Definition of adult

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Adult (a.) Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age..

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Adulterated :: Adulterated (imp. & p. p.) of Adulterat.
Wife :: Wife (n.) A woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like..
Advoutress :: Advoutress (n.) An adulteress.
Balderdash :: Balderdash (v. t.) To mix or adulterate, as liquors..
Lion :: Lion (n.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black.
Bittering :: Bittering (n.) A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.
Condonation :: Condonation (n.) Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated..
Unadulterate :: Unadulterate (a.) Alt. of Unadulterate.
Clitellus :: Clitellus (n.) A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes..
Nonadult :: Nonadult (a.) Not adult; immature.
Speculum :: Speculum (n.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female..
Adulteress :: Adulteress (n.) A woman who commits adultery.
Woman :: Woman (n.) An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person..
Tous-les-mois :: Tous-les-mois (n.) A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year..
Adulterous :: Adulterous (a.) Guilty of, or given to, adultery; pertaining to adultery; illicit..
Advowtry :: Advowtry (n.) Adultery.
Exoccipital :: Exoccipital (n.) The exoccipital bone, which often forms a part of the occipital in the adult, but is usually distinct in the young..
Adulterate :: Adulterate (v. t.) To defile by adultery.
Caducibranchiate :: Caducibranchiate (a.) With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
Pachonta :: Pachonta (n.) A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra acuminata..
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