8-Letter Words Containing: A,D,N,O,S,T

• The transpose of the cofactor matrix of a given square matrix.

• (of a matrix) Transpose conjugate.

• (of an operator) Hermitian conjugate.

• A functor related to another functor by an adjunction.

• A curve A such that any point of a given curve C of multiplicity r has multiplicity at least r–1 on A. Sometimes the multiple points of C are required to be ordinary, and if this condition is not satisfied the term sub-adjoint is used.

• An assistant to someone who holds a position in the military or civil service.

• An assistant mayor of a French commune.

• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

• the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand

• a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

• directed downward

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

• denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units

• A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body

• an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

• giving money or food or clothing to a needy person

• loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe

• low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers

• low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens

• candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste