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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.

Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows.

Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.

Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address. A mere rant of adulatory freedom. Burke.

Tainted with adultery.

Guilty of, or given to, adultery; pertaining to adultery; illicit. Dryden.

The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural. [He] made the like advances to the dissenters. Swift.

Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.

pecially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisement.

Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory. The General Association has a general advisory superintendence over all the ministers and churches. Trumbull.

Of or pertaining to an advocate. [R.]

Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak.

Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.

Of or pertaining to Æolia or Æolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; æolic; as, the Æolian dialect.

, formerly called fixed air. His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains. Carlyle.

Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aërial regions or currents. "Aërial spirits." Milton. "Aërial voyages." Darwin.

high speed of flights and rapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms of mountain sickness and some of seasickness.

Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aëriferous tube.

Growing or thriving only in the presence of oxygen; also, pertaining to, or induced by, aërobies; as, aërobic fermentation. -- A`ër*o"bic*al*ly (#), adv.

Pertaining to the force of air in motion.