| ADAPTION | • adaption n. Alternative form of adaptation. • ADAPTION n. the act of adapting, also ADAPTATION. |
| ADOPTING | • adopting v. Present participle of adopt. • ADOPT v. to take as one's own. |
| ADOPTION | • adoption n. The act of adopting. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • adoption n. The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one’s own child. • adoption n. Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum. |
| ADOPTIVE | • adoptive adj. Related through adoption. • adoptive adj. Pertaining to adoption. • ADOPTIVE adj. due to adoption; having the specified familial relation by adoption. |
| ANTIPODE | • antipode n. Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed. • ANTIPODE n. the point on the earth's surface exactly opposite of a given point. |
| DIOPTASE | • dioptase n. An intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral. • DIOPTASE n. a mineral, a hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals. |
| DIOPTRAL | • dioptral adj. Synonym of dioptric. • DIOPTRAL adj. relating to a diopter, a measure of refractive power. |
| DIPLOMAT | • diplomat n. A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations… • diplomat n. (Figuratively) Someone who uses skill and tact in dealing with other people. • DIPLOMAT n. a person employed or skilled in diplomacy. |
| DYSTOPIA | • dystopia n. A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society. • dystopia n. A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living. • dystopia n. (Pathology) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place. |
| PAGODITE | • pagodite n. (Dated, mineralogy) agalmatolite. • PAGODITE n. a soft, greenish, greyish or yellowish mineral, thought to be a variety of pinite, known particularly for its use by the Chinese for carving. |
| PARODIST | • parodist n. A person who parodies. • PARODIST n. one who composes parodies. |
| PAROTIDS | • parotids n. Plural of parotid. • PAROTID n. a gland situated near the ear, also PAROTIS. |
| PAROTOID | • parotoid adj. (Anatomy) Resembling the parotid gland; applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the… • parotoid n. (Anatomy) A parotoid gland. • PAROTOID n. any of various glands which form warty excrescences behind the eyes in some amphibians, esp. toads. |
| PETALOID | • petaloid adj. (Botany) Resembling the petal of a flower. • PETALOID adj. of or like a petal, also PETALINE. |
| PINTADOS | • pintados n. Plural of pintado. • Pintados prop.n. Plural of Pintado. • Pintados n. Plural of Pintado. |
| PODIATRY | • podiatry n. (US, medicine) chiropody. • PODIATRY n. the study and treatment of the human foot. |
| POSTPAID | • postpaid adj. (Postage) already paid or included in price. • postpaid adj. Paid after the service (used especially of cellular phones). • post-paid adj. Alternative spelling of postpaid. |
| SATINPOD | • satinpod n. Any of various plants in the genus Lunaria. • SATINPOD n. a flowering plant, aka honesty. |
| TAPIROID | • tapiroid adj. (Zoology) Related to the tapir. • tapiroid n. Any perissodactyl of the superfamily Tapiroidea. • TAPIROID n. any member of the tapir family. |
| TRIPODAL | • tripodal adj. Having three feet or legs. • tripodal adj. (Organic chemistry) Describing any compound in which three (of the same) functional groups are on three… • TRIPODAL adj. having three legs. |