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Erudite adjective challenge

Word List with 13 words
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splanchnic

of or pertaining to the viscera or entrails; visceral.

aleatoric

of or pertaining to accidental causes; of luck or chance; unpredictable.

antiodontalgic

relieving the pain of a toothache.

bariatric

pertaining to the control and treatment of obesity and related diseases.

epicritic

noting or pertaining to a discriminating responsiveness to small variations in pain or temperature.

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xeric

of, pertaining to, or adapted to a dry environment.

deictic

proving directly.

parataxic

of or characterized by emotional maladjustment.

dactylographic

related to the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.

emic

pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.

etic

pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.

maieutic

of or pertaining to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning.

gamic

of a sexual nature.