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adulterated

having been made impure by addition of inferior ingredients; -- said of substances or foods

adulterating

making impure or corrupt by virtue of extraneous origin; -- of impurities.

Adulteration

The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture.

Adulterer

A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife.

Adulterous

Guilty of, or given to, adultery; pertaining to adultery; illicit.

Adultery

The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual intercourse by a married woman with another than her husband.

Adumbrant

Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.

Adurol

Either of two compounds, a chlorine derivative and bromine derivative, of hydroquinone, used as developers.

adust

Inflamed or scorched; dried or darkened by heat.

Adustion

The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried.

Advance

Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.

Advancement

The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.

Advantage

To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.

Advantageous

Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.

Advene

To accede, or come (to); to be added to something or become a part of it, though not essential.

Advenient

Coming from outward causes; superadded.

Advent

The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.

Adventism

any Christian religion that believes the second coming of Christ is imminent.

Adventist

One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also Second Adventists.

adventitia

the membranous outer covering of an organ or blood vessel.

Adventive

A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant.

Adventure

To try the chance; to take the risk.

Adventuress

A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.

adventurism

recklessness in politics or foreign affairs.

Adventurous

Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.

Adventurously

In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.

Adventurousness

The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.

Adverb

A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white.

Adverbial

Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.

Adversaria

A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.

Adversary

Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic.

Adversely

In an adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise.

Adverseness

The quality or state of being adverse; opposition.

Advert

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.

Advertise

To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss.

advertising

a communication publicly promoting some product or service.

Advice

An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.

Advil

a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an analgesic and antipyretic; Advil and Motrin and Nuprin are trademarks of brands of ibuprofen tablets.

Advisable

Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

Advisable-ness

The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability.

Advise

To consider; to deliberate.

advised

Carefully thought out; likely to be the best course; -- said of actions. Often used in combination; as, ill-advised, well-advised.

Advisedly

Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely.

Advisedness

Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution.

Adviso

Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat.

Advisory

Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory.

Advocacy

The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

Advocation

The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy.

Advowson

The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]

adynamia

Considerable debility of the vital powers; asthenia.

adynamic

Pertaining to, or characterized by adynamia; weak.

Adytum

The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.

Adz

To cut with an adz.

Adze Adz

A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

AEcidium

A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.

AEdile

A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.

AEgean

Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.

AEgicrania

Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

aegilops

An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.

aegis

A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.

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