Common bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta) or snakeweed.
addicting
addicting
adj
(US) Causing addiction.
verb
present participle of addict
addiction
addiction
noun
(medicine) A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
addictive
addictive
adj
Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
Enjoyable.
noun
A drug that causes an addiction.
Anything that is very habit-forming.
addington
additions
additions
noun
plural of addition
additives
additives
noun
plural of additive
addlehead
addlehead
noun
(colloquial) A foolish or dull-witted person.
addlement
addlement
noun
confusion; an addled state
addleness
addleness
noun
The state or quality of being addle.
addlepate
addlepate
noun
Alternative form of addle pate
addleplot
addressed
addressed
adj
(possessional) Of a document, marked with an address.
Having been the audience for an address, speech or presentation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of address
addressee
addressee
noun
(linguistics) A person or entity to whom discourse is directed, or the words referring to such an entity.
The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.
addresser
addresser
noun
A machine that addresses.
A person who addresses (applies an address to an object to be delivered to a particular location).
A person who addresses someone (directs spoken or written communication toward someone).
A person who gives an address or speech.
addresses
addresses
noun
plural of address
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of address
addressor
addressor
noun
Alternative form of addresser
adducible
adducible
adj
Capable of being adduced.
adducting
adducting
verb
present participle of adduct
adduction
adduction
noun
(anatomy) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
adductive
adductive
adj
Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
adductors
adductors
noun
plural of adductor
adelaster
adelaster
noun
(botany) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.
adeleidae
adelphian
adelphous
adelphous
adj
(botany) Having coalescent or clustered filaments.
ademonist
ademption
ademption
noun
(law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.
adenalgia
adenalgia
noun
(pathology) Pain in a gland.
adeniform
adeniform
adj
Shaped like a gland; adenoid.
adenocele
adenocele
noun
A cystadenoma, a hidrocystoma.
adenocyst
adenoidal
adenoidal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
(of a voice) Sounding as if the speaker has swollen adenoids.
adenology
adenology
noun
The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
adenomata
adenomata
noun
plural of adenoma
adenoncus
adenosine
adenosine
noun
(biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry) A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue.
adenotome
adenotomy
adenotomy
noun
(anatomy, surgery) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
adeodatus
adephagan
adephagan
noun
Any of many beetles of the suborder Adephaga.
adephagia
adeptness
adeptness
noun
The quality of being adept.
adeptship
adeptship
noun
The role or status of an adept.
adespoton
adffrozen
adfiliate
adfluxion
adfluxion
noun
Alternative form of affluxion
adherence
adherence
noun
(Scotland, law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.
(medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
A close physical union of two objects.
Faithful support for some cause.
adherency
adherency
noun
(obsolete) That which adheres.
(obsolete) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
adherends
adherends
noun
plural of adherend
adherents
adherents
noun
plural of adherent
adhesions
adhesions
noun
plural of adhesion
adhesives
adhesives
noun
plural of adhesive
adhibited
adhibited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adhibit
adhocracy
adhocracy
noun
(business, organizational theory) An organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic.
adiabatic
adiabatic
adj
(physics, quantum mechanics, of a process) That involves the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system from its initial value to a final value.
(physics, thermodynamics, of a process) That occurs without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).
noun
An adiabatic curve or graph
adiaphora
adiaphora
noun
(nonstandard, uncommon) in singular use
plural of adiaphoron
adiaphory
adiaphory
noun
(obsolete) indifference
adigranth
adipocele
adipocere
adipocere
noun
A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis
adipocyte
adipocyte
noun
(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
adipomata
adiposity
adiposity
noun
Obesity; the state of being fat.
The condition of being adipose; adipose tissue.
adjacence
adjacence
noun
That which is adjacent.
The state of being adjacent or contiguous; adjacency.
adjacency
adjacency
noun
The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.
adjection
adjection
noun
Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
adjective
adjective
adj
(chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
(grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
(obsolete, reflected in the chemical sense, but extinct as a general sense) Incapable of independent function.
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
verb
(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
(transitive, chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
adjoinant
adjoinant
adj
(obsolete) Contiguous, adjoining.
adjoining
adjoining
adj
Being in contact at some point or line; joining to
verb
present participle of adjoin
adjournal
adjournal
noun
adjournment; postponement
adjourned
adjourned
adj
(of a meeting, event or trial) Having been adjourned; suspended or paused.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjourn
adjudging
adjudging
verb
present participle of adjudge
adjunctly
adjunctly
adv
In an adjunct manner.
adjustage
adjustage
noun
(rare, obsolete) Adjustment.
adjusters
adjusters
noun
plural of adjuster
adjusting
adjusting
noun
Adjustment.
verb
present participle of adjust
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
adjustors
adjustors
noun
plural of adjustor
adjutancy
adjutancy
noun
The state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.
adjutants
adjutants
noun
plural of adjutant
adjutator
adjutator
noun
(archaic) Alternative spelling of agitator
adjutrice
adjutrice
noun
Alternative form of adjutrix (“female adjutor”)
adjuvants
adjuvants
noun
plural of adjuvant
adlegiare
adlumidin
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.
adminicle
adminicle
noun
(Scotland, law) Corroborative proof.
An auxiliary.
Background ornamentation on a coin or medal.
Something that aids or supports.
admirable
admirable
adj
Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.
admirably
admirably
adv
In a way worthy of admiration.
To an admirable degree.
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
admirator
admirator
noun
(archaic) An admirer; one who admires.
admiredly
admiredly
adv
(archaic) So as to be admired.
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.
admissive
admissive
adj
Tending to admit or allow.
admissory
admissory
adj
Pertaining to admission.
admitters
admitters
noun
plural of admitter
admitting
admitting
noun
An act of admission; an allowing to enter.
verb
present participle of admit
admixtion
admixtion
noun
(archaic) A mingling of different things; an admixture.
admixture
admixture
noun
(epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
A mixture, in some contexts
An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
admonitor
admonitor
noun
An admonisher; a monitor.
adnascent
adnascent
adj
Growing to or on something else.
adnations
adnations
noun
plural of adnation
adnescent
adnexitis
adnexitis
noun
(medicine) inflammation of the adnexa of the uterus, i.e. the Fallopian tubes or ovaries.
adnominal
adnominal
adj
(grammar) Involving or relating to words that modify a noun.
(grammar, dated) Of or pertaining to an adnoun (sensu stricto).
noun
(grammar) The adnominal case: A word or phrase qualifying a noun, such as an adjective or a relative clause.
adolesced
adolesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adolesce
adonizing
adonizing
verb
present participle of adonize
adoperate
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.
adoptedly
adoptedly
adv
In a manner of something adopted.
adoptions
adoptions
noun
plural of adoption
adoptious
adoptious
adj
(obsolete) Adopted.
adorantes
adoration
adoration
noun
(countable) An act of religious worship.
(historical) The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
(religion) Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.
(uncountable) Admiration or esteem.
(uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.
adoratory
adoratory
adj
Expressing adoration.
noun
A room in a temple for the adoration of idols.
adoringly
adoringly
adv
In an adoring manner.
adornment
adornment
noun
A decoration; that which adorns.
The act of decorating.
adoxaceae
adrenalin
adrenalin
noun
Alternative spelling of adrenaline
adrenally
adrenally
adv
In adrenal terms.
adrenitis
adrenitis
noun
Alternative form of adrenalitis
adroitest
adroitest
adj
superlative form of adroit: most adroit
adrostral
adrostral
adj
(zoology) Near the rostrum (snout)
adscripts
adscripts
noun
plural of adscript
adsignify
adsignify
verb
(transitive) To denote additionally.
adsorbate
adsorbate
noun
a substance that has been adsorbed
adsorbent
adsorbent
adj
Tending to adsorb.
noun
The solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates.
adsorbing
adsorbing
verb
present participle of adsorb
adstringe
adularias
adularias
noun
plural of adularia
adulating
adulating
verb
present participle of adulate
adulation
adulation
noun
Flattery; fulsome praise.
adulators
adulators
noun
plural of adulator
adulatory
adulatory
adj
Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering.
adulterer
adulterer
noun
A male adulterer specifically, opposite adulteress referring to female ones.
One who commits adultery: a spouse who has sex with a non-spouse
adulthood
adulthood
noun
The state or condition of a human being once it has reached physical maturity, and is presumed to have reached a state of psychological maturity, to wit: once it has become an adult.
The time period of a human being's majority; the time during which a human being has reached physical maturity, and ending with its death.
adultlike
adultlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an adult
adultness
adultness
noun
The state or quality of being an adult.
adultress
adultress
noun
Alternative form of adulteress
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
adumbrate
adumbrate
verb
To foreshadow vaguely.
To give a vague outline.
To obscure or overshadow.
adunation
adunation
noun
The act of uniting; union.
aduncated
aduncated
adj
Alternative form of aduncate
advancers
advancers
noun
plural of advancer
advancing
advancing
noun
The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
verb
present participle of advance
advancive
advancive
adj
(archaic) Tending to advance.
advantage
advantage
noun
(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
(countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
(obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
(soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
(tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
(reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
(transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.