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The hardening of a gland.

Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.

Pertaining to adenotomy.

Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.

Same as Adenose.

Producing fat.

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

An adjective, or attribute. [R.] Coleridge.

The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature. Craig.

Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper.

One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.

The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.

The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant.

An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, or account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.

To name. [Obs.]

Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination.

Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism. -- Ag*nos"tic*al*ly, adv.

That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies. Specifically: (Theol.)

An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.

Pertaining to the office of an agonothete.