| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| adamical | adjective | Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him. |
| adapting | present participle & vb. noun | of Adapt |
| adaption | noun | Adaptation. |
| adaptive | adjective | Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting. |
| addendum | noun | A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. |
| addicted | imp. & past participle | of Addict |
| addition | noun | The act of adding two or more things together; — opposed to subtraction or diminution., Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building., That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers., A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half., A title annexed to a man’s name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title., Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; — opposed to abatement. |
| additive | adjective | Proper to be added; positive; — opposed to subtractive. |
| additory | adjective | Tending to add; making some addition. |
| addlings | noun pl. | Earnings. |
| addorsed | adjective | Set or turned back to back. |
| adducing | present participle & vb. noun | of Adduce |
| adducent | adjective | Bringing together or towards a given point; — a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent. |
| adductor | noun | A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; — opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. |
| adelopod | noun | An animal having feet that are not apparent. |
| adelphia | noun | A “brotherhood,” or collection of stamens in a bundle; — used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc. |
| adenalgy | noun | Pain in a gland. |
| adenitis | noun | Glandular inflammation. |
| adeption | adjective | An obtaining; attainment. |
| adeptist | noun | A skilled alchemist. |
| adequacy | noun | The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure. |
| adequate | adjective | Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition., To equalize; to make adequate., To equal. |
| adfected | verb | See Affected, 5. |
| adhamant | adjective | Clinging, as by hooks. |
| adhering | present participle & vb. noun | of Adhere |
| adherent | adjective | Sticking; clinging; adhering., Attached as an attribute or circumstance., Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals., One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church., That which adheres; an appendage. |
| adhesion | noun | The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like., Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy., Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent., The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion., Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process., The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant. |
| adhesive | adjective | Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances., Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. |
| adiantum | noun | A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort. |
| adipsous | adjective | Quenching thirst, as certain fruits. |
| adjacent | adjective | Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway., That which is adjacent. |
| adjoined | imp. & past participle | of Adjoin |
| adjudged | imp. & past participle | of Adjudge |
| adjudger | noun | One who adjudges. |
| adjugate | verb t. | To yoke to. |
| adjument | noun | Help; support; also, a helper. |
| adjuvant | noun | A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies., A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient., Helping; helpful; assisting., An assistant., An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. |
| adjuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Adjure |
| adjusted | imp. & past participle | of Adjust |
| adjuster | noun | One who, or that which, adjusts. |
| adjutage | noun | Same as Ajutage. |
| adjutant | noun | A helper; an assistant., A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty., A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; — called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits. |
| adjutory | adjective | Serving to help or assist; helping. |
| adjutrix | noun | A female helper or assistant. |
| admiring | present participle & vb. noun | of Admire, Expressing admiration; as, an admiring glance. |
| admitted | imp. & past participle | of Admit, Received as true or valid; acknowledged. |
| admitter | noun | One who admits. |
| admonish | verb t. | To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort., To counsel against wrong practices; to cation or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; — followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause., To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify. |
| adnation | noun | The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs. |
| adopting | present participle & vb. noun | of Adopt |
| adoption | noun | The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one’s own child., Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another., The choosing and making that to be one’s own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions. |
| adoptive | adjective | Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language. |
| adorable | adjective | Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors., Worthy of the utmost love or respect. |
| adorably | adverb | In an adorable manner. |
| adorning | present participle & vb. noun | of Adorn |
| adragant | noun | Gum tragacanth. |
| adreamed | past participle | Visited by a dream; — used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream. |
| adriatic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice. |
| adrogate | verb t. | To adopt (a person who is his own master). |
| adroitly | adverb | In an adroit manner. |
| adscript | adjective | Held to service as attached to the soil; — said of feudal serfs., One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf. |
| adstrict | noun | See Astrict, and Astriction. |
| adularia | noun | A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; — called by lapidaries moonstone. |
| adulator | noun | A servile or hypocritical flatterer. |
| adultery | noun | The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband., Adulteration; corruption., Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment., Faithlessness in religion., The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery., The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop., Injury; degradation; ruin. |
| aduncity | noun | Curvature inwards; hookedness. |
| aduncous | adjective | Curved inwards; hooked. |
| adustion | noun | The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried., Cauterization. |
| advanced | imp. & past participle | of Advance, In the van or front., In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers., Far on in life or time. |
| advancer | noun | One who advances; a promoter., A second branch of a buck’s antler. |
| adverted | imp. & past participle | of Advert |
| advising | present participle & vb. noun | of Advise |
| advisory | adjective | Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory. |
| advocacy | noun | The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession. |
| advocate | noun | One who pleads the cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor., One who defends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth., Christ, considered as an intercessor., To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly., To act as advocate. |
| advoutry | noun | Alt. of Advowtry |
| advowtry | noun | Adultery. |
| advowson | noun | The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.] |
| adynamia | noun | Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever. |
| adynamic | adjective | Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak., Characterized by the absence of power or force. |