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Adhesion

Definitions: Adhesion

Adhesion

Noun

1. Abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen.

2. The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "adhesion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Adhesion

DomainDefinitions

Building & Civil Engineering

The adhesion, or the measure of the effectiveness of the grip between the concrete and the steel, is best defined as the stress at which a very small slip occurs. Source: European Union. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Ability of soil to adhere to surfaces(e. g. farm equipments)which can be demonstrated on humid soil with different clay contents. Source: European Union. (references)

Industry

The bond between two cured or uncured rubber surfaces or plies. Source: European Union. (references)

Metallurgy

The sum total of the forces of attachment between a dry film and its substrate. Source: European Union. (references)
 In fusion welding if the filler metal is melted on top of the base metal before the base metal is ready to receive it, the result is poor fusion, or adhesion. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. The molecular force holding together two different substances that are in contact, as water in the pore spaces of a rock. CF:cohesion b. Shearing resistance between soil and another material under zero externally applied pressure c. In the flotation process, the attachment of a particle to air-waterinterface or to a bubble. (references)

Physics

The state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces. Source: European Union. (references)

Tips from 1870

Usage: Adherence, Adhesion. These words were once interchangeable, but are now distinct. Adhesion relates to physical bodies; adherence to mental states. Source: Slips of Speech.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Adhesion

Synonyms: adherence (n), adhesiveness (n), bond (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Adhesion

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Coherence

Noun: coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness; concretion accretion; conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration; aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation; sticking, soldering; Verb: connection; dependence.

Contiguity

Noun: contiguity, contact, proximity, apposition, abuttal, juxtaposition; abutment, osculation; meeting, appulse, rencontre, rencounter, syzygy, coincidence, coexistence; adhesion; touching; Verb: (see touch ).

Observance

Adhesion, acknowledgment; fidelity; (probity); exact; -observance.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Adhesion

English words defined with "adhesion": adhesion contract, Adnation, Agglutinant, anchylosis, ankylosis, anterior synechiabindercementitious, Conglutinant, contract of adhesionFanfootInadhesionOsmoseposterior synechia, ProsphysisRope pumpsymphysisTagsore, To give in, tree frog, Trematodea. (references)
Specialty definitions using "adhesion": Acid Etching, Dental, Activated-Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule, Adherens Junctions, Adhesins, Bacterial, Adhesins, Escherichia coli, adhesion agent, adhesion promoting agent, ANKLE-PATCH MOLDER, Antigens, CD11, Antigens, CD2, Antigens, CD31, Antigens, CD36, Antigens, CD56, Antigens, CD58, Antigens, CD7, Antigens, CD80Bacterial Adhesion, belt dressing, BLACK OXIDE COATING EQUIPMENT TENDER, black oxide operator, BOOTMAKER, HANDCadherins, Cattermole Process, Cell Adhesion, cell adhesion molecule, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuron-Glia, cellular adhesion, CHEMICAL-ETCHING PROCESSOR, chemical-milling processordebonding, Dental Prosthesis Retention, Denture Retention, DIE TRIPPER, digging resistance, doubling-machine operatorE-Selectin, etcher, aircraftfrictional gripGenes, DCC, greased-deck concentrationINSPECTOR, INSULATION, INSPECTOR-REPAIRER, SANDSTONE, Integrins, Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1LABORER, PRESTRESSED CONCRETE, LAMINATING-MACHINE TENDER, L-Selectin, Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1MATRIX PLATER, MODEL MAKER, FIBERGLASSPADDED-PRODUCTS FINISHER, Pili, Sex, Platelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex, Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex, Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins, poor fusion, precoating, P-SelectinQUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIANrac1 GTP-Binding Protein, Receptors, Cytoadhesin, Receptors, Leukocyte-Adhesion, Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing, Receptors, Very Late Antigen, Receptors, Vitronectin, retreaderSANDING-MACHINE BUFFER, skin flotation, specific adhesion, STRIP POLISHERtable flotation, Talin, thick water, thickened water, Thrombospondins, TIRE BUILDER, TIRE BUILDER, AUTOMOBILE, tire rebuilder, TIRE VULCANIZERviscous water, von Willebrand Disease, von Willebrand Factorwet adhesion, wetting effect. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Adhesion" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (adhesion).

