Words That Start with AD

2-letter words that start with AD

• ad3n. Advantage; also, designating the left-hand side, from the player's...

3-letter words that start with AD

• add5v. To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars)...
• ade4n. A drink made from a fruit, especially a fizzy one.
• ado4n. Trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion.

4-letter words that start with AD

• adad6interj. Expressing emphasis or asseveration; indeed.
• adah8n. A group or meeting (particularly for purposes of worship or judicial...
• adam7n. The day or night before an eve; two days or nights before a holiday...
• adat5n. Traditional custom or law, in Islamic parts of Southeast Asia.
• adda6n. An informal meeting place for conversation.
• addy9n. Adderall.
• adic7adj. Relating to adicity.
• adit5n. A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine...
• adze14n. A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the...

5-letter words that start with AD

• adage7n. An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
• adapt8v. To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
• adays9adv. In the daytime.
• addax14n. A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus) with long, corkscrewing...
• adder7n. A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera.
• addle7adj. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
• adele6n. An infinite sequence consisting of a real number and a p-adic number...
• adept8adj. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
• adhan9n. The call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin before each of the...
• adieu6interj. Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
• adios6interj. Goodbye.
• adire6n. A type of traditional Yoruba tie-dyed cloth.
• adman8n. A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling...
• admin8n. Administration, or administrative work.
• admit8v. To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into...
• adobe8n. An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
• adobo8n. A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce...
• adopt8v. To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of...
• adore6v. To worship.
• adorn6v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• adowa9n. A traditional dance of the Akan people of Ghana, with hand movements...
• adown9adv. Down, downward; to or in a lower place.
• adult6n. An animal that is full-grown.

6-letter words that start with AD

• adagio8n. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly...
• addend9n. Addendum, any one of two or more numbers or other terms that are to be...
• addict10n. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
• adding9n. An act of addition.
• addled9adj. Bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo.
• adduce10v. To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration...
• adduct10v. To draw towards a center or a middle line.
• adhere10v. To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become...
• adidas8n. Chicken feet, skewered and grilled, sold as street food.
• adipic11adj. Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to...
• adjoin14v. To share a common boundary or border with; to be physically contiguous...
• adjure14v. To formally command or request (someone) to do something, either in the...
• adjust14v. To modify.
• adland8n. The world of advertising.
• admire9v. To regard with wonder and delight.
• adnate7adj. Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for...
• adnexa14n. The appendages of an organ, such as the Fallopian tubes of the uterus.
• adorbs9adj. Adorable.
• adorer7n. Someone who worships.
• adorno7n. A clay ornament attached to a piece of pottery, usually at the rim.
• adrift10adj. Floating at random.
• adroit7adj. Deft, dexterous, or skillful.
• adsorb9v. To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.
• adtech12n. Digital technology for the delivery and measurement of advertising...
• advent10n. Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time...
• adverb12v. To make into or become an adverb.
• advert10n. An advertisement, an ad.
• advice12n. An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
• advise10v. To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be...
• adware10n. A software application that includes advertisements, which are...
• adytum12n. The innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were...
• adzuki20n. Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean.

7-letter words that start with AD

• adamant10adj. Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
• adamite10n. A descendant of Adam; a human being.
• adapted11adj. Having been subject to an alteration or change to fit a different...
• adapter10n. One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
• adaxial15adj. On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the...
• address9n. A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
• adelgid10n. An insect of the genus Adelges.
• adelita8n. A female soldier during the Mexican revolution.
• adenine8n. A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with...
• adenium10n. Any member of the species of shrubs classified in the genus Adenium...
• adenoid9adj. Of or relating to lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue.
• adenoma10n. A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
• adeptly13adv. With great skill or knowledge.
• adharma13n. That which is not in accord with dharma, i.e. wrong, immorality, and...
• adhesin11n. Any of several factors that enable bacteria to adhere to epithelial...
• adinkra12n. Any of a set of visual symbols representing concepts or aphorisms...
• adipose10adj. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
• adjoint15adj. Used in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of...
• adjourn15v. To postpone.
• adjudge17v. To declare to be.
• adjunct17n. An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate...
• admiral10n. The commander of a naval squadron or fleet, regardless of formal rank.
• admirer10n. One who admires.
• adnexal15adj. Having the property of being adnexed.
• adopted11adj. Having been received into a relationship (especially a filial...
• adoptee10n. An adopted son or daughter.
• adopter10n. One who adopts.
• adoring9adj. Showing adoration or admiration.
• adorned9adj. Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or...
• adrenal8adj. Pertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions...
• advance13v. To help the progress of (something); to further.
• adverse11adj. Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively...
• advised12adj. Considered or thought out; resulting from deliberation.
• advisee11n. Someone who receives advice.
• adviser11n. One who advises.
• advisor11n. One who offers advice.

