| AESTHETICS | • aesthetics n. The study or philosophy of beauty. • aesthetics n. An artist’s principles, preferences, and/or his agenda. • aesthetics n. Plural of aesthetic. |
| ANESTHETIC | • anesthetic adj. Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity. • anesthetic adj. Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious. • anesthetic n. (American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce… |
| ANTITHETIC | • antithetic adj. Diametrically opposed. • antithetic adj. Antithetical. • antithetic n. (Statistics) Short for antithetic variate. |
| EMPATHETIC | • empathetic adj. Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings; empathic. • EMPATHETIC adj. involving or showing empathy, also EMPATHIC. |
| EPENTHETIC | • epenthetic adj. (Phonology, phonetics) Of or pertaining to epenthesis. • epenthetic adj. (Phonology, of a phoneme or syllable) Inserted into a word. • EPENTHETIC adj. inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound. |
| ESTHETICAL | • esthetical adj. Of or pertaining to esthetics. • esthetical adj. Of or pertaining to beauty. • esthetical adj. Esthetic. |
| HYPOTHETIC | • hypothetic adj. Based on hypothesis or theory; hypothetical. • hypothetic adj. Existing as an abstract concept rather than a concrete reality. • HYPOTHETIC adj. of the nature of a hypothesis, also HYPOTHETICAL. |
| METATHETIC | • metathetic adj. (Linguistics) Exhibiting metathesis. • METATHETIC adj. relating to metathesis, also METATHETICAL. |
| NOMOTHETIC | • nomothetic adj. (Rare) Relating to the underlying laws of a subject. • NOMOTHETIC adj. legislative; based on law, also NOMOTHETICAL. |
| PATHETICAL | • pathetical adj. (Now archaic) Arousing sympathy; pathetic. • pathetical adj. Arising from strong emotion; passionate. • PATHETICAL adj. arousing pity, also PATHETIC. |
| PROSTHETIC | • prosthetic adj. Artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis. • prosthetic n. An artificial replacement for part of the body; a prosthesis, prosthetic device. • prosthetic n. An addition to an actor etc.’s body as part of a costume, intended to transform the person’s appearance. |
| SYNTHETICS | • synthetics n. Plural of synthetic. • SYNTHETIC n. a synthetic substance. |
| THETICALLY | • thetically adv. In a thetic or thetical manner; as or like a thesis. • THETICAL adv. positively asserting, bearing the thesis, also THETIC. |
| UNESTHETIC | • unesthetic adj. Alternative spelling of unaesthetic. • UNESTHETIC adj. (US) unaesthetic, also UNAESTHETIC. |
| UNPATHETIC | • unpathetic adj. Alternative form of un-pathetic. • un-pathetic adj. Not pathetic. • UNPATHETIC adj. not pathetic. |