Dictionary: ADM – ADS

• ADMAN
n. 1. Bk1914 criminals’ sl. – a fake advertising solicitor; a swindler who sells advertising space in a non-existent publication, or a publication with whom he has no association
n. 2. 1976 US sl. – (as ‘ad man’) a prisoner who is friendly or aligned with the prison administration

• ADMARGINATE
vb. a1834 rare – to add or note in the margin

• ADMASS
n. 1. 1955 – advertising as conducted through the mass media; contemporary culture, or the modern world, regarded as unduly influenced by mass advertising
n. 2. 1957 – the section of the public which is easily influenced by the mass media, esp. considered as a target for advertising

• ADMEASURE
vb. 1. 1340 obs. – to assign a measure or limit to a thing; to moderate, to limit, to control
vb. 2. c1425 obs. – to measure out; later, to make formal measurement of a ship in order to determine its capacity or tonnage

• ADMEASUREMENT
n. 1. 1610 – a measuring something; formal ascertainment of the dimensions, size, etc. of something
n. 2. 1819 obs. – comparison with something or someone

• ADMENSURATION
n. 1670 rare – admeasurement, esp. formal measurement

• ADMERVEYLLE
vb. 1474 obs. – to marvel; to marvel at, to wonder at, to admire

• ADMETIATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare – to measure

• ADMIN
n. 1. 1629 colloq. – an administrator
n. 2. 1942 – administration functions or duties; the department of an organization that deals with these

• ADMINICLE
n. 1551 rare – anything that aids, helps, or supports

• ADMINICULAR
adj. 1660 – helpful, giving aid

• ADMINICULARY
adj. 1653 obs. rare – helpful, giving aid
n. 1652 obs. rare – one who helps; a means of help

• ADMINICULATE
vb. 1532 rare – to help, to support

• ADMINICULATION
n. 1531 rare – the process of giving help or support

• ADMINICULATOR
n. Bk1795 obs. – an assistant; an officer, or advocate of the poor

• ADMINISHING
n. c1400 obs. – reduction, decrease, diminishing

• ADMINISTER
n. 1. a1443 rare – one who administers or ministers to others; a minister or administrator
n. 2. 1506 obs. rare – a ministering to others
n. 3. 1547 obs. – an attendant, a servant
vb. M19 colloq. – of a blow or rebuke: to give

• ADMINISTRADOR
n. 1803 orig. US, chiefly in Spanish-speaking contexts – an administrator; a manager

• ADMINISTRANT
adj. 1602 rare – acting, managing affairs; administrating, executive
n. 1602 – one who administers or conducts any office or affair; a manager or administrator

• ADMINISTRATOR
n. 1596 – one to whom authority is given to manage estates, etc. for the legal owner during his minority, incapacity, etc.; a trustee, a steward

• ADMINISTRATORY
adj. 1607 – concerned with administration

• ADMINISTRATRESS
n. 1682 rare – a female administrator

• ADMINISTRATRICE
n. 1465-6 obs. – a female administrator

• ADMINISTRATRIX
n. 1572 – a female administrator

• ADMINISTRER
n. 1495 obs. – one who administers; one who gives or administers anything to another

• ADMINISTRESS
n. 1. 1483 obs. rare – a female servant
n. 2. 1616 rare – one who gives administers or gives out; a dispenser of benefits

• ADMINISTRIVIA
n. 1937 – trifling administrative tasks, esp. those which take a significant amount of time to complete

• ADMINISTRY
n. 1616 obs. rare – the act of administering or ministering to; administration

• ADMINUTIVE
adj. 1656 – characterized by diminution; tending to grow less → obs.

• ADMIRABILITIES
n. a1631 – admirable things or qualities

• ADMIRABILITY
n. 1613 – the quality of being admirable; wonderfulness

• ADMIRABLE
adj. c1450 rare – to be wondered at; wonderful, surprising, marvellous, remarkable, astonishing
adv. 1606 obs. – used as a simple intensifier; very, extremely

• ADMIRABLE CRICHTON
n. 1807 – a person who excels in all kinds of studies and pursuits; one who is noted for supreme competence; later, a person of an inferior social status or lower place in a hierarchy who is far more talented and capable and has more natural authority than his or her superiors

• ADMIRABLES
n. 1547 obs. – wonders

• ADMIRAL
adj. 1603 obs. – admirable
n. 1. c1800 Eton usage – one’s father
n. 2. Bk1914 Amer. dial. – the oldest man of a settlement
n. 3. 1939 US military sl. – a person who cleans or who is responsible for urinals, kitchen equipment, etc.
n. 4. Bk1984 services’ usage – an ironic term for a sailor

