adhere | (verb) follow through or carry out a plan without deviation | - |
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(verb) stick to firmly | Synonyms: bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to |
(verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: cleave, cling, cohere, stick |
(verb) be compatible or in accordance with | - |
(verb) be loyal to | Synonyms: stand by, stick, stick by |
(verb) be a devoted follower or supporter | Synonyms: stick |
adherence | (noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | Synonyms: adhesion, attachment |
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(noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adhesion, adhesiveness, bond |
adherent | (adjective) sticking fast | - |
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(noun) someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another | Synonyms: disciple |
adhesion | (noun) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | Synonyms: adherence, attachment |
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(noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesiveness, bond |
(noun) a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures | - |
(noun) abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen | - |
adhesive | (adjective) tending to adhere | - |
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(noun) a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together | Synonyms: adhesive agent, adhesive material |
adhesiveness | (noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion, bond |
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adhocracy | (noun) an organization with little or no structure | - |
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deadhead | (noun) a train or bus or taxi traveling empty | - |
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(noun) a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way | - |
headhunter | (noun) a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies | Synonyms: head-shrinker |
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(noun) a recruiter of personnel (especially for corporations) | - |
madhouse | (noun) pejorative terms for an insane asylum | Synonyms: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit |
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muadhdhin | (noun) the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day | Synonyms: muazzin, muezzin |
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nonadhesive | (adjective) not tending to adhere | - |
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roadhog | (noun) a driver who obstructs others | Synonyms: road hog |
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roadhouse | (noun) an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling | - |
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sadhe | (noun) the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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sadhu | (noun) (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man | Synonyms: saddhu |
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spreadhead | (noun) two facing pages of a book or other publication | Synonyms: facing pages, spread, spread head |
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