| 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… |
| ANABAPTIST | • anabaptist n. Alternative form of Anabaptist. • Anabaptist n. A member of a radical wing of Christians during the Protestant Reformation (Such as a Mennonite, an… • Anabaptist n. A member of any of several present-day churches. |
| ANASTIGMAT | • anastigmat n. (Photography) An anastigmatic lens. • ANASTIGMAT n. a lens esp. designed to avoid the defect of stigmatism. |
| ANTIASTHMA | • antiasthma adj. Countering asthma. • ANTIASTHMA adj. designed to prevent asthma. |
| AQUATINTAS | • aquatintas n. Plural of aquatinta. • AQUATINTA n. a print made by a method of etching having the effect of watercolour drawing, also AQUATINT. |
| ASTRANTIAS | • astrantias n. Plural of astrantia. • ASTRANTIA n. a plant of the Astrantia genus of hardy, perennial umbelliferous plants with showy petallike bracts. |
| ATTAINABLE | • attainable adj. Able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained. • attainable n. Something that can be attained. • ATTAINABLE adj. that can be attained. |
| CATATONIAS | • catatonias n. Plural of catatonia. • CATATONIA n. a trancelike state, also CATATONY. |
| DATAMATION | • DATAMATION n. automatic data processing. |
| ITALIANATE | • Italianate adj. Italian in style or character. • Italianate v. To Italianize. • ITALIANATE v. to render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs. |
| NATALITIAL | • natalitial adj. (Rare) Pertaining to a birthday. • NATALITIAL adj. of or pertaining to a birthday. |
| NATATIONAL | • natational adj. Relating to swimming. • NATATIONAL adj. relating to swimming; adapted for swimming, also NATATORIAL, NATATORY. |
| NATATORIAL | • natatorial adj. Of, pertaining to, or adapted for swimming. • NATATORIAL adj. relating to swimming; adapted for swimming, also NATATIONAL, NATATORY. |
| PALATINATE | • palatinate n. The office or rank of a palatine. • palatinate n. A territory ruled by a palatine. • palatinate n. A native or inhabitant of such a territory. |
| TARTANALIA | • TARTANALIA n. artefacts etc. that are self-consciously Scottish. |
| TAXATIONAL | • taxational adj. (Economics) Relating to taxation. • TAXATIONAL adj. relating to taxation. |
| TRACTARIAN | • Tractarian n. (Anglicanism) A member of the Oxford movement. • Tractarian adj. Pertaining to the ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. • TRACTARIAN n. a writer of tracts, also TRACTATOR. |