ad nauseam |
until one is sick of the thing being done, told, or the like. |
ado |
excited activity; fuss. |
adobe |
a building material of sun-dried clay mixed with straw, usu. made into bricks. [3 definitions] |
adolescence |
the period between puberty and adulthood. [2 definitions] |
adolescent |
of the period between puberty and adulthood. [3 definitions] |
Adolf Hitler |
Austrian-born chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 (b.1889--d.1945). |
Adonis |
in Greek mythology, a young man loved by Aphrodite because of his great beauty. [2 definitions] |
adopt |
to take on as one's own (a manner, style, or point of view). [3 definitions] |
adoptable |
able to be adopted; able to be officially accepted or taken on as one's own, esp. as one's own child or one's pet. |
adoption |
the act or fact of becoming the legal parent of another person's child, or the act or condition of being thus adopted as another's child. [2 definitions] |
adoptive |
of or pertaining to adoption. [2 definitions] |
adorable |
utterly charming; extremely cute. [2 definitions] |
adoration |
the act or condition of adoring or worshiping. [3 definitions] |
adore |
to worship as a divinity. [4 definitions] |
adorn |
to beautify, as with ornaments. [2 definitions] |
adornment |
the act of adorning or state of being adorned. [2 definitions] |
ADP |
a biochemical compound involved in the storing and releasing of energy in all living cells; adenosine diphosphate. (Cf. ATP.) |
adrenal |
of or pertaining to glands located near the kidneys that produce the hormone epinephrine. [3 definitions] |
adrenal gland |
either of two small glands of different shapes, located above the kidneys, that secrete adrenaline and various steroid hormones. |
Adrenalin |
trademark for the synthesized or extracted form of epinephrine. |
adrenaline |
the hormone secreted by the adrenal glands; epinephrine. |