Adelocodonic (a.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to phanerocodonic.
Adelopod (n.) An animal having feet that are not apparent.
Adelphia (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.
Adelphous (a.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous.
Adempt (p. p.) Takes away.
Ademption (n.) The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like.
Aden- () Alt. of Adeno-
Adeno- () Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.
Adenalgia (n.) Alt. of Adenalgy
Adenalgy (n.) Pain in a gland.
Adeniform (a.) Shaped like a gland; adenoid.
Adenitis (n.) Glandular inflammation.
Adenographic (a.) Pertaining to adenography.
Adenography (n.) That part of anatomy which describes the glands.
Adenoid (a.) Alt. of Adenoidal
Adenoidal (a.) Glandlike; glandular.
Adenological (a.) Pertaining to adenology.
Adenology (n.) The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
Adenophorous (a.) Producing glands.
Adenophyllous (a.) Having glands on the leaves.
Adenose (a.) Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.
Adenotomic (a.) Pertaining to adenotomy.
Adenotomy (n.) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
Adenous (a.) Same as Adenose.
Adeps (n.) Animal fat; lard.
Adept (n.) One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
Adept (a.) Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
Adeption (a.) An obtaining; attainment.
Adeptist (n.) A skilled alchemist.
Adeptness (n.) The quality of being adept; skill.
Adequacy (n.) The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure.
Adequate (a.) Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.
Adequate (a.) To equalize; to make adequate.
Adequate (a.) To equal.
Adequately (adv.) In an adequate manner.
Adequateness (n.) The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.
Adequation (n.) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
Adesmy (n.) The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.
Adessenarian (n.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.
Adfected (v.) See Affected, 5.
Adfiliated (a.) See Affiliated.
Adfiliation (n.) See Affiliation.
Adfluxion (n.) See Affluxion.
Adhamant (a.) Clinging, as by hooks.
Adhered (imp. & p. p.) of Adhere
Adhering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adhere
Adhere (v. i.) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
Adhere (v. i.) To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.
Adhere (v. i.) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
Adherence (n.) The quality or state of adhering.
Adherence (n.) The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions.
Adherency (n.) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
Adherency (n.) That which adheres.
Adherent (a.) Sticking; clinging; adhering.
Adherent (a.) Attached as an attribute or circumstance.
Adherent (a.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.
Adherent (n.) One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.
Adherent (n.) That which adheres; an appendage.
Adherently (adv.) In an adherent manner.
Adherer (n.) One who adheres; an adherent.
Adhesion (n.) The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.
Adhesion (n.) Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy.
Adhesion (n.) Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.
Adhesion (n.) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.
Adhesion (n.) Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
Adhesion (n.) The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.
Adhesive (a.) Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
Adhesive (a.) Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.
Adhesively (adv.) In an adhesive manner.
Adhesiveness (n.) The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.
Adhesiveness (n.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.
Adhibit (v. t.) To admit, as a person or thing; to take in.
Adhibit (v. t.) To use or apply; to administer.
Adhibit (v. t.) To attach; to affix.
Adhibition (n.) The act of adhibiting; application; use.
Ad hominem () A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.
Adhort (v. t.) To exhort; to advise.
Adhortation (n.) Advice; exhortation.
Adhortatory (a.) Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory.
Adiabatic (a.) Not giving out or receiving heat.
Adiactinic (a.) Not transmitting the actinic rays.
Adiantum (n.) A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.
Adiaphorism (n.) Religious indifference.
Adiaphorist (n.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical.
Adiaphoristic (a.) Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice.
Adiaphorite (n.) Same as Adiaphorist.
Adiaphorous (a.) Indifferent or neutral.
Adiaphorous (a.) Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines.
Adiaphory (n.) Indifference.
Adiathermic (a.) Not pervious to heat.
Adieu (interj. & adv.) Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.
Adieus (pl. ) of Adieu
Adieu (n.) A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting.
Adight (p. p.) of Adight
Adight (v. t.) To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress.
Ad infinitum () Without limit; endlessly.
Ad interim () Meanwhile; temporary.
Adipescent (a.) Becoming fatty.
Adipic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
Adipocerate (v. t.) To convert into adipocere.