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13-letter words starting with a

  • adenoidectomy — surgical removal of the adenoids
  • adenopathies' — enlargement or disease of the glands, especially the lymphatic glands: a patient with prominent adenopathy. See also lymphadenopathy.
  • adenosquamous — Having both glandular (adenoid) and squamous characteristics.
  • adenylic acid — nucleotide consisting of adenine, ribose or deoxyribose, and a phosphate group
  • adhesive tape — tape with an adhesive on one side that is used to join things or bind things
  • adiabatically — in an adiabetic manner
  • adjudications — Plural form of adjudication.
  • adjustability — ability to adjust
  • adjutant bird — either of two large carrion-eating storks, Leptoptilos dubius or L. javanicus, which are closely related and similar to the marabou and occur in S and SE Asia
  • admeasurement — the act of admeasuring
  • admensuration — Admeasurement.
  • administerial — of or concerned with administration; administrative: administerial matters.
  • administering — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
  • administrable — able to be administered or managed
  • administrador — (historical) A steward or official in various Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.
  • administrated — to administer.
  • administrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administrate.
  • administrator — An administrator is a person whose job involves helping to organize and supervise the way that an organization or institution functions.
  • administrivia — Administrative details that must be dealt with in order to do more interesting work.
  • admirableness — admirability
  • admiralty law — maritime law.
  • admissibility — that may be allowed or conceded; allowable: an admissible plan.
  • admission day — any of several legal holidays celebrated individually by certain states, commemorating their admission into the Union
  • admonishingly — in an admonishing manner
  • admonishments — Plural form of admonishment.
  • adrenal gland — an endocrine gland at the anterior end of each kidney. Its medulla secretes adrenaline and noradrenaline and its cortex secretes several steroid hormones
  • adrenalectomy — the surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands
  • adularescence — (of certain gemstones, especially adularia) having a milky, bluish luster.
  • adultolescent — a young adult or middle-aged person who has interests, traits, etc., that are usually associated with teenagers.
  • adumbratively — In an adumbrative manner.
  • advance guard — a military unit sent ahead of a main body to find gaps in enemy defences, clear away minor opposition, and prevent unexpected contact
  • advance party — a small group of soldiers who go ahead of the main body of troops to prepare the way for their arrival, or any group that does the same thing or arrives ahead of the main body
  • advance ratio — the ratio of wind speed along the axis of a rotor or propeller to the speed of the blade tip
  • advantage gen — (language, software)   A CASE tool for rapid application development which generates code from graphical business process models. Formerly called Information Engineering Facility (IEF) and produced by Texas Instruments, it was then bought by Sterling Software, Inc. who renamed it to COOL:Gen to fit into their COOL line of products. Computer Associates International, Inc. then acquired Sterling Software, Inc., and renamed the tool "Advantage Gen". In 2003, CA are supporting Advantage Gen and adding support for J2EE/EJB, enhanced web enablement, Web services and .Net.
  • advantageable — being of advantage; advantageous
  • advection fog — fog caused by the movement of warm, moist air over a cold surface.
  • advent sunday — the first of the four Sundays of Advent, and the one that falls nearest to November 30
  • adventuresome — Adventuresome means the same as adventurous.
  • adventuresses — Plural form of adventuress.
  • adventuristic — relating to adventurism
  • adventurously — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
  • adverb clause — a subordinate clause that functions as an adverb within a main clause.
  • adverb phrase — An adverb phrase or adverbial phrase is a group of words based on an adverb, such as 'very slowly' or 'fortunately for us.' An adverb phrase can also consist simply of an adverb.
  • adversarially — In an adversarial way.
  • adversariness — the state of being adversarial
  • adversatively — in an adversative manner
  • advertisement — An advertisement is an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job.
  • advertizement — a paid announcement, as of goods for sale, in newspapers or magazines, on radio or television, etc.
  • advice column — In a newspaper or magazine, the advice column contains letters from readers about their personal problems, and advice on what to do about them.
  • advisableness — The state or quality of being advisable.
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