8-letter words that start with AD

• adaptive14adj. Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or...
• addendum13n. Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or...
• addicted13adj. Having a biochemical addiction.
• addition10n. The act of adding anything.
• additive13adj. Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
• adductor12n. A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line...
• adefovir15n. A drug used to treat hepatitis B and herpes simplex virus infection.
• adelphia14n. Any plant of the genus Adelphia, of Latin America.
• adenosyl12n. The univalent radical derived from adenosine.
• adenylyl15n. A functional group derived from adenosine monophosphate, also known as...
• adequacy23n. The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
• adequate18adj. Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.
• adherent12adj. Adhesive, sticking to something.
• adhesion12n. The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
• adhesive15adj. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
• adiantum11n. The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum).
• adjacent18adj. Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
• adjusted17adj. Which has been compensated in order to avoid bias.
• adjuster16n. One who adjusts something, especially the amount of compensation due in...
• adjutant16n. An assistant.
• adjuvant19adj. Providing assistance or help; assistive, facilitative, helpful.
• admiring12adj. Feeling or showing admiration.
• admitted12adj. Having received admittance.
• admonish14v. To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell...
• adoption11n. The act of adopting.
• adoptive14adj. Related through adoption.
• adorable11adj. Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.
• adorably14adv. In an adorable manner.
• adorning10n. An adornment.
• adroitly12adv. Deftly; in an adroit manner.
• adultery12n. Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their...
• adulting10n. Activities typically associated with adulthood.
• advanced15adj. At or close to the state of the art.
• advancer14n. One who advances or puts forward.
• advising13n. Advice.
• advisory15adj. Able to give advice.
• advocaat14n. A Dutch liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically...
• advocacy19n. The profession of an advocate.
• advocate14n. Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a...
• advowson15n. The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or...

9-letter words that start with AD

• adamantly15adv. In an immovable or inflexible manner.
• adapalene12n. A retinoid C₂₈H₂₈O₃ applied topically to the skin in the treatment of...
• adaptable14adj. Capable of being adapted.
• addicting14adj. Causing addiction.
• addiction13n. A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive...
• addictive16adj. Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
• addressed12adj. Of a document, marked with an address.
• addressee11n. The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or...
• adduction13n. The act of adducing or bringing forward.
• adenosine10n. A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle...
• adenylate13n. The dissociated anion present in adenylic acid; adenosine monophosphate.
• adherence15n. A close physical union of two objects.
• adiabatic14adj. Without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in...
• adipocyte17n. A type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a...
• adiposity15n. Obesity; the state of being fat.
• adjacency24n. The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.
• adjective22n. A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s...
• adjoining18adj. Being in contact at some point or line; joining to.
• adjourned18adj. Having been adjourned; suspended or paused.
• adjusting18n. Adjustment.
• admirable14adj. Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.
• admirably17adv. In a way worthy of admiration.
• admiralty15n. The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
• admission12n. The act or practice of admitting.
• admitting13n. An act of admission; an allowing to enter.
• admixture19n. An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
• adoptable14adj. Able to be adopted.
• adoration10n. An act of religious worship.
• adoringly14adv. In an adoring manner.
• adorkable16adj. Adorable in a dorky, socially awkward manner.
• adornment12n. A decoration; that which adorns.
• adsorbate12n. A substance that has been adsorbed.
• adsorbent12adj. Tending to adsorb.
• adulation10n. Flattery; fulsome praise.
• adulterer10n. A spouse who has sex with a non-spouse.
• adulthood14n. The state or condition, for humans and other animals, of physical and...
• advancing16n. The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
• advantage14n. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly...
• advection15n. The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along...
• adventure13n. A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
• adverbial15adj. Of or relating to an adverb.
• adversary16n. A person, group, or thing that opposes or attacks another person or...
• adversely16adv. In an adverse manner.
• adversity16n. The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
• advertise13v. To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
• advisable15adj. Worthy of being recommended; desirable.
• advisedly17adv. With intentionality, and deliberately, usually also with a connotation...
• advocated16adj. Having been argued in favor of.

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10-letter words that start with AD

