Part 165

<hw>Ad`i*poc"er*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To convert adipocere.</def>

<h1>Adipoceration</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad`i*poc`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of changing into adipocere.</def>

<h1>Adipocere</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad"i*po*cere`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adeps</ets>, <ets>adipis</ets>, fat + <ets>cera</ets> wax: cf. F. <ets>adipocere</ets>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Adipoceriform</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad`i*po*cer"i*form</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Adipocere</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form or appearance of adipocere; <as>as, an <ex>adipoceriform</ex> tumor</as>.</def>

<h1>Adipocerous</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad`i*poc"er*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like adipocere.</def>

<h1>Adipose</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad"i*pose`</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adeps</ets>, <ets>adipis</ets>, fat, grease.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.</def>

<cs><col>Adipose fin</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a soft boneless fin.</cd> -- <col>Adipose tissue</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat.</cd></cs>

<h1>Adiposeness, Adiposity</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw><hw>Ad"i*pose`ness</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ad`i*pos"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being fat; fatness.</def>

<h1>Adipous</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad"i*pous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fatty; adipose.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Adipsous</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>A*dip"sous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/, thirst.]</ety> <def>Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.</def>

<h1>Adipsy</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad"ip*sy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ not thirsty; <?/ priv. + <?/ thirst.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Absence of thirst.</def>

<h1>Adit</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw>Ad"it</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aditus</ets>, fr. <ets>adire</ets>, <ets><?/aitum</ets>, to go to; <ets>ad + ire</ets> to go.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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 <altname>drift</altname> and <altname>tunnel</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Admission; approach; access.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Yourself and yours shall have Free <b>adit</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Adjacence, Adjacency</h1> <Xpage=21>

<hw><hw>Ad"ja"cence</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ad*ja"cen*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw><ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>adjacentia</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; <as>as, the <ex>adjacency</ex> of lands or buildings</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is adjacent.</def><mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>