English words: adonifoline to adsorption

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English words adonifoline to adsorption

adonifoline noun: The polycyclic compound (1R,20R)-4-hydroxy-5,10-dimethyl-2,6,9,12-tetraoxa-17-azapentacyclo[12.5.1.14,8.08,10.017,20]henicos-14-ene-3,11-dione present in...
Adonijah proper noun: The fourth son of King David, who briefly assumed the throne before the ascension of Solomon.
adonirubin noun: A particular carotenoid.
Adonis noun /əˈdəʊ.nɪs/: A beautiful man.
Adonis belt noun: The iliac furrows.
Adonis blue noun: A bright blue butterfly, Polyommatus bellargus, of the family Lycaenidae.
adonis pleco noun: Acanthicus adonis, a Brazilian fish sometimes kept in aquariums
adonise verb: To embellish or adorn, especially in order to improve the appearance of.
adonist noun: One who maintains that the vowel points of the Tetragrammaton translated "Jehovah" are the vowel points that belong to the word Adonai.
adonite noun: A pentitol found naturally in Adonis vernalis, used as a sweetener.
adonitol noun: Ribitol.
adonitoxin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
adonitoxol noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
adonixanthin noun: A carotenone, a derivative of astaxanthin.
adonization noun: Act or process of adonizing.
adonize verb: Alternative form of adonise.
adontia noun: The absence of teeth
adoors adverb: At the door, or through the door.
adopt noun, verb /əˈdɒpt/: To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
adopt-a-versary noun: Alternative form of adoptaversary.
adopt out verb: To expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.
adoptability noun: The property of being adoptable.
adoptable adjective, noun: Able to be adopted.
adoptance noun: adoption
adoptative adjective: adoptive
adoptaversary noun: The anniversary of an adopted child’s or pet’s adoption day.
adopted adjective, verb /əˈdɑptɪd/: Having been received into a relationship (especially a filial relationship) through adoption; adoptive.
adoptedly adverb: By adoption.
adoptee noun /əˌdɒpˈtiː/: An adopted son or daughter.
adopter noun /əˈdɒp.tə/: one who adopts
adoptian noun: A proponent of adoptianism.
adoptianism noun: Alternative form of adoptionism.
adoptianist noun: Alternative form of adoptionist.
adoptianistic adjective: Alternative form of adoptionistic.
adoption noun /əˈdɑp.ʃən/: The act of adopting.
adoption name noun: The legal name, or names that a child receives following the legal process of adoption, which typically includes their adoptive parents' surname.
adoptional adjective: Of or relating to adoption.
adoptionism noun: A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God the Father adopted him, either at Jesus' birth, or at his death, as...
adoptionist adjective, noun: One who believes in or supports adoptionism.
adoptionistic adjective: Relating to adoptionism.
adoptionistically adverb: In an adoptionistic manner; from an adoptionist perspective.
adoptious adjective: Adopted.
adoptive adjective /əˈdɒptɪv/: Related through adoption.
adoptive father noun: A man who has adopted a child, as opposed to a biological father.
adoptive mother noun: A woman who has adopted a child, as opposed to a biological mother.
adoptive parent noun: A person who adopts a child and brings it up as their own.
adoptive sibling noun: A person who is not one's biological sibling, but was legally and socially raised as if they were.
adoptively adverb: In an adoptive manner; by adoption.
adoptor noun: Alternative form of adopter.
adorability noun: The quality of being adorable; adorableness.
adorable adjective /əˈdɔːɹəbəl/: Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.
adorableness noun /əˈdɔːɹəbəlnəs/: The state or quality of being adorable.
adorably adverb /əˈdɔɹəbli/: In an adorable manner.
adorabubble adjective: Cute; lovable.
adoral adjective: Located near the mouth.
adorally adverb: In an adoral way; near to the mouth.
adorant adjective: Adoring.
