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English Word Dictionary

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act superior

verb · act like the master of

Example: He is lording it over the students

act up

verb · make itself felt as a recurring pain

Example: My arthritis is acting up again

actinidia arguta

noun · climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit

actionable

adjective · affording grounds for legal action

Example: slander is an actionable offense

actively

adverb · in an active manner

Example: he participated actively in the war

actually

adverb · used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly

Example: you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out

actuate

verb · put in motion or move to act

Example: trigger a reaction

acute kidney failure

noun · renal failure associated with burns or other trauma or with acute infection or obstruction of the urinary tract

acutely

adverb · having a rapid onset

Example: an acutely debilitating virus

acyl

noun · any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group

Example: an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group

ad

adverb · in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born

Example: in AD 200

ad agency

noun · an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients

ad hoc

adjective · for or concerned with one specific purpose

Example: a coordinated policy instead of ad hoc decisions

ad infinitum

adverb · to infinity; without or seemingly without limit

Example: talked on and on ad infinitum

ad libitum

adverb · without advance preparation

Example: he spoke ad lib

ad val

adverb · in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed

Example: the goods were taxed ad valorem

ad valorem

adverb · in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed

Example: the goods were taxed ad valorem

adapid

noun · extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins

adapted

adjective · changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose

Example: seeds precisely adapted to the area

add to

verb · have an increased effect

Example: This adds to my worries

add together

verb · make an addition by combining numbers

Example: Add 27 and 49, please!

addicted

adjective · compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming

Example: she is addicted to chocolate

additionally

adverb · in addition, by way of addition; furthermore

Example: he serves additionally as the CEO

adelie land

noun · a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia; noted for its large colonies of penguins

adept

adjective · having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

Example: adept in handicrafts

adjacent

adjective · near or close to but not necessarily touching

Example: lands adjacent to the mountains

adjectively

adverb · as an adjective

Example: nouns are frequently used adjectively

admiral nimitz

noun · United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy (1885-1966)

admit

verb · declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

Example: He admitted his errors

admix

verb · mix or blend

Example: Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils

adoptable

adjective · suitable or eligible for adoption

Example: a shortage of adoptable babies

adopted

adjective · acquired as your own by free choice

Example: my adopted state

adoption

noun · the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

Example: the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent

adoringly

adverb · with adoration

Example: he looked at his wife adoringly

adrenocorticotropin

noun · a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex

adumbrate

verb · give to understand

Example: I insinuated that I did not like his wife

advance

adjective · situated ahead or going before

Example: an advance party

advect

verb · convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid

Example: energy advected from the environment

advertise

verb · call attention to

Example: Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS

advertize

verb · call attention to

Example: Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS

aerially

adverb · by means of aircraft

Example: the survey was carried out aerially

aerify

verb · turn into gas

Example: The substance gasified

aerobatics

noun · the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft

aerobics

noun · exercise that increases the need for oxygen

aerosolise

verb · disperse as an aerosol

Example: The bacteria suspension was aerosolized

aerosolize

verb · disperse as an aerosol

Example: The bacteria suspension was aerosolized

aesculus hippocastanum

noun · tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds

aesthetic

adjective · concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste

Example: the aesthetic faculties

aestivate

verb · sleep during summer

Example: certain animals estivate

affably

adverb · in an affable manner

Example: `Come and visit me,' he said amiably

affectingly

adverb · in a poignant or touching manner

Example: she spoke poignantly

affined

adjective · closely related- Wallace Stevens

Example: syllable to blessed syllable affined

affirmable

adjective · capable of being affirmed or asserted

Example: a quality affirmable of every member of the family

afield

adverb · off the subject; beyond the point at issue

Example: such digressions can lead us too far afield