Not transparent; not translucent; not diaphanous; opaque.
adiaphanousness
adiaphon
adiaphonon
adiaphora
adiaphora
noun
(nonstandard, uncommon) in singular use
plural of adiaphoron
adiaphoral
adiaphoral
adj
Being or relating to an adiaphoron.
adiaphoresis
adiaphoresis
noun
(medicine) Lack of sweating; anhidrosis.
adiaphoretic
adiaphorism
adiaphorism
noun
The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.
adiaphorist
adiaphorist
noun
One who believes in adiaphorism.
adiaphoristic
adiaphoristic
adj
(theology) Theologically indifferent.
adiaphorite
adiaphorite
Noun
One who believes in adiaphorism; an adiaphorist.
adiaphoron
adiaphoron
noun
(philosophy) A matter that is morally neutral.
(theology) Something neither forbidden nor commanded by scripture.
adiaphorous
adiaphorous
adj
neither harmful nor beneficial
adiaphory
adiaphory
noun
(obsolete) indifference
adiapneustia
adiapneustia
noun
(medicine) defective perspiration; adiaphoresis
adipate
adipate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of adipic acid
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adiphenine
adiphenine
Noun
An antispasmodic drug.
adipic
adipic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, or derived from adipic acid.
(organic chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
adipinic
adipocele
adipocellulose
adipocere
adipocere
noun
A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis
adipoceriform
adipoceriform
adj
(rare) Having the form or appearance of adipocere.
adipocerite
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adipocyte
adipocyte
noun
(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
adipofibroma
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adipoid
adipolysis
adipolysis
noun
(anatomy, medicine) The process of converting fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes.
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adipoma
adipoma
noun
(medicine, archaic) A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor.
adipomata
adipomatous
adipometer
adipometer
noun
A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid
adipopectic
adipopexia
adipopexia
noun
Alternative form of adipopexis
adipopexic
adipopexis
adipopexis
noun
(physiology) The storage of fat in tissue.
adipose
adipose
adj
Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
Slightly overweight; chubby.
noun
Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
adiposeness
adiposeness
noun
The state or quality of being adipose.
adiposes
adiposes
noun
plural of adiposis
adiposis
adiposis
noun
(medicine) A condition marked by the accumulation of adipose (fatty) tissue.
adiposities
adiposities
noun
plural of adiposity
adiposity
adiposity
noun
Obesity; the state of being fat.
The condition of being adipose; adipose tissue.
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
adiposuria
adiposuria
noun
Synonym of lipuria
adipous
adipous
adj
(anatomy, archaic) Of or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue.
adipsia
adipsia
noun
(medicine) Absence of thirst.
adipsic
adipsic
adj
Of or relating to adipsia.
adipsous
adipsous
adj
(medicine) thirst-quenching
adipsy
adipsy
noun
Archaic form of adipsia.
adipyl
adipyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical obtained by removing the only one hydroxyl group from adipic acid
adipoyl
adjutantship
adjutantship
noun
The role or status of adjutant.
administratorship
administratorship
noun
The position or role of an administrator.
admiralship
admiralship
noun
The state, property, or office of being an admiral.
admiralships
admiralships
noun
plural of admiralship
adnephrine
adnexopexy
adnopoz
adolph
adolphe
adolpho
adolphus
adoperate
adoperation
adopt
adopt
verb
(chess, slang) To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
To select and take or approve.
To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
adoptabilities
adoptabilities
noun
plural of adoptability
adoptability
adoptability
noun
The property of being adoptable.
adoptable
adoptable
adj
Able to be adopted.
Desirable to adopt.
noun
(online gaming) A unique creature for a user to adopt.
A person or animal that is eligible to be adopted.
adoptant
adoptative
adoptative
adj
(rare) adoptive
adopted
adopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adopt
adoptedly
adoptedly
adv
In a manner of something adopted.
adoptee
adoptee
noun
A person who was adopted as a child.
An adopted son or daughter.
Synonym of adopter
adoptees
adoptees
noun
plural of adoptee
adopter
adopter
noun
one who adopts
adopters
adopters
noun
plural of adopter
adoptian
adoptian
noun
(Christianity) A proponent of adoptianism.
adoptianism
adoptianism
noun
Alternative form of adoptionism
adoptianisms
adoptianist
adoptianist
noun
(Christianity) Alternative form of adoptionist
adopting
adopting
verb
present participle of adopt
adoption
adoption
noun
(chess, slang) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
(computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
(theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
The act of adopting.
The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
adoptional
adoptional
adj
Of or relating to adoption.
adoptionism
adoptionism
noun
(Christianity) 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 opposed to the orthodox understanding of the nature of the Trinity.
adoptionisms
adoptionist
adoptionist
adj
Of or pertaining to adoptionism.
noun
(Christianity) One who believes in or supports adoptionism.
(uncommon) One who supports adoption.
adoptionists
adoptionists
noun
plural of adoptionist
adoptions
adoptions
noun
plural of adoption
adoptious
adoptious
adj
(obsolete) Adopted.
adoptive
adoptive
adj
Pertaining to adoption.
Related through adoption.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adopts
adopts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adopt
adoxography
adoxography
noun
(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
adp
adpao
adpao
noun
(historical) An old Indian measure of capacity.
adpcm
adposition
adposition
noun
(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.
adpress
adpress
verb
Alternative form of appress
adpromission
adpromissor
adpromissor
noun
A surety.
adrenocorticotrophic
adrenocorticotrophic
adj
Alternative form of adrenocorticotropic
adrenocorticotrophin
adrenocorticotrophin
noun
(biochemistry) adrenocorticotropic hormone
adrenocorticotropic
adrenocorticotropic
adj
That stimulates the adrenal cortex.
adrenotrophin
adrenotropic
adrenotropic
adj
That stimulates the adrenal glands or adrenal cortex
adrianople
adrianopolis
adrip
adrip
adj
(figurative) Covered or filled (with something) as if to the point of dripping.
(of a liquid) Dripping.
(of a surface) Covered (with a liquid) to the point that it drips; having a liquid dripping off it.
(slang, US) Intoxicated with alcohol.
adroop
adroop
adj
Covered (with something that droops); having something drooping over it.
Drooping.
adrop
adrop
adj
dripping
adscript
adscript
adj
Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
noun
(typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
verb
(transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
adscripted
adscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adscript
adscription
adscription
noun
The state of being joined, bound or annexed
adscriptitious
adscriptitius
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
adscripts
adscripts
noun
plural of adscript
adsorption
adsorption
noun
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
adsorptions
adsorptions
noun
plural of adsorption
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
adsp
adspiration
adstipulate
adstipulated
adstipulating
adstipulation
adstipulator
adventureship
advisership
advisership
noun
The status or office of an adviser.
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
aecidiospore
aedileship
aedileship
noun
(historical) The office of an aedile.
(historical) The period or duration of this office.
aegopodium
aeluropodous
aepyornithidae
aerohydropathy
aerohydroplane
aerohydrotherapy
afterdamp
afterdamp
noun
(mining) Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide.