Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Glandular (7 letter answer)
The Answer
ADENOID
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Notes
The answer ADENOID is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1200 puzzles.
Related Clues
Glandlike
Of lymph glands
Of the lymph glands
Pharyngeal mass
Throat tissue
Tonsil's neighbor
Breathing obstruction, sometimes
It's above the tonsil
Definition
ADENOID as a noun:
1. (pharyngeal tonsil, adenoid, Luschka's tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla pharyngealis, tonsilla adenoidea) = 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"
ADENOID as an adjective:
1. relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue