Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z adermin Synonym of pyridoxine. ades A surname originating as a patronymic. adesmy The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually whole. adespota Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author. (Originally used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.) adespotic Not absolute; not despotic. Adessenarian A believer in the real presence of Christ's body in the Eucharist, but not by transubstantiation; Chiefly applied to certain followers of Martin Luther. adessive Of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates adjacent location. adessively In an adessive manner. adessivity The property of being adessive. Adestes A female given name. Adetshina A surname. adevism The denial of the existence of gods, especially the legendary gods of Hinduism. Adey A surname transferred from the given name. Adeyemi A surname from Yoruba. Adeyemo A male given name from Yoruba. adfected Having different powers of the unknown quantity in its various terms. adfix A type of affix that is attached to the outside of a stem (an existing word), to form a new word. The adfix category branches into prefixes (ones which appear before the stem) and suffixes (ones which appear after the stem). adfluvial Towards the flowing waters of a river or stream adfolk people in the advertising industry adfreeze To freeze together; to adhere through the formation of ice. adfrontal One of a pair of narrow plates on the head of a caterpillar, forming an inverted V shape. They divide the head into two lateral and one central plates. Adgarley a place name adgenital Near or beside the genital opening of a mite. Adger A surname. adgerminal Towards a germ or ovary adglutinate Synonym of accrete (“grown together”). Adhafera Zeta Leonis, a star in the constellation of Leo. adhaka An ancient Indian unit of weight, equivalent to around 2.5 kilograms. adhamant Clinging, as if by hooks. adhan The call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin before each of the five obligatory daily prayers. Adhangau An uninhabited island of Faafu, Maldives. Adhara The second-brightest star in the constellation of Canis Major. adharma That which is not in accord with dharma, i.e. wrong, immorality, and wickedness. adharmic unrighteous; contrary to universal law. adhavasinone A quinazolone alkaloid present in Adhatoda. ADHD Of or relating to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. ADHDer A person with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). adherability The condition of being adherable adherable Capable of adhesion. adhere To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united. adherence A close physical union of two objects. adherency The state or quality of being adherent; adherence. adherend That which adheres to something else by adhesion. adherent Adhesive, sticking to something. adherently In an adherent manner. adherer An adherent, one who practices or follows a belief. adherin A cadherin that regulates the loading of the cohesin complex onto chromosomes adheringly So as to adhere. adhese To attach adhesively or via adhesives. adhesibility The condition of being adhesible adhesible Capable of adhesion. adhesin Any of several factors that enable bacteria to adhere to epithelial surfaces as a step towards infection. adhesiogenesis The promotion of adhesion adhesiogenic That promotes adhesion adhesiolysis The cutting or removal of adhesions or scar tissue. adhesiolytic Relating to adhesiolysis adhesion The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance. adhesional Relating to adhesion. adhesionally In an adhesional manner. adhesionless Lacking adhesion adhesiotomy The surgical procedure to divide or separate an adhesion. adhesive Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances. adhesively In an adhesive manner; by adhesion. adhesivemeter An instrument for measuring the adhesive qualities of a substance. adhesiveness the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive adhesivity The condition of being adhesive adhesome All the adhesion receptors of an organism adhibit To allow in; to admit. adhibition The act of adhibiting. adhikarana In ancient India, an administrative department Adhikari A surname from Sanskrit. Adhira A male given name from Sanskrit. Adhiraj A male given name from Sanskrit used in India. adhisthana An initiation or blessing in Vajrayana schools such as Tibetan Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism. ADHOC Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Cambodia’s oldest human rights organization, founded in 1991) adhocracy An organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic. adhocrat One who espouses or practises adhocracy. adhocratic Relating to adhocracy; adhocratical. adhocratical Relating to an adhocracy; adhocratic. adhocratically In an adhocratic manner. Adhola A member of an ethnic group of southeastern Uganda. adhort To exhort; to advise. adhortation advice; exhortation adhortative Relating to the giving of advice; tending to adhort. adhortatory Containing counsel or warning; advisory. adhumulone The dienone 3,5,6-trihydroxy-2-(2-methylbutanoyl)-4,6-bis(3-methylbut-2-enyl)cyclohexa-2,4-dien-1-one present in hops Adhya An Indian surname. adhyasa The human habit of superimposition, or false attribution of properties of one thing on another thing. Adi A Tibeto-Burman language spoken in India and Tibet. adiabat The curve on a graph of pressure and temperature which gives the adiabatic heating or cooling of a gas. adiabatic Without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation). adiabatically In an adiabatic way. adiabaticity The condition of being adiabatic; a measure of the extent to which a process is adiabatic. Adiabene An ancient kingdom in Assyria, with its capital at Arbela. Adiabenian Of or pertaining to Adiabene. adiabolist One who does not believe in the Devil. adiactinic Not capable of transmitting actinic rays of light. adiadochokinesia A dyskinesia characterized by the inability to perform the rapid alternating movements of diadochokinesis. adiagnostic Not diagnostic. adialectal Not dialectal. adianoeta An expression intended to be understood one way by part of the audience and in an opposing way by another part. adiantaceous Belonging to the Adiantaceae. adiantoid Belonging to the Adiantoideae. adiantum The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum) adiaphanous Not transparent; not translucent; not diaphanous; opaque. adiaphonon An instrument similar to the nail violin but having bowed steel rods and a six-octave range. adiaphora Synonym of adiaphoron. adiaphoral Being or relating to an adiaphoron. adiaphoresis Lack of sweating; anhidrosis. adiaphoretic Having or relating to adiaphoresis. adiaphoria The failure to respond to stimulation after a series of previously applied stimuli adiaphoric adiaphoristic adiaphorism The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter. adiaphorist One who believes in adiaphorism. adiaphoristic Theologically indifferent. adiaphorists the followers of Phillip Melancthon's doctrines of Lutheranism, especially regarding the Lutheran's adoption of the Interim of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Adiaphorite an adiaphorist. adiaphorization The act of making into an adiaphoron. adiaphoron A matter that is morally neutral. adiaphorous neither harmful nor beneficial adiaphory indifference adiapneustia Defective perspiration; adiaphoresis. adiaspiromycosis A pulmonary infection, primarily of rodents, that is caused by soil fungi of the genus Emmonsia adiaspore A fungal spore, in the lungs of some animals, that can cause adiaspiromycosis adiate To receive an inheritance. adiathermal adiabatic; not involving transmission of heat adiathermancy A resistance to the flow of heat. adiathermanous Not diathermanous. adiathermic impervious to heat adiathetic Not diathetic. Adib A surname. adibendan A phosphodiesterase inhibitor. adic Relating to adicity Adicia A female given name. adicillin A penicillin antibiotic. adicity The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding Cartesian product. adidas A clothing product made by Adidas, especially a pair of shoes. Adidased Wearing Adidas clothing, especially shoes. Adie A diminutive of the male given names Adam, Adrian, and Aidan, from Hebrew, Latin, or Irish. adieu Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye. adigar The head man of a rural village. Adige A river in South Tyrol, Italy. Adigoppula A village in Palnadu district, India. adigoside A particular steroid glycoside. Adil A male given name from Arabic. Adilabad A district of Telangana, India. Adilee A female given name. Adilynn A female given name of modern usage. adimensional Without dimensions. adimensionalize To remove the dimension from (a quantity); to make dimensionless.