| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| adansonia | noun | A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. |
| adaptable | adjective | Capable of being adapted. |
| adaptness | noun | Adaptedness. |
| adderwort | noun | The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta). |
| addicting | present participle & vb. noun | of Addict |
| addiction | noun | The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. |
| addressed | imp. & past participle | of Address |
| addressee | noun | One to whom anything is addressed. |
| adducible | adjective | Capable of being adduced. |
| adduction | noun | The act of adducing or bringing forward., The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; — opposed to abduction. |
| adductive | adjective | Adducing, or bringing towards or to something. |
| adelaster | noun | A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus. |
| adelphous | adjective | Having coalescent or clustered filaments; — said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. |
| ademption | noun | The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. |
| adenalgia | noun | Alt. of Adenalgy |
| adeniform | adjective | Shaped like a gland; adenoid. |
| adenoidal | adjective | Glandlike; glandular. |
| adenology | noun | The part of physiology that treats of the glands. |
| adenotomy | noun | Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands. |
| adeptness | noun | The quality of being adept; skill. |
| adfluxion | noun | See Affluxion. |
| adherence | noun | The quality or state of adhering., The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions. |
| adherency | noun | The state or quality of being adherent; adherence., That which adheres. |
| adiabatic | adjective | Not giving out or receiving heat. |
| adiaphory | noun | Indifference. |
| adipocere | noun | A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration. |
| adiposity | noun | The state of being fat; fatness. |
| adjacence | Alt. of Adjacency | |
| adjacency | The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings., That which is adjacent. | |
| adjection | noun | The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. |
| adjective | noun | Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence., Not standing by itself; dependent., Relating to procedure., A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, “a wise ruler,” wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler., A dependent; an accessory., To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. |
| adjoining | present participle & vb. noun | of Adjoin, Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. |
| adjoinant | adjective | Contiguous. |
| adjourned | imp. & past participle | of Adjourn |
| adjournal | noun | Adjournment; postponement. |
| adjudging | present participle & vb. noun | of Adjudge |
| adjunctly | adverb | By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with. |
| adjusting | present participle & vb. noun | of Adjust |
| adjustage | noun | Adjustment. |
| adjustive | adjective | Tending to adjust. |
| adjutancy | noun | The office of an adjutant., Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance. |
| adjutator | noun | A corruption of Agitator. |
| admeasure | verb t. | To measure., To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture., The measure of a thing; dimensions; size., Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff. |
| adminicle | noun | Help or support; an auxiliary., Corroborative or explanatory proof. |
| admirable | adjective | Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous., Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; — used of persons or things. |
| admirably | adverb | In an admirable manner. |
| admiralty | noun | The office or jurisdiction of an admiral., The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally., The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses., The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts., The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business. |
| admirance | noun | Admiration. |
| admission | noun | The act or practice of admitting., Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach., The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something /serted; acknowledgment; concession., Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry., A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence., Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented. |
| admissive | adjective | Implying an admission; tending to admit. |
| admissory | adjective | Pertaining to admission. |
| admitting | present participle & vb. noun | of Admit |
| admixtion | noun | A mingling of different things; admixture. |
| admixture | noun | The act of mixing; mixture., The compound formed by mixing different substances together., That which is mixed with anything. |
| admonitor | noun | Admonisher; monitor. |
| adnascent | adjective | Growing to or on something else. |
| adnominal | adjective | Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. |
| adoptable | adjective | Capable of being adopted. |
| adoptious | adjective | Adopted. |
| adoration | noun | The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god., Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion., A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave. |
| adorement | noun | The act of adoring; adoration. |
| adoringly | adverb | With adoration. |
| adornment | noun | An adorning; an ornament; a decoration. |
| adsignify | verb t. | To denote additionally. |
| adulation | noun | Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited. |
| adulatory | adjective | Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address. |
| adulterer | noun | A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife., A man who violates his religious covenant. |
| adultness | noun | The state of being adult. |
| adumbrant | adjective | Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth. |
| adumbrate | verb t. | To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth., To overshadow; to shade. |
| adunation | noun | A uniting; union. |
| adustible | adjective | That may be burnt. |
| advancing | present participle & vb. noun | of Advance |
| advancive | adjective | Tending to advance. |
| advantage | noun | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position., Superiority; mastery; — with of or over., Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution., Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker’s dozen)., To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit. |
| advenient | adjective | Coming from outward causes; superadded. |
| adventist | noun | One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; — called also Second Adventists. |
| adventive | adjective | Accidental., Adventitious., A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant. |
| adventual | adjective | Relating to the season of advent. |
| adventure | noun | That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss., Risk; danger; peril., The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat., A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one’s life., A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account., To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture., To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare., To try the chance; to take the risk. |
| adverbial | adjective | Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form. |
| adversary | noun | One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe., Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic., Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit. |
| adversely | adverb | In an adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise. |
| adversion | noun | A turning towards; attention. |
| adversity | noun | Opposition; contrariety. |
| adverting | present participle & vb. noun | of Advert |
| advertent | adjective | Attentive; heedful; regardful. |
| advertise | verb t. | To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; — often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss., To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting. |
| advisable | adjective | Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent., Ready to receive advice. |
| advisably | adverb | With advice; wisely. |
| advisedly | adverb | Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely., With deliberate purpose; purposely; by design. |
| advocated | imp. & past participle | of Advocate |
| advoutrer | noun | An adulterer. |