Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Address \Ad*dress"\, v. t.

   {To address the ball} (Golf), to take aim at the ball,
      adjusting the grip on the club, the attitude of the body,
      etc., to a convenient position. Adenoid \Ad"e*noid\, n.
   (Med.)
   A swelling produced by overgrowth of the adenoid tissue in
   the roof of the pharynx; -- usually in pl.

Adenoid \Ad"e*noid\, Adenoidal \Ad`e*noid"al\a.
   Glandlike; glandular.

Source : WordNet®

adenoid
     adj : relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid
           tissue

adenoid
     n : a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the
         uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the
         nasopharynx); "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is
         called adenoids"; "enlarged adenoids may restrict the
         breathing of children" [syn: {pharyngeal tonsil}, {Luschka's
         tonsil}, {third tonsil}, {tonsilla pharyngealis}, {tonsilla
         adenoidea}]