English words: A

1218 words under A; 201–300 on this page.

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• adaptation noun (adaptation, adaptations)
  In science, an adaptation is a feature of a living thing (body part or behaviour) that helps it survive in its habitat, like a camel's…
• adapted verb form of adapt (adapt, adapts, adapted, adapting)…
  Adapted means changed so as to suit a new use, place or situation («The book was adapted into a film»).
• adapter noun (an adapter, adapters); also spelled adaptor
  A small device that lets you connect a plug or cable to a socket or machine it does not normally fit.
• adaptor noun (adaptor, adaptors; also spelled adapter)
  An adaptor is a small device that lets you connect a plug or cable to a different kind of socket.
• adar proper nounJewish tradition
  The twelfth month of the Hebrew calendar, around February and March.
• add verb (add, adds, added, adding)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To add is to put numbers or things together to find how many there are in all; adding makes the total bigger.
• adder noun (an adder, adders)
  An adder is a small poisonous snake, the only venomous snake native to Britain, with a dark zig-zag pattern down its back.
• addicted adjective (addicted); past participle of addict…
  Not able to stop taking a harmful drug, alcohol or tobacco, because the body and mind need it.
• addiction noun (an addiction, addictions)
  An addiction is a strong need to keep doing or taking something, like drugs, alcohol, smoking or gambling, even when it causes harm.
• addictive adjective (addictive)
  Something addictive makes people want it again and again until they cannot easily stop, such as cigarettes, alcohol or some drugs.
• addition noun (addition, additions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Putting numbers together to find a total; the sum operation, shown by the sign +.
• additional adjective (additional)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Additional means extra, more than what was there before.
• additionally adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Additionally means also, as well, in addition.
• address noun (an address, addresses); verb…
  The details of where a person lives or a building is: house number, street, town, postcode or ZIP code.
• addressee noun (an addressee, addressees)
  The person a letter, parcel, email or message is sent to.
• adduce verb (adduce, adduces, adduced, adducing) — formal
  To give something as a reason or proof in an argument: to adduce evidence is to bring it forward to support what you say.
• ade noun (ade, ades); suffix (-ade); fragment
  A sweet drink made from fruit juice, water and sugar, such as lemonade, orangeade or limeade.
• adelie noun…
  A kind of penguin of Antarctica, black and white with a white ring round each eye; one of the most common penguins.
• adept adjective; nouneveryday · Jewish tradition
  Adjective: very skilled at doing something.
• adequate adjective
  Adequate means enough or good enough for a need or purpose.
• adequately adverb (adequately)
  Well enough, enough for what is needed, but not especially well.
• adhd noun (ADHD — no plural)
  ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; it is a difference in how the brain works that can make it hard to pay…
• adhere verb (adhere, adheres, adhered, adhering)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To adhere means to stick firmly to something, like glue or a sticker on a surface.
• adherence noun (adherence — uncountable)
  Adherence is sticking closely to a rule, plan, belief or agreement and following it.
• adhesion noun (adhesion; uncountable)
  Adhesion is the sticking of one thing to another.
• adhesive noun (an adhesive, adhesives); adjective
  An adhesive is a substance like glue that makes things stick together.
• adieu noun (adieus or adieux); interjection
  Goodbye; a farewell, said when parting, often for a long time.
• adipose adjective (adipose); noun (adipose — rare, science)
  Made of or about body fat: adipose tissue is the fat stored in the body.
• aditya noun (a name) — Aditya
  A boy's name common in India, from Sanskrit, often taken to mean «the sun».
• adjacent adjective (adjacent)
  Adjacent means next to something or very near it.
• adjective noun (an adjective, adjectives)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An adjective is a word that describes a noun, telling us more about a person, place or thing, like «big», «red», «happy» or «three».
• adjoin verb (adjoin, adjoins, adjoined, adjoining)
  To be next to and joined to something: the kitchen adjoins the dining room.
