| ADAPTATIONAL | • adaptational adj. Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive. • adaptational adj. (Biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished… • ADAPTATIONAL adj. relating to adaptation. |
| ADOPTIANISTS | • adoptianists n. Plural of adoptianist. • ADOPTIANIST n. a believer in adoptianism, the doctrine that Christ, as man, is the adopted son of God, also ADOPTIONIST. |
| AMPHIDENTATE | • AMPHIDENTATE adj. of a ligand, able to coordinate through either of two different atoms, also AMBIDENTATE. |
| ANTIPREDATOR | • antipredator adj. Alternative spelling of anti-predator. • anti-predator adj. (Ecology) That provides a defence against predation or predators. • ANTIPREDATOR adj. designed to deter predators. |
| COADAPTATION | • coadaptation n. Alternative spelling of co-adaptation. • co-adaptation n. A mutual adaptation of species, organs or genes. • COADAPTATION n. the state of being mutually adapted. |
| DECAPITATING | • decapitating v. Present participle of decapitate. • DECAPITATE v. to cut off the head of. |
| DECAPITATION | • decapitation n. Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating. • decapitation n. The ousting or destruction of the ruling body of a government or other organization. • decapitation n. (Politics) The unseating of a senior politician. |
| DEPARTMENTAL | • departmental adj. Of or pertaining to a department. • DEPARTMENTAL adj. relating to a department. |
| INADAPTATION | • inadaptation n. Lack of adaptation; unsuitableness. • INADAPTATION n. lack of adaptation. |
| PEDANTOCRATS | • pedantocrats n. Plural of pedantocrat. • PEDANTOCRAT n. a member of the pedantocracy. |
| PENTADACTYLE | • pentadactyle adj. Alternative form of pentadactyl. • PENTADACTYLE adj. having five fingers or toes to each hand or foot, also PENTADACTYLIC, PENTADACTYLOUS. • PENTADACTYLE n. a pentadactyle animal, also PENTADACTYL. |
| PENTADACTYLS | • PENTADACTYL n. a pentadactyl animal, also PENTADACTYLE. |
| PENTADACTYLY | • pentadactyly n. The condition of having five digits (fingers or toes) on a limb. • PENTADACTYLY n. the state of being pentadactyl, having five fingers. |
| PENTAHYDRATE | • pentahydrate n. (Chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains five molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell. • PENTAHYDRATE n. a hydrated compound containing five moles of water per mole of the compound; a hydrated species containing five water molecules. |
| PLATITUDINAL | • platitudinal adj. Characterized by banality or triteness. • PLATITUDINAL adj. of or like platitude, also PLATITUDINOUS. |
| READAPTATION | • readaptation n. A second or subsequent adaptation. • READAPTATION n. the act of readapting. |
| STANDPATTERS | • standpatters n. Plural of standpatter. • STANDPATTER n. (US) one who refuses to accept or consider political change. |
| STANDPATTISM | • standpattism n. Alternative form of standpatism. • STANDPATTISM n. the practice of refusing to consider change in one's beliefs and opinions, esp. in politics. |
| TRANSPLANTED | • transplanted v. Simple past tense and past participle of transplant. • TRANSPLANT v. to lift and reset (a plant) in another soil or situation. |
| UNCAPTIVATED | • uncaptivated adj. Not captivated. • UNCAPTIVATED adj. not captivated. |