adj.
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adjacent.
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adjective.
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adjoining.
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adjourned.
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adjudged.
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adjunct.
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Banking. adjustment.
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adjutant.
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adjective
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Also: adjt. adjutant
Example Sentences
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Alden O'Brien, Washington, DC, US Gobsmacked, adj. flabbergasted: struck dumb with awe or amazement.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2012
Destruct: v.t., barbarism of destroy; also adj., as used in "destruct button."
From Time Magazine Archive
Virulent, vir′ū-lent, adj. full of poison: very active in injury: bitter in enmity: malignant.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Well, wel, adj. good in condition: fortunate: comfortable: in health.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Vesuvian, vē-sū′vi-an, adj. pertaining or relating to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples.—n. a kind of match used in lighting cigars, &c.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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