adoptive Act
British
noun
An Act of Parliament which does not come into force in a district until formally adopted by a local authority or other public body.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- fine-toothed comb
- fine-tune
- fine words butter no parsnips
- finfoot
- Fingal
- Fingal's Cave
- finger
- finger alphabet
- finger biscuit
- fingerboard
- finger bowl
- finger buffet
- finger chip
- finger cymbal
- finger-dry
- fingered
- fingerfish
- finger food
- fingerhold
- finger hole
- fingering
- finger jam
- Finger Lakes
- finger language
- fingerless