Associations to the word «Adventitious»
Noun
- Material
- Pride
- Climb
- Wealth
- Principle
- Removal
- Protein
- Bacterium
- Charm
- Tree
- Produce
- Growing
- Form
- Branch
- Surface
- Assistance
- Absence
- Presence
- Preparation
- Grass
- Freedom
- Quality
- Phase
- Biology
- Characteristic
- Body
- Fig
- Consequence
- Phenomenon
- Pro
- Existence
- Acid
- Manufacturing
- Product
- Ability
- Species
- Expression
- Factor
- Seed
- Leave
- Dna
- Experiment
- Glass
- Composition
- Laboratory
- Spread
- Origin
- Cap
- Risk
- Condition
- Definition
- Index
- Animal
- Desire
- Transfer
- Concentration
- Matter
Adjective
Wiktionary
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. (genetics) (medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. (biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
Dictionary definition
ADVENTITIOUS, adjective. Associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.