| 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… |
| ADAPTATIVE | • adaptative adj. Of or pertaining to adaptation; adaptive. • ADAPTATIVE adj. adaptive. |
| ADAPTIVELY | • adaptively adv. In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner. • ADAPTIVE adv. able to be adapted. |
| ADAPTIVITY | • adaptivity n. The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt. • ADAPTIVITY n. the quality of being adaptive. |
| ADAPTOGENS | • adaptogens n. Plural of adaptogen. • ADAPTOGEN n. any of various natural substances used in herbal medicine as regulators. |
| DAPPERLING | • dapperling n. (Rare, archaic) A dwarf; a dandiprat; a dapper little fellow. • DAPPERLING n. (archaic) a dapper little fellow. |
| DAPPERNESS | • dapperness n. The state or quality of being dapper. • DAPPERNESS n. the state of being dapper. |
| EDAPHOLOGY | • edaphology n. The ecological relationship of soil with plants, and land cultivation practices. • EDAPHOLOGY n. the science of soil as a plant growing medium. |
| INADAPTIVE | • inadaptive adj. Not adaptive. • INADAPTIVE adj. not adaptive. |
| INDAPAMIDE | • indapamide n. (Medicine) A particular sulphonamide diuretic drug. • INDAPAMIDE n. a synthetic thiazide drug used in the treatment of high blood pressure and oedema. |
| MALADAPTED | • maladapted adj. Of any evolving or learning entity, not well adapted for its environment. • MALADAPTED adj. not well adapted. |
| MISADAPTED | • misadapted v. Simple past tense and past participle of misadapt. • MISADAPT v. to adapt wrongly. |
| PREADAPTED | • preadapted adj. Modified by preadaptation. • PREADAPT v. to adapt beforehand. |
| READAPTING | • readapting v. Present participle of readapt. • re-adapting v. Present participle of re-adapt. • READAPT v. to adapt again. |
| SCINDAPSUS | • Scindapsus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – found from southeast Asia to Queensland and islands of… • SCINDAPSUS n. any plant of the tropical Asiatic climbing genus Scindapsus, grown as greenhouse or house plants for their leathery heart-shaped variegated leaves. |