(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adequative
adequative
adj
(rare) equivalent or sufficient; adequate.
adjudicative
adjudicative
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication or to an adjudicator.
adjunctive
adjunctive
adj
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
additional; neither basic nor primary
forming an adjunct
noun
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
adjuvant
adjuvant
adj
(medicine) Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour. [from 19th c.]
Helping; helpful; assisting. [from 16th c.]
noun
(agriculture) An additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of pesticide products, but has little or no pesticidal activity itself. [from mid 20th c.]
(immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen. [from 20th c.]
(medicine) Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment. [from 18th c.]
(pharmacology) An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. [from 19th c.]
Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper. [from 16th c.]
adjuvants
adjuvants
noun
plural of adjuvant
adjuvate
adjuvate
verb
To help; to further
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adustive
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
advantageousness
advantageousness
noun
The state or quality of being advantageous.
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
adventitiousness
adventitiousness
noun
the degree to which a thing is adventitious
adventitiousnesses
adventual
adventual
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the Advent.
adventure
adventure
noun
(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
adventured
adventured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adventure
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
adventurement
adventurement
noun
(obsolete) adventure.
adventurer
adventurer
noun
(video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
One who enjoys adventures.
adventurers
adventurers
noun
plural of adventurer
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
adventureship
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventuresomeness
adventuresomeness
noun
The state or quality of being adventuresome.
adventuresomes
adventuress
adventuress
noun
A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
A female varietist.
A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
adventuresses
adventuresses
noun
plural of adventuress
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
adventurousness
adventurousness
noun
The quality of being adventurous.
adversarious
adversarious
adj
(archaic) hostile; adversarial
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
adversus
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
alviducous
anarchoindividualist
angulinerved
antediluvial
antediluvial
adj
(biblical) Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.
(rare) Antiquated.
antediluvially
antediluvially
adv
In an antediluvial manner.
antediluvian
antediluvian
adj
(biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
Ancient or antiquated.
Extremely dated.
Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
noun
One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
antireductive
aphidivorous
aphidivorous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids.
arnaudville
audiovisual
audiovisual
adj
Containing both aural and visual elements.
audiovisuals
audiovisuals
noun
audiovisual material
auditive
auditive
adj
Of or relating to hearing; auditory.
auditives
audivise
audiviser
audivision
autoclaved
autoclaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoclave
autodigestive
autodigestive
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
autoeducative
autoeducative
adj
Of or relating to autoeducation.
autoinductive
autoinductive
adj
That exhibits autoinduction
avadhuta
avadhuta
noun
In some Indian religions, a kind of mystic or guru who has gone beyond common worldly concerns and acts without consideration for social etiquette.
avanguardisti
aviculariidae
aviculidae
avidious
avidious
adj
(obsolete) avid; eager; greedy.
avidiously
avidiously
adv
(obsolete) eagerly; greedily.
avidous
avidous
adj
(obsolete) avid; keen; desirous
avizandum
avizandum
noun
(law) time for a judge to consider a case and reach a decision.
avoidupois
avoidupoises
avoirdupois
avoirdupois
noun
(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
(obsolete) Merchandise.
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
avulsed
avulsed
adj
(of a piece of flesh or body part) Having been torn off, as in an avulsion.
(of a wound) Having been caused by a piece of flesh or body part being torn off, as in an avulsion.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avulse
ayurveda
ayurvedas
ayurvedic
ayurvedic
adj
Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic
bhudevi
bivaulted
bivaulted
adj
Having two vaults or arches.
bivouaced
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
bougainvilliidae
boulevard
boulevard
noun
A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
boulevardier
boulevardier
noun
A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.
verb
(intransitive) To strut or show off like a boulevardier.
boulevardiers
boulevardiers
noun
plural of boulevardier
boulevardize
boulevardize
verb
(transitive) To convert into boulevards.
boulevards
boulevards
noun
plural of boulevard
bouvard
bouvardia
brevicauda
brevicaudate
brevicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a short tail.
budennovsk
burfordville
bushveld
bushveld
noun
(South Africa) A terrain of thick scrubby trees and bush in dense thickets, with grassy groundcover between.
cadaverous
cadaverous
adj
Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver.
cadaverously
cadaverously
adv
In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
cadaverousness
cadaverousness
noun
The state or quality of being cadaverous.
cardiovascular
cardiovascular
adj
Relating to the circulatory system, that is the heart and blood vessels.
carludovica
cavaedium
cavaedium
noun
(architecture) The central hall or court within an Ancient Roman house.
circumnavigated
circumnavigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate
circumvallated
circumvallated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate
circumvented
circumvented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvent
circumvolved
circumvolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve
claudville
clavodeltoideus
coadjutive
coadjutive
adj
Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.
coadjuvancy
coadjuvancy
noun
(rare) cooperation; mutual effort
coadjuvant
coadjuvant
adj
cooperating
noun
(medicine) An adjuvant.
coadjuvate
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadunatively
coadunatively
adv
In a coadunative manner
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
coadventured
coadventurer
coadventurer
noun
A fellow adventurer.
coadventuress
coadventuring
cocultivated
cocultivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocultivate
conditivium
conducive
conducive
adj
Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
conduciveness
conduciveness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being conducive.
conductive
conductive
adj
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
conductively
conductively
adv
By means of conduction
In a conductive manner
conductivities
conductivities
noun
plural of conductivity
conductivity
conductivity
noun
(physics) The reciprocal of resistivity
The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound
convoluted
convoluted
adj
(chiefly anatomy, zoology) Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.
(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convolute
convolutedly
convolutedly
adv
In a convoluted manner.
convolutedness
convolutedness
noun
The quality of being convoluted.
convolvulad
convulsed
convulsed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of convulse
convulsedly
counteradvance
counteradvance
noun
An advance that counters or goes against another advance.
counteradvantage
counteradvantage
noun
A disadvantage that cancels out an advantage.
An advantage held by an opponent.
counteradvice
counteradvice
noun
Advice that goes against other advice; opposite advice.
counteradvise
counteradvise
verb
To give the opposite advice.
counterdevelopment
counterdevelopment
noun
A development that counteracts another development.
counterdrive
counterdrive
noun
A drive that counteracts another drive.
counterevidence
counterevidence
noun
(philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.