- gynodioecious1/5
gynodioecious
(Bot.) Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.
- cancioneros1/5
- nonmalicious1/5
nonmalicious
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- caciocavallo1/5
- nonprecious1/5
nonprecious
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- hyperconsciousness1/5
hyperconsciousness
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