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Commercial Usage: Adhesion

DomainTitle

Books

  • Adhesion (reference)

  • Adhesion and Adhesives Technology (reference)

  • Adhesion Molecules and Chemokines in Lymphocyte Trafficking (Cell Adhesion and Communication) (reference)

  • Cell Adhesion Molecules in Human Transplantation (Medical Intelligence Unit) (reference)

  • Guidebook to the Extracellular Matrix, Anchor, and Adhesion Proteins (The Guidebook Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Adhesion

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Shown is a computer graphic of tgf-beta molecule. Tgf-beta belongs to a superfamily of fetal inducers and regressors, which signal specific patterns of cellular differentiation. Tgf-beta, a cytokine with three different isoforms, regulates many cellular functions including cell proliferation, differentiation, adhesion and migration. Four novel receptors were characterized that also act as serine/threonine kinases and one of these appears to be a tgf-beta receptor.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Bacterial Adhesion to Oral Tissues: A Model for Infectious Diseases : 1988 NIDR Seymour J. Kreshover Lecture.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Adhesion

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

We see, like all new converts to a religion, his conversion intoxicated him, he plunged headlong into adhesion, and he went too far.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Adhesion

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Other white cells also lack adhesion molecules, preventing them from attaching to target cells and surfaces. (references)

Epithelial cells of blood vessels and various types of immune cells normally display certain cell adhesion molecules on their surface. (references)

Leukocyte Adhesion Defect (LAD) causes recurrent, life-threatening infections because phagocytes are unable to migrate to the scene of an infection. (references)

Trade

Argentina

By subscribing to Law 24,331 (Free Trade Zones Law) adhesion arrangement, on October 31,1994, the province of Chubut designated Comodoro Rivadavia as the adequate port for the creation of the provincial free trade zone. (references)

Honduras

In order to comply with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) adhesion requirements, the administrative customs service was reduced from 1.5 percent to 0.5 percent on December 31, 1996. Under the "Economic & Social Plan to Stimulate Production and Competition & Promote Human Development" of June 1, 1998, the administrative customs service tax is levied at 0% for most products. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Adhesion

"Adhesion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Adhesion" is used about 322 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%32216,053

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Adhesion

Expressions using "adhesion": Activated-Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule adhesion agent adhesion contract adhesion promoting agent Bacterial Adhesion cell adhesion cell adhesion molecule Cell Adhesion Molecules cellular adhesion contract of adhesion Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 wet adhesion. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "adhesion": adhesion-activation, adhesion-inducing, adhesion-induction, adhesion-promoting.

Ending with "adhesion": anti-adhesion, cell-adhesion, Leukocyte-Adhesion, Leukocyte-Adhesion, platelet-adhesion.

Containing "adhesion": Leukocyte-Adhesion Deficiency Syndrome.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Adhesion

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

adhesion

212

abdominal adhesion

43

pelvic adhesion

36

labial adhesion

34

surgical adhesion

18

adhesion grand

16

adhesion promoter

13

adhesion lysis

12

adhesion cellular

12

adhesion contract

9

bowel adhesion

9

adhesion penile

9

intestinal adhesion

8

adhesion surgery

8

adhesion company grand k

6

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6

adhesion pelvic symptom

5

adhesion vaginal

5

colon adhesion

5

cell adhesion

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Adhesion

Language Translations for "adhesion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

aderencë, ngjitje indesh, ngjitje (agglutination, ascension, ascent, boost, clamber, climbing, contagion, elevation, gluing, Mount, osculation, soldering, splice, sticking, transmission, up, upbeat, upgrade, welding), mbështetje (aegis, aliment, alimentation, alimony, backup, foundation, furtherance, pillar, promotion, purchase, recourse, stock, support, sustenance, sustention, tower). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏التحام (coalescence, coherence, cohesion), ‏التصاق (adherence, cohesion), ‏الإلتصاق. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

срастване (accretion, agglutination, coalescence, concretion, conglutination, intergrowth), сцепителен, слепване (agglutination, concretion, conglutination), спазване (abidance, adherence, keeping, observation), вярност (adherence, allegiance, constancy, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, justness, loyalty, troth), адхезия, прилепване, придържане (adherence). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

粘附力. (various references)

   

Czech

  

srùst (coalesce, grow), přilnavost (adhesiveness, tenacity). (various references)

   

