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adrenocortical
  • a  of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands
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ad-lib
  • n  remark made spontaneously without prior preparation
    his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians
  • v  perform without preparation
  • s  with little or no preparation or forethought
    his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment
  • s  said or done without having been planned or written in advance
    he made a few ad-lib remarks
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ad hoc
  • s  often improvised or impromptu
  • s  for or concerned with one specific purpose
  • r  for one specific case
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ad hominem
  • s  appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason)
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adrenocorticotrophic
  • s  stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex
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adrenocorticotropic
  • s  stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex
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active
  • n  chemical agent capable of activity
  • n  the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
    `The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice
  • n  a person who is a participating member of an organization
    the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees
  • a  tending to become more severe or wider in scope
    active tuberculosis
  • s  engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
    on active duty
  • a  disposed to take action or effectuate change
    a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations
    an active antagonism
    he was active in drawing attention to their grievances
  • s  taking part in an activity
    an active member of the club
    he was politically active
  • a  characterized by energetic activity
    an active toddler
    active as a gazelle
    an active man is a man of action
  • a  exerting influence or producing a change or effect
    an active ingredient
  • a  full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
    an active seaport
    an active bond market
    an active account
  • s  in operation
    an active tradition
  • a  (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
  • a  expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions"
  • a  (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
  • a  (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
  • a  (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
    active volcanos
  • a  engaged in full-time work
    active duty
    though past retirement age he is still active in his profession
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activist
  • n  a militant reformer
  • s  advocating or engaged in activism
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actual
  • a  presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
    the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different
    actual and imagined conditions
  • s  taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated
    we saw the actual wedding on television
    filmed the actual beating
  • s  being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
    her actual motive
  • s  existing in act or fact
    rocks and trees...the actual world
    actual heroism
    the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced
  • s  being or existing at the present moment
    the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West
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actuated
  • v  put in motion or move to act
  • v  give an incentive for action
  • s  moved to action
    a man actuated by unworthy desired
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actuating
  • v  put in motion or move to act
  • v  give an incentive for action
  • s  causing motion or action or change
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aculeate
  • a  having or resembling a stinger or barb
    aculeate insects such as bees and wasps
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acuminate
  • v  make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point
  • s  (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point
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