| ADAPTED | • adapted v. Simple past tense and past participle of adapt. • adapted adj. Having been subject to an alteration or change to fit a different circumstance or medium. • ADAPT v. to make suitable. |
| ADAPTER | • adapter n. One who is capable of adapting to differing situations. • adapter n. One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play. • adapter n. A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible. |
| APTERAL | • apteral adj. (Zoology) apterous, wingless. • apteral adj. (Architecture) Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their… • APTERAL adj. wingless, also APTEROUS. |
| APTERIA | • apteria n. Plural of apterium. • APTERIUM n. a bare patch on a bird's skin. |
| APTERYX | • apteryx n. (Dated) kiwi bird. • Apteryx prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Apterygidae – the kiwis. • APTERYX n. (Greek) one of a genus of New Zealand birds that includes the kiwi. |
| CHAPTER | • chapter n. (Authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided. • chapter n. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law). • chapter n. A section of a social body. |
| COAPTED | • coapted v. Simple past tense and past participle of coapt. • COAPT v. to fit together and make fast. |
| EXAPTED | • exapted adj. Modified by exaptation. • EXAPTED adj. of a biological feature, having a function differing from that for which it was originally evolved e.g. feathers evolved originally for warmth, also EXAPTIVE. |
| HAPTENE | • HAPTENE n. a substance similar to an antigen, also HAPTEN. |
| HAPTENS | • haptens n. Plural of hapten. • HAPTEN n. a substance similar to an antigen, also HAPTENE. |
| INAPTER | • INAPT adj. unfit or unqualified, also INEPT, UNAPT. |
| SYNAPTE | • synapte n. A litany in the Greek church. • SYNAPTE n. (Greek) in the Greek church, a litany. |