• ADMIRAL BROWNING
n. 1961 sl., orig. nautical usage – human excrement

• ADMIRALESS
n. 1611 rare – the wife of an admiral’ a female admiral

• ADMIRAL LUSHINGTON
n. Bk1823 sl. – a drunkard

• ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE
n. 1. c1425 obs. – a publican; a tapster, an innkeeper; from the colour of his apron
n. 2. 1846 UK sl. – a policeman
n. 3. 1846 UK sl. – one who is suffering from delirium tremens
n. 4. Bk1894 – a butcher who dresses in blue to conceal blood-stains
n. 5. Bk1922 – formerly, an admiral hoisting a flag on a blue ground and commanding the rear

• ADMIRAL OF THE HEAD
n. 1980 US military sl. – a person who cleans or who is responsible for urinals

• ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS
n. 1650 UK sl. – a drunkard who vomits over his neighbour at table

• ADMIRAL OF THE RED
n. 1. c1596 sl. – a tippler, a sot; a heavy drinker, a confirmed drunkard, as borne out by their red face
n. 2. 19C sl., chiefly nautical usage – a wine-bibber
n. 3. B1900 – formerly an admiral hoisting a flag on a red ground and commanding in the centre

• ADMIRAL OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
n. 19C sl. – an overdressed, flashy beadle or other minor, uniformed official

• ADMIRAL OF THE SWISS NAVY
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage – a self-important person

• ADMIRAL OF THE VESSELS
n. 1944 US military sl. – a person who cleans or who is responsible for kitchen equipment

• ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE
n. 1. M19 sl. – a coward
n. 2. Bk1921 sl. – a white-faced person
n. 3. Bk1921 sl. – a woman in a faint

• ADMIRAL’S MATE
n.Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl. – an egotist; a boasting know-all

• ADMIRAL’S WATCH
n. c1905 sl. – a good sleep, esp. at night; a favourable opportunity to rest

• ADMIRALTY
n. 1622 obs. rare – a sailing formation in which ships are grouped closely together as a defense against pirates

• ADMIRALTY BROWN
n. 1961 Aust. sl., orig. Aust. Royal Navy usage – toilet paper

• ADMIRANCE
n. 1596 rare – admiring, admiration

• ADMIRANT
adj. 1853 obs. – admiring someone or something

• ADMIRATION
n. 1. c1425 rare – the act of wondering or marvelling; wonder, astonishment, surprise
n. 2. 1587 rare – an exclamation mark

• ADMIRATION MARK
n. 1996 rare – an exclamation mark

• ADMIRATION POINT
n. 1661 rare – an exclamation mark

• ADMIRATIVE
adj. 1582 rare – pert. to or characterized by wonder or admiration
n. c1487 obs. rare – ? astonishment, wonder

• ADMIRATIVE POINT
n. 1611 obs. rare – an exclamation mark

• ADMIRATOR
n. 1566 obs. – an admirer; a wonderer

• ADMIRE
n. 1591 obs. – the act of admiring; admiration
vb. 1. c1590 obs. – to feel surprise or astonishment; to wonder, to marvel
vb. 2. c1650 obs. rare – to astonish, to surprise

• ADMIRED
adj. a1700 – astonished; struck with wonder

• ADMIRIZE
vb. 1702 obs. rare – to wonder; to be amazed; to feel surprised

• ADMISH
n. 1981 US sl. – the admission price of a performance

• ADMISSIVE
adj. 1650 – tending to admit; constituting an acknowledgement

• ADMISSORY
adj. 1766 rare – pert. to admission or acceptance
n. 1650 obs. rare – a point of access

• ADMISSURE
n. c1420 obs. rare – pairing of animals, mating

• ADMISTION
n. 1565 obs. – addition as an ingredient

• ADMITTANCE
n. 1534 rare – the act of admitting as valid or satisfactory; acceptance, sanction

• ADMITTATUR
n. 1683 US rare, educational usage – a document verifying a student’s admission to a college

• ADMITTIE; ADMITTY
n. 1616 obs. rare – entrance to a place, admittance

• ADMIX
vb. 1533 rare – to mingle with something else; to add as an ingredient

• ADMIXT
adj. c1420 – mingled with; added as an ingredient
vb. 1570 obs. rare – to mingle with something else; to add as an ingredient

• ADMIXTION
n. a1398 rare – the mingling of one thing with another; the addition of an ingredient

• ADMIXTURE
n. 1. 1531 – the mingling of one substance with another, or of adding as an ingredient
n. 2. 1607 – that which is mixed with anything; an alloy, an alien element

• ADMOBILE
n. 1953 – a vehicle used to display advertising posters and slogans

• ADMONISHIONER
n. 1586 obs. – one who gives admonitions or admonishes

• ADMONITIONER
n. 1586 – one who gives admonitions or admonishes

• ADMONITIVE
adj. a1677 – pert. to admonition; serving to warn, advise, or rebuke; admonishing

• ADMONITIVELY
adv. 1829 – by admonition; by way of advice, warning, or reproof

• ADMONITOR
n. 1547 – one who admonishes

• ADMONITORIAL
adj. 1848 rare – giving admonition, admonishing, warning

• ADMONITORILY
adv. 1805 – with warning or reproof

• ADMONITORY
adj. 1577 – giving admonition, admonishing, warning

• ADMONITRIX
n. 1850 rare – a female who admonishes

• ADMORTIZATION
n. 1903 – a paying off a debt, liability, etc., gradually by making regular repayments over a period of time

• ADMOTION
n. 1603 obs. rare – a bringing into contact, nearness

• ADMOTIVE
adj. 1879 – characterized by motion towards

• ADMOVE
vb. 1. 1440 obs. – to move to or towards something; to bring one thing to another; to approach
vb. 2. 1839 rare – to promote, to advance

• ADMOVENT
adj. 1727 obs. rare – moving to; passing, transient

• ADMURMURATION
n. 1727 obs. rare – a murmuring at; a murmur

• ADMURMURING
n. 1677 obs. rare – a low, quiet muttering; a murmur

• ADNAME
n. 1. 1710 obs. – an adjective
n. 2. 1890 rare – a byname, a cognomen

• ADNATE
adj. 1642 obs. – added to something naturally existing

• AD NAUSEAM
adv. 1565 – to a sickening or nauseating extent; to a tiresomely excessive degree

• ADNICHELL
vb. 1490 obs. – to annihilate

• ADNICHILATE
adj. 1388 arch. – annihilated, reduced to nothing, utterly destroyed

• ADNICHILED
adj. 1706 obs. – annulled, brought to nothing, made void

• ADNIHILATE
adj. 1388 arch. – annihilated

• ADNIHILATION
n. Bk1656 obs. – annihilation; a bringing or reducing to nothing

• ADNIHILED
adj. Bk1717 obs. – annihilated; made void

• ADNITCHILED
adj. 1691 obs. – annihilated, annulled, brought to nothing, made void

• ADNOMINATION
n. 1628 – a play upon words; wordplay based on similar sounding words

• ADNOTE
vb. 1558 rare – to note, to remark, to observe, esp. in addition to another remark

• ADNOUN
n. 1657 – a word added or joined to a noun, an adjective

• ADNUBILATED
adj. 1731 rare – darkened by clouds, clouded

• ADNUL
vb. c1400 obs. – to annul, to reduce to nothing, to annihilate, to put out of existence, to extinguish

• ADNUMBER
vb. 1531 – to count in, to include among

• ADO
n. c1450 obs. – sexual intercourse

• ADOBE
adj. 19C US sl., derogatory – Mexican; hence, second-rate, inferior

• ADOBE DOLLAR
n. 1927 Amer. dial. – a Mexican peso

• ADOBE MAKER
n. 1960s US sl., derogatory – a Mexican or Mexican-American

• ADOD!
int. 1676 obs. – Ah God!

• ADOING
adj. 1429 rare – in the process of happening; being done; going on

• ADOLENT
adj. c1420 obs. rare – growing, adolescent

• ADOLESCE
vb. 1859 – to become adolescent; to pass through adolescence

• ADOLESCENCY
n. a1475 rare – adolescence

• ADOLESCENTURATE
vb. 1626 obs. – to play the boy, or fool

• ADOLORATE
vb. 1598 obs. rare – to vex, to grieve

• ADOLPH
n. 20C Brit. sl. – a vibrator

• ADOLPH GOBELS
n. 1937 sl. – second-hand automobile tires

• ADOMMAGE
vb. 1475 obs. – to damage or injure; to harm

• ADON
n. 1592 obs. – a fop, a dandy or exquisite; a handsome young man; an Adonis

• ADONE!
int. Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial. – cease, leave off! stop! enough!

