(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adenophthalmia
adenophyma
adenosarcoma
adenosarcoma
noun
An uncommon form of cancer that arises from mesenchymal tissue and has a benign glandular component.
adenosarcomas
adenosarcomata
adenosarcomata
noun
plural of adenosarcoma
adenostemonous
adenostoma
adenotome
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adenotomy
adenotomy
noun
(anatomy, surgery) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
adermia
adermin
adermin
Noun
pyridoxine
adermine
adesmy
adesmy
noun
(botany) The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually whole.
adeuism
adevism
adevism
noun
(dated) The denial of the existence of gods, especially the legendary gods of Hinduism.
adham
adhamant
adhamant
adj
(rare) Clinging, as by hooks.
adhamh
adharma
adharma
noun
That which is not in accord with dharma, i.e. wrong, immorality, and wickedness.
adhesivemeter
adhesivemeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the adhesive qualities of a substance.
adiamorphic
adiamorphism
adiantiform
adiantum
adiantum
noun
The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum)
adiaphorism
adiaphorism
noun
The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.
adiathermal
adiathermal
adj
(thermodynamics) adiabatic; not involving transmission of heat
adiathermancy
adiathermancy
noun
(obsolete) A resistance to the flow of heat.
adiathermanous
adiathermic
adiathermic
adj
impervious to heat
adim
adipoceriform
adipoceriform
adj
(rare) Having the form or appearance of adipocere.
adipofibroma
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
adjectivism
adjectivism
noun
The excessive use of adjectives.
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
adjudgment
adjudgment
noun
The action of imposing judgment.
adjument
adjument
noun
(obsolete) Help; support; that which or one who helps or supports.
adjustment
adjustment
noun
The action of adjusting something
The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
The settling or balancing of a financial account
adjustmental
adjustmental
adj
Relating to adjustment.
adjustments
adjustments
noun
plural of adjustment
adlumia
adlumidin
adlumidine
adlumin
adlumine
adlumine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in plants of genus Adlumia.
adm
admah
adman
adman
noun
A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.
admarginate
admarginate
verb
(archaic) To write in the margin.
admass
admass
noun
(dated, Britain) That part of society that is influenced by mass media advertising.
admaxillary
admaxillary
adj
(anatomy) Near to the maxilla or jawbone.
admd
admeasure
admeasure
verb
(transitive) To apportion.
(transitive, law, obsolete) To survey and lay off a due portion to, as of dower in real estate or of pasture held in common.
admeasured
admeasured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admeasure
admeasurement
admeasurement
noun
Apportionment.
admeasurer
admeasurer
noun
Agent noun of admeasure; one who admeasures.
admeasuring
admeasuring
verb
present participle of admeasure
admedial
admedial
adj
(anatomy) Near the medial plane
admedian
admedian
adj
(anatomy) Near the median plane
admen
admen
noun
plural of adman
admensuration
admensuration
noun
admeasurement
admerveylle
admete
admetus
admi
admin
admin
noun
(countable, informal) An administration (a body that administers; the executive part of government).
(countable, informal) An administrator (one who administers affairs).
(countable, informal, Internet) A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other users.
(countable, informal, computing) A systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network).
(uncountable, informal) Administration, or administrative work.
verb
(transitive, computing, informal) To serve as an administrator for or of.
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adminiculation
adminiculation
noun
(law) proof; corroboration
adminiculum
adminiculum
noun
(medicine) That which gives support to a part.
(medicine) The expansion of fibers extending from the superior pubic ligament to the posterior surface of the linea alba.
administer
administer
verb
(intransitive) To minister (to).
(law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
(medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
(transitive) To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
To give, as an oath.
administerd
administerd
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of administer
administered
administered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of administer
administerial
administerial
adj
Of or pertaining to administering or administration.
administering
administering
noun
administration
verb
present participle of administer
administerings
administerings
noun
plural of administering
administers
administers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administer
administrable
administrable
adj
Able to be administered
administrant
administrant
adj
Administrating
noun
The one who administers.
administrants
administrants
noun
plural of administrant
administrate
administrate
verb
(computing) the act or function of providing maintenance and general housekeeping for computer systems, networks, peripheral equipment, etc.
to administer
administrated
administrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of administrate
administrates
administrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administrate
administrating
administrating
verb
present participle of administrate
administration
administration
noun
(countable) A body that administers; a body of administrators.
(countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
(government, politics) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
(uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
(uncountable, business) Management.
(uncountable, law, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
administrational
administrational
adj
(nonstandard) Relating to administration.
administrationist
administrations
administrations
noun
plural of administration
administrative
administrative
adj
Of or relating to administering or administration.
administratively
administratively
adv
In an administrative manner, or for purposes of administration.
administrator
administrator
noun
(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
(law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
administrators
administrators
noun
plural of administrator
administratorship
administratorship
noun
The position or role of an administrator.
administratress
administratress
Noun
A female administrator.
administratrices
administratrices
noun
plural of administratrix
administratrix
administratrix
noun
A female administrator.
adminstration
adminstrations
admirability
admirability
noun
That quality which produces admiration or wonder
admirable
admirable
adj
Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.
admirableness
admirableness
noun
The state or quality of being admirable.
admirably
admirably
adv
In a way worthy of admiration.
To an admirable degree.
admiral
admiral
noun
(obsolete) A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan.
A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four-star general.
A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron.
A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Kaniska, Limenitis and Vanessa, especially a red admiral or white admiral.
The ship which carries the admiral, the flagship; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
admirals
admirals
noun
plural of admiral
admiralship
admiralship
noun
The state, property, or office of being an admiral.
admiralships
admiralships
noun
plural of admiralship
admiralties
admiralties
noun
plural of admiralty
admiralty
admiralty
noun
(law) The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
(law) The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
(military) The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.
(military) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
(military) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
admirance
admirance
noun
(obsolete) admiration
admiration
admiration
noun
(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
(obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
admirations
admirations
noun
plural of admiration
admirative
admirative
adj
Characterized by admiration.
noun
(An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
admiratively
admiratively
adv
In an admirative manner.
admirator
admirator
noun
(archaic) An admirer; one who admires.
admire
admire
verb
(US, dialectal, rare) To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something). (Sometimes followed by to.)
(obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
(transitive) To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem.
(transitive) To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.
(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
admired
admired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admire
admiredly
admiredly
adv
(archaic) So as to be admired.
admirer
admirer
noun
One who admires.
One who is romantically attracted to someone.
admirers
admirers
noun
plural of admirer
admires
admires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admire
admiring
admiring
adj
Feeling or showing admiration.
noun
admiration
verb
present participle of admire
admiringly
admiringly
adv
In an admiring manner.
admissability
admissability
noun
The state or quality of being admissable or allowable.
admissable
admissable
adj
Alternative spelling of admissible
admissibilities
admissibilities
noun
plural of admissibility
admissibility
admissibility
noun
The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.
admissible
admissible
adj
(artificial intelligence) Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.
Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
admissibleness
admissibleness
noun
The state or quality of being admissible.
admissibly
admissibly
adv
in a manner that is admissible; acceptably
admission
admission
noun
(Britain, ecclesiastical law) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
(law) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence
Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access
The act or practice of admitting.
The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.
The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.
admissions
admissions
noun
The department, section, administrative team, etc., that process admissions for an institution, hospital, etc.; the place where such a department is located.
plural of admission
admissive
admissive
adj
Tending to admit or allow.
admissively
admissively
adv
In an admissive manner; so as to admit.
admissory
admissory
adj
Pertaining to admission.
admit
admit
verb
(intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
(transitive or intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
(transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
(transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
(transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
admits
admits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admit
admittable
admittable
adj
Able to be admitted.
admittance
admittance
noun
(Britain, law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
(physics) The reciprocal of impedance
Actual entrance, reception.
Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
The act of admitting.
admittances
admittances
noun
plural of admittance
admittatur
admittatur
noun
The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
admitted
admitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admit
admittedly
admittedly
adv
As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly.