(biology, evolutionary biology) The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than that for which it initially evolved.

plural of affliction

Resembling or characteristic of nitrogen. / (physics) Having the same electronic structure as a nitrogen atom

To construct using mud blocks or to seal a wall using mud or an artificial equivalent. / (of growing corn) To have the heads mature into corncobs. / To remove the kernels from a corncob. / To thresh.