• ADONEE
n. M16 UK criminals’ sl. – God

• ADONIS
n. 1. 1571 – a beautiful or handsome young man
n. 2. 1765 – a beau, fop, or dandy
n. 3. L19 Aust. sl. – in ironic use: a male admirer; a lover
n. 4. Bk1913 S. Afr. – a nickname used of, or to, a baboon

• ADONIZE
vb. 1611 rare – to make an Adonis of; to adorn, to dress up, to dandify

• ADONNET
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a devil

• ADOPERATE
vb. 1612 obs. – bring into operation, to employ, to use

• ADOPERATION
n. 1608 obs. rare – application, employment

• ADOPTABILITY
n. 1843 obs. rare – something which may be adopted or chosen

• ADOPTANT
adj. 1884 – adopting
n. 1632 – one who adopts, or takes a child as his own

• ADOPTATE
vb. 1560 obs. rare – to adopt

• ADOPTATIVE
adj. 1557 rare – pert. to adoption; adoptive

• ADOPTIOUS
adj. 1601 obs. rare – connected with adoption

• ADORABLE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate

• ADORANT
adj. 1. 1569 obs. rare – worthy of veneration or worship
adj. 2. 1817 – adoring
n. 1623 – a worshipper or devotee

• ADORATION
n. 1614 obs. rare – a kissing a person’s hand as a sign of honour and respect

• ADORATIVE
adj. 1637 – pert. to adoration; that adores or venerates

• ADORATORY
adj. 1660 rare – relating to adoration; that adores or venerates
n. 1800 – a place of worship; specifically, one used by the indigenous peoples of Central and South America

• ADORE
vb. 1596 obs. – to adorn, to decorate

• ADOREMENT
n. 1646 – adoration

• ADORKABLE
adj. 1999 colloq. – unfashionable or socially awkward in a way regarded as appealing or endearing

• ADORN
adj. 1667 obs. rare, poetic usage – adorned, ornate
n. 1590 obs. rare – adornment, ornament
vb. 1480 obs. – to worship; to venerate; to adore

• ADORNATE
adj. 1539 obs. – adorned; embellished
vb. 1550 rare – to adorn, to ornament; to embellish

• ADORNATION
n. 1597 – the act of adorning; also, that with which anything is adorned; adornment, decoration; ornament

• ADOS
n. Bk1898 Sc. – difficulties

• ADOSCULATION
n. 1891 rare – mouth-to-mouth kissing

• ADOTE
vb. c1225 obs. – to become silly or foolish; to be infatuated

• ADOTED
adj. c1230 obs. – grown silly, become foolish; infatuated
n. c1225 obs. – foolish people

• A DOUBLE ONE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate

• A-DOUBLE-SCRIBBLE
n. 1996 US euphemism – used for ‘ass’ in any of its senses

• ADOUBT
vb. c1300 obs. – to fear, to dread

• ADOUBTED
adj. 1. c1314 obs. – feared, dreaded; formidable
adj. 2. 1471 obs. – frightened, afraid

• ADOW
n. 1810 Sc. – fuss, bother

• ADOWN
adv. 1. c975 arch. – to a lower place or position; downward, down
adv. 2. c1000 obs. – in a lower place
adv. 3. c1175 obs. – to a lower condition or state
prep. c1374 arch. – in a descending direction upon or along

• ADOWNRIGHT
adv. c1175 obs. – straight down

• ADOWNRIGHTS
adv. c1275 obs. – straight down

• ADOWNWARD
adv. c1090 obs. – downward
prep. 1205 obs. – in a descending direction upon or along

• ADOX; ADOXE
n. 1606 obs. rare – an absurdity

• ADOXAL
adj. 1652 rare – not according to right reason; not based on reason; absurd, illogical

• ADOXY
n. 1656 obs. rare – ignominy, shame; slander, infamy

• ADOYLE
adv. c1450 obs. rare – askew, awry

• ADOZE
adv. 1837 – in a doze or dozing state

• ADPRESS
vb. 1872 – to press closely to a surface, to lay flat

• ADPROMISSOR
n. 1675 – in Roman law: a person who gives bail or security

• ADPUGN; ADPUGNE
vb. 1626 obs. – to fight against

• ADRAD
adj. c1200 obs. – frightened, greatly afraid, put in dread
vb. 1. a900 obs. – to dread, to fear greatly
vb. 2. a1000 obs. – to fear for oneself; to be afraid
vb. 3. c1314 obs. – to make afraid; to terrify

• ADRAW
vb. 1. 1205 obs. – to draw out; to draw a sword
vb. 2. c1430 obs. – to withdraw oneself

• ADRAY
n. 1303 obs. – withdrawal

• ADREAD
adj. c1200 obs. – frightened, terrified, greatly afraid, put in dread
conj. 1501 Sc. obs. – for fear, lest
vb. 1. a900 obs. – to dread, to fear greatly
vb. 2. a1000 obs. – to fear for oneself; to be afraid
vb. 3. c1314 obs. – to make afraid; to terrify

• A-DREAM
adv. 1830 – dreaming

• ADREAMED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – dreaming, dozing

• ADREE
vb. 1. a1000 obs. – to bear, to endure, to suffer
vb. 2. c1000 obs. – to carry on, to practice, to pass life, time, etc.