• adalimumab17n. An immunosuppressive drug (trademark Humira) that is a genetically...
• adamantane13n. A polycyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₁₆, having a cagelike structure similar...
• adamantine13adj. Made of adamant (“an unspecified mineral or rock of virtually...
• adamantium15n. A fictional metal which is indestructible or nearly so.
• adaptation13n. The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation...
• adaptively19adv. In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner.
• adaptivity19n. The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
• adblocking20n. The use of an adblocker to remove advertising from the display of a...
• additional12adj. Supplemental or added to something.
• additively18adv. In an additive manner.
• additivity18n. The property of being additive.
• addressing13n. A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail.
• adelantado12n. A title bestowed by the king on certain nobles in the 15th-17th...
• adenoviral14adj. Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus.
• adenovirus14n. Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for...
• adequately23adv. In an adequate manner.
• adhesively20adv. In an adhesive manner; by adhesion.
• adjacently23adv. In such a way as to be adjacent.
• adjectival23adj. Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
• adjudicate21v. To decide, rule on, or settle as a judge.
• adjunction20n. The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
• adjunctive23adj. Forming an adjunct.
• adjustable20adj. Capable of being adjusted.
• adjustment20n. The action of adjusting something.
• administer13v. To apportion out, distribute.
• admiration13n. A positive emotion combining wonder and approbation; the regarding of...
• admiringly17adv. In an admiring manner.
• admissible15adj. Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable...
• admissions13n. The department, section, administrative team, etc., that process...
• admittance15n. The act of admitting.
• admittedly17adv. As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly.
• admonition13n. A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in...
• admonitory16adj. Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
• adolescent13adj. Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between...
• adrenaline11n. Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.
• adrenergic14adj. Having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine.
• adriamycin18n. An anthracycline antibiotic drug used in cancer chemotherapy.
• adroitness11n. Skillfulness or ease of ability.
• adsorption13n. The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material...
• adulterant11n. That which adulterates, or reduces the purity of something.
• adulterate11adj. Corrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else...
• adulteress11n. A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery.
• adulterous11adj. Of, or characterized by adultery.
• adumbrated16adj. Obscured.
• advantaged16adj. Having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a...
• adventurer14n. One who enjoys adventures.
• advertiser14n. One who advertises.
• advocation16n. The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.

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11-letter words that start with AD

• addictively21adv. In an addictive manner.
• addressable15adj. Able to be addressed.
• adenomatous14adj. Of or pertaining to adenoma.
• adenomyosis17n. A medical condition characterized by the presence of ectopic glandular...
• adiponectin16n. A protein hormone that modulates glucose regulation and fatty acid...
• adjournment21n. The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
• adjudicator22n. One who adjudicates.
• admonishing18n. Admonishment.
• adolescence16n. The transitional period of physical and psychological development...
• adorability17n. The quality of being adorable; adorableness.
• adulterated13adj. Intentionally tainted with impurities (usually as motivated by...
• advancement19n. The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity.
• adventuress15n. A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
• adventuring16n. Adventure.
• adventurism17n. The behavior of an adventurer; risk-taking.
• adventurist15n. Someone who is into adventurism.
• adventurous15adj. Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on...
• adverbially20adv. As, or in the manner of, an adverb.
• adversarial15adj. Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative...
• advertising16n. Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about...
• advertorial15n. An advertisement written in the form of an objective editorial...

12-letter words that start with AD

• adaptability20n. The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
• adaptiveness18n. The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
• additionally17adv. By way of addition; in addition to; also.
• adhesiveness19n. The quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive.
• adipogenesis16n. The formation of fatty tissue; lipogenesis.
• adjectivally28adv. As, or in the manner of, an adjective.
• adjudication23n. The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
• adjudicative26adj. Of or pertaining to an adjudication or to an adjudicator.
• adjudicatory26adj. Of or pertaining to an adjudication.
• administrate15v. To administer.
• admonishment20n. The act of admonishing.
• adorableness15n. The state or quality of being adorable.
• adrenoceptor17n. Adrenergic receptor.
• adrenochrome20n. An oxidation product of adrenaline or epinephrine; its semicarbazone is...
• adulteration13n. The process of adulterating.
• advantageous17adj. Being of advantage, beneficial.
• adventitious16adj. From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
• advisability21n. The quality of being advisable or prudent.

13-letter words that start with AD

• adaptationist16n. A supporter of adaptationism.
• addictiveness20n. The characteristic of being addictive.
• additionality18n. The property of being additional.
• adenoidectomy22n. Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the...
• adiabatically21adv. In an adiabatic way.
• adjustability26n. The state or condition of being adjustable.
• admeasurement18n. Apportionment.
• administering17n. Administration.
• administrator16n. One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or...
• admissibility21n. The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.
• adrenalectomy21n. The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients...
• adventuresome19adj. Characterised or marked by adventure.
• adventurously20adv. In an adventurous manner.

14-letter words that start with AD

• adenocarcinoma21n. Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue.
• administration17n. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service...
• administrative20adj. Of or relating to administering or administration.
• adrenocortical19adj. Relating to the adrenal cortex.
• advantageously22adv. In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.

15-letter words that start with AD

• adventurousness19n. The quality of being adventurous.

Questions about these words

How many words that start with AD are there?

Word.ws lists 317 words that start with AD, plus 1,129 rare ones.

What are common words that start with AD?

add, addition, additional, administration, address, advice, adult and advantage.

Which of the words that start with AD has the highest letter score?

adjectivally scores 28 points with the standard letter tile values.

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