adapt | (verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose | Synonyms: accommodate |
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(verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adjust, conform |
adaptability | (noun) the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances | - |
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adaptable | (adjective) capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use | - |
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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 |
adaptational | (adjective) of or relating to adaptation | - |
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adaptative | (adjective) having a capacity for adaptation | Synonyms: adaptive |
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adapted | (adjective) changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose | Synonyms: altered |
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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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adaptive | (adjective) having a capacity for adaptation | Synonyms: adaptative |
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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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apt | (adjective) being of striking appropriateness and pertinence | Synonyms: apposite, pertinent |
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(adjective) (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward | Synonyms: disposed, given, minded, tending |
(adjective) mentally quick and resourceful | Synonyms: clever |
(adjective) at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant | Synonyms: liable |
apteral | (adjective) having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides | - |
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(adjective) (of insects) without wings | Synonyms: apterous |
apterous | (adjective) (of insects) without wings | Synonyms: apteral |
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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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aptitudinal | (adjective) of or relating to aptitudes | - |
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aptly | (adverb) with competence; in a competent capable manner | Synonyms: ably, capably, competently |
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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 |
baptise | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptize, christen |
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baptised | (adjective) having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism | Synonyms: baptized |
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baptism | (noun) a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth | - |
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baptismal | (adjective) of or relating to baptism | - |
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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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baptize | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptise, christen |
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baptized | (adjective) having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism | Synonyms: baptised |
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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 |
(verb) be the captain of a sports team | - |
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 | - |
(verb) provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing | - |
captious | (adjective) tending to find and call attention to faults | Synonyms: faultfinding |
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captiously | (adverb) in a captious, carping manner | - |
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captivate | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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captivated | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced |
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(adjective) strongly attracted | Synonyms: charmed |
captivating | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating |
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captivatingly | (adverb) in a bewitching manner | Synonyms: bewitchingly, enchantingly, enthrallingly |
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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 | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped |
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(adjective) being in captivity | Synonyms: confined, imprisoned, jailed |
(noun) an animal that is confined | - |
(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 | - |
(verb) capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping | Synonyms: catch |
(verb) succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase | Synonyms: catch, get |
(verb) succeed in representing or expressing something intangible | - |
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
(verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: appropriate, conquer, seize |
(verb) bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit | - |
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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coapt | (verb) fit tightly and fasten | - |
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(verb) cause to adhere | Synonyms: conglutinate |
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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enrapture | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport |
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enraptured | (adjective) feeling great rapture or delight | Synonyms: ecstatic, rapt, rapturous, rhapsodic |
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eoraptor | (noun) a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor | - |
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haptic | (adjective) of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch | Synonyms: tactile, tactual |
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haptically | (adverb) by touch | Synonyms: tactually |
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haptoglobin | (noun) a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds) | - |
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inapt | (adjective) not elegant or graceful in expression | Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inept |
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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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maladaptive | (adjective) showing faulty adaptation | - |
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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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nonadaptive | (adjective) (of a trait or condition) failing to serve an adjustive purpose | Synonyms: dysfunctional |
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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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rapt | (adjective) feeling great rapture or delight | Synonyms: ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous, rhapsodic |
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(adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, captive, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped |
raptor | (noun) any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals | Synonyms: bird of prey, raptorial bird |
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raptorial | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of birds of prey | - |
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(adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, rapacious, ravening, vulturine, vulturous |
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 |
rapturous | (adjective) feeling great rapture or delight | Synonyms: ecstatic, enraptured, rapt, rhapsodic |
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rapturously | (adverb) in an ecstatic manner | Synonyms: ecstatically, rhapsodically |
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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 |
readapt | (verb) adapt anew | - |
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(verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readjust |
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 | - |
(verb) capture again | Synonyms: retake |
(verb) take up anew | - |
(verb) experience anew | - |
(verb) take back by force, as after a battle | Synonyms: retake |
synaptic | (adjective) (neuroscience) of or involving synapses | - |
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unadaptability | (noun) the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances | - |
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unadaptable | (adjective) not adaptable | - |
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unadapted | (adjective) not having adapted to new conditions | Synonyms: unadjusted |
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(adjective) not changed in form or character for a purpose | - |
unbaptised | (adjective) not having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism | Synonyms: unbaptized |
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unbaptized | (adjective) not having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism | Synonyms: unbaptised |
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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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