addressment
The act of addressing; the act of directing one's attention, speech, or effort toward a particular point, person, or object.

addubitation
A doubting; insinuated doubt.
aporia

addubitations
plural of addubitation

adducement
The act of adducing something.
Something adduced.

adducements
plural of adducement

adduction
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis

adductions
plural of adduction

adelphogamy
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.

adelphoparasitism
embryonic parasitism

adelphophage
An embryo that practices adelphophagy

adelphophages
plural of adelphophage

adelphophagy
The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes.

adelphopoiesis
Fraternisation between men.
A ceremony where males are unionised with one another.

adelphopoiia
Synonym of adelphopoiesis.

ademption
In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.

ademptions
plural of ademption

adenofection
A form of transfection by means of adenoviruses

adenofections
plural of adenofection

adenohypophysectomy
The surgical removal of the adenohypophysis.

adenoidectomies
plural of adenoidectomy

adenoidectomy
Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.

adenoidism
adenoiditis

adenolipomatosis
The formation of numerous adenolipomas in the neck, axilla and groin

adenomectomies
plural of adenomectomy

adenomectomy
Removal of an adenoma

adenomyomatoses
plural of adenomyomatosis

adenomyomatosis
The condition of having adenomyomas.

adenomyomectomy
Removal of an adenomyosis

adenopetaly
The transformation of nectaries into petals or similar structures.

adenosylation
Modification by the addition of adenosyl groups

adenosylations
plural of adenosylation

adenoviremia
The condition of having adenovirus infection in the bloodstream.

adenovirology
The scientific study of adenoviruses.

adenylation
Any reaction or process that forms an adenylate but especially such a posttranslational modification to a protein.

adenylations
plural of adenylation

adenylylation
Addition of an adenylyl group (typically from adenosine monophosphate)

adenylylations
plural of adenylylation

adeption
An obtaining; attainment.

adeptness
The quality of being adept.

adeptnesses
plural of adeptness

adeptship
The role or status of an adept.

adequacies
plural of adequacy

adequacy
The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.

adequality
The quality of being adequal.

adequateness
The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations.

adequatenesses
plural of adequateness

adequation
Equivalence.
A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context.
The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.

adequations
plural of adequation

adermatoglyphia
The rare congenital absence of epidermal ridges (fingerprints and toeprints).
The autosomally dominant genetic disorder which causes this condition.

adevism
The denial of the existence of gods, especially the legendary gods of Hinduism.

adfix
A type of affix that is attached to the outside of a stem (an existing word), to form a new word. The adfix category branches into prefixes (ones which appear before the stem) and suffixes (ones which appear after the stem).

adfixes
plural of adfix

adfluxion
Alternative form of affluxion.

adhaka
An ancient Indian unit of weight, equivalent to around 2.5 kilograms.

adhakas
plural of adhaka

adhans
plural of adhan

adharma
That which is not in accord with dharma, i.e. wrong, immorality, and wickedness.

adharmas
plural of adharma

adherability
The condition of being adherable

adherance
Misspelling of adherence.

adherence
A close physical union of two objects.
Faithful support for some cause.
An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.

adherences
plural of adherence

adherencies
plural of adherency

adherency
The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
A following; a group of adherents.
That which adheres.

adherend
That which adheres to something else by adhesion.

adherends
plural of adherend

adhesibilities
plural of adhesibility

adhesibility
The condition of being adhesible

adhesion
The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
Persistent attachment or loyalty.
An agreement to adhere.
An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.

adhesions
plural of adhesion

adhesiotomies
plural of adhesiotomy

adhesiotomy
The surgical procedure to divide or separate an adhesion.

adhesiveness
the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive

adhesivenesses
plural of adhesiveness

adhesivities
plural of adhesivity

adhesivity
The condition of being adhesive
A measure of adhesiveness

adhibition
The act of adhibiting.

adhibitions
plural of adhibition

adhocracies
plural of adhocracy.

adhocracy
An organizational system designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of the moment rather than excessively bureaucratic.

adhortation
advice; exhortation

adhortations
plural of adhortation

adhyasa
The human habit of superimposition, or false attribution of properties of one thing on another thing.

adiabaticities
plural of adiabaticity

adiabaticity
The condition of being adiabatic; a measure of the extent to which a process is adiabatic.

adianoeta
An expression intended to be understood one way by part of the audience and in an opposing way by another part.

adianoetas
plural of adianoeta

adiaphoresis
Lack of sweating; anhidrosis.

adiaphoria
The failure to respond to stimulation after a series of previously applied stimuli

adiaphorism
The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.

adiaphorization
The act of making into an adiaphoron.

adiaphory
indifference

adiathermancy
A resistance to the flow of heat.

adipoceration
The act or process of changing into adipocere.

adipocytogenesis
The formation and development of adipocytes

adipogeneses
plural of adipogenesis

adipogenesis
The formation of fatty tissue; lipogenesis

adipogenicity
The quality of being adipogenic.

adipoinduction
The induction of adipocytes

adipolysis
The process of converting fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes.

adipometrics
Synonym of adipometry.

adipometry
The measurement of body fat using an adipometer.

adiponectemia
The presence of adiponectin in the blood

adiposeness
The state or quality of being adipose.

adipositas
adiposity; obesity

adipsia
Absence of thirst.

adipsias
plural of adipsia

adipsy
Archaic form of adipsia.

adjacence
The state of being adjacent or contiguous; adjacency.
That which is adjacent.

adjacences
plural of adjacence

adjacencies
plural of adjacency

adjacency
The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.
The programming directly before or after a commercial.

adjacentness
The quality of being adjacent.

adjection
Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.

adjections
plural of adjection

adjectivality
The state or condition of being adjectival.

adjectivalization
Synonym of adjectivization.

adjectivalizations
plural of adjectivalization

adjectivehood
The quality of being an adjective.

adjectivisation
Alternative form of adjectivization.

adjectivisations
plural of adjectivisation

adjectivism
The excessive use of adjectives.

adjectivities
plural of adjectivity

adjectivity
The state or condition of being an adjective.