English Dictionary: fatten up | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fathomable \Fath"om*a*ble\, a. Capable of being fathomed. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Infiltration \In`fil*tra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. infiltration.] 1. The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body. 2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body. --Addison. Calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities. --Kirwan. {Fatty infiltration}. (Med.) See under {Fatty}. {Infiltration gallery}, a filter gallery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fatty \Fat"ty\, a. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. {Fatty acid} (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances. {Fatty clays}. See under {Clay}. {Fatty degeneration} (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs. {Fatty heart}, {Fatty liver}, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration. {Fatty infiltration} (Med.), a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of any essential parts of the latter. {Fatty tumor} (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Fatumafuti, AS (village, FIPS 32900) Location: 14.30028 S, 170.67277 W Population (1990): 81 (11 housing units) Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) |