Danish

  

adhaesion (adherence, adhesiveness, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), adhaesio (adherence), adhaerence (adherence), adhæsion (adherence, bond, grip, gripping, purchase), adhæsion, vejgreb, vedhaengskraft (the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), vedhaengningsevne (stickiness), vedhængning (adherence, grip, purchase), vedhæftning (accretion, bond, key, strong adhesion), trækkeevne, klaebeevne (stickiness, tack, tackiness), klæbning (bonding), jordens hæfteevne (stickiness), binding (adsorption, binding, bond, bonding, combination, joining, link, weave). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

adhesie (adherence, adhesiveness, grip, gripping, purchase, sticking property, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), grip. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

adhero. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

موافقت (Accord, Accordance, Acquiescence, Agreement, Approbation, Approval, Assent, Concurrence, Congruity, Consent, Endorsement, Sympathy, Understanding), همبستگی (Correlation, Solidarity), چسبیدگی (Coherency), کشش سطحی , قبول عضویت , توافق (Accord, Accordance, Agreement, Analogy, Band, Coincidence, Compromise, Concord, Concurrence, Consistency, Rapport, Settlement, Understanding), سطوح دراماس , طرفداری (Bias, Devotion), الحاق دولتی به یک پیمان , الحاق (Access, Addendum, Incorporation, Insertion, Inset, Interpolation, Joinder, Juncture, Supplement, Union), الصاق (Adherence, Stick), اتصال وپیوستگی غیرطبیعی انضمام , رضایت (Acquiescence, Concurrence, Consent, Satisfaction), دوسیدگی (Adherence). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

adheesio (accretion, bond, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), tartunta (an attack and investment by microscopic organisms or viruses(if on living tissue, bond, by pathogens)as distinct from infestation, contage, contagion, infection, tack), tahtaantuvuus (stickiness), pito (hold), liitos (assembly, bond, connection, connections, fitting, fittings, glue line, join, joint, junction, scarf, seam, splice, tying, union). (various references)

   

French

  

adhésion (adherence). (various references)

   

German

  

Haftvermögen (adherence, key, stickiness, strong adhesion), Haftung (adherence, adhesiveness, bond, cohesion, grip, legal responsibility, liabilities, liability, purchase, sticking property, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), Adhäsion (bond, gripping, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προσκόλληση (adherence, bonding). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תאחיז" (cohesion), א""זי", ""בקות (adherence, joining), ""בק" (adherence, attachment, glueing, joining, sticking). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tapadás (adherence, cohesion, cohesive hold, grip, insertion), jóváhagyás (acquiescence, affirmation, approbation, approval, assent, confirmation, consent, counter-signature, endorsement, imprimatur, indorsation, indorsement, ratification, sanction, validation), elfogadás (acceptance, acceptation, acquiescence, admission, admittance, adoption, approval, carrying, ratification). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

samgróningur. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

adhesi (attachment, devotion), perlengketan, pelekatan. (various references)

   

Italian

  

adesione (adherence, adhesiveness, sticking property, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

融合 (agglutination, fusion, unite), '着 , 粘着 (cohesion), 執着 (attachment, tenacity). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぎょうちゃくりょく, ぎょうちゃく, しゅうじゃく (attachment, tenacity), しゅうちゃく (attachment, sorption, tenacity), ね"ちゃくせい (stickiness, viscosity), ね"ちゃく (cohesion), ふちゃくりょく, ふちゃく (agglutination, clinging to, cohesion, nonarrival, nondelivery, sticking to), "うちゃくざい (agglutination), "うちゃく (agglutination, stalemate), ゆう"う (agglutination, fusion, unite), ゆ"う (agglutination), ゆちゃく. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

. (various references)

   

Manx

  

lhiantynys, greimmey (adhere, adherence, adherence of person, attach, bite, bite off, catch, clutch, fishing tackle, grab, grasp, grip, gripping, hold, jam, lock in, monopolization, nab, pin on, seize, seizing, snap, snatch, snatch away, snatching, stick, stitch, stitch up, tooth), greimane (handhold). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adhesionay

   

Portuguese

  

adesão (access, accession, adherence, adhesion to an existing contract, bond, bonding, coherence, coherency, support), aderência (abrasion, accretion, adherence, adhesiveness, bonding, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

adeziune (adherence, endorsement), aderenţã (adherence, pick up), lipire (agglutination, pasting, stick), consimţãmânt (accord, accordance, acquiescence, agreeableness, approval, assent, consent, leave). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

