(countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
(countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
(countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
(sociology) The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
(uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
(uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
adaptional
adaptional
adj
(biology) Applied to the process by which an organism is fitted or adapted to its environment
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the action of adapting.
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adoptional
adoptional
adj
Of or relating to adoption.
adposition
adposition
noun
(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.
adsorption
adsorption
noun
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
anderstorp
antependia
anthropoid
anthropoid
adj
(anatomy, in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having an anteroposterior diameter equal or exceeding the transverse diameter.
having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance
having characteristics of an ape
noun
An anthropoid animal.
antilipoid
antilipoid
noun
(biochemistry) A substance that destroys or degrades lipoids.
antipodean
antipodean
adj
(informal) of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand
diametrically opposed
relating to the antipodes, or situated at opposite sides of the Earth
noun
An inhabitant of the antipodes.
antipodism
antipodism
noun
(topology) The relation between points on a sphere which are directly opposite each other; or the function which maps a point to its opposite point.
A form of foot juggling where the juggler lies on his or her back, usually on a sort of chair.
antipodist
antipodist
noun
One who practices antipodism; one who juggles using his or her feet lying down.
antiputrid
antiputrid
adj
antiputrefactive
antispadix
aplodontia
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
baptanodon
bipennated
bipennated
Adjective
Having two wings.
bipinnated
bipinnated
adj
bipinnate
centipedal
centipedal
adj
Having 100 or another large number of legs or appendages.
Of or resembling a centipede.
coadapting
coadapting
verb
present participle of coadapt
dadupanthi
dantophily
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
decampment
decampment
noun
A prompt departure.
The act of decamping.
dentaphone
dentiscalp
dentiscalp
noun
An instrument for scraping the teeth; a toothpick.
deoppilant
depainting
depainting
verb
present participle of depaint
department
department
noun
(historical) A military subdivision of a country
(in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
(often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
A part, portion, or subdivision.
A specified aspect or quality.
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
dependants
dependants
noun
plural of dependant
depilating
depilating
verb
present participle of depilate
depilation
depilation
noun
Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing; hair removal.
Removal of hair, wool or bristles from the body.
depilitant
depreciant
depressant
depressant
adj
(pharmacology) reducing functional or nervous activity.
noun
(mining) An agent that inhibits the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
(pharmacology) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.
depurating
depurating
verb
present participle of depurate
depuration
depuration
noun
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
deputation
deputation
noun
Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.
The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
despectant
desponsate
desponsate
verb
(transitive, archaic) To betroth.
desynaptic
desynaptic
adj
Relating to desynapsis.
dictaphone
dictaphone
noun
A dictation machine.
diipenates
dinaphthyl
dinaphthyl
noun
(organic chemistry) binaphthyl
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Two naphthyl radicals in a compound
diophantus
diophantus
Proper noun
A Greek mathematician who first developed algebra
diparentum
diplanetic
dipneustal
diprotodan
disappoint
disappoint
adj
(Internet slang) disappointed
verb
(transitive) To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for).
(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.
(transitive, dated) To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope).
(transitive, dated) To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken.
(transitive, obsolete) To prevent (something planned or attempted).
discrepant
discrepant
adj
Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
noun
(archaic) A dissident.
disparting
disparting
verb
present participle of dispart
dispensate
dispersant
dispersant
noun
(chemistry) Any substance that is used to prevent settling or clumping of particles suspended in a liquid.
displanted
displanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of displant
disputanta
disputants
disputants
noun
plural of disputant
drainspout
dunderpate
dunderpate
noun
dunderhead
edaphodont
endopathic
endophytal
endophytal
adj
Of or relating to endophytes.
endoprocta
enraptured
enraptured
adj
Marked by fondness; filled with delight
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enrapture
gnathopoda
gnathopoda
noun
(obsolete) plural of gnathopod
godparents
godparents
noun
plural of godparent
haplodonty
haplodonty
noun
The quality of being haplodont.
heptandria
hyphenated
hyphenated
adj
Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).
Written with a hyphen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hyphenate
inadaptive
inadaptive
adj
Not adaptive.
inaptitude
inaptitude
noun
The quality of being inapt.
inculpated
inculpated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inculpate
inlapidate
inlapidate
verb
(archaic, transitive) To convert into a stony substance; to petrify.
interpaved
interplead
interplead
verb
(law) To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an interpleader.
lapidating
lapidating
verb
present participle of lapidate
lapidation
lapidation
noun
(law) The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment
leptandrin
leptandrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter glucoside obtained from plants in the genus Leptandra.
leptomonad
leptomonad
noun
(biology) A form of some promastigote flagellates, similar to a nectomonad except for being shorter and replicative
Any trypanosomatid of the genus Leptomonas
mispainted
mispainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispaint
misplanted
misplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misplant
nonadapter
nonadaptor
nonadeptly
nonadopter
nonadopter
noun
One who does not adopt (a new technology etc.).
nonpendant
notopodial
notopodial
adj
Relating to the notopodium.
nuncupated
nuncupated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of nuncupate
odontaspis
outpainted
outpainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outpaint
outplanned
outplanned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outplan
outspanned
outspanned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outspan
pachyodont
pachyodont
adj
(zoology) Having hinge teeth with large obscure tubercules with corresponding pits on the opposite valve.
(zoology) Having thick teeth.
noun
(zoology) An organism with teeth of this kind.
paddington
paddington
Proper noun
A district of London.
A railway station in London.
palinodist
palinodist
noun
The author of a palinode.
paludament
paludament
noun
A paludamentum.
pandarctos
pandectist
pandectist
adj
Pertaining to the German adaptation of Roman law in the early sixteenth century.
Pertaining to the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I.
noun
A proponent or developer of a complete code of laws of a country, especially of the German pandestic law.
An expert on the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I.
pandermite
pandermite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous borate of lime, resembling priceite.
pandurated
pantomimed
pantomimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pantomime
paradental
paradental
adj
(dentistry) Of or relating to a family of inflammatory odontogenic cysts that typically appear in relation to crown or root of partially erupted molars.
parcidenta
pardanthus
parenthood
parenthood
noun
The state of being a parent
parodontia
parotidean
parotidean
Adjective
Relating to the parotid gland.
partedness
partedness
noun
(in combination) The quality of having a specified number of parts.
The quality of being parted or separated.
partheniad
partheniad
noun
(obsolete) A poem in honour of a virgin.
pastedness
patchstand
patellidan
pathfinder
pathfinder
noun
One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
One who first does something; a pioneer.
patronised
patronised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patronise
patronized
patronized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patronize
pectinated
pectinated
adj
(anatomy, zoology, botany) Having narrow ridges or projections aligned close together like the teeth of a comb.