Adorantes noun: Those Unitarians who believed that it was lawful to worship Christ as a divinity.
adorasexy adjective: Sexually attractive and cute.
adorate verb: Synonym of adore.
adoration noun /ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/: An act of religious worship.
adorational adjective: Relating to adoration.
adorationally adverb: In an adorational manner.
adorative adjective: Pertaining to adoration.
adorator noun: Synonym of adorer.
adoratory adjective, noun: A room in a temple for the adoration of idols.
adoratrice noun: A kind of quasi-royal priestess in Ancient Egypt.
adorb adjective /əˈdɔɹb/: Clipping of adorable.
adorbs adjective /əˈdɔɹbz/: Adorable.
adorcism noun: The voluntary, desired or curative possession by a spirit.
adore verb /əˈdɔː/: To worship.
adorement noun: The act of adoring; adoration.
adorer noun: Someone who worships.
adoring adjective, noun, verb: Showing adoration or admiration.
adoringly adverb: In an adoring manner.
adorkability noun /əˌdɔɹ.kəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/: The quality of being adorkable.
adorkable adjective /əˈdɔːkəbl̩/: Adorable in a dorky, socially awkward manner.
adorkableness noun: The quality of being adorkable.
adorkably adverb: In an adorkable manner.
adorn adjective, noun, verb /əˈdɔɹn/: To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
adorn oneself with borrowed plumes verb: To claim the honor of another for oneself.
adornable adjective: Able to be adorned.
adornation noun: adornment
adorned adjective, verb /əˈdɔɹnd/: Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments).
adorner noun: One who places adornments; one who adorns.
adorning noun, verb: An adornment.
adorningly adverb: decoratively; using adornments.
adornment noun /əˈdɔːnm(ə)nt/: A decoration; that which adorns.
adorno noun: A clay ornament attached to a piece of pottery, usually at the rim.
Adornoan adjective: Alternative form of Adornoian.
Adornoian adjective: Of or relating to Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969), German sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist known for his critical theory of society.
ados noun: Initialism of American Descendants of Slavery.
adosculation noun: impregnation by external contact, without intromission
adosilog noun: a meal of adobo with fried rice and fried egg
adosopine noun: A dibenzoazepine drug that has been studied for the treatment of urinary incontinence.
adosterol noun: A particular iodine-containing sterol.
adoulie noun: A unit of mass or volume, equivalent to four sihrs.
Adour proper noun: A river in southwestern France.
adovada adjective: marinated
adowa noun: A traditional dance of the Akan people of Ghana, with hand movements accompanied by drumming.
adown adverb, preposition /əˈdaʊn/: Down, downward; to or in a lower place.
adoxograph noun /eɪˈdɒksɒˌɡɹɑːf/: A work of adoxography.
adoxographer noun /eɪdɒkˈsɒɡɹəfə/: One who composes adoxography.
adoxographic adjective /eɪdɒkˈsɒɡɹəfik/: Of or pertaining to adoxography; adoxographical.
adoxographical adjective /eɪˌdɒksɒˈɡɹɑːfik(ə)l/: Of or pertaining to adoxography; adoxographic.
adoxographically adverb /eɪˌdɒksɒˈɡɹɑːfik(ə)li/: In an adoxographic manner.
adoxography noun /eɪdɒkˈsɒɡɹəfi/: Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
adoze adjective, adverb /əˈdoʊz/: Dozing, napping, asleep.
adozelesin noun: One of the duocarmycins.
ADP noun: Initialism of adenosine diphosphate.
ADP-ribose noun: A phosphate ester of ribose and adenosine diphosphate
adpao noun: An old Indian measure of capacity.
adparticle noun: A cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a material.
adperson noun: An adman or adwoman.
ADPLL noun: Initialism of all-digital phase locked loop.
adposition noun /ˌædpəˈzɪʃən/: An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or...
adpositional adjective: Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an adposition.
adpositional phrase noun: A phrase in a syntactic category that includes an adposition as head and usually a complement such as a noun phrase.
adpositionally adverb: In an adpositional manner.
adpositionhood noun: The property of being an adposition.
adprep noun: A word that functions both as an adverb and as a preposition.
adpress verb: Alternative form of appress.
adpressed adjective, verb: Alternative form of appressed.
adpression noun: A pressing closely together.
adpromissor noun: A surety.