• adjourn verb (adjourn, adjourns, adjourned, adjourning)
  To adjourn a meeting, court or game is to stop it for a while and continue later.
• adjudge verb (adjudge, adjudges, adjudged, adjudging)
  To adjudge is to decide officially that something is true or that someone is something, as a judge or referee does.
• adjudicate verb (adjudicate, adjudicates, adjudicated, adjudicating)
  To make an official decision about a disagreement or a legal case, as a judge does.
• adjudication noun (adjudication, adjudications)
  The official decision made by a judge or another person in charge after hearing both sides.
• adjudicator noun (an adjudicator, adjudicators)
  An adjudicator is a person who judges a contest, such as a music, dance or speaking competition, and decides who wins.
• adjuration nounJewish tradition
  A solemn command or oath, made in God's name, that someone must speak the truth.
• adjure verbJewish tradition
  To solemnly command or beg someone, as if under an oath.
• adjust verb (adjust, adjusts, adjusted, adjusting)
  To adjust something is to change it a little so that it is right or works better.
• adjustment noun (an adjustment, adjustments)
  An adjustment is a small change to make something work better, fit better or be more correct.
• administer verb (administer, administers, administered, administering)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To administer means to manage or be in charge of something, such as a school, a test or money: "the office administers the school trips".
• administration noun (administration, administrations)
  Administration is the work of organising and running a business, school or office.
• administrative adjective (administrative)everyday · Jewish tradition
  About organising and running a school, business or government: the paperwork, planning and office work.
• admirable adjective (admirable, more admirable, most admirable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Admirable means deserving praise and respect; very good.
• admirably adverb (admirably)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In a way that deserves praise; very well and skilfully.
• admiral noun (an admiral, admirals)
  An admiral is a very high-ranking officer in a navy who commands many ships (a fleet).
• admiration noun (admiration, uncountable)
  A feeling of liking and respect for someone because they are good, brave or skilful.
• admire verb (admire, admires, admired, admiring)
  To admire someone is to think they are very good, clever or brave and to respect them.
• admirer noun (admirer, admirers)
  A person who admires someone or something and thinks very highly of them.
• admiringly adverb (admiringly)
  In a way that shows you admire someone or something; with approval and respect.
• admissible adjective
  Admissible means allowed or acceptable, especially as evidence in a court of law.
• admission noun (admission, uncountable; an admission, admissions)
  Admission is being allowed to go into a place, school or club: "admission to the zoo is free for under-fives".
• admit verb (admit, admits, admitted, admitting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To admit means to agree, often unwillingly, that something is true or that you did something wrong: he admitted breaking the window.
• admittance noun (admittance)
  Permission to enter a place; being let in.
• admittedly adverbJewish tradition
  As everyone must agree or confess; it is true that.
• admixture noun (an admixture, admixtures; admixture — uncountable)
  Something added to something else and mixed in, especially a small amount: "water with an admixture of salt".
• admonish verb (admonish, admonishes, admonished, admonishing)Jewish tradition
  To warn or scold someone gently, to tell them firmly that they should behave better.
• admonition nounJewish tradition
  A warning or a piece of advice telling someone to change their ways.
• ado noun (ado; no plural)
  Fuss, bustle or trouble.
• adobe noun…
  Mud mixed with straw and dried in the sun to make bricks.
• adolescence noun (adolescence)
  The time of life between being a child and being an adult, roughly the teenage years.
• adolescent noun (an adolescent, adolescents); adjective (adolescent)
  An adolescent is a young person who is growing from a child into an adult, usually aged about 12 to 18; a teenager.
• adopt verb (adopt, adopts, adopted, adopting)
  To take a child into your family legally and raise them as your own.
• adopted verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An adopted child is a child who has become, by law, a full member of a family that he or she was not born into.
• adoption noun (adoption, adoptions)
  Taking a child into your family by law and becoming their parent for ever.
• adoptive adjective (adoptive)
  Adoptive describes the family who adopts a child: adoptive parents, adoptive mother.
