(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.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
advisorily
advisorily
adv
By way of advice.
advisory
advisory
adj
Able to give advice.
Containing advice; advising.
akimovsky
anticonservatively
anticorrosively
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
arthrosynovitis
arthrosynovitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the synovial membrane of a joint
asseveratory
asseveratory
adj
asseverative
associatively
associatively
adv
In an associative way.
associativity
associativity
noun
(algebra) The condition of being associative.
(programming) The property of an operator which determines how it is grouped with operators of the same precedence in the absence of parentheses.
assortatively
assortatively
adv
In an assortative way.
avariciously
avariciously
adv
In a greedy or self-serving manner.
avidiously
avidiously
adv
(obsolete) eagerly; greedily.
avoyership
behavioristically
behavioristically
adv
In a behavioristic manner
biodiversity
biodiversity
noun
(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.
bolshevistically
bonnyvis
bovarysm
bovarysm
noun
(psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.
An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
breshkovsky
cadaverously
cadaverously
adv
In a cadaverous manner; like a cadaver.
carnivorously
carnivorously
adv
In a carnivorous manner.
carnovsky
carryovers
carryovers
noun
plural of carryover
cavernously
cavernously
adv
In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
In a cavernous manner; sounding deep, hollow, or echoey.
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.
chernovtsy
chivalrously
chivalrously
adv
In a chivalrous manner.
civilisatory
clairvoyances
clairvoyances
noun
plural of clairvoyance
clairvoyancies
clairvoyants
clairvoyants
noun
plural of clairvoyant
cockeysville
coextensively
coextensively
adv
To the same extent.
cognoscitively
cognoscitively
adv
In a cognoscitive manner.
cohesively
cohesively
adv
In a cohesive manner
collectivistically
collectivistically
adv
In a collectivistic manner.
collusively
collusively
adv
in a collusive manner; fraudulently through collusion
combustively
commiseratively
commiseratively
adv
In a commiserative manner.
commissively
commissively
adv
In a commissive manner.
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
concessively
concessively
adv
By way of concession.
conclusively
conclusively
adv
In a conclusive manner; with finality.
concussively
concussively
adv
In a concussive manner.
condescensively
consecutively
consecutively
adv
In a consecutive manner; without interruption.
consentively
conservacy
conservancy
conservancy
noun
(Britain) A commission that deals with fishery and navigation.
(US, law) A state in which a company is allowed to continue trading without incurring any new financial liabilities or disposing of any assets.
An organization dedicated to the conservation of natural resources.
The conservation of a resource.
conservatively
conservatively
adv
In a conservative manner
conservatory
conservatory
adj
(rare) Relating to conservation.
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland) A glass-walled and -roofed room in a house
(obsolete) That which preserves from injury.
A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
A school of music or drama
A storehouse.
consideratively
constitutively
constitutively
adv
(biochemistry, of a metabolic process) at a constant rate regardless of physiological demand
in a constitutive manner
constructively
constructively
adv
In a constructive manner
consultatively
consultatively
adv
In a consultative manner.
consultively
consummatively
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
contradistinctively
contradistinctively
adv
in contradistinction
contrastively
contrastively
adv
In a contrastive manner.
controversially
controversially
adv
In a controversial manner.
controversy
controversy
noun
A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
convalescency
convalescency
noun
Dated form of convalescence.
convalescently
convalescently
adv
In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigour.
conversably
conversably
adv
In a conversable manner.
conversancy
conversancy
Noun
The condition of being conversant
conversantly
conversantly
adv
In a familiar manner.
conversationally
conversationally
adv
In a conversational manner
conversely
conversely
adv
(conjunctive, loosely) From another point of view; on the other hand.
(often conjunctive) With a reversed relationship.
conversibility
conversionary
conversionary
adj
Relating to, or leading to conversion
conveyancers
conveyancers
noun
plural of conveyancer
conveyances
conveyances
noun
plural of conveyance
conveyers
conveyers
noun
plural of conveyer
conveyorise
conveyorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conveyorize.
conveyorised
conveyorised
adj
(UK) Alternative spelling of conveyorized
verb
(UK) simple past tense and past participle of conveyorise
conveyorises
conveyorises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conveyorise
conveyorizes
conveyorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conveyorize
conveyors
conveyors
noun
plural of conveyor
conveys
conveys
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convey
convoys
convoys
noun
plural of convoy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convoy
convulsedly
convulsibility
convulsionary
convulsionary
adj
Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive.
noun
A convulsionist.
convulsively
convulsively
adv
In a convulsive manner.
corresponsively
corresponsively
adv
In a corresponsive manner.
corrosively
corrosively
adv
In a corrosive manner.
corrosivity
corrosivity
noun
Corrosiveness, especially when related to water.
cosovereignty
cosovereignty
noun
joint sovereignty; a situation where there is more than one sovereign over a territory
costively
costively
adv
In a costive manner.
covetously
covetously
adv
In a covetous manner
coveys
coveys
noun
plural of covey
covinously
covinously
adv
In a covinous manner.
coysevox
cropseyville
cryopreserve
cryopreserve
verb
To preserve something (especially biological tissue) by freezing it and holding it a very low temperature
cryptovolcanism
curvaceously
curvaceously
adv
In a curvaceous way.
cytomegalovirus
cytomegalovirus
noun
(virology) Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.
declivitously
demonstratively
demonstratively
adv
In a demonstrative manner.
dermosynovitis
deviously
deviously
adv
In a devious manner.
devoutlessly
disadvantageously
disadvantageously
adv
In a disadvantageous manner.
disapprovingly
disapprovingly
adv
In a disapproving manner
disavowedly
discoursively
discoursively
adv
Discursively.
In a reasoning manner; by way of conversation or discourse.
discoverability
discoverability
noun
The condition of being discoverable
discoverably
discoverably
adv
In a discoverable way.
discovery
discovery
noun
(countable, archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
(law, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
(law, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.
(uncountable) The discovering of new things.
Something discovered.
dispositively
dispositively
adv
(obsolete) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
dissolvability
dissolvability
noun
Capacity of being dissolved; solubility.
dissolveability
dissolvingly
dissolvingly
adv
So as to dissolve or disappear gradually.
diversionary
diversionary
adj
That serves as a diversion.
diversory
diversory
adj
Tending to divert; causing diversion.
noun
(obsolete, rare) A wayside inn.
divisionally
divisionally
adv
In a divisional manner; in terms of divisions.
divisionary
divisionary
adj
divisional
divisory
divisory
adj
Serving to divide or split apart.
doostoevsky
dorsiventrality
dorsiventrality
noun
The quality of being dorsiventral.
dorsiventrally
dorsiventrally
adv
Alternative form of dorsoventrally
dorsocervically
dorsoventrality
dorsoventrality
noun
Alternative form of dorsiventrality
dorsoventrally
dorsoventrally
adv
In a dorsoventral manner
dostoevsky
dostoyevski
dostoyevsky
dovekeys
dovekeys
noun
plural of dovekey
dovyalis
dyvours
enviously
enviously
adv
in an envious manner or to an envious degree
envoys
envoys
noun
plural of envoy
envoyship
envoyship
noun
The office or position of an envoy.
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
erosivity
erosivity
noun
A measure of the potential ability of soil, regolith, or other weathered material to be eroded by rain, wind, or surface runoff.