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 adulation Flattery; fulsome praise. adulator One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates. adulatorily In an adulatory manner. adulatorious Adulatory, flattering. adulatory Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering. adulatress A female adulator. Adullam An ancient ruin on a hilltop overlooking the Valley of Elah, straddling the Green Line between Israel and the West Bank. Adullamite An inhabitant of Adullam. Near this town there was a cave where David and his allies sought refuge from Saul. adult An animal that is full-grown. adultcentrism The tendency to customarily view the adult perspective as superior to the youngster's perspective. adultcentrist Exhibiting adultcentrism. adulted Completely grown; mature. adulter An adulterer, especially a male one. adulterable Susceptible to being adulterated. adulterant That which adulterates, or reduces the purity of something. adulterate Corrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else; adulterated. adulterated Intentionally tainted with impurities (usually as motivated by cheapening the production of a food product or enhancing the psychotropic effects of a street drug). adulterately In an adulterate manner. adulterateness The state or quality of being adulterate. adulteration The process of adulterating. adulterator One who or that which adulterates, or harms the purity of, something. adulterer A spouse who has sex with a non-spouse. adulteress A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery. adulterine Spurious; due to adulteration. adulterize To commit adultery. adulterous Of, or characterized by adultery. adulterously In an adulterous manner. adulterousness A state of being adulterous. adultery Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry adultescence The state or period of being an adultescent. adultescent An adult who continues to participate in and enjoy youth culture. adulthood The state or condition, for humans and other animals, of physical and psychological maturity: being an adult. adulticidal Of or pertaining to an adulticide. adulticide A pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae. adultification The treatment of a non-adult as an adult. adultiform Resembling the adult form. adultify To treat a non-adult like an adult. adulting Activities typically associated with adulthood. adultisation Non-Oxford British standard spelling of adultization. adultise Non-Oxford British standard spelling of adultize. adultish Of or suitable for an adult. adultism A predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children or other younger people). adultist Biased in favor of adults (and against children); exhibiting adultism. adultivity The state or quality of being an adult; majority. adultization The act or process of adultizing. adultize To raise (a child) in such a way that it adopts adult behaviors earlier than is usual. adultlike Resembling or characteristic of an adult adultly In an adult manner; not childishly. adultnap to kidnap, to abduct (an adult) adultness The state or quality of being an adult. adultocentric centred on adults (to the exclusion of children) adultocentrism The quality of being adultocentric. adultoid A premature adult form of an insect. adultomorphism The tendency to interpret the behaviour of children as if they were adults adultophile A teleiophile. adultophilia Teleiophilia. adultophilic teleiophilic. adultship The state, condition, character, or conduct of an adult; maturity; adulthood adultspeak The style of language used by adults. adultwear Clothing for adults. adulty Resembling or characteristic of an adult. adumber To overshadow or to obscure. adumbral Dark, shady. adumbrant Giving a faint shadow, slight resemblance, or foreboding. By extension, faint or slight. adumbrate To foreshadow vaguely. adumbrated Obscured. adumbration The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow. adumbrationism The attribution of insights, ideas or analogies absent from original works. adumbrative Of or pertaining to adumbration adumbratively In an adumbrative manner adunation The act of uniting; union. adunc Curved inward, hooked. aduncate curved inwards; hooked aduncity Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness. aduncous curved inwards; hooked Adur A river in West Sussex, England, which flows into the English Channel. adure To burn, completely or slightly. Adurol A chlorinated (or brominated) derivative of hydroquinone once used as a photographic developer adusk At dusk; in the dusk or twilight. adust Abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry). adusted Adust, burnt. adustible Capable of being burned; combustible. adustion The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried. adustiosis A reddish discolouration of the skin of a citrus fruit. adustness The state or quality of being adust. Aduwallah The Enemy of God; Satan; Iblis. Advait An adherent of Advaitism. Advaita A school of philsoophy teaching that differences and variegation in the human condition are unreal or illusory. Advaitic Of, relating to, or characteristic of Advaita or Advaita Vedanta. Advaitin An adherent or follower of Advaita Vedanta. Advaitism The "non-dualist" school of Vedanta founded by the 8th-century Indian philosopher Sankaracharya. advalvar Towards the valve (of a mollusc) advance To help the progress of (something); to further. advanceable That can be advanced, as of a tax credit that may be brought forward for immediate use rather than being reclaimed at the end of the year. advanced At or close to the state of the art. advancedly In an advanced manner; to an advanced degree. advancedness The quality of being advanced. advancement The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity advancer One who advances or puts forward. advancing The act of proceeding forward; an advance. advancingly In an advancing manner. advancive Tending to advance. Advani A surname from Sindhi, of Hindu usage. advantage Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end. advantageable Providing an advantage; helpful to the advancement of a cause. advantaged Having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a competition. advantagedness The state or condition of being advantaged. advantageous Being of advantage, beneficial. advantageously In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner. advantageousness The state or quality of being advantageous. advantame A non-caloric sweetener synthesized from isovanillin and aspartame. advect To transport (something) by advection. advection The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc. advectional Relating to advection. advectionally Synonym of advectively. advectitious Brought to a place from somewhere else; imported, foreign. advective Relating to advection. advectively In an advective manner. advehent Carrying towards an organ or structure. advene To accede or to come to; to be superadded to, to be added to something or become a part of it, though inessential. advenement An event. advenience The property of being advenient. advenient Caused by outside forces; coming from without; external, additional. advent Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching. advential Synonym of adventitious. adventicectomy Removal of the adventitia advention An external addition. adventious adventitious. adventiously In an adventitious manner; adventitiously. Adventism The Adventist Christian movement founded by William Miller in 19th-century United States. Adventist One who believes in the Second Advent (usually known as the Second Coming) of Jesus; an advocate of Adventism. adventitia The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ. adventitial Of or pertaining to the adventitia adventition The action or fact of occurring adventitiously; extrinsic addition or influence; accidental or incidental occurrence. adventitious From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign. adventitiously in an adventitious manner; sporadically. adventitiousness The degree to which a thing is adventitious. adventive Accidental. adventively In an adventive manner. adventral Extending along a venter (protuberance). adventual Relating to the Advent. adventure A feeling of desire for new and exciting things. adventurecation A vacation that focuses on experiencing new places and activities, often involving outdoor adventures and unique experiences, rather than just relaxation. adventuredom Collectively, all adventure stories. adventureful adventurous adventureless Without adventure; uneventful. adventurelessness Lack of adventure. adventurement adventure. adventurer One who enjoys adventures. adventurership The state or condition of an adventurer.