• adorable adjective (adorable, more adorable, most adorable)
  Very sweet, cute and lovely, so that you want to cuddle or look after it: «an adorable puppy».
• adoration noun (adoration)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A feeling of very deep love, respect and worship for someone.
• adore verb (adore, adores, adored, adoring); adjective…
  To adore someone is to love them very much: she adores her baby brother.
• adorer noun (adorer, adorers)
  Someone who loves or admires someone or something very much.
• adorn verb (adorn, adorns, adorned, adorning)
  To decorate something or make it look more beautiful.
• adorned verb (past form of adorn: adorned); adjective (adorned)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Decorated or made beautiful with things put on or around something.
• adornment noun (adornment, adornments)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Something added to make a person, thing or place look more beautiful; a decoration or ornament.
• adrenaline noun (adrenaline — uncountable; US also epinephrine)
  Adrenaline is a chemical (a hormone) that your body releases when you are scared, excited or in danger; it makes your heart beat faster…
• adrift adjective and adverb (adrift)
  Floating loose on water without being tied up or steered.
• adroit adjective (adroit, more adroit, most adroit)
  Very skilful and clever with the hands or body.
• adult noun (adult, adults); adjective (adult)
  An adult is a grown-up person, not a child.
• adulterer nounJewish tradition
  A married person who has a sexual relationship with someone else's husband or wife; here, a man who does so with another man's wife.
• adulteress nounJewish tradition
  A married woman who has a sexual relationship with a man who is not her husband.
• adulterous adjectiveJewish tradition
  Describing a woman who is unfaithful to her husband.
• adultery noun (adultery; uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  When a married person has a loving, romantic or sexual relationship with someone who is not their husband or wife.
• adulthood noun (adulthood, uncountable)
  The time of life when you are a grown-up, after childhood and the teenage years.
• advance verb (advance, advances, advanced, advancing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To advance means to move forward («The army advanced»).
• advancement noun (advancement, advancements)
  Progress or improvement in something, such as science or medicine.
• advantage noun (an advantage, advantages); verb (advantage — rare)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An advantage is something that helps you do better or makes you more likely to win or succeed.
• advantageous adjective…
  Helpful and giving you a better chance of success; good for you.
• advent noun (Advent — church season; the advent of — formal)
  Advent is the season of about four weeks before Christmas, when Christians get ready to celebrate Jesus' birth and wait for his coming…
• adventure noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An adventure is an exciting, unusual and sometimes risky experience or journey.
• adventurer noun (adventurer, adventurers)
  A person who goes looking for danger, excitement or new discoveries, often on long or risky journeys.
• adventurous adjective (adventurous, more adventurous, most adventurous)
  Liking to try new, exciting and sometimes risky things; brave and curious.
• adverb noun (an adverb, adverbs)
  An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb — how, when, where or how often something happens — like «quickly», «yesterday»…
• adverbial noun (an adverbial, adverbials); adjective (adverbial)
  An adverbial is a word, phrase or clause that does the job of an adverb, telling us how, when, where or how often something happens: «in…
• adversary noun (an adversary, adversaries)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An enemy or opponent; someone you fight or compete against.
• adverse adjective (adverse)
  Adverse means bad, harmful or not helpful: "adverse weather" is bad weather that causes problems.
• adversity noun (adversity, adversities)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A very hard or unlucky time, full of problems and troubles: illness, being poor, losing someone, or facing danger.
• advert noun (advert, adverts); short for advertisement (also ad)
  An advert is a short message, picture or film that tells people about something to buy or do, to make them want it.
• advertise verb (advertise, advertises, advertised, advertising)
  To advertise is to tell people about a product, event or service so they will buy it or come to it.
• advertised verb form (past of «advertise»); adjective
  Advertised means told the public about something so they will buy it or come to it.
• advertisement noun (an advertisement, advertisements)
  An advertisement is a notice, picture, film or message that tries to persuade people to buy something, use a service or go to an event.

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