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To convert adipocere.

The act or process of changing into 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.

Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor.

Like adipocere.

Producing fat.

The digestion of fats.

ng neutral fats into glycerin and free fatty acids, esp. by the action of an enzyme; as, adipolytic action.

A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor. -- Ad`i*pom"a*tous, a.

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.

The state of being fat; fatness.

Fatty; adipose. [R.]

Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.

Absence of thirst.

A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent."

Destructive to, or hindering the growth of, diphtheria bacilli. -- n.

An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.

A little fellow; -- in sport or contempt. "A dandiprat hop-thumb." Stanyhurst.

stupid person; a fool; a blockhead. Some will say, our curate is naught, an ass-head, a dodipoll. Latimer.

A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence; as, "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice." Phil. iv. 4.