adansonia
— Noun
– English
~ baobab; cream-of-tartar tree
Adapa
— Noun
– English
~ a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam)
Adapid
— Noun
– English
~ extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
Adapin
— Noun
– English
~ a tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances)
adapt
— Verb
– English
~ adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
adapt
— Verb
– English
~ make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
adaptability
— Noun
– English
~ the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances
adaptable
— Adjective
– English
~ capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths"
adaptation
— Noun
– English
~ the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
adaptation
— Noun
– English
~ (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)