adiposity | (noun) having the property of containing fat | Synonyms: adiposeness, fattiness |
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adjoin | (verb) attach or add | - |
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(verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: abut, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march |
(verb) be in direct physical contact with; make contact | Synonyms: contact, meet, touch |
adjourn | (verb) close at the end of a session | Synonyms: break up, recess |
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(verb) break from a meeting or gathering | Synonyms: retire, withdraw |
adjournment | (noun) the termination of a meeting | Synonyms: dissolution |
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(noun) the act of postponing to another time or place | - |
adjudication | (noun) the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented | - |
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adjudicator | (noun) a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes | - |
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adjudicatory | (adjective) concerned with adjudicating | Synonyms: adjudicative |
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adjunction | (noun) an act of joining or adjoining things | Synonyms: junction |
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adjuration | (noun) a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something | - |
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adjuratory | (adjective) earnestly or solemnly entreating | - |
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(adjective) containing a solemn charge or command | - |
adjustor | (noun) one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement | Synonyms: adjuster, claim agent, claims adjuster, claims adjustor |
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administration | (noun) a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) | Synonyms: disposal |
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(noun) the act of administering medication | Synonyms: giving medication |
(noun) the act of meting out justice according to the law | Synonyms: judicature |
(noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: governance, governing, government, government activity |
(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization |
(noun) the tenure of a president | Synonyms: presidency, presidential term |
administrator | (noun) someone who administers a business | Synonyms: decision maker |
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(noun) the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor | - |
(noun) someone who manages a government agency or department | Synonyms: executive |
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 |
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 |
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 |
adnoun | (noun) an adjective used as a noun | - |
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ado | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir |
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adobe | (noun) sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates | Synonyms: adobe brick |
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(noun) the clay from which adobe bricks are made | - |
adobo | (noun) a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice | - |
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adolesce | (verb) become adolescent; pass through adolescence | - |
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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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adopt | (verb) take into one's family | Synonyms: take in |
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(verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, assume, take, take on |
(verb) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | Synonyms: embrace, espouse, sweep up |
(verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatise, dramatize |
(verb) take up and practice as one's own | Synonyms: borrow, take over, take up |
(verb) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans | Synonyms: espouse, follow |
(verb) take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities | Synonyms: assume, take on, take over |
adoptable | (adjective) suitable or eligible for adoption | - |
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adopted | (adjective) acquired as your own by free choice | Synonyms: adoptive |
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adoptee | (noun) someone (such as a child) who has been adopted | - |
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adopter | (noun) a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child | Synonyms: adoptive parent |
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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) | - |
adoptive | (adjective) of parents and children; related by adoption | - |
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(adjective) acquired as your own by free choice | Synonyms: adopted |
adorability | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorableness |
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adorable | (adjective) lovable especially in a childlike or naive way | Synonyms: endearing, lovely |
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adorableness | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorability |
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adorably | (adverb) in an adorable manner | Synonyms: endearingly |
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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 |
adore | (verb) love intensely | - |
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adored | (adjective) regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) | Synonyms: idolised, idolized, worshipped |
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adorer | (noun) someone who admires a young woman | Synonyms: admirer |
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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 | - |
adoxography | (noun) fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects | - |
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adrenalectomy | (noun) surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands | Synonyms: suprarenalectomy |
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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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adroit | (adjective) quick or skillful or adept in action or thought | - |
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adroitly | (adverb) with adroitness; in an adroit manner | - |
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adroitness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adeptness, deftness, facility, quickness |
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adscititious | (adjective) added or derived from something outside; not inherent | - |
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(adjective) supplemental; not part of the real or essential nature of a thing | - |
adsorb | (verb) accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface | - |
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adsorbable | (adjective) capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid | Synonyms: adsorbate |
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adsorbate | (adjective) capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid | Synonyms: adsorbable |
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(noun) a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed | - |
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 |
adsorber | (noun) an apparatus used in the adhesion of atoms, ions, or molecules from a gas, liquid, or dissolved solid to a surface. | - |
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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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adsorptive | (adjective) having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: adsorbent, surface-assimilative |
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adulation | (noun) servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise | - |
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adulator | (noun) a person who uses flattery | Synonyms: flatterer |
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adulatory | (adjective) obsequiously complimentary | Synonyms: flattering |
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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 |
adulterator | (noun) a changer who lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance | - |
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(noun) any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance | Synonyms: adulterant |
adulterous | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: extracurricular, extramarital |
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(adjective) not faithful to a spouse or lover | Synonyms: cheating, two-timing |
adulterously | (adverb) in an adulterous manner | - |
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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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adulthood | (noun) the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity | - |
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(noun) the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed | Synonyms: maturity |
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 |
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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adventitious | (adjective) associated by chance and not an integral part | - |
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adventuresome | (adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | Synonyms: adventurous |
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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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advertorial | (noun) an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report | - |
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advisor | (noun) an expert who gives advice | Synonyms: adviser, consultant |
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advisory | (adjective) giving advice | Synonyms: consultative, consultatory, consultive |
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(noun) an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat | - |
advocacy | (noun) active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something | Synonyms: protagonism |
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advocate | (noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocator, exponent, proponent |
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(noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, counselor, pleader |
(verb) push for something | Synonyms: recommend, urge |
(verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: preach |
advocator | (noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocate, exponent, proponent |
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advowson | (noun) the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice | - |
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aeciospore | (noun) spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium | - |
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aeolotropic | (adjective) having properties with different values along different axes | Synonyms: eolotropic |
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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) | - |
aerator | (noun) an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage) | - |
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