Parasitic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a parasite.
  • adj. Caused by a parasite: parasitic diseases.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
  • adj. Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
  • adj. Exploiting another for personal gain.
  • n. Component of a circuit that does not show up in a circuit's schematic but does show up in the circuit's behavior.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of the nature of a parasite; having the habits of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for bread or favors; meanly dependent; acting the sycophant; like a parasite in any way; of things, secondary; subordinated to or arising from another thing of the same kind.
  • Specifically In zoology and botany, living or growing as a parasite; pertaining to or characteristic of parasites. See cut under Orobanche.
  • In philology, attached to a word erroneously or by false analogy: thus, d in vulgar drownd, t in margent, etc., are parasitic.
  • In ornithology, applied to birds which place their eggs in the nests of other birds.
  • Having the characters of the Parasitica.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or pertaining to epenthesis
  • adj. of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
  • adj. relating to or caused by parasites
    • Equivalent
    dependent    parasitical    parasitic jager   
    Variant
    parasite   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cushitic    Hamitic    Semitic    analytic    arthritic   
    Same Context
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    aquatic    fungal    bacterial    carnivorous    harmful   
     
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