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Abderian
- - Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.
Abderite
- - An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace.
Abietine
- - A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.
Abietite
- - A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata).
Acceding
- verb - take on duties or office; "accede to the throne"
- to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"
- yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
Achenial
- adjective - pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit
Achenium
- - A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.
Adhering
- verb - be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
- be compatible or in accordance with; "You must adhere to the rules"
- be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- follow through or carry out a plan without deviation; "They adhered to their plan"
- stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
Adhesion
- noun - a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
- abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion; "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive"
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"
Adhesive
- adjective - a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
- glue
- tending to adhere