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.

Aerohydrodynamic :: Aerohydrodynamic (a.) Acting by the force of air and water; as, an aerohydrodynamic wheel..

Almendron :: Almendron (n.) The lofty Brazil-nut tree.

Amphidromical :: Amphidromical (a.) Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.

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.

Anandrous :: Anandrous (a.) Destitute of stamens, as certain female flowers..

Androecium :: Androecium (n.) The stamens of a flower taken collectively.

Androgynal :: Androgynal (a.) Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic..

Androgynal :: Androgynal (a.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.

Androgyne :: Androgyne (n.) An hermaphrodite.

Androgyne :: Androgyne (n.) An androgynous plant.

Androgynism :: Androgynism (n.) Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism.

Androgynous :: Androgynous (a.) Alt. of Androgyna.

Androgyny :: Androgyny (n.) Alt. of Androgynis.

Android :: Android (n.) Alt. of Androide.

Android :: Android (a.) Resembling a man.

Androides :: Androides (n.) A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

Andromeda :: Andromeda (n.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda..

Andromeda :: Andromeda (n.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water..

Andron :: Andron (n.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.

Andropetalous :: Andropetalous (a.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus..

Androphagi :: Androphagi (n. pl.) Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi.

Androphagous :: Androphagous (a.) Anthropophagous.

Androphore :: Androphore (n.) A support or column on which stamens are raised.

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