| administrivia | (noun) the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization | - |
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| admirableness | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirability, wonderfulness |
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| admiration | (noun) a favorable judgment | Synonyms: appreciation |
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| (noun) a feeling of delighted approval and liking | Synonyms: esteem |
| (noun) the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising | Synonyms: wonder, wonderment |
| admiringly | (adverb) with admiration | - |
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| admission | (noun) the act of admitting someone to enter | Synonyms: admittance |
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| (noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: access, accession, admittance, entree |
| (noun) an acknowledgment of the truth of something | - |
| (noun) the fee charged for admission | Synonyms: admission charge, admission fee, admission price, entrance fee, entrance money, price of admission |
| admittance | (noun) the act of admitting someone to enter | Synonyms: admission |
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| (noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: access, accession, admission, entree |
| admonish | (verb) take to task | Synonyms: reproof, reprove |
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| (verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: caution, monish |
| (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: discourage, monish, warn |
| admonisher | (noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided | Synonyms: monitor, reminder |
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| admonishing | (adjective) expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective | Synonyms: admonitory, reproachful, reproving |
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| admonishment | (noun) a firm rebuke | Synonyms: admonition, monition |
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| admonition | (noun) a firm rebuke | Synonyms: admonishment, monition |
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| (noun) cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) | Synonyms: monition, warning, word of advice |
| admonitory | (adjective) serving to warn | Synonyms: cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning |
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| (adjective) expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective | Synonyms: admonishing, reproachful, reproving |
| adnate | (adjective) of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached | - |
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| adnexa | (noun) accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo) | Synonyms: annexa |
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| adnexal | (adjective) of or pertaining to adnexa | Synonyms: annexal |
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| adnoun | (noun) an adjective used as a noun | - |
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| adolescence | (noun) in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood | - |
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| (noun) the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood | - |
| adolescent | (adjective) relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent | - |
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| (adjective) in the state of development between puberty and maturity | - |
| (adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | Synonyms: jejune, juvenile, puerile |
| (adjective) being of the age 13 through 19 | Synonyms: teen, teenage, teenaged |
| (noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | Synonyms: stripling, teen, teenager |
| adonis | (noun) any handsome young man | - |
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| adoption | (noun) the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception | Synonyms: acceptance, acceptation, espousal |
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| (noun) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source | Synonyms: borrowing |
| (noun) a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit) | - |
| adorableness | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorability |
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| adoration | (noun) the act of admiring strongly | Synonyms: idolisation, idolization |
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| (noun) the worship given to God alone | Synonyms: latria |
| (noun) a feeling of profound love and admiration | Synonyms: worship |
| adoring | (adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent | Synonyms: doting, fond |
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| (adjective) showing adoration | Synonyms: worshipful |
| adoringly | (adverb) with adoration | - |
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| adorn | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament |
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| (verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | Synonyms: clothe, invest |
| (verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: beautify, deck, decorate, embellish, grace |
| adorned | (adjective) provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction | Synonyms: decorated |
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| adornment | (noun) the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting | - |
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| (noun) a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness | - |
| adrenal | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions | - |
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| (adjective) near the kidneys | - |
| (noun) either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney | Synonyms: adrenal gland, suprarenal gland |
| adrenalectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands | Synonyms: suprarenalectomy |
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| adrenaline | (noun) a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action | Synonyms: Adrenalin, epinephrin, epinephrine |
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| adrenarche | (noun) the increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty | - |
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| adrenergic | (adjective) relating to epinephrine (its release or action) | Synonyms: sympathomimetic |
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| (noun) drug that has the effects of epinephrine | Synonyms: adrenergic drug |
| adrenocortical | (adjective) of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands | - |
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| adrenocorticotrophic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotropic |
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| adrenocorticotrophin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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| adrenocorticotropic | (adjective) stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: adrenocorticotrophic |
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| adrenocorticotropin | (noun) a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex | Synonyms: ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticotrophin, corticotropin |
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| adrenosterone | (noun) a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland | - |
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| adroitness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adeptness, deftness, facility, quickness |
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| adsorbent | (adjective) having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: adsorptive, surface-assimilative |
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| (noun) a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance | Synonyms: adsorbent material |
| adsorption | (noun) the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid | Synonyms: surface assimilation |
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| adulation | (noun) servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise | - |
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| adulterant | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterating |
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| (noun) any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance | Synonyms: adulterator |
| adulterating | (adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials | Synonyms: adulterant |
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| adulteration | (noun) the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another) | - |
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| (noun) being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating | Synonyms: debasement |
| adulterine | (adjective) conceived in adultery | - |
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| adulterousness | (noun) The quality of being adulterous, involving sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. | - |
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| adulting | (noun) acting like an adult | - |
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| adumbration | (noun) a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation | - |
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| (noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: foreshadowing, prefiguration |
| advance | (adjective) being ahead of time or need | Synonyms: beforehand |
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| (adjective) situated ahead or going before | Synonyms: advanced, in advance |
| (noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | Synonyms: advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression |
| (noun) increase in price or value | Synonyms: rise |
| (noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | Synonyms: approach, feeler, overture |
| (noun) a movement forward | Synonyms: progress, progression |
| (noun) a change for the better; progress in development | Synonyms: betterment, improvement |
| (noun) an amount paid before it is earned | Synonyms: cash advance |
| (verb) develop in a positive way | Synonyms: come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up |
| (verb) rise in rate or price | Synonyms: gain |
| (verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: boost, supercharge |
| (verb) develop further | - |
| (verb) bring forward for consideration or acceptance | Synonyms: throw out |
| (verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win |
| (verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | Synonyms: go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress |
| (verb) cause to move forward | Synonyms: bring forward |
| (verb) move forward | Synonyms: set ahead |
| (verb) pay in advance | - |
| (verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade |
| (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: boost, encourage, further, promote |
| advanced | (adjective) (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry | - |
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| (adjective) situated ahead or going before | Synonyms: advance, in advance |
| (adjective) ahead in development; complex or intricate | Synonyms: sophisticated |
| (adjective) far along in time | Synonyms: ripe |
| (adjective) comparatively late in a course of development | - |
| (adjective) farther along in physical or mental development | - |
| (adjective) ahead of the times | Synonyms: forward-looking, innovative, modern |
| (adjective) at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill | - |
| advancement | (noun) the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) | Synonyms: advance, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression |
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| (noun) gradual improvement or growth or development | Synonyms: progress |
| (noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Synonyms: furtherance, promotion |
| advancer | (noun) someone who advances | - |
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| advancing | (adjective) moving forward | Synonyms: forward-moving, forward |
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| advantage | (noun) the quality of having a superior or more favorable position | Synonyms: vantage |
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| (noun) benefit resulting from some event or action | Synonyms: reward |
| (noun) (tennis) first point scored after deuce | - |
| (verb) give an advantage to | - |
| advantageous | (adjective) giving an advantage | Synonyms: favorable, favourable |
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| (adjective) appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness | - |
| advantageously | (adverb) in a manner affording benefit or advantage | Synonyms: well |
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| advantageousness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: favorableness, favourableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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| advection | (noun) (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties | - |
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| advent | (noun) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) | Synonyms: coming |
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| adventitia | (noun) an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue | Synonyms: tunic, tunica |
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| adventitial | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adventitia | - |
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| adventitious | (adjective) associated by chance and not an integral part | - |
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| adventive | (adjective) not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized | - |
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| adventure | (noun) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) | Synonyms: dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venture |
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| (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: hazard, jeopardize, stake, venture |
| (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: chance, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
| adventurer | (noun) a person who enjoys taking risks | Synonyms: venturer |
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| (noun) someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose) | Synonyms: explorer |
| adventuresome | (adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | Synonyms: adventurous |
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| adventuress | (noun) a woman adventurer | - |
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| adventurism | (noun) recklessness in politics or foreign affairs | - |
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| adventuristic | (adjective) of or pertaining to adventurism | - |
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| adventurous | (adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | Synonyms: adventuresome |
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| adventurousness | (noun) the trait of being adventurous | Synonyms: venturesomeness |
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| advertence | (noun) the process of being heedful | Synonyms: advertency |
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| advertency | (noun) the process of being heedful | Synonyms: advertence |
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| advertent | (adjective) giving attention | Synonyms: heedful |
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| advertently | (adverb) in a careful deliberate manner | Synonyms: heedfully, mindfully |
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| advertisement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertising, advertizement, advertizing |
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| advertising | (noun) the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | Synonyms: merchandising, publicizing |
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| (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertizement, advertizing |
| advertizement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizing |
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| advertizing | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement |
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| advisement | (noun) careful consideration | Synonyms: deliberation, weighing |
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| advowson | (noun) the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice | - |
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| adynamia | (noun) lack of strength or vigor (especially from illness) | - |
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| adynamic | (adjective) characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness | Synonyms: undynamic |
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| (adjective) lacking energy or vitality | Synonyms: asthenic, debilitated, enervated |
| aeon | (noun) (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe | Synonyms: eon |
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| (noun) an immeasurably long period of time | Synonyms: eon |
| (noun) the longest division of geological time | Synonyms: eon |
| aeonian | (adjective) of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era) | Synonyms: eonian |
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| (adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: ageless, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending |
| aepyornis | (noun) huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar | Synonyms: elephant bird |
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| aeration | (noun) the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent | - |
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| (noun) the process of exposing to air (so as to purify) | - |
| aerodontalgia | (noun) pain in the teeth that results from a change in air pressure (as in flying or mountain climbing) | - |
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| aerodynamic | (adjective) of or relating to aerodynamics | - |
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| (adjective) designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow | Synonyms: flowing, sleek, streamlined |
| aerodynamics | (noun) the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow | Synonyms: aeromechanics |
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| aerogenerator | (noun) generator that extracts usable energy from winds | Synonyms: wind generator, windmill |
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| aeromechanic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aerodynamics | - |
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| aeromechanics | (noun) the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow | Synonyms: aerodynamics |
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| aeromedicine | (noun) the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight) | Synonyms: aerospace medicine, aviation medicine |
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| aeronaut | (noun) someone who operates an aircraft | Synonyms: aviator, flier, flyer |
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| aeronautic | (adjective) of or pertaining to aeronautics | Synonyms: aeronautical |
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| aeronautical | (adjective) of or pertaining to aeronautics | Synonyms: aeronautic |
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| aeronautics | (noun) the theory and practice of navigation through air or space | Synonyms: astronautics |
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| aeroplane | (noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | Synonyms: airplane, plane |
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