English words starting with ad - page 1

Meanings of Adambulacral:

adjective

In echinoderms: adjacent to the ambulacra.

noun

An adambulacral plate or ossicle.

Meanings of Adamellite:

noun

A kind of monzonite containing a significant amount of quartz; quartz-monzonite.

Meanings of Adamhood:

noun

Manhood, humanity; (sometimes) specifically sinful and unregenerate human nature resulting from adam's disobedience as described in genesis.

Meanings of Adamic:

adjective

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of adam; resembling adam in nature or condition.

Meanings of Adamical:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of adam. having an original or pristine form; pure and undefiled.

Meanings of Adamically:

adverb

In a way resembling adam in appearance or behaviour.

Meanings of Adamine:

noun

= adamite .

Meanings of Adamite:

noun

A member of any of a number of sects, both in the early church and later, who imitated the biblical adam by going naked, typically as a symbol of purity.

adjective

Descended or deriving from the biblical adam.

Meanings of Adamitic:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of adam; resembling adam in nature or condition.

Meanings of Adamitism:

noun

Nakedness; specifically the practice of going naked as a sign of spiritual purity.

Meanings of Adams:

noun

A character in the bible who was the first man made by god

Meanings of Adamsite:

noun

An organic arsenic compound which induces vomiting and is irritating to the eyes and lungs, used in the form of an aerosol in chemical warfare, riot control, etc.; also called dm (diphenylaminechlorasine).

Meanings of Adamsites:

noun

An organic arsenic compound which induces vomiting and is irritating to the eyes and lungs, used in the form of an aerosol in chemical warfare, riot control, etc.; also called dm (diphenylaminechlorasine).

Meanings of Adance:

adjective

Moving in a quick and lively manner.

Meanings of Adangle:

adjective

Dangling.

Meanings of Adansonia:

noun

A tree of the genus adansonia (family malvaceae) comprising the baobab trees of africa (particularly madagascar) and australia; especially the african species a. digitata of west and central africa, and the australian baobab, a. gregorii.

Meanings of Adapid:

noun

Any of various extinct prosimian primates of the family adapidae, resembling lemurs and known from fossil remains of the eocene period.

adjective

Designating a primate of the family adapidae; of or relating to these primates.

Meanings of Adapt:

verb

Make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify.

Usage examples:

Hospitals have had to be adapted for modern medical practice

Meanings of Adapt-to:

verb

To adjust to different conditions or uses, or to change to meet different situations

Meanings of Adaptability:

noun

The quality of being able to adjust to new conditions.

Usage examples:

Adaptability is an advantage in the harshly competitive global economy

Meanings of Adaptable:

adjective

Able to adjust to new conditions.

Usage examples:

Rats are highly adaptable to change

Meanings of Adaptableness:

noun

Adaptability.

Meanings of Adaptation:

noun

The action or process of adapting or being adapted.

Usage examples:

The adaptation of teaching strategy to meet students' needs

Meanings of Adaptational:

adjective

Of or relating to adaptation.

Meanings of Adaptations:

noun

The action or process of adapting or being adapted.

Usage examples:

The adaptation of teaching strategy to meet students' needs