adornment
— Noun
– English
~ the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting
adornment
— Noun
– English
~ a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
adoxography
— Noun
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~ fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects; "Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things"; "adoxography is particularly useful to lawyers"
adp
— Noun
– English
~ an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage
ADP
— Noun
– English
~ data processing by a computer
adpressed
— Adjective
– English
~ pressed close to or lying flat against something; "adpressed hairs along the plant's stem"; "igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson
ADPS
— Noun
– English
~ a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage
adrenal
— Adjective
– English
~ of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions
adrenal
— Noun
– English
~ either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney
adrenalectomy
— Noun
– English
~ surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands
Adrenalin
— Noun
– English
~ a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action
adrenaline
— Noun
– English
~ a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action
adrenarche
— Noun
– English
~ the increase in activity of the adrenal glands just before puberty
adrenergic
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to epinephrine (its release or action)
adrenergic
— Noun
– English
~ drug that has the effects of epinephrine
adrenocortical
— Adjective
– English
~ of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands
adrenocorticotrophic
— Adjective
– English
~ stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex
adrenocorticotrophin
— Noun
– English
~ a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
adrenocorticotropic
— Adjective
– English
~ stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex