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adrenocortical
  • a  of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands
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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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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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adaxial
  • a  nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
    the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface
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addicted
  • v  to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
  • a  compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming
    she is addicted to chocolate
    addicted to cocaine
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addictive
  • a  causing or characterized by addiction
    addictive drugs
    addictive behavior
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additional
  • s  further or added
    called for additional troops
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