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Addicting
- verb - to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
Additions
- noun - a component that is added to something to improve it; "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor"
- a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"
- a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
- something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"
- the act of adding one thing to another; "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect"; "the addition of a leap day every four years"
- the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven"
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
Adenosine
- noun - (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP
Adhesions
- noun - a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
- abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion; "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive"
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"
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"