English words: adenochondroma to adiantaceous

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English words adenochondroma to adiantaceous

adenochondroma noun: A hamartoma consisting of glandular and cartilaginous tissue
adenochrome noun: A red pigment present in the branchial heart tissue of the octopus
adenocystic adjective: Relating to adenocystomas
adenocystoma noun: An adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts
adenocyte noun: A secretory cell of a gland
adenocytic adjective: Relating to or composed of adenocytes.
adenodiastasis noun: The ectopia of a gland
adenodynia noun: pain in a gland; adenalgia
adenoepithelial adjective: Relating to epithelial tissue of glands
adenoepithelioma noun: A glandular epithelioma
adenofected adjective: transfected by means of adenoviruses
adenofection noun: A form of transfection by means of adenoviruses
adenofibroma noun: A benign glandular and fibrous (connective) neoplasm
adenofibromyoma noun: An adenomatoid tumour
adenofibrosis noun: a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
adenogenesis noun: The development of uterine glands (in mammals)
adenogenic adjective: Relating to adenogenesis
adenographic adjective: Pertaining to adenography.
adenography noun: The division of anatomy describing the glands
adenohypophyseal adjective: Alternative form of adenohypophysial.
adenohypophysectomy noun: The surgical removal of the adenohypophysis.
adenohypophysial adjective: Relating to the adenohypophysis.
adenohypophysiotropic adjective: That stimulates the adenohypophysis.
adenohypophysis noun: The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress,...
adenohypophysitis noun: An inflammation of the anterior pituitary gland
adenoid adjective, noun /ˈad.ɪn.ɔɪd/: Of or relating to lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue.
adenoid cystic carcinoma noun: A rare type of cancer that rises from the salivary glands and invades surrounding tissues.
adenoid organ noun: The ligule of Lepidodendron.
adenoidal adjective: Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
adenoidally adverb: In an adenoidal way.
adenoidcystic carcinoma noun: Alternative form of adenoid cystic carcinoma.
adenoidectomy noun: Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
adenoidism noun: adenoiditis
adenoiditis noun: Inflammation of the adenoid in the human throat.
adenoidy adjective: adenoidal (of a voice)
adenoinduced adjective: induced by an adenovector
adenolipoma noun: A benign lipoma of a gland containing both glandular and fat tissue.
adenolipomatosis noun: The formation of numerous adenolipomas in the neck, axilla and groin
adenological adjective: Pertaining to adenology (the study of glands).
adenology noun: The part of physiology that deals with the glands.
adenolymphangioadenitis noun: Alternative form of adenolymphangitis.
adenolymphangitis noun: adenoidal lymphangitis
adenolymphitis noun: Synonym of lymphadenitis.
adenolymphocele noun: cystic dilation of lymph nodes caused by an obstruction
adenolymphoma noun: A kind of benign tumour of the salivary glands.
adenoma noun /ædəˈnoʊmə/: A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
adenoma sebaceum noun: A cutaneous disorder consisting of angiofibromas that begin in childhood (generally present between 2–5 years of age) and appear clinically as red papules...
adenomagenesis noun: The generation and development of adenomas
adenomatoid adjective: Of or pertaining to an adenoma
adenomatosis noun: A form of cancer characterized by multiple adenomas within an organ or system
adenomatotic adjective: Of or pertaining to adenomatosis.
adenomatous adjective: Of or pertaining to adenoma
adenomectomy noun: Removal of an adenoma
adenomegaly noun: The enlargement of a gland, especially those of the neck
adenomere noun: The functional unit in a salivary gland, consisting of all the secretory cells that release their products into a single intralobular duct.
adenomeric adjective: Relating to adenomeres.
adenomucinosis noun: mucinosis of glandular tissue
adenomyoepithelial adjective: adenomyomatous and epithelial
adenomyoepithelioma noun: adenomyomatous epithelioma
adenomyoma noun: A complex tumor including components derived from glands and muscle.
adenomyomatosis noun: The condition of having adenomyomas.
adenomyomatous adjective: Of, relating to, or exhibiting the features of an adenomyoma.
