8-letter words containing a, d, i
- adamsite — a yellow poisonous crystalline solid that readily sublimes; diphenylaminechlorarsine. It is used in chemical warfare as a vomiting agent. Formula: C6H4AsClNHC6H4; relative density: 1.65; melting pt: 195°C; boiling pt: 410°C
- adapting — to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
- adaption — Adaption means the same as adaptation.
- adaptive — Adaptive means having the ability or tendency to adapt to different situations.
- addicted — Someone who is addicted to a harmful drug cannot stop taking it.
- addiment — (immunology,archaic) synonym of complement.
- addition — An addition to something is a thing which is added to it.
- additive — An additive is a substance which is added in small amounts to foods or other things in order to improve them or to make them last longer.
- additory — additional
- adducing — Present participle of adduce.
- adelaide — the capital of South Australia: Port Adelaide, 11 km (7 miles) away on St Vincent Gulf, handles the bulk of exports. Pop: 1 225 235 (2011)
- adenitis — inflammation of a gland or lymph node
- adenoids — Adenoids are soft lumps of flesh at the back and top of a person's throat that sometimes become swollen and have to be removed.
- adenosis — a minor glandular condition typified by swelling of the lymph glands
- adessive — a grammatical case in Finno-Ugric languages indicating place
- adhering — to stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling (usually followed by to): The mud adhered to his shoes.
- adhesion — Adhesion is the ability of one thing to stick firmly to another.
- adhesive — An adhesive is a substance such as glue, which is used to make things stick firmly together.
- adiantum — The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum).
- adiposis — obesity or excessive fatness
- adiprene — a polyurethane elastomer with exceptional abrasion resistance and strength
- adjoined — to be close to or in contact with; abut on: His property adjoins the lake.
- adjoints — Plural form of adjoint.
- adjuring — Present participle of adjure.
- adlerian — of or relating to Alfred Adler or his ideas
- adlibbed — to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.): to ad-lib one's lines.
- admirals — Plural form of admiral.
- admirers — to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- admiring — An admiring expression shows that you like or respect someone or something.
- admitted — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- admittee — a person who has been (or will be) admitted
- admitter — a person who admits or something which admits
- admonish — If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
- adnation — the adhesion or cohesion of different plants
- adonijah — a son of David, put to death at the order of Solomon. II Sam. 3:4; I Kings 2:19–25.
- adonises — Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- adopting — Present participle of adopt.
- adoption — the act of adopting: the adoption of a new amendment.
- adoptive — Someone's adoptive family is the family that adopted them.
- adorning — Make more beautiful or attractive.
- adrian i — died a.d. 795, pope 772–795.
- adrian v — died 1276, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1276.
- adriatic — of or relating to the Adriatic Sea, or to the inhabitants of its coast or islands
- adrienne — a feminine name
- adroitly — expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adscript — a serf bound to the land which they work or occupy, and who can be bought or sold along with it
- adularia — a white or colourless glassy variety of orthoclase in the form of prismatic crystals. It occurs in metamorphic rocks and is a minor gemstone. Formula: KAlSi3O8
- adultism — A predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children).
- aduncity — the quality of being hooked or curved inward
- advisees — one of a group of students assigned to a faculty adviser for help in selection of a course of studies.