| adaptability | (noun) the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances | - |
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| adaptation | (noun) (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | - |
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| (noun) a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form | Synonyms: version |
| (noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | Synonyms: adaption, adjustment |
| adapter | (noun) device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible | Synonyms: adaptor |
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| (noun) a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance | Synonyms: arranger, transcriber |
| adaption | (noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) | Synonyms: adaptation, adjustment |
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| adaptor | (noun) device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible | Synonyms: adapter |
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| alcapton | (noun) an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine | Synonyms: alkapton, homogentisic acid |
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| alcaptonuria | (noun) a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine | Synonyms: alkaptonuria |
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| alkapton | (noun) an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine | Synonyms: alcapton, homogentisic acid |
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| alkaptonuria | (noun) a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine | Synonyms: alcaptonuria |
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| apteryx | (noun) nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes | Synonyms: kiwi |
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| aptitude | (noun) inherent ability | - |
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| aptness | (noun) appropriateness for the occasion | Synonyms: appositeness |
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| (noun) a disposition to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: propensity |
| baptism | (noun) a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth | - |
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| baptistery | (noun) bowl for baptismal water | Synonyms: baptismal font, baptistry, font |
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| baptistry | (noun) bowl for baptismal water | Synonyms: baptismal font, baptistery, font |
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| captain | (noun) a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers | Synonyms: headwaiter, maitre d', maitre d'hotel |
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| (noun) the pilot in charge of an airship | Synonyms: senior pilot |
| (noun) the naval officer in command of a military ship | Synonyms: skipper |
| (noun) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship | Synonyms: master, sea captain, skipper |
| (noun) a policeman in charge of a precinct | Synonyms: police captain, police chief |
| (noun) an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant | - |
| (noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: chieftain |
| captaincy | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captainship |
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| captainship | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captaincy |
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| caption | (noun) brief description accompanying an illustration | Synonyms: legend |
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| (noun) translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen | Synonyms: subtitle |
| (noun) taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument | - |
| captivation | (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: enchantment, enthrallment, fascination |
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| (noun) the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) | Synonyms: fascination |
| captive | (noun) an animal that is confined | - |
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| (noun) a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war | Synonyms: prisoner |
| (noun) a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion | - |
| captivity | (noun) the state of being a slave | Synonyms: enslavement |
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| (noun) the state of being imprisoned | Synonyms: immurement, imprisonment, incarceration |
| captopril | (noun) a drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation; used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure | Synonyms: Capoten |
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| captor | (noun) a person who captures and holds people or animals | Synonyms: capturer |
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| capture | (noun) the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property | Synonyms: gaining control, seizure |
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| (noun) the act of taking of a person by force | Synonyms: seizure |
| (noun) the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board | - |
| (noun) any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle | - |
| (noun) a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field | - |
| capturer | (noun) a person who captures and holds people or animals | Synonyms: captor |
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| chapter | (noun) a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled | - |
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| (noun) a series of related events forming an episode | - |
| (noun) a local branch of some fraternity or association | - |
| (noun) an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church | - |
| (noun) any distinct period in history or in a person's life | - |
| chapterhouse | (noun) a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity | Synonyms: frat house, fraternity house |
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| (noun) a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter | - |
| claptrap | (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing | Synonyms: blah, bombast, fustian, rant |
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| contraption | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
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| eoraptor | (noun) a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor | - |
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| haptoglobin | (noun) a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds) | - |
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| inaptitude | (noun) a lack of aptitude | - |
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| inaptness | (noun) inappropriateness | Synonyms: inappositeness |
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| laptop | (noun) a portable computer small enough to use in your lap | Synonyms: laptop computer |
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| maniraptor | (noun) advanced carnivorous theropod; regarded as surviving today as living birds | - |
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| mercaptopurine | (noun) a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia | Synonyms: Purinethol |
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| oviraptorid | (noun) advanced carnivorous theropods, characterized by their toothless, parrot-like beaks and, in several cases, elaborate crests | - |
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| raptor | (noun) any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals | Synonyms: bird of prey, raptorial bird |
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| rapture | (noun) a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion | Synonyms: ecstasy, exaltation, raptus, transport |
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| (noun) a state of elated bliss | Synonyms: ecstasy |
| raptus | (noun) a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion | Synonyms: ecstasy, exaltation, rapture, transport |
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| (noun) a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease | Synonyms: ictus, seizure |
| recapture | (noun) the act of taking something back | Synonyms: retaking |
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| (noun) a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount | - |
| unadaptability | (noun) the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances | - |
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| utahraptor | (noun) large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous | Synonyms: superslasher |
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| velociraptor | (noun) small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs | - |
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