| adder | (noun) small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia | Synonyms: common viper, Vipera berus |
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| (noun) a machine that adds numbers | - |
| (noun) a person who adds numbers | - |
| addible | (adjective) capable of being added or added to | Synonyms: addable |
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| addict | (noun) someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity | - |
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| (noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | Synonyms: freak, junkie, junky, nut |
| (verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) | Synonyms: hook |
| addicted | (adjective) compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming | - |
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| addiction | (noun) (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master | - |
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| (noun) an abnormally strong craving | - |
| (noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | Synonyms: dependance, dependence, dependency, habituation |
| addictive | (adjective) causing or characterized by addiction | Synonyms: habit-forming |
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| addition | (noun) the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers | Synonyms: plus, summation |
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| (noun) the act of adding one thing to another | - |
| (noun) a component that is added to something to improve it | Synonyms: add-on, improver |
| (noun) a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area | - |
| (noun) something added to what you already have | Synonyms: accession |
| (noun) a quantity that is added | Synonyms: gain, increase |
| additional | (adjective) further or added | Synonyms: extra |
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| additionally | (adverb) in addition, by way of addition; furthermore | Synonyms: to boot |
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| additive | (adjective) characterized or produced by addition | - |
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| (adjective) designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree | Synonyms: linear |
| (noun) something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine | - |
| addle | (verb) become rotten | - |
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| (verb) mix up or confuse | Synonyms: muddle, puddle |
| addlebrained | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlepated, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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| addled | (adjective) confused and vague; used especially of thinking | Synonyms: befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly-headed, woolly, wooly-minded, wooly |
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| (adjective) (of eggs) no longer edible | - |
| addlehead | (noun) a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought | Synonyms: addle-head, birdbrain, loon |
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| addlepated | (adjective) stupid and confused | Synonyms: addlebrained, muddleheaded, puddingheaded |
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| address | (noun) the ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion | Synonyms: savoir-faire |
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| (noun) the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball | - |
| (noun) the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience | Synonyms: speech |
| (noun) a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described | - |
| (noun) written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location | Synonyms: destination, name and address |
| (noun) the manner of speaking to another individual | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored | Synonyms: computer address, reference |
| (noun) the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with | - |
| (verb) adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting | - |
| (verb) speak to | Synonyms: turn to |
| (verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: accost, come up to |
| (verb) give a speech to | Synonyms: speak |
| (verb) put an address on (an envelope) | Synonyms: direct |
| (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: cover, deal, handle, plow, treat |
| (verb) direct a question at someone | - |
| (verb) address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question | - |
| (verb) access or locate by address | - |
| (verb) greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name | Synonyms: call |
| addressable | (adjective) capable of being addressed | - |
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| addressed | (adjective) (of mail) marked with a destination | - |
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| addressee | (noun) one to whom something is addressed | - |
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| adduce | (verb) advance evidence for | Synonyms: abduce, cite |
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| adducent | (adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part | Synonyms: adducting, adductive |
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| adducer | (noun) a discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof | - |
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| adducing | (noun) citing as evidence or proof | - |
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| adduct | (noun) a compound formed by an addition reaction | - |
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| (verb) draw a limb towards the body | - |
| adducting | (adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part | Synonyms: adducent, adductive |
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| adduction | (noun) (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body | - |
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| adductive | (adjective) especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part | Synonyms: adducent, adducting |
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| adductor | (noun) a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line | Synonyms: adductor muscle |
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| ade | (noun) a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice | Synonyms: fruit drink |
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| adelgid | (noun) any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers | - |
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| adenine | (noun) (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA | Synonyms: A |
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| adenitis | (noun) inflammation of a gland or lymph node | - |
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| adenocarcinoma | (noun) malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium | Synonyms: glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma |
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| adenocarcinomatous | (adjective) of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma | - |
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| adenohypophysis | (noun) the anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature | Synonyms: anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland |
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| adenoid | (adjective) relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue | - |
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| (noun) a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx) | Synonyms: Luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis |
| adenoidal | (adjective) of or pertaining to the adenoids | - |
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| (adjective) sounding as if the nose were pinched | Synonyms: nasal, pinched |
| adenoidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy | - |
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| adenoma | (noun) a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin | - |
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| adenomegaly | (noun) gland enlargement | - |
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| adenomyosarcoma | (noun) malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass | Synonyms: embryoma of the kidney, nephroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour |
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| adenomyosis | (noun) the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea | Synonyms: endometriosis |
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| adenopathy | (noun) a glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands) | - |
