| expected | |
| agape | |
| agog | |
| aiming(verb, planning, intending) | |
| all agog(expression, idiom, expectation) | |
| anticipant(adjective, expectant) | |
| anticipatory(adjective, expectant) | |
| calculating | |
| calm(cheerful, optimistic, expectant) | |
| certain(sure, self-assured, assured, self-confident, poised) | |
| conceiving(verb, planning) | |
| cool(self-assured, self-confident, poised) | |
| desiring(verb, desiring, hoping) | |
| foreboding(noun, verb) | |
| foreknowing | |
| forestalling | |
| gaping | |
| gathering(noun, verb) | |
| great(adjective, reproduction, archaism) | |
| heavy(expectant, gravid) |
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