contiguous
con·tig·u·ous / kənˈtigyoōəs/ • adj. sharing a common border; touching: the 48 contiguous states. ∎ next or together in sequence: five hundred contiguous dictionary entries.DERIVATIVES: con·tig·u·ous·ly adv.
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