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Addicting
- verb - to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
Adducting
- verb - draw a limb towards the body; "adduct the thigh muscle"
- especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
Adjoining
- verb - attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
Adjudging
- verb - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
Adjusting
- verb - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;
- decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim
- make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"
- place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
Admitting
- verb -
- admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
- allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
- allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"
- declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"
- give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"
- have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people"
- serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
Admixxing
- verb - mix or blend; "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils"
Adsorbing
- verb - accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
Adulating
- verb - flatter in an obsequious manner
Advancing
- verb - bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"
- cause to move forward; "Can you move the car seat forward?"
- contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
- develop further; "We are advancing technology every day"
- develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
- increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"
- move forward; "we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"
- moving forward
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground";