A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
dehydrogenisation
demonographies
demonographies
noun
plural of demonography
dragonfishes
dragonfishes
noun
plural of dragonfish
dromaeognathism
dysmenorrhagia
electrosherardizing
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
gastornithidae
gastrochaenidae
grandmotherism
grandmotherism
noun
grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism
grandmotherliness
grandmotherliness
noun
The quality of being grandmotherly.
horsedrawing
hydrogenations
hydrogenations
noun
plural of hydrogenation
hydrogenisation
hydrogenisation
noun
Alternative form of hydrogenization
hydromagnesite
hydromagnesite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂.4H₂O, used as a fire retardant.
hydromagnetics
hydromagnetics
noun
magnetohydrodynamics
magnetohydrodynamics
magnetohydrodynamics
noun
(nautical, engineering) the study of the interaction of water with magnetic fields and its application
(physics) the study of the interaction of electrically conducting fluids with magnetic fields; as in the Earth's core
neighborstained
overshading
overshading
verb
present participle of overshade
overshadowing
overshadowing
noun
A dominating shadow or malign influence.
verb
present participle of overshadow
overshadowingly
overshadowingly
adv
So as to overshadow.
pendragonish
pendragonship
pendragonship
noun
The role or status of pendragon.
photodisintegrate
photodisintegrate
verb
To cause or undergo photodisintegration.
photodisintegration
photodisintegration
noun
(nuclear physics) Any nuclear reaction, especially a nuclear fission, initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation such as a gamma ray.
pigeonheartedness
pseudoanthropological
pseudoparthenogenesis
saccopharyngidae
schizogregarinida
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.