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adversative
  • s  expressing antithesis or opposition
    the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'
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adverse
  • s  contrary to your interests or welfare
    adverse circumstances
  • s  in an opposing direction
    adverse currents
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advertised
  • v  call attention to
  • v  make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
  • s  called to public attention
    these advertised products
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advisable
  • a  worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise
    such action is neither necessary nor advisable
    extreme caution is advisable
    it is advisable to telephone first
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advised
  • v  give advice to
  • v  inform (somebody) of something
    I advised him that the rent was due
  • v  make a proposal, declare a plan for something
  • a  having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel
    a well-advised delay in carrying out the plan
  • s  having received information
    be kept advised
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advisory
  • n  an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat
    a frost advisory
  • s  giving advice
    an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative
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adynamic
  • a  characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness
  • s  lacking strength or vigor
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aegean
  • n  an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia
  • a  of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization
  • a  of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea
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aeolian
  • n  a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
  • n  the ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia
  • a  of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds; relating to or caused by the wind
  • a  of or relating to Aeolis or its ancient Greek people
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aeolotropic
  • s  having properties with different values along different axes
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aeonian
  • a  of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era)
  • s  continuing forever or indefinitely
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aerated
  • v  expose to fresh air
  • v  aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
  • v  impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
  • s  (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification
  • s  supplied with carbon dioxide
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affine
  • n  (anthropology) kin by marriage
  • a  (mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations
  • s  (anthropology) related by marriage
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aerial
  • n  a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
  • n  an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
  • a  existing or living or growing or operating in the air
    aerial roots of a philodendron
    aerial particles
    small aerial creatures such as butterflies
    aerial warfare
    aerial photography
    aerial cable cars
  • s  characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
    aerial fancies
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