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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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adrenergic
  • n  drug that has the effects of epinephrine
  • a  relating to epinephrine (its release or action)
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adolescent
  • n  a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
  • a  relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
    adolescent problems
  • s  being of the age 13 through 19
  • s  displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
    adolescent insecurity
  • s  in the state of development between puberty and maturity
    adolescent boys and girls
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adonic
  • n  a verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee; supposedly used in laments by Adonis
  • a  or relating to or like Adonis
  • s  having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee
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adoptable
  • a  suitable or eligible for adoption
    a shortage of adoptable babies
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adopted
  • v  choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
  • v  take up and practice as one's own
  • v  take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
  • v  take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
    he adopted an air of superiority
  • v  take into one's family
    They adopted two children from Nicaragua
  • v  put into dramatic form
  • v  take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
    They adopted the Jewish faith
  • a  acquired as your own by free choice
    my adopted state
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adoptive
  • a  of parents and children; related by adoption
    adoptive parents
  • a  acquired as your own by free choice
    an adoptive country
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adored
  • v  love intensely
    he just adored his wife
  • s  regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
    adored grandchildren
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adoring
  • v  love intensely
  • s  showing adoration
  • s  extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
    adoring grandparents
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adorned
  • v  make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
  • v  be beautiful to look at
    Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
  • v  furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
  • a  provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
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adpressed
  • s  pressed close to or lying flat against something
    adpressed hairs along the plant's stem
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adrenal
  • n  either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney
  • a  of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions
  • a  near the kidneys
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adrift
  • s  aimlessly drifting
  • s  afloat on the surface of a body of water
    after the storm the boats were adrift
  • r  floating freely; not anchored
    the boat wasset adrift
  • r  off course, wandering aimlessly
    there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift
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