9-letter words starting with ad
- adrenalin — Adrenalin is a substance which your body produces when you are angry, scared, or excited. It makes your heart beat faster and gives you more energy.
- adrenally — in a manner relating to the adrenal glands
- adrian ii — Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 867–872.
- adrian iv — original name Nicholas Breakspear. ?1100–59, the only English pope (1154–59)
- adrian vi — 1459–1523, Dutch ecclesiastic: pope 1522–23.
- 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.
- adstratum — a substratum or superstratum.
- aduantage — Obsolete spelling of advantage.
- adulating — Present participle of adulate.
- 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.
- adultered — Simple past tense and past participle of adulter.
- adulterer — An adulterer is someone who commits adultery.
- adulthood — Adulthood is the state of being an adult.
- adultlike — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
- adultness — the state or quality of being an adult; an impression of maturity
- adultress — a female adulterer
- adumbrant — Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
- adumbrate — to outline; give a faint indication of
- advancers — Plural form of advancer.
- advanceth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advance.
- advancing — to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- advection — the transference of heat energy in a horizontal stream of gas, esp of air
- advective — relating to advection
- adventism — the belief that the Second Coming of Christ will occur soon
- adventist — a member of any of the Christian groups, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists that hold that the Second Coming of Christ is imminent
- adventive — (of a species) introduced to a new area and not yet established there; exotic
- adventure — If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
- adverbial — Adverbial means relating to adverbs or like an adverb.
- advergame — an online video game that promotes a particular brand, product, or marketing message by integrating it into the game.
- adversary — Your adversary is someone you are competing with, or arguing or fighting against.
- adversely — unfavorable or antagonistic in purpose or effect: adverse criticism.
- adversion — (obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
- adversity — an unfortunate event or incident
- advertent — paying attention; heedful
- adverting — to remark or comment; refer (usually followed by to): He adverted briefly to the news of the day.
- advertise — If someone or something advertises a particular quality, they show it in their appearance or behaviour.
- advertize — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- adviceful — thoughtful or attentive
- advisable — If you tell someone that it is advisable to do something, you are suggesting that they should do it, because it is sensible or is likely to achieve the result they want.
- advisably — Wisely, in an advisable manner.
- advisedly — If you say that you are using a word or expression advisedly, you mean that you have deliberately chosen to use it, even though it may sound unusual, wrong, or offensive, because it draws attention to what you are saying.
- advocated — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- advocater — Alternative form of advocator.
- advocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate.
- advocator — a person who advocates