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Ad`i*po*cer"i*form (&?;), a. [Adipocere + -form.] Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor.

Ad`i*poc"er*ous (&?;), a. Like adipocere.

Ad"i*pose` (?; 277), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat, grease.] Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.

Adipose fin (Zoöl.), a soft boneless fin. -- Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat.

{ Ad"i*pose`ness (&?;), Ad`i*pos"i*ty (&?;), } n. The state of being fat; fatness.

Ad"i*pous (&?;), a. Fatty; adipose. [R.]

A*dip"sous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?;, thirst.] Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.

Ad"ip*sy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; not thirsty; 'a priv. + &?; thirst.] (Med.) Absence of thirst.

Ad"it (&?;), n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, &?;aitum, to go to; ad + ire to go.] 1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.

2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]

Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. Tennyson.

{ Ad"ja"cence (&?;), Ad*ja"cen*cy (&?;), } [Cf. LL. adjacentia.] 1. The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings.

2. That which is adjacent. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Ad*ja"cent (&?;), a. [L. adjacens, -centis, p. pr. of adjacere to lie near; ad + jacre to lie: cf. F. adjacent.] Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." B. Jonson.

Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.

Syn. -- Adjoining; contiguous; near. -- Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc.

I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians. Howell.

Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain.

Ad*ja"cent, n. That which is adjacent. [R.] Locke.

Ad*ja"cent*ly, adv. So as to be adjacent.

Ad*ject" (&?;), v. t. [L. adjectus, p. p. of adjicere to throw to, to add to; ad + jacre to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] To add or annex; to join. Leland.

Ad*jec"tion (&?;), n. [L. adjectio, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjection. See Adject.] The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [R.] B. Jonson.

Ad*jec"tion*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [R.] Earle.

Ad`jec*ti"tious (&?;), [L. adjectitius.] Added; additional. Parkhurst.

Ad`jec*ti"val (&?;), a. Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. W. Taylor (1797)

Ad`jec*ti"val*ly, adv. As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively.

Ad"jec*tive (d"jk*tv), a. [See Adjective, n.]

1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.