adenomyomectomy noun: Removal of an adenomyosis
adenomyosarcoma noun: A myosarcoma that contains striated muscle cells
adenomyosis noun: A medical condition characterized by the presence of ectopic glandular tissue in the surrounding muscles, often and especially of the endometrial tissue of...
adenomyotic adjective: Relating to adenomyosis.
adenoneuroendocrine adjective: adenoid and neuroendocrine
adenopathy noun /æ.dəˈnɑ.pə.θi/: Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adenopetaly noun: The transformation of nectaries into petals or similar structures.
adenophlegmon noun: inflammation of a lymph gland
adenophore noun: A stalk supporting a gland.
adenophorean noun: Any nematode of the class Adenophorea
adenophostin noun: A derivative of inositol triphosphate that is a receptor agonist
adenophyllous adjective: Containing glands on the leaves.
adenopituitary adjective: Relating to, or produced by the pituitary gland
adenopolyposis noun: adenomatous polyposis
adenoreceptor noun: An adenosine receptor
adenoregulin noun: An antibiotic peptide present in the skin mucus of some frogs
adenosarcoma noun: An uncommon form of cancer that arises from mesenchymal tissue and has a benign glandular component.
adenosatellite adjective: Relating to dependoviruses
adenosclerosis noun: The hardening of a gland.
adenose adjective: Related to glands.
adenoside noun: A secondary amine derived from adenosine
adenosinase noun: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of adenosine
adenosine noun /əˈdɛnə(ʊ)siːn/: A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue.
adenosine diphosphate noun: A nucleotide, the result of adenosine triphosphate losing a phosphate group in metabolism.
adenosine monophosphate noun: A nucleotide, found in all animal muscle cells, reversibly convertible to adenosine diphosphate and adenosine triphosphate.
adenosine phosphate noun: Any phosphorylated adenosine.
adenosine triphosphate noun: A nucleotide that is used as a source of energy in cellular reactions, in the synthesis of nucleic acids, and as a neurotransmitter recognized by purinergic...
adenosinergic adjective: That operates on the adenosine system in the body or brain.
adenosinetriphosphatase noun: ATPase.
adenosinetriphosphate noun: Alternative form of adenosine triphosphate.
adenosinic adjective: Of, relating to, or containing adenosine.
adenosis noun: Benign swelling, scarring or enlargement of the lymph glands; a minor, low-risk glandular condition.
adenosquamocarcinoma noun: An adenosquamous carcinoma.
adenosquamous adjective: Having both glandular (adenoid) and squamous characteristics.
adenostyle noun: Any member of the Adenostyles genus of plants.
adenosyl noun: The univalent radical derived from adenosine
adenosylated adjective: Modified by the addition of adenosyl groups
adenosylation noun: Modification by the addition of adenosyl groups
adenosylcobalamin noun: cobamamide
adenosylhomocysteinase noun: An enzyme that hydrolyses adenosylhomocysteine to homocysteine and adenosine
adenosylhomocysteine noun: An adenosyl derivative of homocysteine that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of cysteine
adenosylmethioninase noun: The enzyme adenosylmethionine cyclotransferase.
adenosylmethionine noun: An adenosyl derivative of methionine that is a common co-substrate involved in transmethylation
adenosyltransferase noun: Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an adenosyl group, for example from ATP to an amino acid
adenotomic adjective: Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adenotomy noun: Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
adenotonsillar adjective: Relating to the adenoids and tonsils, especially to adenoiditis and tonsillitis
adenotonsillectomize verb: To perform or to undergo adenotonsillectomy
adenotonsillectomy noun: The surgical removal of the adenoids and tonsils, combination of adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy
adenotonsillitis noun: Inflammation of the tonsils and adenoids.
adenotrophic adjective: That are nourished by internal glands after being internally hatched
adenous adjective: Like a gland; full of glands.
adenovector noun: adenoviral vector
adenovectored adjective: Treated with an adenovector
adenoviral adjective: Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirally adverb: By means of, or in relation to adenoviruses
adenoviremia noun: The condition of having adenovirus infection in the bloodstream.
adenovirion noun: The virion of an adenovirus
adenovirologist noun: A scientist who studies adenoviruses.
adenovirology noun: The scientific study of adenoviruses.
adenovirus noun /əˈdɛnəʊˌvaɪɹəs/: Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adenyl noun: The univalent radical derived from adenine.
adenyl cyclase noun: Alternative form of adenylcyclase.
adenylase noun: The enzyme adenylyl cyclase
adenylate noun, verb /əˈdɛn.ə.leɪt/: The dissociated anion present in adenylic acid; adenosine monophosphate.
adenylate cyclase noun: An enzyme which cyclizes adenosine triphosphate (ATP) into cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cyclic AMP, cAMP), having key regulatory roles in essentially all...
adenylated adjective, verb: Modified by adenylation
adenylation noun: Any reaction or process that forms an adenylate but especially such a posttranslational modification to a protein.
adenylcyclase noun: An enzyme that catalyses the cyclization of adenosine triphosphate.
adenylic adjective: Of or pertaining to adenylic acid or its derivatives
adenylic acid noun: A nucleotide found in RNA. It is an ester of phosphoric acid with the nucleoside adenosine. It consists of a phosphate group, a pentose sugar ribose, and...
adenylosuccinase noun: An enzyme that converts adenylosuccinate to AMP and fumarate as part of the purine nucleotide cycle.
adenylosuccinate noun: Any salt or ester of adenylosuccinic acid; an intermediate in the interconversion of the purine nucleotides IMP (inosine monophosphate) and AMP (adenosine...
adenylosuccinic adjective: Relating to adenylosuccinic acid or its derivatives
adenylosuccinic acid noun: The adenyl derivative of succinic acid 2-[[9-[3,4-dihydroxy-5-(phosphonooxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]purin-6-yl]amino]butanedioic acid that plays a part in...
adenylpyrophosphatase noun: Synonym of ATPase.
adenylpyrophosphate noun: Synonym of adenosine triphosphate.
adenyltransferase noun: Any transferase that catalyzes the transfer of phosphate groups from or to adenyl groups in nucleic acids
adenylyl noun: A functional group derived from adenosine monophosphate, also known as 5-adenylic acid
adenylylate verb: To undergo, or to carry out adenylylation
adenylylated adjective, verb: That has undergone adenylylation
adenylylation noun: Addition of an adenylyl group (typically from adenosine monophosphate)
adenylylsulfate noun: adenosine phosphosulfate
adenylyltransferase noun: Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of adenylyl groups
adeonid noun: Any bryozoan of the family Adeonidae
adeoniform adjective: Resembling the fossil bryozoan Adeona, especially in forming a colony that is lobate and bilamellar.
adepescent adjective: Becoming fatty.
adephagan noun: Any of many beetles of the suborder Adephaga.
adephagous adjective: greedy, gluttonous
adepithelial adjective: Close to, but distinct from, the epithelium
adeps noun: Soft or liquid animal fat.
adept adjective, noun /əˈdɛpt/: Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
adeption noun: An obtaining; attainment.
adeptist noun: A skilled alchemist.
adeptly adverb: With great skill or knowledge.
adeptness noun: The quality of being adept.
adeptship noun: The role or status of an adept.
adequacy noun /ˈædɪkwəsi/: The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
adequal adjective: Approximately equal, in the context of infinitesimal calculus.
adequality noun: The quality of being adequal.
adequate adjective, determiner, verb /ˈæd.ə.kwɪt/: Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.
adequate intake noun: A typical and average nutrient level consumed daily by a healthy individual.
adequately adverb: In an adequate manner.
adequately wet adjective: Of asbestos: made wet for safety reasons, in order to prevent the escape of harmful particles, for example during demolition.
adequateness noun: The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations.
adequation noun: Equivalence.
adequationism noun: The definition of truth such that a theory is true if there is a relationship of adequation or equivalence between the facts or state of the world and the...
adequative adjective: equivalent or sufficient; adequate.
adequatively adverb: In an adequative fashion; sufficiently; adequately; equivalently.
Ader proper noun: A surname from German.
Ader receiver noun: A kind of telephone receiver incorporating a magnetized metal ring.
aderbasib noun: A particular sheddase inhibitor.
Aderhold proper noun: A surname from German.
