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Coadaptation :: Coadaptation (n.) Mutual adaption.

Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to..

Concinnity :: Concinnity (n.) Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse.

Economical :: Economical (a.) Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.

Humor :: Humor (v. t.) To comply with the humor of; to adjust matters so as suit the peculiarities, caprices, or exigencies of; to adapt one's self to; to indulge by skillful adaptation; as, to humor the mind..

Facies :: Facies (n.) The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment..

Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc..

Teleology :: Teleology (n.) the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose..

Argumentative :: Argumentative (a.) Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator..

Proportion :: Proportion (n.) The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body..

Preparatory :: Preparatory (a.) Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition..

Kenogenesis :: Kenogenesis (n.) Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis..

Aptitude :: Aptitude (n.) A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.

Arrangement :: Arrangement (n.) The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.

Utility :: Utility (n.) Adaptation to satisfy the desires or wants; intrinsic value. See Note under Value, 2..

Adaptation :: Adaptation (n.) The result of adapting; an adapted form.

Symmetry :: Symmetry (n.) A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole.

Systematical :: Systematical (a.) Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study..

Harmony :: Harmony (n.) The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe..

To :: To (prep.) Accord; adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste; she has a husband to her mind..

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