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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

adverse witness
hostile witness noun a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party; `a hostile witness can be asked leading questions and cross-examined`

adversely
adverb in an adverse manner; `she was adversely affected by the new regulations`

adversity
noun a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; `a period marked by adversities`

advert
cite verb make reference to; `His name was mentioned in connection with the invention`

advertence
advertency noun the process of being heedful

advertent
heedful adjective giving attention

advertise
advertize verb make publicity for; try to sell (a product); `The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model`; `The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops`

advertised
adjective called to public attention; `these advertised products`

advertiser
advertizer noun someone whose business is advertising

advertising
publicizing noun the business of drawing public attention to goods and services

advertising agency
ad agency noun an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients

advertising campaign
ad campaign noun an organized program of advertisements

advertising department
advertising division noun the division of a business that is responsible for advertising

advertorial
noun an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report

advice
noun a proposal for an appropriate course of action

advice and consent
noun a legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President`s powers of appointment and treaty-making

advisability
noun the quality of being advisable; `they questioned the advisability of our policy`

advisable
adjective 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`

advise
give notice verb inform (somebody) of something; `I advised him that the rent was due`

advised
adjective having received information; `be kept advised`

advisee
noun someone who receives advice

adviser
advisor noun an expert who gives advice; `an adviser helped students select their courses`; `the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala`

advisory
consultative adjective giving advice; `an advisory memorandum`, `his function was purely consultative`

advisory board
planning board noun a board appointed to advise the chief administrator

advisory service
noun a consulting service in which a CPA develops findings and conclusions and recommendations that are presented to the client for consideration and decision making

advocacy
protagonism noun active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something

advocate
advocator noun a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

advocate
counselor noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court

advowson
noun the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice

adynamia
noun lack of strength or vigor (especially from illness)

adynamic
asthenic adjective lacking strength or vigor

adz
adze noun an edge tool used to cut and shape wood

Adzhar
Adzharia noun an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea

adzuki bean
adsuki bean noun bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds

aecial
adjective of or belonging to an aecium

aeciospore
noun spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium

aecium
noun fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores

Aedes
genus Aedes noun yellow-fever mosquitos

Aegates Isles
Aegadean Isles noun islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC

Aegean
adjective of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea; `Aegean islands`

Aegean civilization
Aegean civilisation noun the prehistoric civilization on the islands in the Aegean sea and the surrounding countries; `by 800 BC the entire Aegean had adopted this style of pottery`

Aegean island
noun an island in the Aegean Sea

Aegiceras
genus Aegiceras noun a genus of herbs of the family Verbenaceae

Aegiceras majus
noun an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida

Aegilops
genus Aegilops noun goat grass

Aegina
noun small medusa

Aegisthus
noun (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon`s son Orestes returned home and killed him

Aegospotami
Aegospotamos noun a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)

Aegypiidae
family Aegypiidae noun in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae

Aegypius
genus Aegypius noun a genus of Accipitridae

Aegypius monachus
noun of southern Eurasia and northern Africa

Aegyptopithecus
noun extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt

Aeneas
noun a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid

Aeneid
noun an epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire

Aeolian
adjective of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds

aeolian harp
aeolian lyre noun a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them

Aeolic
Eolic noun the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis

Aeolis
Aeolia noun ancient name for the coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos)

aeolotropic
eolotropic adjective having properties with different values along different axes

Aeolus
noun god of the winds in ancient mythology

Aeonium
genus Aeonium noun a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae

Aeonium haworthii
noun perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels

Aepyceros
genus Aepyceros noun African antelopes: impalas

Aepyornidae
family Aepyornidae noun coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes

Aepyorniformes
order Aepyorniformes noun huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds

aerate
verb aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter

aerated
charged adjective supplied with carbon dioxide

aeration
noun the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent

aerator
noun an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage)

aerial ladder
noun mechanically extendible ladder; used on a fire truck

aerial torpedo
noun a torpedo designed to be launched from an airplane

aerial tramway
cable tramway noun a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

aerialist
noun an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)

aerially
via aircraft adverb in an aerial manner; by means of aircraft; `the survey was carried out aerially`

aerides
noun any orchid of the genus Aerides

aerie
aery noun any habitation at a high altitude

aeriferous
adjective conveying air; as the bronchial tubes

aeriform
aerial adjective characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; `figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away`- Thomas Carlyle; `aerial fancies`; `an airy apparition`; `physical rather than ethereal forms`

Aerobacter
genus Aerobacter noun aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature

Aerobacter aerogenes
noun a species of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that produce gas and acid from sugars and are sometimes involved in the souring of milk

aerobatics
stunting noun the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft

aerobe
noun an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life

aerobic
aerophilic adjective depending on free oxygen or air; `aerobic fermentation`

aerobics
aerobic exercise noun exercise that increases the need for oxygen

aerobiosis
noun life sustained in the presence of air or oxygen

aerobiotic
adjective living or active only in the presence of oxygen; `aerobiotic bacteria`

aerodontalgia
noun pain in the teeth that results from a change in air pressure (as in flying or mountain climbing)

aerodynamic
adjective of or relating to aerodynamics

aerodynamic force
noun forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids)

aerodynamic lift
lift noun the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

aerolite
noun a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals

aerolitic
adjective of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites

aerological
adjective of or pertaining to aerology

aerology
noun meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere; especially the upper layers

aeromechanic
adjective of or pertaining to aerodynamics

aeromechanics
aerodynamics noun the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow

aeromedical
adjective of or relating to aviation medicine

aeromedicine
aerospace medicine noun the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight)

aeronautical
aeronautic adjective of or pertaining to aeronautics

aeronautical engineering
noun the branch of engineering science concerned with the design and construction of aircraft