10-letter words containing a, t, d
- adamantane — a white crystalline alicyclic hydrocarbon, C 10 H 16 , consisting of four fused cyclohexane rings, with the carbon atoms arranged as in the diamond lattice.
- adamantean — of or relating to adamant
- adamantine — very hard; unbreakable or unyielding
- adamantium — A fictional metal that is indestructible or nearly so.
- adaptation — An adaptation of a book or play is a film or a television programme that is based on it.
- adaptative — of or relating to adaptation
- adaptively — in an adaptive manner
- adaptivity — in a state that has a capacity for adaptation
- adaptogens — Plural form of adaptogen.
- added time — (in a sports match) extra time added to the end of a half to make up for the time spent dealing with injuries, substitutions, etc
- adderstone — a prehistoric ornamental bead
- addictions — Plural form of addiction.
- addictives — Plural form of addictive.
- additament — an addition
- additional — Additional things are extra things apart from the ones already present.
- additively — in an additive manner
- additivity — the state of being additive
- addlepated — addlebrained.
- adelantado — a military title given to Conquistadors allowing the bearer the right to become governor or justice of a region
- adenectomy — surgical removal of a gland
- adenopathy — enlargement of the lymph nodes
- adequality — Quality of being adequal.
- adequately — as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit (often followed by to or for): This car is adequate to our needs. adequate food for fifty people.
- adequation — Equivalence.
- adequative — relating to adequacy
- adherently — in an adherent manner
- adhocratic — Relating to adhocracy.
- adiactinic — denoting a substance that does not transmit radiation affecting photochemically sensitive materials, such as a safelight in a photographic darkroom
- adipocytes — Plural form of adipocyte.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.