прилипание (adherence, adhesions, sticking). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

adhezija, trenje (attrition, friction, jar). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

adhesión (accedence, accession, adherence, adhesion to an existing contract, attachment, entry, key, strong adhesion, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), adherencia (adherence, adhesiveness, bite, bond, bonding, grip, gripping, sticking, sticking property, tenacity). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

adhesion (bond, stickiness, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), vidhäftningsförmåga (bite, tenacity). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yapışma (adherence, bond, clinch, coherence, coherency, cohesion, conglutination), bağlılık (adherence, allegiance, attachment, cementation, cohesion, cohesiveness, constancy, correlation, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, homage, interdependence, interdependency, loyalty, obedience, singleness, subordination, troth), bağlı olma (dependance, dependence, interconnection). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

склеювання (agglutination, conglutination, pasting), вірність (adherence, allegiance, attachment, constancy, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, troth, validity), відданість (allegiance, attachment, devotion, fidelity, trustiness), молекулярне тяжіння, зчеплення (adherence, catenation, clutch, coherence, concatenation, coupling, friction, hookup, linkage, linking), згода (accedence, accord, accordance, agreement, approbation, approval, arrangement, assent, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, consensus, consent, consonance, entente, fiat, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, oneness, suit, understanding, yea, yes), злипання (coalescence, conglomeration, conglutination), підстримка (aid), прилипання (sticking). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự dính chặt v o, sự bám chặt v o sự tham gia, sự đ"ng ý (accord, accordance, acquiescence, agreement, approbation, approval, concurrence, consent, imprimatur, o.k.). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ymlyniad (attachment), glyniad. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Adhesion

Derivations

Words beginning with "adhesion": adhesional, adhesions. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Adhesion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: addhesion, adhesin, adrelion, athetoid, Dalessio, Hacheston. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Adhesion"

Words rhyming with "adhesion" (pronounced 'Ad*he"sion'): Abrasion, Abscession, Abscision, Abscission, Abstersion, Abstrusion, Abusion, Accension, Accession, Acutorsion, Addression, Admission, Adversion, Affusion, Aggression, Allision, Allusion, Amission, Animadversion, Anteversion, Appension, Apprehension, Appulsion, Arrosion, Ascension, Aspersion, Assession, Aversion, Avision, Avulsion, Catabasion, Cession, Circumclusion, Circumfusion, Circumincession, Coextension, Cohesion, Cointension, Collapsion, Collision, Collusion, Comprehension, Compression, Compulsion, Concession, Concision, Conclusion, Concussion, Condescension, Confession, Confusion, Congression, Consension, Conspersion, Contorsion, Contraversion, Controversion, Contusion, Conversion, Convulsion, Corrasion, Corrosion, Decession, Decision, Declension, Decursion, Delapsion, Delusion, Demersion, Demission, Demulsion, Deprehension, Depression, Depulsion, Derision, Descension, Detersion, Detorsion, Detrusion, Diffission, Diffusion, Digression, Dimension, Dimission, Discession, Disclusion, Discommission, Discursion, Discussion, Dismission, Dispansion, Dispassion, Dispersion, Displosion, Dispossession, Dissension, Dissuasion, Distension, Diversion, Effossion, Effusion, Egression, Elapsion, Elusion, Emersion, Emission, Empassion, Emulsion, Erasion, Evasion, Eversion, Evulsion, Excision, Exclusion, Excursion, Excussion, Exesion, Expansion, Explosion, expression, extension, Extersion, Extramission, Extraversion, Extroversion, Extrusion, Fidejussion, fission, fusion, Illision, illusion, immersion, Immission, Impassion, implosion, imprecision, impression, Improvision, impulsion, Inadhesion, Inapprehension, Incension, Incession, incision, inclusion, Incompassion, incomprehension, Inconfusion, incursion, INDECISION, Indivision, Inextension, infusion, Ingression, Inhesion, Inrecision, Insession, Inspersion, Insubmission, intension, intercession, Interclusion, Interfusion, intermission, interspersion, Intorsion, Intrafusion, Introcession, Introgression, intromission, Intropression, introversion, intrusion, invasion, inversion, Invision, Irremission, Irrision, lesion, manumission, Mersion, misapprehension, Misconclusion, Misdivision, Misexpression, Mispassion, Mispersuasion, Misprision, Nonadmission, Noncohesion, Nonsubmission, Obsession, Obtension, Obtrusion, Obtusion, Obversion, Occision, Occlusion, Occursion, Offension, Omission, Oppression, Ostension, Outpassion, Percussion, Perfusion, Permansion, permission, Perpension, Perpession, Persuasion, Pertusion, Pervasion, Perversion, Portension, Preadmission, Preapprehension, Precession, Precision, Preclusion, Prehension, Prepossession, Presension, Pression, Pretension, Pretermission, Prevision, Profession, Profusion, Prolapsion, Prolusion, Propension, Propulsion, Protension, Protrusion, Pulsion, readmission, Reascension, Recension, Recision, Reclusion, Recommission, Reconversion, recursion, Recussion, Refossion, Refusion, regression, Reimpression, repercussion, repossession, reprehension, repression, repulsion, rescission, Respersion, Responsion, Retrocession, retrogression, retroversion, Retrusion, reversion, revision, revulsion, scansion, scission, secession, seclusion, Self-delusion, self-possession, session, Sponsion, suasion, subdivision, Subingression, submersion, submission, subversion, succession, Succision, succussion, Suffossion, suffusion, supersession, supervision, suppression, Supravision, suspension, Thermotension, torsion, Transcension, Transcursion, transfusion, transgression, transmission, Transversion, Trusion, Uncircumcision, Unconversion, Unintermission, Unpersuasion, Version. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Adhesion

