adsorbable

capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid ;

adsorbate

capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid ;

adsorbed

accumulated on a surface of a solid; "a film of adsorbed gas on the charcoal" ;

adsorbent

having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface ;

adsorbing

relating to or undergoing adsorption; "the adsorbing surface" ;

adsorptive

having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface ;

adulatory

obsequiously complimentary; "they listened with flattering interest" ;

adult

(of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" ;

adulterant

making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" ;

adulterate

mixed with impurities ;

adulterated

mixed with impurities ;

adulterating

making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" ;

adulterine

conceived in adultery ;

adulterous

not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend" ; characterized by adultery; "an adulterous relationship"; "extramarital affairs"; "the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband" ;

adumbrative

indistinctly prophetic ;

adust

burned brown by the sun; "of an adust complexion"- Sir Walter Scott ; dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight; "a vast desert all adust"; "land lying baked in the heat"; "parched soil"; "the earth was scorched and bare"; "sunbaked salt flats" ;

advance

situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies" ; being ahead of time or need; "gave advance warning"; "was beforehand with her report" ;

advanced

situated ahead or going before; "an advance party"; "at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies" ; (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically" ; far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" ; comparatively late in a course of development; "the illness had reached an advanced stage"; "an advanced state of exhaustion" ; ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system" ; at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; "an advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University" ; farther along in physical or mental development; "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'"; "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average" ; ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?" ;

advancing

moving ahead or toward the front; "advancing armies" ; moving forward ;

advantaged

blessed with advantages; "she is more advantaged than her cousin"; "born into the favored classes" ;

advantageous

giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often" ; appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness ;

advective

of or relating to advection ;

adventitial

of or pertaining to the adventitia ;

adventitious

associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character" ;

adventive

not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized; "an adventive weed" ;

adventuresome

willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy" ;

adventuristic

of or pertaining to adventurism ;

adventurous

willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy" ;

adverbial

of or relating to or functioning as an adverb; "adverbial syntax" ;

adversative

expressing antithesis or opposition; "the adversative conjunction `but' in `poor but happy'" ;

adverse

in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind" ; contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions" ;

advertent

giving attention ;

advertised

called to public attention; "these advertised products" ;

advisable

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" ;

advised

having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel; "a well-advised delay in carrying out the plan" ; having received information; "be kept advised" ;

advisory

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

adynamic

characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness ; lacking strength or vigor ;

aecial

of or belonging to an aecium ;

aegean

of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea; "Aegean islands" ; of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization ;

aeolian

of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds ; relating to or caused by wind ;