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(of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination
topknotted
(of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination
tufted
bearing an heraldic device
crested
(of a gable or spire) furnished with a crocket (an ornament in the form of curved or bent foliage)
crocketed
adorned with feathers or plumes
feathery
adorned with feathers or plumes
feathered
adorned with feathers or plumes
plumy
having decorative ruffles or frills
frilled
having decorative ruffles or frills
frilly
having decorative ruffles or frills
ruffled
having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips
fringed
having gilded edges as the pages of a book
gilt-edged
adorned with tongues of flame
inflamed
adorned by inlays
inlaid
having a decorative pattern worked or woven in
inwrought
decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic
tessellated
decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination; - F.V.W.Mason
mounted
fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting
paneled
fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting
wainscoted
dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads; usually used in combination
studded
hung or decorated with tapestry
tapestried
fringed or adorned with tassels
tasseled
fringed or adorned with tassels
tasselled
decorated in a particular way
tricked-out
having or adorned with tufts
tufted
not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction
unadorned
not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction
undecorated
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
plain
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
bare
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
spare
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
unembellished
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
unornamented
not adorned with tufts
untufted
releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound
cholinergic
inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site
anticholinergic
quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
adroit
free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
clean
free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
neat
showing inventiveness and skill
clever
showing inventiveness and skill
cunning
showing inventiveness and skill
ingenious
being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements; - Mary McCarthy
coordinated
being dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements; - Mary McCarthy
co-ordinated
skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
deft
skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
dexterous
skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
dextrous
skillful with the hands
handy
having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets; - Harry Hansen; - Time
light-fingered
having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets; - Harry Hansen; - Time
nimble-fingered
mentally nimble and resourceful
quick-witted
not adroit
maladroit
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; ; ; ; - Mary H. Vorse
bumbling
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; ; ; ; - Mary H. Vorse
bungling
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; ; ; ; - Mary H. Vorse
butterfingered
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; ; ; ; - Mary H. Vorse
ham-fisted
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; ; ; ; - Mary H. Vorse
ham-handed
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; ; ; ; - Mary H. Vorse
handless
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; ; ; ; - Mary H. Vorse
heavy-handed
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; ; ; ; - Mary H. Vorse
left-handed
revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
inept
revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
tactless
lacking the skillful and effective interaction of muscle movements
uncoordinated
(of a person) lacking mechanical skills
unmechanical
(of a person) lacking mechanical skills
nonmechanical
giving an advantage
advantageous
promoting or enhancing well-being
beneficial
promoting or enhancing well-being
good
involving advantage or good
plus
involving advantage or good
positive
manifesting partiality
discriminatory
manifesting partiality
preferential
constituting a disadvantage
disadvantageous
involving disadvantage or harm
minus
involving disadvantage or harm
negative
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
adventurous
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
adventuresome
disposed to venture or take risks
audacious
disposed to venture or take risks
daring
disposed to venture or take risks
venturesome
disposed to venture or take risks
venturous
involving risk or willingness to take a risk
sporting
flamboyantly adventurous
swaggering
flamboyantly adventurous
swashbuckling
lacking in boldness
unadventurous
(of an undertaking) secure from risk
safe
worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise
advisable
(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
better
(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
best
wise or advantageous and hence advisable
well
not prudent or wise; not recommended
inadvisable
not prudent or wise; not recommended
unadvisable
having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel
well-advised
having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel
advised
carefully weighed
considered
without careful prior deliberation or counsel
ill-advised
without careful prior deliberation or counsel
unadvised
depending on free oxygen or air
aerobic
depending on free oxygen or air
aerophilic
depending on free oxygen or air
aerophilous
living or active only in the presence of oxygen
aerobiotic