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Adipocere
- - A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.
Adipocyte
- unknown - a fat storing cell
Adiposity
- noun - having the property of containing fat; "he recommended exercise to reduce my adiposity"
Adjacency
- noun - the attribute of being so near as to be touching
Adjection
- - The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added.
Adjective
- adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something
- of or relating to or functioning as an adjective; "adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause"
- relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"
- the word class that qualifies nouns
Adjoining
- verb - attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
- lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
Adjournal
- - Adjournment; postponement.
Adjourned
- verb - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
- close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
- suspend proceedings