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- ADHERINGpresent participle and gerund of adhere
- ADHESIONThe ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- ADHESIONALRelating to adhesion.
- ADHESIVESticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
- ADHESIVELYIn an adhesive manner; by adhesion.
- ADHIBITTo allow in; to admit.
- ADIAPHORONAn indifferent matter. A matter that is morally neutral. Something neither forbidden nor commanded by scripture.
- ADIAPHOROUSneither harmful nor beneficial
- ADIATHERMICimpervious to heat
- ADIEUSaid to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
- ADIOSgoodbye
- 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.
- ADIPOCEROUSLike, or containing, adipocere.
- ADIPOCYTEa type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
- ADIPOSEContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
- ADIPOSITYObesity; the state of being fat.
- ADIPOUSOf or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue.
- ADIPSIAAbsence of thirst.
- 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.
- ADJACENTLYIn such a way as to be adjacent.
- ADJECTIVALOf or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
- ADJECTIVEA word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
- ADJECTIVELYAs an adjective; adjectivally.
- ADJOINTo share a common boundary or border with; to be physically contiguous to (a piece of land or property).
- ADJOINTUsed in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of transformations, one of which is, or is analogous to, conjugation (either inner automorphism or complex conjugation).
- ADJOURNTo postpone.
- ADJUNCTAn appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
- ADJUNCTIVEForming an adjunct. Forming a noun adjunct.
- ADJUNCTLYIn an adjunct manner.
- ADJURATIONA grave warning.
- ADJURETo formally command or request (someone) to do something, either in the name of a deity, or to suffer a curse or punishment if they do not comply; to bind (someone) under oath; to
- ADJUSTTo modify.
- ADJUSTABLECapable of being adjusted. Designed to be adjusted without difficulty.
- ADJUSTABLYIn a way that is adjustable.
- ADJUSTEROne who adjusts something, especially the amount of compensation due in an insurance claim.
- ADJUSTIVETending or serving to adjust.
- ADJUSTORAlternative form of adjuster.
- ADJUTANCYThe state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.
- ADJUVANCYThe condition of being adjuvant.
- ADJUVANTProviding assistance or help; assistive, facilitative, helpful.
- ADMANA person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.
- ADMEASURETo measure.
- ADMINAdministration, or administrative work.
- ADMINICLESomething that aids or supports.
- ADMINICULARSupplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory.
- ADMINISTERTo apportion out, distribute.
- ADMINISTRABLEAble to be administered
- ADMIRABLEDeserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.
- ADMIRABLYIn a way worthy of admiration.
- ADMIRALThe commander of a naval squadron or fleet, regardless of formal rank.
- ADMIRALSHIPThe state, property, or office of being an admiral.
- 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.
- ADMIRINGLYIn an admiring manner.
- ADMISSIONThe act or practice of admitting.
- ADMITTo allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration.
- ADMITTEEOne who is admitted.
- ADMITTERSomeone who or something which admits.
- ADMIXTo mingle with something else; to mix.
- 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.
- ADMONISHEROne who admonishes.
- ADMONITIVEOf or conveying admonition
- ADMONITORAn admonisher; a monitor.
- ADMONITORILYIn an admonitory manner.
- 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).
- ADOBELIKEResembling the building material adobe.
- ADOBOA Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
- ADOLESCENTOf, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
- ADONISETo embellish or adorn, especially in order to improve the appearance of.
- 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.
- ADOPTABLEAble to be adopted.
- ADOPTEEAn adopted son or daughter.
- ADOPTERone who adopts
- ADOPTIANISMAlternative form of adoptionism.
- ADOPTIONThe act of adopting.
- ADOPTIOUSAdopted.
- ADOPTIVERelated through adoption.
- ADOPTIVELYIn an adoptive manner; by adoption.
- ADORABILITYThe quality of being adorable; adorableness.
- ADORABLEBefitting of being adored; cute or loveable.
- ADORABLYIn an adorable manner.
- ADORATIONAn act of religious worship.
- ADORETo worship.
- ADORINGLYIn an adoring manner.
- ADORNTo make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- ADOWNDown, downward; to or in a lower place.
- ADOZEDozing, napping, asleep.
- ADRENALPertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.
- ADRENALECTOMYThe removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
- ADRENALLYIn adrenal terms.
- ADRIFTFloating at random.
- ADROITdeft, dexterous, or skillful