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Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts. An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament. Gray.

The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.

Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. Gibbs. -- Ad*nom"i*nal*ly, adv.

A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word "Lord".

Adornment. [Obs.]

Suprarenal.

A crystalline substance, C9H13O3N, obtained from suprarenal extract, of which it is regarded as the active principle. It is used in medicine as a stimulant and hemostatic.

A uniting; union. Jer. Taylor.

Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever. Dunglison.

Characterized by the absence of power or force. Adynamic fevers, malignant or putrid fevers attended with great muscular debility.

Adynamia. [R.] Morin.

Pertaining to the force of air in motion.

The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects.

Acting by the force of air and water; as, an aërohydrodynamic wheel.

A dirigible balloon.

An aërial navigator; a balloonist.

Pertaining to aëronautics, or aërial sailing.

The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aërial navigation; ballooning.

Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.