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| adenosine | (noun) (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP | - |
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| adenosis | (noun) a disorder of the glands of the body | Synonyms: gland disease, glandular disease, glandular disorder |
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| adenovirus | (noun) any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye | - |
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| adept | (adjective) having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | Synonyms: expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful |
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| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
| adeptness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness |
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| adequacy | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequateness |
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| (noun) the quality of being sufficient for the end in view | Synonyms: sufficiency |
| adequate | (adjective) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: equal |
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| (adjective) about average; acceptable | Synonyms: fair to middling, passable, tolerable |
| (adjective) sufficient for the purpose | Synonyms: enough |
| adequately | (adverb) in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree | - |
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| adequateness | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequacy |
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| adermin | (noun) a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch | Synonyms: pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, vitamin B6 |
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| adesite | (noun) dark greyish extrusive rock | - |
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| 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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| adiabatic | (adjective) occurring without loss or gain of heat | - |
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| adiabaticity | (noun) The condition of occurring without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation). | - |
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| adiaphoron | (noun) (Stoic philosophy) a matter having no moral merit or demerit. | - |
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| (noun) a religious ceremonial or ritual observance that is held to be an affair of the individual conscience because it is neither forbidden nor enjoined by the scriptures. | - |
| adience | (noun) (psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object | - |
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| adient | (adjective) characterized by acceptance or approach | - |
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| adieu | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
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| adios | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adieu, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
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| adipose | (adjective) composed of animal fat | - |
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| adiposeness | (noun) having the property of containing fat | Synonyms: adiposity, fattiness |
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| adiposis | (noun) the property of excessive fatness | Synonyms: corpulence, overweight, stoutness |
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| adiposity | (noun) having the property of containing fat | Synonyms: adiposeness, fattiness |
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| adit | (noun) a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine | - |
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| adjacency | (noun) the attribute of being so near as to be touching | Synonyms: contiguity, contiguousness |
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| adjacent | (adjective) nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space | Synonyms: next, side by side |
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| (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: conterminous, contiguous, neighboring, neighbouring |
| (adjective) near or close to but not necessarily touching | - |
| adjectival | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adjective | Synonyms: adjective |
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| adjectivally | (adverb) as an adjective; in an adjectival manner | - |
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| adjective | (adjective) relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law | Synonyms: procedural |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as an adjective | Synonyms: adjectival |
| (noun) a word that expresses an attribute of something | - |
| (noun) the word class that qualifies nouns | - |
| adjectively | (adverb) as an adjective | - |
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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 | - |
| adjudge | (verb) declare to be | Synonyms: declare, hold |
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| adjudicate | (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: decide, resolve, settle |
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| (verb) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of | Synonyms: judge, try |
| adjudication | (noun) the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented | - |
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| adjudicative | (adjective) concerned with adjudicating | Synonyms: adjudicatory |
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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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| adjunct | (adjective) of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another | Synonyms: assistant |
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| (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary |
| (noun) a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence | - |
| (noun) something added to another thing but not an essential part of it | - |
| (noun) a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another | - |
| adjunction | (noun) an act of joining or adjoining things | Synonyms: junction |
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| adjunctive | (adjective) joining; forming an adjunct | - |
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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 | - |
| adjure | (verb) command solemnly | - |
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| (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, press |
| adjust | (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: correct, set |
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| (verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, conform |
| (verb) make correspondent or conformable | - |
| (verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: align, aline, line up |
| (verb) decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim | - |
| adjustable | (adjective) capable of being changed so as to match or fit | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being regulated | - |
| adjusted | (adjective) altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation | - |
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| (adjective) adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability | - |
| (adjective) (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted | - |
| (adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment | Synonyms: familiarised, familiarized |
| adjuster | (noun) one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement | Synonyms: adjustor, claim agent, claims adjuster, claims adjustor |
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| adjustive | (adjective) conducive to adjustment | - |
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| adjustment | (noun) the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | Synonyms: alteration, modification |
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| (noun) the act of adjusting something to match a standard | Synonyms: readjustment, registration |
| (noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances | Synonyms: accommodation, fitting |
| (noun) an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances | Synonyms: allowance |
| (noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | Synonyms: adaptation, adaption |