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noun,plural aard·wolves. a striped, hyenalike mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, that feeds chiefly on insects.

noun a canton in northern Switzerland. 542 sq. mi. (1,400 sq. km). Capital: Aarau.

noun the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Exodus 28; 40:13–16. Henry Louis "Hank", 1934–2021, U.S. baseball player. a male given name.

adjective of or relating to Aaron. pertaining or belonging to the order of Jewish priests descended from Aaron. of the second, or lesser, order of priesthood in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. priestly.

adjective Aaronic. of or like a high priest; pontifical.

noun one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.

noun a variant of abaya.

noun a Philippine plant, Musa textilis. the fiber of this plant, used in making rope, fabrics, etc.

noun,plural ab·a·cis·ci [ab-uh-sis-ahy, ab-uh-kis-kahy]. Architecture. a small abacus. a tessera.

nounMathematics Now Rare. adjoint (def. 1).

nounSometimes Ac·a·de·mi·a . the milieu or interests of a university, college, or academy; academe.

noun pedantic, pretentious, and often confusing academic jargon: a presumably scholarly article written in incomprehensible academese.

adjective of or relating to Alfred Adler or his doctrines, especially in respect to the belief that behavior is determined by compensation for feelings of inferiority.

noun Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist. Cyrus, 1863–1940, U.S. religious leader and Jewish scholar. Felix, 1851–1933, U.S. educator, reformer, and writer. Kurt (Herbert), 1905–77, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria. Lawrence Cecil "Larry", 1914–2001, U.S. harmonica player. Mortimer (Jerome), 1902–91, U.S. philosopher, educator, and author. Peter Hermann, 1899–1990, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria-Hungary.

noun a male given name.

adjective serving to help or assist; auxiliary: You'll be serving in an adjuvant capacity, on call if we need you. Medicine/Medical. utilizing drugs, radiation therapy, or other means of supplemental treatment following cancer surgery or other primary cancer treatment: The cancer was caught at such an early stage that adjuvant measures were determined to be unnecessary. : Compare neoadjuvant. noun a person or thing that aids or helps: a team of adjuvants. Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology. anything that aids in the treatment of disease, management of pain, etc., especially a substance added to a medication to aid the effect of the main ingredient: For some in acute pain, caffeine is an effective analgesic adjuvant. Immunology. a substance admixed with an immunogen in order to elicit a more marked immune response: Aluminum salts have been used as adjuvants in vaccines for many decades.

adjective of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution: academic requirements. pertaining to areas of study that are not primarily vocational or applied, as the humanities or pure mathematics. theoretical or hypothetical; not practical, realistic, or directly useful: an academic question; an academic discussion of a matter already decided. learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality. conforming to set rules, standards, or traditions; conventional: academic painting. acquired by formal education, especially at a college or university: academic preparation for the ministry. Academic, of or relating to Academe or to the Platonic school of philosophy. noun a student or teacher at a college or university. a person who is academic in background, attitudes, methods, etc.: He was by temperament an academic, concerned with books and the arts. Academic, a person who supports or advocates the Platonic school of philosophy. academics, the scholarly activities of a school or university, as classroom studies or research projects: more emphasis on academics and less on athletics.

noun Military. a staff officer who assists the commanding officer in issuing orders. British Military. an executive officer. an assistant. adjutant stork.

noun,plural ad·ju·tan·cies. the office or rank of an adjutant: His adjutancy allows him certain privileges.

adjective capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts. (of loans, mortgages, etc.) having a flexible rate, as one based on money market interest rates or on the rate of inflation or cost of living. (especially of life insurance) having flexible premiums and coverage, based on the insuree's current needs and ability to pay. noun any rate, expense, income, etc., that varies unpredictably: Luckily, his chief income is not made up of adjustables. Allow some money in your budget for the adjustables.

noun something added to another thing but not essential to it. a person associated with lesser status, rank, authority, etc., in some duty or service; assistant. a person working at an institution, as a college or university, without having full or permanent status: My lawyer works two nights a week as an adjunct, teaching business law at the college. Grammar. a modifying form, word, or phrase depending on some other form, word, or phrase, especially an element of clause structure with adverbial function. adjective joined or associated, especially in an auxiliary or subordinate relationship. attached or belonging without full or permanent status: an adjunct surgeon on the hospital staff.

nounMathematics. a square matrix obtained from a given square matrix and having the property that its product with the given matrix is equal to the determinant of the given matrix times the identity matrix. Also called Hermitian conjugate, transposed conjugate. the matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging rows and columns and by replacing each element by its complex conjugate.

noun the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable. Education. a policy of holding schools and teachers accountable for students' academic progress by linking such progress with funding for salaries, maintenance, etc.

adjective subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable. capable of being explained; explicable; explainable.

verb (used with object) to be close to or in contact with; abut on: His property adjoins the lake. to attach or append; affix. verb (used without object) to be in connection or contact: the point where the estates adjoin.