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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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acute
  • n  a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
  • a  having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
    acute appendicitis
    the acute phase of the illness
    acute patients
  • s  extremely sharp or intense
    acute pain
    felt acute annoyance
  • s  having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
    an acute observer of politics and politicians
  • a  of an angle; less than 90 degrees
  • s  ending in a sharp point
  • s  of critical importance and consequence
    an acute (or critical) lack of research funds
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acyclic
  • a  not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls
  • a  having an open chain structure
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adjectival
  • a  of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
    adjectival syntax
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adagio
  • n  (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)
    they played the adagio too quickly
  • n  a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers
  • s  (of tempo) leisurely
  • r  slowly
    here you must play adagio
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adamant
  • n  very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  • s  impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill
    he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind
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adamantine
  • a  consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
  • s  having the hardness of a diamond
  • s  impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill
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adaptable
  • a  capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use
    to succeed one must be adaptable
    the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths
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adapted
  • v  make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
  • v  adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
  • s  changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
    seeds precisely adapted to the area
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adaptive
  • a  having a capacity for adaptation
    the adaptive coloring of a chameleon
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