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- ACIDOPHILUSLactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
- ACIDULOUSSlightly sour; subacid; sourish.
- ACIFORMShaped like a needle.
- ACINIFORMHaving the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
- ACINOSEConsisting of acini, or minute granular concretions.
- ACINUSOne of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
- ACKNOWLEDGETo admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
- ACNODEAn isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.
- ACONITUMThe poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
- ACQUAINTTo furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.
- ACQUESTAcquisition; the thing gained.
- ACQUIRETo get.
- ACQUITTo declare or find innocent or not guilty.
- ACRIDSharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
- ACRIMONYA sharp and bitter hatred.
- ACROLEINA pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH2=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.
- ACTIONABLEAble to be acted on; able to be used as the basis for taking action.
- ACTUARYRegistrar, clerk.
- ACUITYSharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
- ACULEATEHaving a sting; sharp like a prickle.
- ACULEUSA sharp spike or other projection growing on a plant, as in some brambles and roses.
- ACUMENQuickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination; acuity of mind.
- ACUMINATETapering to a point; pointed.
- ACUMINOUSCharacterized by acumen; keen.
- ACUTEBrief, quick, short.
- ACYLAny of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid.
- ADAGEAn old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
- ADAPTTo make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
- ADDICTA person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
- ADDUCETo bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case.
- ADDUCTTo draw towards a center or a middle line.
- ADDUCTIONThe act of adducing or bringing forward.
- ADEEMTo revoke (a legacy, grant, etc.) or to satisfy it by some other gift.
- ADEMPTIONIn the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.
- ADEPTWell skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
- ADEQUATEEqual to or fulfilling some requirement.
- ADEQUATIVEequivalent or sufficient; adequate.
- ADHERETo stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
- ADHERENTAdhesive, sticking to something.
- ADHERINGpresent participle and gerund of adhere
- ADHESIONThe ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- ADHESIVESticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
- ADHIBITTo allow in; to admit.
- ADIEUSaid to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
- ADIPICPertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
- ADIPOCEREA brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis.
- ADIPOSEContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
- ADIPOSITYObesity; the state of being fat.
- ADITA horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage, used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purp
- ADJACENTLying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
- ADJOINTo share a common boundary or border with; to be physically contiguous to (a piece of land or property).
- ADJUNCTAn appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
- ADJURATIONA grave warning.
- ADJUSTTo modify.
- ADMEASURETo measure.
- ADMINICLESomething that aids or supports.
- ADMINICULARSupplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory.
- ADMINISTERTo apportion out, distribute.
- ADMIRABLEDeserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.
- ADMIRALThe commander of a naval squadron or fleet, regardless of formal rank.
- ADMIRALTYThe office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
- ADMIRATIONA positive emotion combining wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful; a feeling of respect for another's skills or attributes, as one might look on a he
- ADMIRATIVECharacterized by admiration.
- ADMIRETo be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
- ADMITTo allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration.
- ADMIXTUREAn instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
- ADMONISHTo inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
- ADMONITORAn admonisher; a monitor.
- ADMONITORYOf or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
- ADNATELinked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate.
- ADNEXAThe appendages of an organ, such as the Fallopian tubes of the uterus.
- ADNOUNAn adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto); an absolute adjective (nominalized adjective).
- ADOLESCENTOf, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
- ADOPTTo take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship. To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
- ADOPTIONThe act of adopting.
- ADORABLEBefitting of being adored; cute or loveable.
- ADORATIONAn act of religious worship.
- ADORETo worship.
- ADORNTo make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- ADOWNDown, downward; to or in a lower place.
- ADRENALPertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.
- ADSCRIPTA feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
- ADSORBTo accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.
- ADULATETo flatter effusively.
- ADULATIONFlattery; fulsome praise.
- ADULATOROne who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.
- ADULATORYExhibiting adulation; overly flattering.
- ADULTAn animal that is full-grown.
- ADULTERINESpurious; due to adulteration.
- ADULTERYSexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry
- ADUMBRATETo foreshadow vaguely.
- ADUMBRATIONThe state of being in shadow or shade; a shadow.
- ADUNCCurved inward, hooked.
- ADUNCITYCrookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
- ADUSTAbnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry).
- ADVANCETo promote or advantage. To help the progress of (something); to further. To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
- ADVECTIONThe horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
- ADVENETo accede or to come to; to be superadded to, to be added to something or become a part of it, though inessential.
- ADVENTArrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
- ADVENTITIOUSFrom an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.