addiction
- n being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- n an abnormally strong craving
- n (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery
adding machine
- n a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions
addis ababa
- n the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia
addison's disease
- n a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin