| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| adactylous | adjective | Without fingers or without toes., Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals). |
| adamantean | adjective | Of adamant; hard as adamant. |
| adamantine | adjective | Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains., Like the diamond in hardness or luster. |
| adaptation | noun | The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness., The result of adapting; an adapted form. |
| adaptative | adjective | Adaptive. |
| adaptorial | adjective | Adaptive. |
| adder fly/ | A dragon fly. | |
| addibility | noun | The quantity of being addible; capability of addition. |
| additament | noun | An addition, or a thing added. |
| additional | adjective | Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition., Something added. |
| addle-head | noun | Alt. of Addle-pate |
| addle-pate | noun | A foolish or dull-witted fellow. |
| addressing | present participle & vb. noun | of Address |
| addression | noun | The act of addressing or directing one’s course. |
| adelantado | noun | A governor of a province; a commander. |
| adenotomic | adjective | Pertaining to adenotomy. |
| adequately | adverb | In an adequate manner. |
| adequation | noun | The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent. |
| adfiliated | adjective | See Affiliated. |
| adherently | adverb | In an adherent manner. |
| adhesively | adverb | In an adhesive manner. |
| adhibition | noun | The act of adhibiting; application; use. |
| ad hominem | A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man. | |
| adiactinic | adjective | Not transmitting the actinic rays. |
| ad interim | Meanwhile; temporary. | |
| adipescent | adjective | Becoming fatty. |
| adjacently | adverb | So as to be adjacent. |
| adjectival | adjective | Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. |
| adjectived | imp. & past participle | of Adjective |
| adjourning | present participle & vb. noun | of Adjourn |
| adjudgment | noun | The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. |
| adjudicate | verb t. | To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree., To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case. |
| adjunction | noun | The act of joining; the thing joined or added. |
| adjunctive | adjective | Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct., One who, or that which, is joined. |
| adjuration | noun | The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal., The form of oath or appeal. |
| adjuratory | adjective | Containing an adjuration. |
| adjustable | adjective | Capable of being adjusted. |
| adjustment | noun | The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation., Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marshaling., The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment. |
| adlegation | noun | A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire. |
| ad libitum | At one’s pleasure; as one wishes. | |
| adlocution | noun | See Allocution. |
| admeasurer | noun | One who admeasures. |
| administer | verb t. | To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state., To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament., To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc., To tender, as an oath., To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor., To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister., To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B., Administrator. |
| admiration | noun | Wonder; astonishment., Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue., Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy. |
| admirative | adjective | Relating to or expressing admiration or wonder. |
| admissible | adjective | Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible. |
| admittable | adjective | Admissible. |
| admittance | noun | The act of admitting., Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception., Concession; admission; allowance; as, the admittance of an argument., Admissibility., The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. |
| admittatur | noun | The certificate of admission given in some American colleges. |
| admittedly | adverb | Confessedly. |
| admonished | imp. & past participle | of Admonish |
| admonisher | noun | One who admonishes. |
| admonition | noun | Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning. |
| admonitive | adjective | Admonitory. |
| admonitory | adjective | That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. |
| admonitrix | noun | A female admonitor. |
| adolescent | adjective | Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity., A youth. |
| adornation | noun | Adornment. |
| adorningly | adverb | By adorning; decoratively. |
| adrogation | noun | A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation. |
| adroitness | noun | The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity. |
| adulatress | noun | A woman who flatters with servility. |
| adulterant | noun | That which is used to adulterate anything., Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes. |
| adulterate | verb t. | To defile by adultery., To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc., To commit adultery., Tainted with adultery., Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious. |
| adulteress | noun | A woman who commits adultery., A woman who violates her religious engagements. |
| adulterine | adjective | Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal., An illegitimate child. |
| adulterize | verb i. | To commit adultery. |
| adulterous | adjective | Guilty of, or given to, adultery; pertaining to adultery; illicit., Characterized by adulteration; spurious. |
| adulteries | plural | of Adultery |
| ad valorem | A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, — in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent. | |
| advantaged | imp. & past participle | of Advantage |
| adventured | imp. & past participle | of Adventure |
| adventurer | noun | One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises., A social pretender on the lookout for advancement. |
| adversaria | noun pl. | A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. |
| advertence | Alt. of Advertency | |
| advertency | The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness. | |
| advertised | imp. & past participle | of Advertise |
| advertiser | noun | One who, or that which, advertises. |
| advisement | noun | Counsel; advice; information., Consideration; deliberation; consultation. |
| advocating | present participle & vb. noun | of Advocate |
| advocation | noun | The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy., Advowson., The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. |
| advocatory | adjective | Of or pertaining to an advocate. |
| advolution | noun | A rolling toward something. |
| advoutress | noun | An adulteress. |