(biochemistry) The process by which molecules are made able to react.
(marketing) The promotion of a brand through an event or campaign.
(physics) The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.
Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
activations
activations
noun
plural of activation
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
advocation
advocation
noun
(Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
(Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
(archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
advocations
advocations
noun
plural of advocation
alcovinometer
anarchoindividualist
antevocalic
antevocalic
adj
Synonym of prevocalic
anticarnivorous
anticarnivorous
adj
Opposing the eating of meat.
anticoagulative
anticoagulative
adj
That counters coagulation
anticogitative
anticommutative
anticommutative
adj
(algebra) Of an operator * for which a * b = - (b * a)
anticompetitive
anticompetitive
adj
(economics, business) Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.
One who opposes conservative attitudes or politics.
anticonservatively
anticonservativeness
anticonservativeness
noun
The condition of being anticonservative
anticonvellent
anticonvention
anticonventional
anticonventional
adj
Rejecting conventions; opposing what is conventional or mainstream.
anticonventionalism
anticonventionalism
noun
The quality of being anticonventional; rejection of conventions or norms.
anticonventionalist
anticonventionally
anticonvulsant
anticonvulsant
adj
(pharmacology) Acting as an anticonvulsant.
noun
(pharmacology) An agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions.
anticonvulsive
anticonvulsive
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.
noun
(pharmacology) Any anticonvulsant drug.
anticorrosive
anticorrosive
adj
Preventing or counteracting corrosion.
noun
An agent that prevents or stops corrosion.
anticorrosively
anticorrosiveness
anticorrosives
anticorrosives
noun
plural of anticorrosive
anticovenanter
anticovenanting
anticovenanting
adj
(historical) Opposing the Covenanter movement.
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antievolutionistic
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
antiprojectivity
antivaccination
antivaccination
adj
Alternative form of anti-vaccination.
antivaccinationist
antivaccinationist
adj
Characterized by opposition to vaccination.
noun
One who opposes vaccination.
antivaccinator
antivaccinator
noun
Alternative form of anti-vaccinator.
antiviolence
antiviolence
adj
(law enforcement, sociology) Acting against or opposing violence.
antivirotic
antivirotic
noun
An antibiotic that is effective against viruses
antivivisection
antivivisection
adj
opposed to vivisection
antivivisectionist
antivivisectionist
adj
characterized by opposition to vivisection
of or relating to such a person
noun
an individual opposed to the practice of vivisection
antivivisectionists
antivivisectionists
noun
plural of antivivisectionist
antonovich
antonovics
associativeness
associativeness
noun
(mathematics) The condition of being associative
astragalonavicular
atrioventricular
atrioventricular
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart.
auriculoventricular
auriculoventricular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the auricles and the ventricles (of the heart).
autoactivation
autoactivation
noun
(biochemistry) autocatalysis
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autoconvection
autoconvection
noun
spontaneous convection in a fluid layer
autoinductive
autoinductive
adj
That exhibits autoinduction
autovaccination
autovaccination
noun
vaccination by means of an autovaccine
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
autovivisection
autovivisection
noun
The vivisection of one's own body.
averruncation
averruncation
noun
(archaic, rare) (The act of) warding off, averting (something evil).
Eradication, uprooting.
avitaminotic
avitaminotic
adj
Having or relating to avitaminosis.
avocation
avocation
noun
(obsolete) A calling away; a diversion.
A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
The calling of a case from an inferior to a superior court.
avocational
avocational
adj
Of, relating to, or being an avocation.
avocationally
avocationally
adv
In an avocational manner.
avocations
avocations
noun
plural of avocation
bacteriosolvent
biconcavities
biconcavities
noun
plural of biconcavity
biconcavity
biconcavity
noun
The quality of being biconcave.
biconvexities
biconvexities
noun
plural of biconvexity
biconvexity
biconvexity
noun
The quality of being biconvex.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bovovaccination
bovovaccination
noun
(historical) The vaccination of cattle with bovovaccine to prevent tuberculosis.
camptonville
captivation
captivation
noun
The act of captivating or the state of being captivated.
captivations
captivations
noun
plural of captivation
carnivoracity
carnivoracity
noun
(obsolete, humorous) greedy appetite for flesh
carnivority
carnivority
noun
The condition of being carnivorous
catonsville
cauthornville
cavillation
cavillation
noun
The act of cavilling.
cavitation
cavitation
noun
(biology) The formation of cavities in an organ, especially in lung tissue as a result of tuberculosis.