Aderholt proper noun: A surname.
aderid noun: Any beetle in the family Aderidae.
adermatoglyphia noun /eɪˌdɜː.mə.təʊˈɡlɪ.fɪ.ə/: The absence of epidermal ridges (fingerprints and toeprints).
adermin noun: Synonym of pyridoxine.
adesmy noun: The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually whole.
adespota noun /əˈdɛspətə/: Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author. (Originally used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.)
adespotic adjective: Not absolute; not despotic.
Adessenarian noun: 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 adjective, noun: Of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates adjacent location.
adessive case noun: A noun case used to indicate adjacent location. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions "near", "at", or "by". Languages that use the...
adessively adverb: In an adessive manner.
adessivity noun: The property of being adessive.
adevism noun: The denial of the existence of gods, especially the legendary gods of Hinduism.
Adey proper noun: A surname transferred from the given name.
Adeyemi proper noun: A surname from Yoruba.
Adeyemo proper noun: A male given name from Yoruba.
ADF noun: Initialism of automatic direction finder.
adfected adjective: Having different powers of the unknown quantity in its various terms.
adfix noun: 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...
adfluvial adjective: Towards the flowing waters of a river or stream
adfluxion noun: Alternative form of affluxion.
adfolk noun: people in the advertising industry
adfreeze verb: To freeze together; to adhere through the formation of ice.
adfrontal noun: 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.
adgenital adjective: Near or beside the genital opening of a mite.
Adger proper noun: A surname.
adgerminal adjective: Towards a germ or ovary
adglutinate adjective: Synonym of accrete (“grown together”).
adglutinated adjective: Alternative form of adglutinate
ADH noun: Initialism of antidiuretic hormone.
adhaka noun: An ancient Indian unit of weight, equivalent to around 2.5 kilograms.
adhamant adjective: Clinging, as if by hooks.
adhan noun /ɑːˈðɑːn/: The call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin before each of the five obligatory daily prayers.
adharma noun: That which is not in accord with dharma, i.e. wrong, immorality, and wickedness.
adharmic adjective: unrighteous; contrary to universal law.
adhavasinone noun: A quinazolone alkaloid present in Adhatoda.
ADHD adjective, noun, verb /ˌeɪ diː ˌeɪtʃ ˈdiː/: Initialism of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
ADHD-C noun: Initialism of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-combined.
ADHD-PH/I noun: Initialism of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-primarily hyperactive/impulsive
ADHD-PI noun: Initialism of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-primarily inattentive.
ADHDer noun: A person with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
adherability noun: The condition of being adherable
adherable adjective: Capable of adhesion.
adhere verb /ædˈhɪə/: To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
adherence noun /ədˈhɪə.ɹəns/: A close physical union of two objects.
adherency noun: The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
adherend noun: That which adheres to something else by adhesion.
adherens junction noun: A protein complex that occurs at cell-cell junctions in epithelial tissues
adherent adjective, noun /ædˈ(h)ɪə.ɹənt/: Adhesive, sticking to something.
adherently adverb: In an adherent manner.
adherer noun: An adherent, one who practices or follows a belief.
adherin noun: A cadherin that regulates the loading of the cohesin complex onto chromosomes
adheringly adverb: So as to adhere.
adhese verb: To attach adhesively or via adhesives.
adhesibility noun: The condition of being adhesible
adhesible adjective: Capable of adhesion.
adhesin noun: Any of several factors that enable bacteria to adhere to epithelial surfaces as a step towards infection.
adhesiogenesis noun: The promotion of adhesion
adhesiogenic adjective: That promotes adhesion
adhesiolysis noun: The cutting or removal of adhesions or scar tissue.
adhesiolytic adjective: Relating to adhesiolysis
adhesion noun /ˌædˈhiː.ʒən/: The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
adhesion contract noun: A contract set by one party, so that the other party has little or no ability to negotiate more favorable terms and conditions.
adhesional adjective: Relating to adhesion.
adhesionally adverb: In an adhesional manner.
adhesionless adjective: Lacking adhesion
adhesionolysis noun: Alternative form of adhesiolysis.
adhesiotomy noun: The surgical procedure to divide or separate an adhesion.
adhesive adjective, noun /ədˈhiː.sɪv/: Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
adhesive bandage noun: Synonym of band-aid
adhesive capsulitis noun: A disorder in which the shoulder capsule, the connective tissue surrounding the glenohumeral joint of the shoulder, becomes inflamed and stiff, greatly...
adhesive tape noun: Tape with an adhesive film on one side, used to attach materials to something.
adhesive trap noun: Synonym of glue trap
adhesively adverb: In an adhesive manner; by adhesion.
adhesivemeter noun: An instrument for measuring the adhesive qualities of a substance.
adhesiveness noun: the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive
adhesivity noun: The condition of being adhesive
adhesome noun: All the adhesion receptors of an organism
adhibit verb /ədˈhɪbɪt/: To allow in; to admit.
adhibition noun /ˌædhɪˈbɪʃən/: The act of adhibiting.
adhikar noun: Alternative form of adigar.
adhikarana noun: In ancient India, an administrative department
Adhikari proper noun: A surname from Sanskrit.
adhisthana noun: An initiation or blessing in Vajrayana schools such as Tibetan Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism.
adho mukha shvanasana noun: Synonym of downward-facing dog.
adho mukha svanasana noun /ˌɑːdəʊ ˌmuːkə ʃvəˈnɑːsənə/: Downward-facing dog.
ADHOC proper noun: Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Cambodia’s oldest human rights organization, founded in 1991)
adhocery noun: Alternative spelling of ad hocery.
adhocism noun: Alternative spelling of ad hocism.
adhockery noun: Alternative spelling of ad hocery.
adhocness noun: Alternative form of ad hocness.
adhocracy noun /ədˈhɒkɹəsi/: An organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic.
adhocrat noun /adhəˈkɹat/: One who espouses or practises adhocracy.
adhocratic adjective /adhəˈkɹatɪk/: Relating to adhocracy; adhocratical.
adhocratical adjective /adhəˈkɹatɪkəl/: Relating to an adhocracy; adhocratic.
adhocratically adverb /adhəˈkɹatɪk(ə)li/: In an adhocratic manner.
Adhola noun: A member of an ethnic group of southeastern Uganda.
adhort verb /ædˈhɔː(ɹ)t/: To exhort; to advise.
adhortation noun: advice; exhortation
adhortative adjective: Relating to the giving of advice; tending to adhort.
adhortatory adjective: Containing counsel or warning; advisory.
adhumulone noun: 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
adhyasa noun: The human habit of superimposition, or false attribution of properties of one thing on another thing.
ADI noun: Initialism of area of dominant influence.
adi-guru noun: The "first spiritual master" of a disciplic succession.
adiabat noun: The curve on a graph of pressure and temperature which gives the adiabatic heating or cooling of a gas.
adiabatic adjective, noun /ˌeɪ.dɪəˈbæt.ɪk/: Without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).
adiabatic cooling noun: expansion cooling
adiabatic lapse rate noun: The rate of decrease of temperature with height of a parcel of dry air lifted upward through the atmosphere with no addition or deletion of heat.
adiabatic wall noun: Any interface through which there is no transfer of heat or entropy
adiabatical adjective: Alternative form of adiabatic.
adiabatically adverb: In an adiabatic way.
adiabaticity noun: The condition of being adiabatic; a measure of the extent to which a process is adiabatic.
Adiabenian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Adiabene.
adiabolist noun: One who does not believe in the Devil.
adiactinic adjective: Not capable of transmitting actinic rays of light.
adiadochocinesia noun: Alternative form of adiadochokinesia.
adiadochokinesia noun: A dyskinesia characterized by the inability to perform the rapid alternating movements of diadochokinesis.
adiadochokinesis noun: Alternative form of adiadochokinesia.
adiadokokinesia noun: Alternative form of adiadochokinesia.
adiadokokinesis noun: Alternative form of adiadochokinesia.
adiagnostic adjective: Not diagnostic.
adialectal adjective: Not dialectal.
adianoeta noun /ˌeɪˌdaɪənəʊˈiːtə/: An expression intended to be understood one way by part of the audience and in an opposing way by another part.
adiantaceous adjective: Belonging to the Adiantaceae.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under A: 47,274 words, in 158 parts.