• ADREID
adv. 1501 Sc. obs. – for fear, lest

• ADREIGH
adv. a1393 rare – at a distance

• ADRENCH
vb. 1. a1000 obs. – to submerge, to drown
vb. 2. 1340 obs. – to provide or serve with drink

• ADREVE
vb. a1000 obs. – to drive out or away, to banish, to expel

• ADRIAN (QUIST)
adj. 1978 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘pissed’ – drunk, inebriated

• ADRIFT
adj. 1. 17C sl. – harmless
adj. 2. 1818 – bewildered; confused; muddled; disorientated
adj. 3. 1841 sl., orig. nautical usage – missing; absent without leave
adj. 4. 1916 Amer. dial. – loose, unfastened

• A-DRIGH
adv. c1325 obs. – at or to a distance, away, off

• ADRILL
vb. c1350 obs. rare – to delay, to postpone, to put off something

• ADRINK
vb. ..880 – to be drowned → obs.

• ADRIP
adj. 1. 1830 – dripping
adj. 2. ..20C – sated and intoxicated with alcohol → US colloq.
adv. 1867 – in a dripping state

• ADRIVE
vb. 1. 1000 – to banish, to expel → obs.
vb. 2. 1000 – to drive away, to chase, to pursue, to follow up → obs.

• ADROOP
adv. 1833 – in a drooping position

• ADROUGH
vb. 1000 – to dry up; to become dry or withered → obs.

• ADROWE
vb. 1000 – to dry up; to become dry or withered → obs.

• ADROWSE
adj. 1848 – drowsy, drowsing → chiefly literary usage
adv. 1866 – in a drowsy state

• ADRY
adj. 1. 1599 – thirsty
adj. 2. 1628 – in a dry condition

• ADRYLLE
vb. 1315 – to slide or slip away → obs.

• ADSBLEED!
int. L17 – God’s blood!

• ADS-BOBBERS!
int. L17 – an oath

• ADSBUD!
int. 1693 – God’s blood! → obs.

• ADSCITITIOUS
adj. 1620 – assumed, adopted from without; additional; supplemental

• ADSCITITIOUSLY
adv. 1823 – additionally, supplementally

• ADSCRIBE
vb. 1. 1534 – to assign, credit, or attribute something to a person, cause, etc.
vb. 2. 1549 – to add, especially in writing, to a text or document

• ADSCRIPT
n. 1889 – a comment or note added to a manuscript, esp. one which in error becomes incorporated into the text

• ADS-DINES!
int. 1741 – a minced oath → obs.

• ADS-FLESH!
int. L17 – an oath

• ADS-HEART!
int. L17 – God’ s heart!; an oath

• ADS-HEARTIKINS!
int. 1741 – a minced oath → obs.

• AD’S HEART’S WOUNDS!
int. L17 – God’s heart’s wounds!; an oath

• ADSLIDIKINS!
int. L17 – God’s my life!

• ADSLIFE!
int. L17 – God’s life!

• ADS MY LIFE!
int. L17 – God’s my life!

• ADSO!
int. L17 – God’s oath!

• ADSOLVE
vb. 1605 obs. rare – to resolve

• ADSOOCKS!
int. 1751 – a minced oath → obs.

• ADSOOKS!
int. L17 – a mildly blasphemous oath

• ADSPIRATION
n. 1532 – gracious or favouring breath; favour, patronage → obs.

• ADSTIPULATION
n. 1598 – agreement, formal assent; approval, support

• ADSTUPIATE
vb. 1623 – to greatly esteem riches → obs.

• ADS-WAUNTLIKINS!
int. L17 – an oath

• ADSWOCATE
vb. 1922 – to advocate → Amer. dial.

• ADS WOOKS!
int. L17 – a mildly blasphemous oath

• AD’S WOUNDS!
int. L17 – God’s wounds!

• ADS-ZOOKERS!
int. L17 – an oath

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