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-i-n-o-s"

-1 letter: hoidens.

-2 letters: adonis, anodes, danios, danish, donsie, hoiden, hoised, hondas, honied, noised, noshed, onside, sained, sandhi, shined.

-3 letters: adios, aeons, aides, anise, anode, ashed, ashen, aside, danio, dashi, deans, deash, dines, donas, eidos, eosin, hades, hands, hanse, heads, hides, hinds, hoise, honda, honed, hones, hosed, hosen, ideas, nides, nodes, noise, nosed, ohias, sadhe, saned, sedan, shade, shend, shied, shine, shoed, shone, snide, sonde.

-4 letters: ados, aeon, aide, aids, ains, ands, anes, anis, dahs, dais, dash, dean, deni, dens, dies, dine, dins, dish, does, dona, done, dons, dose, edhs, ends, eons, hade, haed, haen, haes, hand, head, hens, hide, hied, hies, hind, hins, hisn, hods, hoed, hoes, hone, hons, hose, idea, ides, ions, naoi, naos, nide, node, nodi, nods, noes, nose, nosh, odea, odes, ohed, ohia, ones, sade, sadi, said, sain, sand, sane, send, shad, shea, shed, shin, shod, shoe, side, sine, sinh, sned, soda, sone.

-5 letters: ado, ads, aid, ain, ais, and, ane, ani, ash, dah, den, die, din, dis, doe, don, dos, edh, eds, end, ens, eon, had, hae, hao, has, hen, hes, hid, hie, hin, his, hod, hoe, hon, ids, ins, ion, nae, nah, nod, noh, nos, ode, ods, oes, ohs, one, ons, ose, sad, sae, sea, sei, sen, sha, she, sin, sod, son.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-i-n-o-s"
 

+1 letter: adhesions, diaphones, fashioned.

 

+2 letters: adhesional, admonished, admonisher, admonishes, anhedonias, astonished, diaphonies, harmonised, rhodamines, sphenoidal.

 

+3 letters: achondrites, admonishers, beshadowing, chiffonades, diachronies, haciendados, hollandaise, icosahedron, maidenhoods, nonadhesive, radiophones, refashioned, shadowiness, stanchioned.

 

+4 letters: admonishment, anticathodes, archdiocesan, chalcedonies, dehydrations, disharmonies, disharmonize, dishonorable, ethionamides, hemodynamics, hollandaises, homesteading, housetrained, hydromancies, icosahedrons, malnourished, rehydrations, slaveholding.

 

+5 letters: admonishments, boardinghouse, chalcogenides, commandership, dechlorinates, diathermanous, diencephalons, disharmonized, disharmonizes, dodecaphonies, dodecaphonist, endotheliomas, foolhardiness, foreshadowing, fountainheads, hyaluronidase, indomethacins, landownership, overshadowing, rhabdomancies, shadowinesses, slaveholdings, synecdochical, thioridazines.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Adhesion


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100100 01101000 01100101 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#100 &#104 &#101 &#115 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0064 0068 0065 0073 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3570747185758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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