Adrad :: Adrad (p. a.) Put in dread; afraid.

Adragant :: Adragant (n.) Gum tragacanth.

Adread :: Adread (v. t. & i.) To dread.

Adreamed :: Adreamed (p. p.) Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream..

Adrenal :: Adrenal (a.) Suprarenal.

Adrian :: Adrian (a.) Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows..

Adriatic :: Adriatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice..

Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

Adrip :: Adrip (adv. & a.) In a dripping state; as, leaves all adrip..

Adrogate :: Adrogate (v. t.) To adopt (a person who is his own master).

Adrogation :: Adrogation (n.) A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation.

Adroit :: Adroit (a.) Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply..

Adroitly :: Adroitly (adv.) In an adroit manner.

Adroitness :: Adroitness (n.) The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity.

Adry :: Adry (a.) In a dry or thirsty condition.

Ambassadress :: Ambassadress (n.) A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador..

Anadrom :: Anadrom (n.) A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.

Anadromous :: Anadromous (a.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc..

Anadromous :: Anadromous (a.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.

Balladry :: Balladry (n.) Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads.

Beadroll :: Beadroll (n.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general..

Biquadrate :: Biquadrate (n.) The fourth power, or the square of the square. Thus 4x4=16, the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4..

Biquadratic :: Biquadratic (a.) Of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power..

Biquadratic :: Biquadratic (n.) A biquadrate.

Biquadratic :: Biquadratic (n.) A biquadratic equation.

Breadroot :: Breadroot (n.) The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food..

Cadrans :: Cadrans (n.) An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.

Cadre :: Cadre (n.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.

Catadrome :: Catadrome (n.) A race course.

Catadrome :: Catadrome (n.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.

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