ADR noun /eɪ di ˈɑɹ/: Initialism of adverse drug reaction.
adracalin noun: A component of nuclear pore complex implicated in Triple-A syndrome
adraces noun: A salt inflorescence on marshes.
adradial adjective: Relating to the inner radius
adradially adverb: In an adradial manner.
adrafinil noun: A mild stimulant of the central nervous system used to relieve excessive sleepiness and inattention in elderly patients.
adragant noun: Gum tragacanth.
adragonist noun: A person who does not believe in dragons.
adrak noun: Alternative form of adraki (“ginger”).
adraki noun: ginger
adranosite noun: A tetragonal sulfate chloride mineral with the chemical formula (NH₄)₄NaAl₂(SO₄)₄Cl(OH)₂.
Adrastean adjective, noun /ædrəˈstiːən/: Of or relating to the nymph Adrasteia or Adrastea in Greek mythology.
Adrasteian adjective /ædrəˈstiːən/: Alternative form of Adrastean.
adrate noun: The rate charged for placing a commercial advertisement in the media.
adraw verb /əˈdɹɔː/: To draw out; to draw (a sword).
adraxone noun: Adrenochrome.
adread adjective, verb /əˈdɹɛd/: To dread, fear greatly.
adream adjective: dreaming; in dreams
adreamed adjective: Dreaming.
adrectal adjective: Near or beside the rectum.
adree verb: To carry on; practice; pass (life, time, etc.).
adren- prefix: Alternative form of adreno-.
adrenal adjective, noun /æˈdɹiːnəl/: Pertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.
adrenal artery noun: An artery in the human abdomen that supplies blood to the adrenal glands.
adrenal cortex noun: The outer portion of the adrenal glands that produces hormones essential to homeostasis.
adrenal gland noun: In mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and...
adrenalated adjective: adrenalized
adrenalectomise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of adrenalectomize.
adrenalectomization noun: Synonym of adrenalectomy.
adrenalectomize verb: To subject to an adrenalectomy.
adrenalectomized adjective, verb: Having been adrenalectomized (subjected to adrenalectomy).
adrenalectomy noun: The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
adrenalin noun: Alternative spelling of adrenaline.
adrenalin rush noun: Alternative form of adrenaline rush.
adrenaline noun /əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/: Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.
adrenaline junkie noun: One who is seemingly addicted to the sensation of exhilaration associated with risky behaviors or exciting situations, and who actively seeks such...
adrenaline rush noun: A surge of strength and energy brought on by a dangerous situation, by, or as if by, adrenaline.
adrenaline sport noun: extreme sport
adrenalined adjective: Under adrenaline.
adrenalinergic adjective: Activated by adrenaline
adrenalinic adjective: Of or pertaining to adrenaline.
adrenalinogenic adjective: Creating adrenaline.
adrenalisation noun: Alternative form of adrenalization.
adrenalise verb: To render frightening or thrilling, such as to stimulate the production of adrenalin.
adrenalism noun: Excessive secretion of steroid hormones of the cortex of the suprarenal gland
adrenalitis noun: Inflammation of one or both adrenal glands, leading to an insufficiency of cortisol and/or aldosterone.
adrenalization noun: The state of being adrenalized.
adrenalize verb: American and Oxford British English standard spelling of adrenalise.
adrenally adverb: In adrenal terms.
adrenalone noun: An adrenergic agonist used as a topical vasoconstrictor and hemostatic.
adrenarche noun: A stage of maturation of the cortex of the human adrenal glands, related to puberty, typically occurring between the ages of six and ten years and involving...
adrenarcheal adjective: Of or pertaining to adrenarche.
adrenate noun: Any salt or ester of adrenic acid
adrenectomy noun: Alternative form of adrenalectomy.
adrenergic adjective, noun: Having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine.
adrenergic receptor noun: Any of several sites in the surface membranes of cells innervated by adrenergic neurons
adrenergically adverb: By means of, or in terms of, adrenaline or epinephrine.
adrenic adjective: adrenal
adrenic acid noun: A polyunsaturated fatty acid having 22 carbon atoms and 4 double bonds, 7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z-docosatetraenoic acid
adrenitis noun: Alternative form of adrenalitis.
adreno- prefix: Relating to the adrenal gland.
adreno-cortical adjective: Alternative form of adrenocortical.
