| ADAMANTINE | • adamantine adj. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated. • adamantine adj. Like the diamond in hardness or luster. • ADAMANTINE adj. of adamant; hard as adamant, also ADAMANTEAN. |
| ADAPTATION | • adaptation n. (Uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification. • adaptation n. (Countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment. • adaptation n. (Uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited… |
| ADAPTATIVE | • adaptative adj. Of or pertaining to adaptation; adaptive. • ADAPTATIVE adj. adaptive. |
| ADIABATICS | • adiabatics n. Plural of adiabatic. • ADIABATIC n. a curve on a graph relating to an adiabatic process, one without transfer of heat. |
| ALABANDITE | • alabandite n. (Mineralogy) A mineral form of manganese sulfide, MnS, sometimes found in meteorites. • ALABANDITE n. a cubic mineral, magnesium sulphide. |
| AMANTADINE | • amantadine n. (Pharmacology) A drug used especially as the hydrochloride C10H17N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an… • AMANTADINE n. a drug used to prevent infection by preventing the virus penetration of host cells. |
| ANABANTIDS | • anabantids n. Plural of anabantid. • ANABANTID n. any of various spiny-finned fishes of the family Anabantidae. |
| ANTIRADARS | • ANTIRADAR n. a device designed to foil radar. |
| ASAFETIDAS | • asafetidas n. Plural of asafetida. • ASAFETIDA n. an acrid gum resin with a strong smell like that of garlic, obtained from certain Asian plants, also ASAFOETIDA, ASSAFETIDA, ASSAFOETIDA. |
| ASAFOETIDA | • asafoetida n. A resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida… • ASAFOETIDA n. an acrid gum resin with a strong smell like that of garlic, obtained from certain Asian plants, also ASAFETIDA, ASSAFETIDA, ASSAFOETIDA. |
| ASSAFETIDA | • assafetida n. Dated form of asafoetida. • ASSAFETIDA n. an acrid gum resin with a strong smell like that of garlic, obtained from certain Asian plants, also ASAFETIDA, ASAFOETIDA, ASSAFOETIDA. |
| CARYATIDAL | • caryatidal adj. Of or relating to a caryatid. • CARYATIDAL adj. of or like a caryatid, a draped female figure supporting an entablature, also CARYATIC, CARYATIDEAN, CARYATIDIC. |
| DALMATIANS | • dalmatians n. Plural of dalmatian. • Dalmatians n. Plural of Dalmatian. • DALMATIAN n. a large breed of dog having a short smooth white coat with black or (in liver-spotted dalmatians) brown spots. |
| DATABASING | • databasing v. Present participle of database. • DATABASE v. to put data into a database. |
| DATAMATION | • DATAMATION n. automatic data processing. |
| DIASTEMATA | • diastemata n. Plural of diastema. • DIASTEMA n. (Greek) a space between consecutive teeth. |
| DRAMATICAL | • dramatical adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of drama or the theatre. • DRAMATICAL adj. of or pertaining to the drama; theatrical. |
| KADAITCHAS | • KADAITCHA n. (Native Australian) in certain Central Australian aboriginal tribes, a man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman, also KURDAITCHA. |
| TADALAFILS | • TADALAFIL n. a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia. |
| VANADIATES | • vanadiates n. Plural of vanadiate. • VANADIATE n. a salt of vanadic acid, also VANADATE. |