(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.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adaptivity
adaptivity
Noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
anticipatively
anticipatively
adv
In an anticipative manner; expectantly.
antiexpressively
antihypertensive
antihypertensive
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting hypertension.
noun
(pharmacology) an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
antihypertensives
antihypertensives
noun
plural of antihypertensive
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antiproductively
antiproductivity
antiprojectivity
aparavidya
appellatively
appellatively
adv
(grammar) After the manner of appellative nouns; so as to express whole classes or species.
apperceptively
apperceptively
adv
In an apperceptive manner.
applausively
applausively
adv
In an applausive manner.
applicatively
applicatively
adv
In an applicative manner.
appointively
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
appreciatively
appreciatively
adv
In an appreciative manner.
apprehensively
apprehensively
adv
in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension
approvability
approvingly
approvingly
adv
in an approving manner
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
appulsively
appulsively
adv
By appulsion.
aspersively
aspersively
adv
In an aspersive manner.
asphyxiative
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
avoyership
capacitativly
capacitively
capacitively
adv
(physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance
captivately
captivatingly
captivatingly
adv
In a captivating manner.
captivity
captivity
noun
(obsolete) A group of people/beings captive.
The state of being captive.
The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
chemoreceptivity
chemoreceptivity
noun
the ability of a sense organ to respond to a chemical stimulus
circumscriptively
circumscriptively
adv
In a circumscriptive manner
With regard to circumscription
circumspectively
circumspectively
adv
In a circumspective manner.
comparatively
comparatively
adv
In a comparative manner.
When compared to other entities.
compassivity
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
competitively
competitively
adv
In a competitive manner.
completively
completively
adv
In a completive manner.
complexively
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
computatively
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
contemplatively
contemplatively
adv
In a contemplative manner.
cooperatively
cooperatively
adv
In a cooperative manner; working with others on a task as part of a team.
copulatively
copulatively
adv
In a copulative manner.
corporatively
corresponsively
corresponsively
adv
In a corresponsive manner.
corruptively
corruptively
adv
In a corruptive way.
counterproductively
counterproductively
adv
In a counterproductive way.
counterproductivity
counterproductivity
noun
The quality of being counterproductive.
cropseyville
cryoprotective
cryoprotective
adj
That provides cryoprotection
cryptovolcanic
cryptovolcanism
deceptively
deceptively
adv
Actually but not apparently.
Apparently but not actually.
In a deceptive manner; misleadingly.
deceptivity
deceptivity
noun
(rare) Something that deceives.
The quality of being deceptive.
depravingly
depravingly
adv
In a depraving manner.
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
deprecatively
deprecatively
adv
In an deprecating manner; in a manner that deprecates
depreciatively
depreciatively
adv
In a depreciative manner.
depressively
depressively
adv
In a depressive manner.
deputatively
descriptively
descriptively
adv
In a descriptive manner.
developability
developability
noun
The quality of being developable.
disapprovingly
disapprovingly
adv
In a disapproving manner
dispensatively
dispensatively
adv
By dispensation.
dispersively
dispersively
adv
In a dispersive way.
With regard to dispersion.
dispositively
dispositively
adv
(obsolete) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
dispurvey
dispurvey
noun
(obsolete) dispurveyance
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
disputatively
disputatively
adv
In a disputative manner.
disruptively
disruptively
adv
In a disruptive manner
dissipativity
dissipativity
noun
The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.
divinityship
divinityship
noun
The skill or knowledge of divinity.
The status of being divine.
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
envoyship
envoyship
noun
The office or position of an envoy.
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
eruptively
eruptively
adv
In an eruptive manner.
eruptivity
eruptivity
noun
The state or quality of being eruptive.
evaporability
evaporability
noun
Capability of evaporating.
evaporatively
evaporatively
adv
In an evaporative manner
Regarding evaporation
evaporativity
evaporativity
noun
The quality or degree of being evaporative.
exceptively
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
expensively
expensively
adv
In an expensive manner.
explanatively
explanatively
adv
In an explanative manner.
expletively
expletively
adv
In an expletive way.
explicatively
explicatively
adv
In an explicative way.
exploitatively
exploitatively
adv
In an exploitative manner.
exploratively
exploratively
adv
In an explorative way or fashion.
explosively
explosively
adv
In an explosive manner.
expositively
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
expressively
expressively
adv
In an expressive manner.
expressivity
expressivity
noun
(genetics) The degree to which a gene affects or can affect an organism.
(uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
fivepenny
fivepenny
adj
(dated) Costing fivepence.
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.
guptavidya
hydropositive
hydropositive
adj
Attracted to water.
hygroexpansivity
hyperactive
hyperactive
adj
having an increased state of activity
having attention deficit disorder (no longer used by the scientific community)
hyperactively
hyperactively
adv
In a hyperactive manner.
hyperactives
hyperactivities
hyperactivities
noun
plural of hyperactivity
hyperactivity
hyperactivity
noun
The quality of being hyperactive; excessive and pathological movement and restlessness
hyperaggressive
hyperaggressive
adj
Extremely aggressive
hyperaggressiveness
hyperaggressiveness
noun
The state or quality of being hyperaggressive.
hyperaggressivenesses
hypercivilization
hypercivilization
noun
The state of being hypercivilized.
hypercivilized
hypercivilized
adj
Very highly civilized.
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperconservative
hyperconservative
adj
Extremely conservative.
hyperconservatively
hyperconservativeness
hyperdivision
hyperdivision
noun
Extreme or excessive division.
hyperemotive
hyperemotive
adj
hyperemotional
hyperemotively
hyperemotiveness
hyperemotivity
hyperemotivity
noun
The quality of being hyperemotive.
hyperexcursive
hyperexcursively
hyperexcursiveness
hyperinvolution
hypernutritive
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
hyperovaria
hyperovarianism
hyperovarism
hyperreactive
hyperreactive
adj
Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus
hyperreverential
hypersalivation
hypersalivation
noun
(medicine) An excessive flow of saliva
hypersensitive
hypersensitive
adj
Excessively sensitive; easily offended.
Highly or abnormally sensitive to some substances or agents, especially to some allergen.
hypersensitiveness
hypersensitiveness
noun
The state of being hypersensitive.
hypersensitivenesses
hypersensitivities
hypersensitivities
noun
plural of hypersensitivity
hypersensitivity
hypersensitivity
noun
Any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy; hypersensation.
The state of being easily offended or hurt.
hyperspeculative
hyperspeculative
adj
Extremely speculative.
hyperspeculatively
hyperspeculativeness
hypersuperlative
hypersuperlative
adj
(rare) Above and beyond what is superlative; super-superlative.
hypertensive
hypertensive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.
noun
A drug or substance that increases blood pressure.