(biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished from morphological or structural changes.
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid
adrianopolis
aglyphodonta
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
allophanamid
ampelopsidin
amphicondyla
andropetalar
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
anteprandial
anteprandial
adj
Before a meal, especially before dinner.
anthropoidal
anthropoidal
adj
anthropoid
appendicular
appendicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
Of or pertaining to the appendix.
applaudingly
applaudingly
adv
in an applauding manner
asclepiadean
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
campanulated
campanulated
adj
Alternative form of campanulate (“bell-shaped”)
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
cardinalship
cardinalship
noun
The office (or term of office) of a cardinal
cephalodynia
cephalodynia
noun
(pathology) Synonym of headache
cephalopodan
chondroplast
clapboarding
clapboarding
verb
present participle of clapboard
clinopyramid
clupanodonic
clupanodonic
adj
Of or pertaining to clupanodonic acid or its derivatives
compoundable
compoundable
adj
That can be compounded.
conduplicate
conduplicate
adj
(botany) Of leaves: folded (doubled) lengthwise.
contemplated
contemplated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemplate
counterpaled
counterplead
counterplead
verb
(transitive) To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
cyanoplastid
dantophilist
declinograph
delphinoidea
demipauldron
deoppilation
deoppilation
noun
(obsolete) The removal of whatever stops up the passages.
deparliament
departmental
departmental
adj
Of or pertaining to a department.
deplantation
deplantation
noun
The removal of plants from beds.
deploitation
depolarising
depolarising
verb
present participle of depolarise
depolarizing
depolarizing
verb
present participle of depolarize
depopulating
depopulating
verb
present participle of depopulate
depopulation
depopulation
noun
The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.
depositional
depositional
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a deposit or a deposition.
depressional
depressional
adj
Of or pertaining to a physical depression.
Of or pertaining to psychological depression.
deputational
deputational
adj
Of or relating to a deputation.
despairingly
despairingly
adv
In a despairing manner.
despoliation
despoliation
noun
A stripping or plundering; spoliation.
deutonymphal
deutonymphal
adj
Pertaining to deutonymphs
diaphanously
diaphanously
adv
In a diaphanous manner.
diencephalic
diencephalic
adj
Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
diencephalon
diencephalon
noun
(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The region of the human brain, specifically the human forebrain, that includes the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus, the prethalamus or subthalamus, and the pretectum.
dilapidating
dilapidating
verb
present participle of dilapidate
dilapidation
dilapidation
noun
(Britain, law) Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or intentionally.
(in the plural) Money paid at the end of an incumbency by the incumbent or his heirs for the purpose of putting the parsonage etc. in good repair for the succeeding incumbent.
(law) The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally.
The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
dipicrylamin
diplacanthus
diplantidian
diploconical
diplosphenal
dipropellant
disciplinant
disciplinant
noun
(historical) A member of an order of Spanish flagellants.
One who subjects themselves to a certain discipline.
disciplinary
disciplinary
adj
For the purpose of imposing punishment.
Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
Of or relating to an academic field of study.
We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author.
noun
A disciplinary action.
disciplinate
discrepantly
discrepantly
adv
In a conflicting or discordant manner.
disculpation
disculpation
noun
exculpation
displacement
displacement
noun
(chemistry) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.
(fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
(grammar) The capability of a communication system to refer to things that are not present (that existed or will exist at another time, or that exist at another location).
(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
The quantity of a liquid displaced by a floating body, as water by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
displeasance
displeasance
noun
(obsolete) Displeasure, dissatisfaction.
disulphonate
disulphonate
noun
Alternative form of disulfonate
doppelganger
doppelganger
noun
(fantasy) A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.
A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.
A remarkably similar double.
An evil twin.
draparnaldia
dryobalanops
duplications
duplications
noun
plural of duplication
duraspinalis
elephantidae
encapsulated
encapsulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate
encyclopedia
encyclopedia
noun
(dated) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge.
