(biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
adaptably
adaptably
adv
In an adaptable manner.
adaptationally
adaptationally
adv
In terms of, or by means of, adaptation.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adaptivity
adaptivity
Noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adenohypersthenia
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adenopharyngitis
adenotyphoid
adenotyphus
adenylpyrophosphate
adenylpyrophosphate
noun
Synonym of adenosine triphosphate
adeptly
adeptly
adv
With great skill or knowledge.
adipocyte
adipocyte
noun
(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adiposity
adiposity
noun
Obesity; the state of being fat.
The condition of being adipose; adipose tissue.
adoptability
adoptability
noun
The property of being adoptable.
adoptedly
adoptedly
adv
In a manner of something adopted.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
aepyornithidae
aerohydropathy
aerohydrotherapy
aglyphodont
aglyphodonta
aglyphodontia
agriotypidae
allophytoid
aminopolypeptidase
aminopolypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) The enzyme cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase.
amygdalopathy
amygdalothripsis
amyloplastid
anaphylactoid
anaphylactoid
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis
anthrapyridine
anthropodeoxycholic
antihydrophobic
antihydrophobic
adj
Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia.
noun
(rare) A remedy for hydrophobia.
antihydropic
antihydropic
adj
(medicine) Countering dropsy.
noun
(medicine) A remedy for dropsy.
antihydropin
antihypochondriac
antiproductively
antiproductivity
antityphoid
antityphoid
adj
(immunology) Countering typhoid fever.
aperiodicity
aperiodicity
noun
The condition of being aperiodic
aphydrotropic
aphydrotropism
apodeictically
apodeictically
adv
In an apodeictic manner.
apodictically
apodictically
adv
(logic) In an apodictical manner.
apodyteria
apodyteria
noun
plural of apodyterium
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
appendectomy
appendectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
appendicectomy
appendicectomy
noun
(surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix
appendicocaecostomy
appendicostomy
appendicostomy
noun
(surgery) The creation of an opening into the vermiform appendix, typically via the navel
appendorontgenography
aptenodytes
apterygidae
aptitudinally
aptitudinally
adv
In an aptitudinal manner.
arthroendoscopy
arthropody
arthrotyphoid
aryepiglottidean
asphyxiated
asphyxiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate
asterospondyli
asterospondylic
asterospondylous
atrypoid
atrypoid
adj
(biology) relating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the genus Atrypa.
audiotypist
audiotypist
noun
Alternative form of audio typist
autodepolymerization
autopolyploid
autopolyploid
adj
(genetics) Having more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling
noun
Any organism of this kind.
autopolyploidy
autopolyploidy
noun
The property of being autopolyploid.
autoradiography
autoradiography
noun
The process of making autoradiographs.
autotetraploidy
autotetraploidy
noun
The property of being autotetraploid.
autotriploidy
autotriploidy
noun
The condition of being autotriploid
ballistocardiography
ballistocardiography
noun
The science of the preparation and diagnostic interpretation of ballistocardiograms.
basipterygoid
basipterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
noun
(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
bipedality
bipedality
noun
The condition of being bipedal; bipedalism.
blepharosyndesmitis
blepharydatis
bodyplate
botryopterid
bradypeptic
bradypeptic
adj
(medicine, dated) Having abnormally slow digestion.
bradyspermatism
bradytrophic
bradytrophic
adj
Relating to bradytrophs
bronchotyphoid
byproduct
byproduct
noun
Alternative form of by-product
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
callityped
carboxypeptidase
carboxypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide/protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group
cardiomyopathy
cardiomyopathy
noun
(pathology) The deterioration of the myocardium.
cardiopathy
cardiopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease or disorder of the heart
cardioplasty
cardioplasty
noun
(surgery) Repair of the cardia of the stomach
cardiorespiratory
cardiorespiratory
adj
pertaining to the heart and breathing
cardiotherapy
cardiotherapy
noun
The treatment of heart disease
cardiotrophotherapy
cathodography
cattyphoid
chemopallidectomy
chemopallidectomy
noun
(surgery) A pallidectomy that uses a chemical to destroy the globus pallidus.
chiropodistry
chiropodistry
noun
(archaic) chiropody
choledocholithotripsy
choledocholithotripsy
noun
(surgery) fragmentation of a gallstone in the common bile duct
choledochoplasty
choledochoplasty
noun
(surgery) repair of the common bile duct
chondrodystrophia
chondrodystrophia
noun
(pathology) A disorder of cartilage formation
chondrodystrophy
chondrodystrophy
noun
(medicine, osteology) A skeletal disorder caused by various genetic mutations, affecting the development of cartilage.
chondrophyte
chondrophyte
noun
An abnormal mass of cartilage that can develop on a bone
chondroplasty
chondroplasty
noun
surgery to reshape the cartilage
chondropterygian
chondropterygian
adj
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.
chondropterygii
chondropterygious
chromatodysopia
cleidotripsy
clypeastridea
clypeastroid
clypeastroid
adj
(zoology) Like or related to the genus Clypeaster (order Clypeasteroida) of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.
noun
(zoology) A sea urchin of this kind.
clypeastroida
clypeastroidea
clypeated
clypeated
adj
Alternative form of clypeate
collodiotype
collodiotype
noun
(dated) A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or ambrotype.
collotyped
colotyphoid
compactedly
compactedly
adv
In a compacted manner; close together.
complicatedly
complicatedly
adv
In a complicated manner.
compsothlypidae
coniopterygidae
contemplatedly
copperytailed
copycatted
copycatted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copycat
copyedit
copyedit
noun
A single change to the text of a document that is an instance of copyediting.
The process or act of copyediting a document.
The result of copyediting a document.
verb
(transitive, printing) To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.
copyediting
copyediting
noun
Alternative spelling of copy editing
copyrighted
copyrighted
adj
(law) Covered by a copyright, not public domain.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of copyright
correspondentially
correspondently
correspondently
adv
In a corresponding manner.
corruptedly
corruptedly
adv
(rare) In a corrupted manner.
coryphodont
coryphodont
noun
(paleontology) Any of the genus †Coryphodon.
counterproductively
counterproductively
adv
In a counterproductive way.
counterproductivity
counterproductivity
noun
The quality of being counterproductive.
cryptanalyzed
cryptanalyzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cryptanalyze
crypted
cryptobranchidae
cryptocleidus
cryptodeist
cryptodira
cryptodiran
cryptodiran
Noun
Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
cryptodire
cryptodire
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
cryptodirous
cryptodouble
cryptodynamic
cryptomonad
cryptomonad
noun
(biology) A flagellate of the order Cryptomonadales; most have chloroplasts.
cryptomonadales
cryptomonadina
cryptophagidae
cryptorchid
cryptorchid
noun
A male animal with one or two undescended testicles.
cryptorchidism
cryptorchidism
noun
(andrology) The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum
