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Tongue-tie :: Tongue-tie (n.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums..

Agglutination :: Agglutination (n.) The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process..

Lumpfish :: Lumpfish (n.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl..

Accede :: Accede (v. i.) To become a party by associating one's self with others; to give one's adhesion. Hence, to agree or assent to a proposal or a view; as, he acceded to my request..

Cohesion :: Cohesion (n.) That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces..

Adnation :: Adnation (n.) The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant..

Inadhesion :: Inadhesion (n.) Want of adhesion.

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.

Conglutinant :: Conglutinant (a.) Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts..

Tagsore :: Tagsore (n.) Adhesion of the tail of a sheep to the wool from excoriation produced by contact with the feces; -- called also tagbelt.

Fanfoot :: Fanfoot (n.) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes..

Trematodea :: Trematodea (n. pl.) An extensive order of parasitic worms. They are found in the internal cavities of animals belonging to all classes. Many species are found, also, on the gills and skin of fishes. A few species are parasitic on man, and some, of which the fluke is the most important, are injurious parasites of domestic animals. The trematodes usually have a flattened body covered with a chitinous skin, and are furnished with two or more suckers for adhesion. Most of the species are hermaphrodi

Adhesion :: Adhesion (n.) Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy..

Seal :: Seal (v. t.) To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter..

Agglutinate :: Agglutinate (v. t.) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances..

Agglutinant :: Agglutinant (a.) Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion..

Agglutinative :: Agglutinative (a.) Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive..

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