adrenocarcinoma noun: A carcinoma of the adrenal gland
adrenoceptive adjective: Relating to adrenoceptors
adrenoceptor noun: adrenergic receptor
adrenocholinergic adjective: Describing cholinergic effects produced by the adrenal gland.
adrenochrome noun: An oxidation product of adrenaline or epinephrine; its semicarbazone is used as a drug to reduce bleeding.
adrenocortex noun: Synonym of adrenal cortex.
adrenocortic adjective: Alternative form of adrenocortical.
adrenocortical adjective: Relating to the adrenal cortex.
adrenocortically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, the adrenal cortex.
adrenocorticoid adjective: Relating to, or produced by the adrenal cortex
adrenocorticosteroid noun: adrenal corticosteroid
adrenocorticotrophic adjective: Alternative form of adrenocorticotropic.
adrenocorticotrophin noun: adrenocorticotropic hormone
adrenocorticotropic adjective: That stimulates the adrenal cortex.
adrenocorticotropic hormone noun: A peptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland, that stimulates the secretion of other hormones
adrenocorticotropin noun: An adrenocorticotropic hormone that is a polypeptide secreted by the anterior pituitary
adrenodoxin noun: A ferredoxin present in mitochondria of the adrenal cortex.
adrenogenic adjective: Relating to the adrenal gland or to the adrenal cortex
adrenogenital adjective: Relating to the effects of adrenocortical hormones
adrenogenital syndrome noun: congenital adrenal hyperplasia
adrenogenitalism noun: A disorder that causes the adrenal glands to produce an excessive amount of androgens.
adrenogonadal adjective: adrenal and gonadal
adrenoleucodystrophy noun: Alternative form of adrenoleukodystrophy.
adrenoleukodystrophic adjective: Of or relating to adrenoleukodystrophy.
adrenoleukodystrophy noun: A rare genetic disorder where the body can’t break down certain fatty acids, causing them to build up and damage the brain’s white matter, spinal cord, and...
adrenolytic adjective, noun: That inhibits the production or function of adrenaline.
adrenomedullary adjective: Of or relating to the adrenal medulla.
adrenomedullin noun: A peptide associated with a pheochromocytoma (tumor of the adrenal medulla)
adrenomegaly noun: enlargement of the adrenal glands
adrenomimetic adjective, noun: That has an action similar to that of the adrenal hormones
adrenomyeloneuropathy noun: A progressive, X-linked, genetic, neurological disorder that deteriorates the myelin sheath that protects the spinal cord.
adrenopathy noun: Any disease of the adrenal glands or the suprarenal glands
adrenoreactive adjective: That shows a response to catecholamines
adrenoreactivity noun: The quality of being adrenoreactive.
adrenoreceptor noun: adrenergic receptor
adrenorphin noun: An endogenous, C-terminally amidated, opioid octapeptide, produced from proteolytic cleavage of proenkephalin A and widely distributed throughout the...
adrenostatic adjective: Inhibiting the action of the adrenal glands.
adrenosterone noun: A hormone, originally isolated from the adrenal cortex, that has weak androgenic effects.
adrenotoxic adjective: toxic to the adrenal glands
adrenotrophic adjective: That stimulates the adrenal glands
adrenotropic adjective: That stimulates the adrenal glands or adrenal cortex
adrenotropin noun: An adrenotropic hormone
adret noun /ˈædɹeɪ/: The sun-facing side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, this is typically the south-facing slope.
Adria proper noun: A town and comune of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy, situated on the site of an Etruscan city of the same name.
adriablastin noun: Synonym of doxorubicin.
adriamycin noun /ˌeɪdɹɪəˈmaɪsɪn/: An anthracycline antibiotic drug used in cancer chemotherapy.
adriamycinone noun: The quinone (7S,9S)-6,7,9,11-tetrahydroxy-9-(2-hydroxyacetyl)-4-methoxy-8,10-dihydro-7H-tetracene-5,12-dione which is the aglycone of doxorubicin
Adrian adjective /ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/: Relating to the Adriatic Sea.
Adrian Quist adjective: Pissed (drunk).
Adriana proper noun: A female given name from Latin or Etruscan, masculine equivalent Adrian.
Adriane proper noun: A female given name.
adrianichthyid noun: Any member of the Adrianichthyidae.
adrianitid noun: Any of the extinct ammonites in the family Adrianitidae.
Adrianna proper noun: A female given name from Latin, variant of Adriana.
Adrianne proper noun: A female given name.
Adrianople proper noun /ˌeɪdɹɪəˈnəʊp(ə)l/: Former name of Edirne: a city in northwestern Turkey.
Adrianople red noun: Synonym of Turkey red.
Adrianopolitan adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Adrianople (modern-day Edirne).
Adriatic adjective /ˌeɪ.dɹiˈæt.ɪk/: Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea.
adriatoxin noun: An analogue of yessotoxin present in some mussels from the northern Adriatic
Adriel proper noun: A male given name from Hebrew.
Adrien proper noun: A surname from French.
Adrienne proper noun /eɪdɹiˈɛn/: A female given name from French.
adrift adjective, adverb /əˈdɹɪft/: Floating at random.
adrip adjective /əˈdɹɪp/: Dripping.
adrogate verb: To adopt (a free citizen).
adrogation noun: A kind of adoption in Ancient Rome.
adroit adjective /əˈdɹɔɪt/: deft, dexterous, or skillful
adroitly adverb /əˈdɹɔɪtli/: Deftly; in an adroit manner.
adroitness noun: Skillfulness or ease of ability.
Adrol noun /ˈeɪ̯dɹɔːl/: The anabolic steroid oxymetholone.
adronitis noun /ˌædɹəʊˈnaɪtɪs/: Frustration with the amount of time required to become truly familiar with someone.
adroop adjective /əˈdɹuːp/: Drooping.
adrostral adjective: Near the rostrum (snout)
adrowse adjective /əˈdɹaʊz/: drowsy
adRP noun: Abbreviation of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.
ADRT noun: Initialism of advance decision to refuse treatment.
adry adjective /əˈdɹʌɪ/: Dry.
ads adjective, noun, phrase, suffix /ædz/: Initialism of automated decision support.
ADS-A noun: Initialism of automatic dependent surveillance - addressed (“automated transmission of location information for aircraft using an airline-specified...
ADS-C noun: Initialism of automatic dependent surveillance - contract (“automated transmission of GPS location information from an aircraft via a contractual agreement...
ADS-R noun: rebroadcast ADS: Initialism of automatic dependent surveillance - rebroadcast (“rebroadcasting of ADS automated transmission of GPS location information...
ADSC noun: Initialism of adipose-derived stem cell.
adscendin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
adscendoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
adscititious adjective /ædsəˈtɪʃəs/: Derived or acquired from something extrinsic; not part of the real, inherent, or essential nature of a thing.
adscititiously adverb: In an adscititious way.
adscript adjective, noun, verb: A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
adscription noun: The state of being joined, bound or annexed
adscriptive adjective: Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
AdSeg noun: Alternative letter-case form of ad-seg.
adseverin noun: Synonym of scinderin.
Adshead proper noun: A surname.
adsheart interjection: Synonym of zounds.
adshel noun: A kind of large poster for display at a bus shelter.
adshell noun: Alternative form of adshel.
adsignification noun: additional signification
adsignify verb: To denote additionally.
Adsit proper noun: A surname.
ADSL noun: Initialism of asymmetric digital subscriber line.
adsmith noun: A writer of advertising copy.
adsorb verb /ədˈzɔːb/: To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.
adsorbability noun: A measure of the degree to which a material is capable of adsorption.
adsorbable adjective: Able to be adsorbed
adsorbance noun: A measure of the amount of material adsorbed on a surface.
adsorbant adjective: Alternative form of adsorbent.
adsorbate noun /ədˈsɔːbeɪt/: A substance that has been adsorbed
adsorbent adjective, noun: Tending to adsorb.
adsorber noun: Something which adsorbs, especially a solid material, such as activated carbon, that has a high surface area and is used to capture a gas or liquid
adsorboluminescence noun: luminescence following the adsorption of a small molecule or ion by a surface
adsorp verb: To adsorb
adsorpative adjective: Alternative form of adsorptive.
adsorption noun: The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.

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.