(fluid dynamics) The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse, especially in a rotating marine propeller or pump impeller.
The formation of pits on a surface.
cavitations
cavitations
noun
plural of cavitation
caviteno
cavorting
cavorting
noun
The action of the verb to cavort
verb
present participle of cavort
chemosensitive
chemosensitive
adj
That is sensitive to changes in its chemical environment
chemosensitivities
chemosensitivities
noun
plural of chemosensitivity
chemosensitivity
chemosensitivity
noun
(medicine) A measure of the sensitivity of a microbial sample to the effects of an antimicrobial drug.
(medicine) A measure of the sensitivity of a tumour to the effects of an anticancer drug.
chervontsi
chevrotain
chevrotain
noun
Any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae (genera Hyemoschus, Moschiola, and Tragulus), native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa; a mouse deer.
chevrotin
chevrotin
noun
Alternative form of chevrotain
chivington
cimcumvention
circumaviation
circumnavigation
circumnavigation
noun
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
circumnavigations
circumnavigations
noun
plural of circumnavigation
circumnavigator
circumnavigator
noun
A person who circumnavigates, that is, sails around the world.
circumnavigatory
circumnavigatory
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
circumvallation
circumvallation
noun
A rampart or other defensive entrenchment that entirely encircles the position being defended.
circumvention
circumvention
noun
The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
The act of prevailing over another by fraud or deception
circumventions
circumventions
noun
plural of circumvention
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
circumvolution
circumvolution
noun
Anything winding or sinuous.
The act of revolution, rotation or gyration around an axis.
civetone
civetone
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated macrocyclic ketone 1-cycloheptadec-9-enone that is a pheromone produced by the civet cat, and is used to add a musky tone to perfumes
civilianization
civilianization
noun
the act or process of civilianizing
civilisation
civilisation
noun
UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of civilization
civilisational
civilisational
adj
Alternative spelling of civilizational
civilisations
civilisations
noun
plural of civilisation
civilization
civilization
name
Collectively, those people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. cf refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World
noun
(obsolete) The act of rendering a criminal process civil.
(uncountable) Human society, particularly civil society.
An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.
The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.
The state or quality of being civilized.
civilizational
civilizational
adj
Pertaining to or arising from civilization
civilizationally
civilizationally
adv
In terms of civilization.
civilizations
civilizations
noun
plural of civilization
clairvoyant
clairvoyant
adj
(computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.
Able to foresee the future.
Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
Of or relating to clairvoyance.
noun
A person able to foresee the future
A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
clairvoyantly
clairvoyantly
adv
In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
clairvoyants
clairvoyants
noun
plural of clairvoyant
clavation
clavation
noun
(anatomy) articulation in a socket
(biology) A becoming clavate or club-like.
clavelization
clavelization
noun
inoculation (of an animal) against sheeppox
clavicornate
claytonville
clintonville
coacervating
coacervation
coacervation
noun
The separation of a colloidal system into two liquid phases, one of which (the coacervate) is more concentrated in the colloid component.
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadunatively
coadunatively
adv
In a coadunative manner
coadventuring
coalternative
coalternative
adj
Alternative form of coalternate
coazervation
coelonavigation
coevalneity
coevolution
coevolution
noun
(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
coevolutionary
coevolutionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, or produced by coevolution.
coevolutions
coevolutions
noun
plural of coevolution
coextensive
coextensive
adj
(logic) Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers.
Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area.
Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous.
coextensively
coextensively
adv
To the same extent.
coextensiveness
coextensiveness
noun
The property of being coextensive.
cogitativeness
cogitativeness
noun
The state or quality of being cogitative.
cognitive
cognitive
adj
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate; which is to be recognized as cognate.
Intellectual.
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
noun
(linguistics, rare, obsolete) Cognate.
cognitively
cognitively
adv
Relating to thinking (cognition).
cognitives
cognitives
noun
plural of cognitive
cognitivity
cognoscitive
cognoscitive
adj
having the power of knowing
cognoscitively
cognoscitively
adv
In a cognoscitive manner.
cognovit
cognovit
noun
(law) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.
cognovits
cognovits
noun
plural of cognovit
coinvent
coinvent
verb
To invent jointly.
coinventing
coinventing
verb
present participle of coinvent
coinventor
coinventor
noun
One who invents something jointly with another person or persons.