9-letter words containing a, d, o
- adaptogen — any of various natural substances used in herbal medicine to normalize and regulate the systems of the body
- add up to — If amounts add up to a particular total, they result in that total when they are put together.
- adderwort — the bistort, a herbaceous flowering plant, Polygonum bistorta, of the dock family
- addiction — Addiction is the condition of taking harmful drugs and being unable to stop taking them.
- addington — Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth. 1757–1844, British statesman; prime minister (1801–04) and Home Secretary (1812–21)
- additions — Plural form of addition.
- addressor — a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.
- adduction — an adducing or citing
- adductors — Plural form of adductor.
- ademption — the failure of a specific legacy, as by a testator disposing of the subject matter in his lifetime
- adenoidal — having the nasal tones or impaired breathing of one with enlarged adenoids
- adenology — the branch of medicine dealing with the development, structure, function, and diseases of glands.
- adenomata — a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.
- adenosine — a nucleoside formed by the condensation of adenine and ribose. It is present in all living cells in a combined form, as in ribonucleic acids. Formula: C10H13N5O4
- adenotomy — (anatomy) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
- adeodatus — Saint, died a.d. 676, pope 672–676.
- adhesions — Plural form of adhesion.
- adhocracy — management that responds to urgent problems rather than planning to avoid them
- adiaphora — matters of indifference
- adipocere — a waxlike fatty substance formed during the decomposition of corpses
- adipocyte — a fat cell that accumulates and stores fats
- adipokine — (biochemistry) Any of several cytokines secreted by adipose tissue.
- adiposity — the state of being fat; obesity
- adjection — Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
- adjoining — being in contact; connected or neighbouring
- adjourned — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- admission — Admission is permission given to a person to enter a place, or permission given to a country to enter an organization. Admission is also the act of entering a place.
- admonitor — a person who admonishes
- adnominal — a word modifying a noun
- ado-ekiti — a town in SE Nigeria.
- adobelike — made using a material similar to adobe
- adon olam — a liturgical prayer or hymn expressing the faith of Israel in God, often sung in unison usually at the close of a service.
- adoptable — able to be adopted
- adoptions — Plural form of adoption.
- adoptious — adopted
- adorating — Present participle of adorate.
- adoration — Adoration is a feeling of great admiration and love for someone or something.
- adorement — (obsolete) The act of adoring; adoration.
- adoringly — to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adorkable — socially inept or unfashionable in a charming or endearing way
- adornment — An adornment is something that is used to make a person or thing more beautiful.
- adsorbant — Adsorbent.
- adsorbate — a substance that has been or is to be adsorbed on a surface
- adsorbent — capable of adsorption
- adsorbing — Present participle of adsorb.
- adulation — Adulation is uncritical admiration and praise of someone or something.
- adulatory — If someone makes an adulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration of them.
- adulthood — Adulthood is the state of being an adult.
- advection — the transference of heat energy in a horizontal stream of gas, esp of air
- adversion — (obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.