6-letter words containing a, d
- adipic — (organic chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
- adipsy — Archaic form of adipsia.
- aditus — The entrance to a cavity or channel.
- aditya — one of the Vedic gods, the sons of Aditi.
- adject — (obsolete) To annex.
- adjigo — a yam plant, Dioscorea hastifolia, native to SW Australia that has edible tubers
- adjoin — If one room, place, or object adjoins another, they are next to each other.
- adjure — to command, often by exacting an oath; charge
- adjust — When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- adland — the advertising industry and the people who work in it
- adlibs — Plural form of adlib.
- admail — Alternative expression for junk mail.
- admass — the part of society that is easily influenced by the mass media and advertising
- admete — a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- admier — Eye dialect of admire.
- admins — Plural form of admin.
- admire — If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
- admits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admit.
- admixt — Simple past tense and past participle of admix; alternative spelling of admixed.
- adnate — growing closely attached to an adjacent part or organ
- adnexa — adjoining organs, esp of the uterus
- adnoun — an adjective used as a noun; absolute adjective
- adobes — Plural form of adobe.
- adobos — Plural form of adobo.
- adolph — a masculine name: equiv. L. Adolphus, Fr. Adolphe, Ger. Adolf
- adonai — a name for God
- adonic — (in classical prosody) of or relating to a verse line consisting of a dactyl (– ◡ ◡) followed by a spondee (– –) or by a trochee (– ◡), thought to have been first used in laments for Adonis
- adonis — a handsome youth loved by Aphrodite. Killed by a wild boar, he was believed to spend part of the year in the underworld and part on earth, symbolizing the vegetative cycle
- adoors — at the door; of the door
- adopts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adopt.
- adoral — Relating to or denoting the side or end where the mouth is situated, especially in animals, such as echinoderms, that lack clear upper and lower sides.
- adorbs — Informal. very cute; adorable.
- adored — to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adorer — to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adores — to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- adorno — Theodor Wiesengrund. 1903–69, German philosopher, sociologist, and music critic. His writings include The Philosophy of the New Music (1949) and Negative Dialectics (1966)
- adorns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adorn.
- adoula — Cyrille [see-ril] /siˈrɪl/ (Show IPA), 1922–78, African statesman: premier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1961–64.
- adours — a river in SW France, flowing N from the Pyrenees and then W to the Bay of Biscay. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- adrate — the price or tariff that businesses pay to advertise
- adread — to dread
- adrian — Edgar Douglas, Baron Adrian. 1889–1977, English physiologist, noted particularly for his research into the function of neurons: shared with Sherrington the Nobel prize for physiology and medicine 1932
- adrift — If a boat is adrift, it is floating on the water and is not tied to anything or controlled by anyone.
- adroit — Someone who is adroit is quick and skilful in their thoughts, behaviour, or actions.
- adsorb — to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which a substance, usually a gas, accumulates on the surface of a solid forming a thin film, often only one molecule thick
- adsorp — (nonstandard) To adsorb.
- aduice — Obsolete spelling of advice.
- adults — Plural form of adult.
- advect — (of air, water) to move horizontally
- advene — to become part of or be added to something