| ADAPTABLENESS | • adaptableness n. The state or quality of being adaptable; adaptability. • ADAPTABLENESS n. the state of being adaptable. |
| ADAPTATIONIST | • adaptationist n. A supporter of adaptationism. |
| ANAPHYLACTOID | • anaphylactoid adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis. • ANAPHYLACTOID adj. of, relating to, affected by, or causing anaphylaxis. |
| ANTIAPARTHEID | • antiapartheid adj. Acting against or opposing apartheid. • ANTIAPARTHEID adj. opposed to apartheid. |
| COADAPTATIONS | • coadaptations n. Plural of coadaptation. • co-adaptations n. Plural of co-adaptation. • COADAPTATION n. the state of being mutually adapted. |
| DIAPHRAGMATIC | • diaphragmatic adj. Of, pertaining to, or using a diaphragm. • DIAPHRAGMATIC adj. relating to the diaphragm. |
| DISCAPACITATE | • discapacitate v. (Transitive) To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate. • DISCAPACITATE v. to incapacitate. |
| GRANDPARENTAL | • grandparental adj. Of or relating to a grandparent. • GRANDPARENTAL adj. of or like a grandparent. |
| INADAPTATIONS | • INADAPTATION n. lack of adaptation. |
| INCAPACITATED | • incapacitated v. Simple past tense of incapacitate. • incapacitated adj. Rendered unable to act; restricted from taking action. • INCAPACITATE v. to make legally incapable or ineligible. |
| MALADAPTATION | • maladaptation n. (Evolutionary theory or psychology) The state of being poorly adapted to an environment. • MALADAPTATION n. poor or inadequate adaptation. |
| MALADAPTIVELY | • maladaptively adv. In a maladaptive manner. • MALADAPTIVE adv. marked by poor or inadequate adaptation. |
| PAEDIATRICIAN | • paediatrician n. Alternative spelling of pediatrician. • pædiatrician n. Alternative spelling of pediatrician. • PAEDIATRICIAN n. a specialist in children's ailments. |
| PARAQUADRATES | • PARAQUADRATE n. a paired membrane bone of the vertebrate skull. |
| PARASITICIDAL | • parasiticidal adj. Killing parasites. • PARASITICIDAL adj. destructive to parasites. |
| PLASMODESMATA | • plasmodesmata n. Plural of plasmodesma. • PLASMODESMA n. a strand of living cytoplasm connecting two cells, also PLASMODESM. |
| PREADAPTATION | • preadaptation n. (Biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| READAPTATIONS | • readaptations n. Plural of readaptation. • READAPTATION n. the act of readapting. |