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admirable | deserving of the highest esteem or admiration |
admired | feel admiration for |
admissible | deserving to be admitted |
admissive | characterized by or allowing admission |
admittable | deserving to be allowed to enter |
admittible | deserving to be allowed to enter |
admonishing | admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior |
admonitory | serving to warn |
adnate | of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached |
adnexal | of or pertaining to adnexa |
adolescent | a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity |
adonic | a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis |
adoptable | suitable or eligible for adoption |
adopted | choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans |
adoptive | of parents and children; related by adoption |
adorable | lovable especially in a childlike or naive way |
adored | love intensely |
adoring | love intensely |
adorned | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. |
adpressed | pressed close to or lying flat against something; ; -L.V.Pirsson |
adrenal | either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney |
adrenergic | drug that has the effects of epinephrine |
adrenocortical | of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands |
adrenocorticotrophic | stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex |
adrenocorticotropic | stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex |
adrift | aimlessly drifting |
adroit | quick or skillful or adept in action or thought |
adscititious | added or derived from something outside; not inherent |
adscript | written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it |
adscripted | (used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner |
adsorbable | capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid |
adsorbate | a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed |
adsorbent | a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance |
adsorptive | having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface |
adulatory | obsequiously complimentary |
adult | a fully developed person from maturity onward |
adulterant | any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance |
adulterate | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones |
adulterated | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones |
adulterating | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones |
adulterine | conceived in adultery |
adulterous | characterized by adultery |
adumbrative | indistinctly prophetic |
adust | dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight |
advance | a movement forward |
advanced | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
advancing | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
advantageous | giving an advantage |
advective | of or relating to advection |
adventitial | of or pertaining to the adventitia |
adventitious | associated by chance and not an integral part; - Frederick W. Robertson |
adventive | not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized |
adventuresome | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises |
adventuristic | of or pertaining to adventurism |
adventurous | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises |
adverbial | a word or group of words function as an adverb |
adversative | expressing antithesis or opposition |
adverse | contrary to your interests or welfare |
advertent | giving attention |
advertised | call attention to |
advisable | worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise |
advised | give advice to |
advisory | an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat |
adynamic | characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness |
aecial | of or belonging to an aecium |
aegean | an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia |
aeolian | a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks |
aeolotropic | having properties with different values along different axes |
aeonian | of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era) |
aerated | expose to fresh air |
aerial | a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer |
aeriferous | conveying air; as the bronchial tubes |
aeriform | resembling air or having the form of air |
aerobic | depending on free oxygen or air |
aerobiotic | living or active only in the presence of oxygen |
aerodynamic | of or relating to aerodynamics |
aerolitic | of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites |
aerological | of or pertaining to aerology |
aeromechanic | of or pertaining to aerodynamics |
aeromedical | of or relating to aviation medicine |
aeronautic | of or pertaining to aeronautics |
aeronautical | of or pertaining to aeronautics |
aerophilatelic | of or relating to airmail stamps |
aerophilic | depending on free oxygen or air |
aerophilous | depending on free oxygen or air |
aerosolised | become dispersed as an aerosol |
aerosolized | disperse as an aerosol |
aery | the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) |
aeschylean | of or relating to or in the manner of Aeschylus |
aesculapian | of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art |
aesthetic | (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful |
aesthetical | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
aestival | (rare) of or occurring in summer |
aetiologic | of or relating to the philosophical study of causation |
aetiological | of or relating to the philosophical study of causation |
afeard | a pronunciation of afraid |
afeared | a pronunciation of afraid |
afebrile | having no fever |
affable | diffusing warmth and friendliness |
affected | have an effect upon |