adipose

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

adipose
    adj 1: composed of animal fat; "adipose tissue constitutes the
           fat of meat"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\, n. (Physiol.)
   The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed
   mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and
   triolein. It solidifies after death.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\ (?; 277), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat,
   grease.]
   Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Adipose fin} (Zool.), a soft boneless fin.

   {Adipose tissue} (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which
      forms or contains fat.
      [1913 Webster] Adiposeness

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

75 Moby Thesaurus words for "adipose":
      beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, blubbery, bosomy, brawny,
      burly, buttery, butyraceous, buxom, chrismal, chrismatory, chubby,
      chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fatty, fleshy,
      full, greasy, gross, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lardaceous,
      lardy, lusty, meaty, mucoid, obese, oily, oleaginous, oleic,
      overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, pudgy,
      puffy, pursy, rich, roly-poly, rotund, sebaceous, sleek, slick,
      slippery, smooth, soapy, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky,
      stout, strapping, suety, swollen, tallowy, thick-bodied, thickset,
      top-heavy, tubby, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous,
      well-fed