adhesion

adhesion is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.
2. noun. Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, to a policy.
3. noun. Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent.
4. noun. The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.
5. noun. Union of surface, normally separate, by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
6. noun. The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant.
7. noun. faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

   "attachment to a formal agenda"

   "adherence to a fat-free diet"

   Synonyms: adherence, attachment

8. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: adherence, adhesiveness, bond

9. noun. a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
10. noun. abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen

Synonyms

adherence, attachment, adhesiveness, bond

Common word forms

adhesions, adhesional

Words from these letters

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