adiposity (en)

(adjective) of or relating to animal fat / (adjective) fat

adit (en)

(noun) a nearly horizontal passage from the surface in a mine

adjudication (en)

(noun) a judicial decision or sentence / (noun) a decree in bankruptcy / (verb) to settle judicially / (verb) to act as judge

adjuring (en)

(verb) to command solemnly under or as if under oath or penalty of a curse / (verb) to urge or advise earnestly

adobe (en)

(noun) a brick or building material of sun-dried earth and straw / (noun) a structure made of adobe bricks / (noun) a heavy clay used in making adobe bricks / (noun) alluvial or playa clay in desert or arid regions

adumbrate (en)

report or represent in outline; foreshadow or symbolize

adventitious (en)

(adjective) coming from another source and not inherent or innate / (adjective) arising or occurring sporadically or in other than the usual location

adze (en)

(noun) a cutting tool that has a thin arched blade set at right angles to the handle and is used chiefly for shaping wood

aegis (en)

(noun, Greek mythology) protective mantle of Zeus given to Athena

aerie (en)

(noun) the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop / (noun) a brood of birds of prey / (noun) an elevated often secluded dwelling, structure, or position

agape (en)

(noun) a Greco-Christian term referring to "love: the highest form of love, charity", and "the love of God for man and of man for God

agitprop (en)

political (originally communist) propaganda, especially in art or literature

aglitter (en)

glittering especially with reflected light

agnate (en)

descended from the same male ancestor as a specified or implied subject, especially through the male line

agonal breathing (en)

is an abnormal pattern of breathing and brainstem reflex characterized by gasping, labored breathing

airling (en)

(obsolete) A thoughtless, light-hearted person.

akimbo (en)

(adjective or adverb) having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward / (adjective or adverb) set in a bent position

albescent (en)

(adjective, literary) growing or shading into white. "the albescent waves on the horizon"

aleatory (en)

(adjective) depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss / (adjective) relating to luck and especially to bad luck

alembic (en)

(noun) an apparatus used in distillation / (noun) something that refines or transmutes as if by distillation (from alchemy)

alienation (en)

(noun) a withdrawing or separation of a person or a person's affections from an object or position of former attachment; estrangement / (noun) a conveyance of property to another / (combining form) oneself or itself / (combining form) of oneself or itself / (combining form) by oneself or itself / (combining form) to, with, for, or toward oneself or itself / (combining form) of or in oneself or itself inherently / (combining form) from or by means of oneself or itself

aliquot (en)

(adjective) contained an exact number of times in something else / (adjective) fractional

alterity (en)

(noun) otherness / (noun) the quality or state of being radically alien to the conscious self or a particular cultural orientation

Althusserian (en)

relating to French philosopher Louis Althusser, known for his work on Marxism and poststructuralism

amanuensis (en)

(noun) one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript