| ACCEPTATION | • acceptation n. (Obsolete) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable. • acceptation n. The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received#Adjective. • acceptation n. Ready belief. |
| ADAPTATION | • adaptation n. (Uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification. • adaptation n. (Countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment. • adaptation n. (Uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited… |
| COADAPTATION | • coadaptation n. Alternative spelling of co-adaptation. • co-adaptation n. A mutual adaptation of species, organs or genes. • COADAPTATION n. the state of being mutually adapted. |
| COAPTATION | • coaptation n. The bringing together of two parts to form an approximated positioning; used especially of a dislocated… • COAPTATION n. joining or fitting together. |
| COOPTATION | • cooptation n. A co-opting: a commandeering, appropriation, or taking over. • cooptation n. A co-opting: an absorption or assimilation. • coöptation n. Alternative form of cooptation. |
| DISCEPTATION | • disceptation n. (Archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion. • DISCEPTATION n. (archaic) the act of discepting. |
| EXAPTATION | • exaptation n. (Biology, evolutionary theory) The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than… • exaptation n. (Linguistics, by extension) The promotion of meaningless or redundant material so that it does new grammatical… |
| INADAPTATION | • inadaptation n. Lack of adaptation; unsuitableness. • INADAPTATION n. lack of adaptation. |
| MALADAPTATION | • maladaptation n. (Evolutionary theory or psychology) The state of being poorly adapted to an environment. • MALADAPTATION n. poor or inadequate adaptation. |
| MISACCEPTATION | • misacceptation n. Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense. • MISACCEPTATION n. (obsolete) misinterpretation. |
| PREADAPTATION | • preadaptation n. (Biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| READAPTATION | • readaptation n. A second or subsequent adaptation. • READAPTATION n. the act of readapting. |
| REPTATION | • reptation n. A creeping movement. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • reptation n. (Physics) A creeping thermal motion of entangled linear polymers. • reptation n. (Geometry) The motion of one plane figure around another, so that the longest diameter of one shall… |
| SEPTATION | • septation n. The division of a cavity by means of a partition. • septation n. (Biology) The development of a septum. • SEPTATION n. the state of being septate, partitioned by a septum. |
| TEMPTATION | • temptation n. The act of tempting. • temptation n. The condition of being tempted. • temptation n. Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement. |