10-letter words containing a, d
- adipopexia — lipopexia.
- adirondack — a member of an Algonquian people living mainly north of the St. Lawrence River.
- adjacently — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- adjectival — Adjectival means relating to adjectives or like an adjective.
- adjectives — Grammar. any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying, as wise in a wise grandmother, or perfect in a perfect score, or handsome in He is extremely handsome. Other terms, as numbers (one cup; twelve months), certain demonstrative pronouns (this magazine; those questions), and terms that impose limits (each person; no mercy) can also function adjectivally, as can some nouns that are found chiefly in fixed phrases where they immediately precede the noun they modify, as bottle in bottle cap and bus in bus station. Synonyms: modifier, qualifier, identifier, describer, describing word.
- adjourning — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- adjudgment — The action of imposing judgment.
- adjudicate — If you adjudicate on a dispute or problem, you make an official judgment or decision about it.
- adjunction — (in phrase-structure grammar) the relationship between a branch of a tree representing a sentence to other branches to its left or right that descend from the same node immediately above
- adjunctive — that constitutes an adjunct
- adjuration — a solemn charge or command
- adjuratory — Of or pertaining to an adjuration.
- adjustable — If something is adjustable, it can be changed to different positions or sizes.
- adjustably — In a way that is adjustable.
- adjustment — An adjustment is a small change that is made to something such as a machine or a way of doing something.
- adjuvanted — (medicine) Modified by addition of an adjuvant.
- admeasured — Simple past tense and past participle of admeasure.
- admeasures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admeasure.
- administer — If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it.
- admiration — Admiration is a feeling of great liking and respect for a person or thing.
- admirative — possessing admiration
- admiraunce — admirance
- admiringly — displaying or feeling admiration: admiring looks.
- admissable — Alternative spelling of admissible.
- admissible — If evidence is admissible, it is allowed in a court of law.
- admissibly — In a manner that is admissible; acceptably.
- admissions — the procedure for admitting students to study at a college, university, or school
- admittable — having the ability to be admitted
- admittance — Admittance is the act of entering a place or institution or the right to enter it.
- admittedly — You use admittedly when you are saying something which weakens the importance or force of your statement.
- admittible — Archaic spelling of admittable.
- admixtures — Plural form of admixture.
- admonished — to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
- admonisher — One who admonishes.
- admonishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admonish.
- admonition — An admonition is a warning or criticism about someone's behaviour.
- admonitive — relating to admonition; admonitory
- admonitory — admonishing; warning
- adnominals — Plural form of adnominal.
- adobe flat — a gently sloping clayey plain formed by a short-lived stream or flood water
- adolescent — Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour.
- adoptively — in an adoptive manner; by adoption
- adorations — Plural form of adoration.
- adornments — Plural form of adornment.
- adposition — (grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context.
- adrenaline — a hormone that is secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress and increases heart rate, pulse rate, and blood pressure, and raises the blood levels of glucose and lipids. It is extracted from animals or synthesized for such medical uses as the treatment of asthma. Chemical name: aminohydroxyphenylpropionic acid; formula: C9H13NO3
- adrenalise — (British spelling) To render frightening or thrilling, such as to stimulate the production of adrenalin.
- adrenalize — to stir to action; excite: The promise of victory adrenalized the team.
- adrenalone — An adrenergic agonist used as a topical vasoconstrictor and hemostatic.
- adrenergic — releasing or activated by adrenaline or an adrenaline-like substance