(analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
(thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
avoyership
compassivity
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
compositively
compositively
adv
In a compositive manner.
comprehensively
comprehensively
adv
In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.
compressively
compressively
adv
In a compressive way.
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
compulsively
compulsively
adv
In a compulsive manner; obsessively.
compulsivity
compulsivity
noun
compulsion
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
corresponsively
corresponsively
adv
In a corresponsive manner.
cropseyville
cryptovolcanism
disapprovingly
disapprovingly
adv
In a disapproving manner
dispositively
dispositively
adv
(obsolete) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
envoyship
envoyship
noun
The office or position of an envoy.
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
explosively
explosively
adv
In an explosive manner.
expositively
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
galvanoplastically
galvanoplastically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, galvanoplasty.
galvanopsychic
galvanopsychic
adj
(historical) Of or relating to a psychoanalysis technique using a galvanometer to measure the patient's responses to certain words.
hydropositive
hydropositive
adj
Attracted to water.
hygroexpansivity
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperconservative
hyperconservative
adj
Extremely conservative.
hyperconservatively
hyperconservativeness
hyperdivision
hyperdivision
noun
Extreme or excessive division.
hyperemotiveness
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
hyperovarianism
hyperovarism
hypersalivation
hypersalivation
noun
(medicine) An excessive flow of saliva
hypervenosity
hyperviscosity
hyperviscosity
noun
Increased viscosity, especially of the blood.
hyperviscous
hyperviscous
adj
Excessively viscous.
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
hypervoluminous
hypophyseoprivic
hypophyseoprivous
hyposensitive
hyposensitive
adj
Having abnormally low sensitivity.
hyposensitivity
hyposensitivity
noun
A lower than normal sensitivity (to a stimulus or an allergen).
hypotensive
hypotensive
adj
Having hypotension.
Producing hypotension.
noun
A drug that lowers the blood pressure as its principal intended effect; a drug taken to treat hypertension.
A person with hypotension.
Any drug that lowers the blood pressure.
hypotensives
hypotensives
noun
plural of hypotensive
hypovanadious
hypovitaminosis
hypovitaminosis
noun
(biology, medicine) vitamin deficiency: insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body. Specific forms are labeled with the vitamin identifier: hypovitaminosis A, hypovitaminosis D, and so on, although those forms are more often called vitamin A deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and so on.
imperviously
imperviously
adv
In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
implosively
implosively
adv
In an implosive manner; by means of implosion.
improgressively
improgressively
adv
In an improgressive manner.
improvisatorially
improvisatorially
adv
By improvisation.
improvisatory
improvisatory
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation
improvisedly
incomprehensively
incomprehensively
adv
In an incomprehensive manner.
introspectively
introspectively
adv
In an introspective manner.
noncomprehensively
noncompressively
noncompulsively
nonconsumptively
nondepressively
nondescriptively
nondescriptively
adv
In a way that is not descriptive.
nonexpansively
nonexpansively
adv
In a nonexpansive manner.
nonexplosively
nonexpressively
nonimpulsively
nonintrospectively
nonintrospectively
adv
In a manner that is not introspective.
nonoppressively
nonpermissively
nonpersuasively
nonperversity
nonpossessively
nonpresumptively
nonprogressively
nonprogressively
adv
In a nonprogressive manner.
nonproscriptively
nonprotrusively
nonprovisionally
nonprovisionary
nonpurposively
nonrepresentatively
nonrepresentatively
adv
In a nonrepresentative manner
nonresponsively
nonspeculatively
nonsuppositively
nonsuppressively
nonsusceptivity
nonsuspensively
nonvaporosity
nonviviparously
oppositively
oppositively
adv
In an oppositive manner.
oppressively
oppressively
adv
In an oppressive manner.
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
overapprehensively
overassumptively
overbumptiously
overcaptiously
overcopiously
overcopiously
adv
Too copiously.
overdepressively
overdescriptively
overexpansively
overexpressively
overimpressibility
overimpressibly
overimpressionability
overimpressionably
overoptimistically
overoptimistically
adv
In an overoptimistic manner.
overpassionately
overpassionately
adv
In an overpassionate manner.
overpensively
overpessimistically
overphysic
overpiteously
overplausibly
overpositively
overprecisely
overpresumptively
overprosperity
overpsychologize
overpsychologize
verb
(transitive) To psychologize excessively.
overpsychologized
overpsychologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpsychologize
overpsychologizing
overpsychologizing
verb
present participle of overpsychologize
overpuissantly
overrepresentatively
oversceptically
overscrupulosity
overscrupulosity
noun
overscrupulousness
oversimplicity
oversimplicity
noun
Excessive simplicity.
oversimplify
oversimplify
verb
To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
oversimplifying
oversimplifying
verb
present participle of oversimplify
oversimply
oversimply
adv
In a way that is too simple; without the necessary detail or complexity.
overskeptically
overspaciously
oversparingly
oversparingly
adv
In an oversparing manner.
overspeculatively
overspeedily
overspeedily
adv
With excessive speed.
oversuperstitiously
oversupplying
oversupplying
verb
present participle of oversupply
oversusceptibility
oversusceptibility
noun
The quality of being oversusceptible.
oversusceptibly
oversuspiciously
oversuspiciously
adv
In an oversuspicious manner.
oviparously
oviparously
adv
In an oviparous manner
ovispermary
ovoviviparously
ovoviviparously
adv
In an ovoviviparous manner.
paramyxovirus
paramyxovirus
noun
(virology) Any member of the Paramyxoviridae family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses responsible for a number of human and animal diseases.
parasynovitis
pelvioplasty
pelvioscopy
perisynovial
perisynovial
adj
Around a synovium.
pervicaciously
pervicaciously
adv
In a pervicacious manner.
perviously
perviously
adv
In a pervious manner.
phosphorylative
phosphorylative
adj
Relating to phosphorylation.
photosensitivity
photosensitivity
noun
sensitivity to light, especially a heightened response to light