(psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.
Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adaptiveness
adaptiveness
noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adaptivities
adaptivities
noun
plural of adaptivity
adaptivity
adaptivity
Noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adoptative
adoptative
adj
(rare) adoptive
adoptive
adoptive
adj
Pertaining to adoption.
Related through adoption.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
adventureship
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
antidepressive
antidepressive
adj
Counteracting depression.
noun
An antidepressant.
antieavesdropping
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
appellatived
brevicipitidae
captivated
captivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captivate
captived
captived
adj
(obsolete) Captured; captive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captive
davenport
davenport
noun
A large sofa, especially a formal one.
A writing desk.
davenports
davenports
noun
plural of davenport
deoppilative
deoppilative
noun
(medicine, dated) Any medicine that dissolves obstructions.
depopulative
depopulative
adj
That depopulates
depravate
depravation
depravation
noun
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Detraction; depreciation.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
depravations
depravations
noun
plural of depravation
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
depravities
depravities
noun
plural of depravity
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
deprecative
deprecative
adj
Tending to deprecate; disapproving.
deprecatively
deprecatively
adv
In an deprecating manner; in a manner that deprecates
depreciative
depreciative
adj
Tending to depreciate (in value etc.)
noun
A statement with a tendency to deprecate.
depreciatively
depreciatively
adv
In a depreciative manner.
deprevation
deprivate
deprivation
deprivation
noun
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
(followed by “of”) lack
(uncountable) The state of being deprived
deprivations
deprivations
noun
plural of deprivation
deprivative
deprivative
adj
depriving
depurative
depurative
adj
(medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
noun
Any depurative remedy or agent.
Any disease that is depurative.
deputative
deputatively
devaporate
devaporation
devaporation
noun
The change of vapour into water, as in the formation of rain.
developability
developability
noun
The quality of being developable.
developmental
developmental
adj
Related to development.
noun
A trainee flight controller.
developmentalist
developmentalist
adj
Of, or related to developmentalism.
noun
A follower or proponent of developmentalism.
developmentally
developmentally
adv
In terms of development.
developmentarian
developmentary
developmentary
adj
Pertaining to development; developmental.
diapositive
diapositive
noun
(photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images)
diapositives
diapositives
noun
plural of diapositive
disapprobative
disapprobative
adj
disapproving
disciplinative
disciplinative
adj
disciplinary
dispensative
dispensative
adj
Granting dispensation.
dispensatively
dispensatively
adv
By dispensation.
displuviate
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
disputative
disputative
adj
Tending to dispute.
disputatively
disputatively
adv
In a disputative manner.
disputativeness
disputativeness
noun
The quality of being disputative.
dissipative
dissipative
adj
That dissipates, or causes dissipation
dissipativity
dissipativity
noun
The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.
divaporation
diversipedate
duplicative
duplicative
adj
Of, related to, or being a duplicate.
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
evaporated
evaporated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of evaporate
guptavidya
hypervitalized
hypovanadate
impavidity
impavidity
noun
(archaic) The quality of being impavid.
improvidentially
improvidentially
adv
improvidently
inadaptive
inadaptive
adj
Not adaptive.
indepravate
indeprivability
induplicative
induplicative
adj
(botany) Having induplicate leaves in vernation.
(botany) Having induplicate sepals or petals in aestivation.
interpaved
interpervade
interpervaded
interpervading
livetrapped
livetrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of livetrap
maladaptive
maladaptive
adj
(evolution, of anatomy, physiology, or behavior) Showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary adaptation to an environment or its changes.
(psychology, chiefly of behaviour) Showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation to a new situation.
maldevelopment
maldevelopment
noun
The state of an organism or an organisation that did not develop in the "normal" way (used in medicine, e.g. "brain maldevelopment of a fetus").
Under the philosophy of sustainable development, poor economic, human or social development.
nonadaptive
nonadaptive
adj
Not adaptive; unable to adapt.
nondepravation
nondepravities
nondepravity
nondepravity
noun
Lack of depravity.
nondeprecative
nondeprecatively
nondepreciative
nondepreciatively
nondeprivation
nondevelopmental
nondevelopmental
adj
Not developmental
nondevelopmentally
nondissipative
nondissipative
adj
Not dissipative
nonduplicative
nonduplicative
adj
Not duplicative.
nonpredicative
nonpredicative
adj
Not predicative.
nonpredicatively
nonprovidential
nonprovidentially
nonrepudiative
ovatoellipsoidal
overbepatched
overcapitalised
overcapitalised
adj
Alternative form of overcapitalized
overcapitalized
overcapitalized
adj
Having excess capital.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize
overcompensated
overcompensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcompensate
overcomplicated
overcomplicated
adj
excessively complicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcomplicate
overoperated
overoperated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overoperate
overparted
overparted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpart
overpictorialized
overplanted
overplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overplant
overpollinated
overpopulated
overpopulated
adj
Having or consisting of a higher population than can be sustained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpopulate
overpracticed
overpraticed
overproportionated
oversophisticated
oversophisticated
adj
Excessively sophisticated.
overspeculated
overspeculated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overspeculate
overtapped
pallidiventrate
parvitude
parvitude
Noun
smallness
pavidity
pavidity
noun
(rare) timidity
pavonated
pavonated
adj
(dated, poetic or sciences) Colored like the neck of a peacock: peacock blue.
pedatinerved
pendative
peradventure
peradventure
adv
(archaic) Perchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing.
noun
Chance, doubt or uncertainty.
perseverated
perseverated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of perseverate
petrozavodsk
petrozavodsk
Proper noun
The capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
photodissociative
photodissociative
adj
Of or relating to photodissociation.
photoengraved
photoengraved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of photoengrave
photooxidative
photooxidative
adj
That causes, or undergoes photooxidation.
pickedevant
plumsteadville
ponderative
ponderative
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to pondering or deliberation
pontevedra
pontevedra
Proper noun
The capital city of the province of the same name, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.
A province in the southwest of Galicia
postdevelopmental
postdevelopmental
adj
That follows development
postdiluvial
postdiluvial
adj
After the Biblical Flood.
postdiluvian
postdiluvian
adj
postdiluvial
noun
One who lived after the Biblical Flood.
postdisapproved
postmediaeval
postmedieval
postmedieval
adj
After the Middle Ages.
postvarioloid
preadaptive
preadaptive
adj
Serving as an adaptation for something to occur in the future.