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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
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Adam (town, in the Bible)
Adam's apple (slight projection at the front of the throat)
Adam's-needle (stemless or nearly stemless plants)
adaptation (in biology)
adaptive radiation (in biology)
Adar (month of the year)
Adar Sheni (extra month of the Hebrew year)
addax (mammal)
adder's-mouth (terrestrial orchids of the genus Malaxis)