A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
endoperidial
endophragmal
endophragmal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
endoplastron
endoplastule
endoplastule
noun
(biology) A nucleolus.
endosiphonal
enrapturedly
epicondylian
epilachnides
expediential
expediential
adj
Governed by expediency; seeking advantage.
frankpledges
frankpledges
noun
plural of frankpledge
handclapping
handclapping
noun
The activity of clapping hands, especially as part of a musical performance.
holospondaic
hydrobiplane
hydrobiplane
noun
(aviation, dated) A hydroaeroplane having two supporting planes.
hydroplaning
hydroplaning
noun
(automotive, US, Canada) The loss of contact with the road because of surface water. The act of aquaplaning.
verb
present participle of hydroplane
hydroplanula
hydrosalpinx
hydrosalpinx
noun
A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
hypocleidian
hypocondylar
impardonable
impardonable
adj
(obsolete) unpardonable
impardonably
impardonably
adv
(obsolete) unpardonably
impedimental
impedimental
adj
Of the nature of an impediment; hindering or obstructing.
imponderable
imponderable
adj
Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate.
Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
noun
(physics) An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism.
A factor that cannot be anticipated.
An imponderable question.
imponderably
imponderably
adv
In an imponderable manner.
imprudential
incapsulated
incapsulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate
independable
indeprivable
indeprivable
adj
(now rare) That one cannot be deprived of; inalienable.
indianapolis
indisputable
indisputable
adj
Not disputable; not open to question; obviously true
indisputably
indisputably
adv
In a manner that is incapable of being disputed or argued against.
indissipable
indissipable
adj
Incapable of being dissipated.
inpardonable
inponderable
interplanted
interplanted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interplant
interpleaded
interpleaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interplead
interpleader
interpleader
noun
(law) Motion for a third party to enter into a lawsuit in process because a matter is being adjudicated in which they have an interest.
(law) One who makes an interplea.
(law) Process by which a third party asks a court to determine which of two rival claims is to be honored by the third party.
interpolated
interpolated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interpolate
kaleidophone
kaleidophone
noun
(obsolete, physics) A device, consisting of a reflective ball attached to a vibrating rod or plate, that produces optical figures that correspond to the mode of vibration of the rod or plate
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge
laemodipodan
lanceprisado
landladyship
landladyship
noun
The role or status of landlady.
landlordship
landlordship
noun
The state of being a landlord
landscapists
landscapists
noun
plural of landscapist
lapidescence
lapidescence
noun
A stony concretion.
The process of hardening into a stone substance.
The state or quality of being lapidescent.
lepidomelane
lepidomelane
noun
(mineralogy) A black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.
lepidopteran
lepidopteran
adj
Characteristic of these insects.
noun
Any insect of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths.
leptocardian
leptocardian
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the Leptocardia.
noun
(zoology) One of the Leptocardia.
leptomedusan
linendrapers
linendrapers
noun
plural of linendraper
lithopaedion
lithopaedion
noun
Alternative form of lithopedion
liverpudlian
liverpudlian
Adjective
Of or relating to Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
Noun
A native or resident of Liverpool in the United Kingdom.
someone connected with Liverpool Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
loudspeaking
lymphadenoid
lymphadenoid
adj
Resembling a lymphatic gland or lymphatic tissue.
lymphadenoma
lymphadenoma
noun
(biology, medicine, archaic) Any malignant lymphatic tumor, including lymphosarcoma or lymphadenocarcinoma.
(biology, medicine, archaic) Any pseudoleukaemia, especially Hodgkin's disease.
(biology, medicine, modern sense) A benign tumor (neoplasm) of lymphatic tissue.
lymphadenome
malimprinted
meliphagidan
misexplained
misexplained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misexplain
monadelphian
monadelphian
adj
(botany) Obsolete form of monadelphous.
monadelphous
monadelphous
adj
(botany) Having all its stamens within a flower fused together at least partly by the filaments.
monodelphian
monodelphian
Noun
One of the Monodelphia.
monopodially
monopodially
adv
By means of a monopodium
multiplicand
multiplicand
noun
(arithmetic) A number that is to be multiplied by another (the multiplier).
naphthalised
naphthalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of naphthalise
naphthalized
naphthalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of naphthalize
navipendular
navipendulum
nonadaptable
nonadaptable
Adjective
Not adaptable.
nonadoptable
nondiplomacy
nondispersal
nondispersal
noun
Absence of dispersal; failure to disperse.
nondropsical
nondropsical
adj
Not dropsical.
nonpenalized
nonpenalized
Adjective
Not penalized.
nonpleadable
nontyphoidal
nontyphoidal
adj
Not typhoidal.
nucleocapsid
nucleocapsid
noun
(biology) The core structure of a virus, consisting of nucleic acid surrounded by a coat of protein