(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.
abstractively
abstractively
adv
(now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.
administratively
administratively
adv
In an administrative manner, or for purposes of administration.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
adversatively
adversatively
adv
In an adversative manner
adversity
adversity
noun
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
aggressivity
aggressivity
noun
(geology) The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.
The quality of being aggressive.
antiaggressively
anticonservatively
anticorrosively
antiexpressively
antihypertensive
antihypertensive
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting hypertension.
noun
(pharmacology) an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
antihypertensives
antihypertensives
noun
plural of antihypertensive
antislavery
antislavery
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the practice of slavery.
antislaveryism
antislaveryism
noun
Opposition to slavery.
antiuniversity
antiuniversity
adj
Opposing a university or universities in general.
archvestryman
arthrosynovitis
arthrosynovitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the synovial membrane of a joint
artsybashev
artzybashev
assertively
assertively
adv
In an assertive manner.
asseveratingly
asseveratingly
adv
in an asseverating manner
asseveratively
asseveratively
adv
In an asseverative manner.
asseveratory
asseveratory
adj
asseverative
assortatively
assortatively
adv
In an assortative way.
astrictively
avascularity
avascularity
noun
(anatomy) The condition of being avascular.
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.
bryantsville
chernovtsy
circumscriptively
circumscriptively
adv
In a circumscriptive manner
With regard to circumscription
circumspectively
circumspectively
adv
In a circumspective manner.
civilisatory
clairvoyants
clairvoyants
noun
plural of clairvoyant
commiseratively
commiseratively
adv
In a commiserative manner.
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
constructively
constructively
adv
In a constructive manner
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.
conversantly
conversantly
adv
In a familiar manner.
conversationally
conversationally
adv
In a conversational manner
conversibility
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
cryptovolcanism
cytomegalovirus
cytomegalovirus
noun
(virology) Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.
demonstratively
demonstratively
adv
In a demonstrative manner.
dermosynovitis
descriptively
descriptively
adv
In a descriptive manner.
destructively
destructively
adv
in a destructive manner: in a way that causes destruction
destructivity
destructivity
noun
destructiveness
detersively
detersively
adv
So as to cleanse.
discoverability
discoverability
noun
The condition of being discoverable
discretively
discretively
adv
In a discretive manner.
discriminatively
discriminatively
adv
With discrimination or distinction.
disruptively
disruptively
adv
In a disruptive manner
distractively
distributively
distributively
adv
In a distributive manner
distributivity
distributivity
noun
(mathematics) the fact of being distributive
disvulnerability
diversifiability
diversifiability
noun
The quality or capacity of being diversifiable.
diversity
diversity
noun
(chiefly business) Equal-opportunity inclusion.
A variety; diverse types or examples.
The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
dorsiventrality
dorsiventrality
noun
The quality of being dorsiventral.
dorsiventrally
dorsiventrally
adv
Alternative form of dorsoventrally
dorsoventrality
dorsoventrality
noun
Alternative form of dorsiventrality
dorsoventrally
dorsoventrally
adv
In a dorsoventral manner
effervescently
effervescently
adv
In an effervescent manner
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.
evangelistary
evangelistary
noun
(Christianity) A book containing selections from the Gospels, read during worship services.
everlastingly
everlastingly
adv
In an everlasting manner; without end; forever.
Perpetually; constantly.
expressivity
expressivity
noun
(genetics) The degree to which a gene affects or can affect an organism.
(uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
extorsively
extorsively
adv
In an extorsive manner; extortionately.
extraversively
extroversively
extroversively
adv
In an extroversive manner.
eyeservant
eyeservant
noun
A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.
fortyfives
harvestry
harvestry
noun
That which is harvested.
The act of harvesting.
heavyheartedness
heavyheartedness
noun
Alternative form of heavy-heartedness
hydropositive
hydropositive
adj
Attracted to water.
hygroexpansivity
hyperactives
hyperactivities
hyperactivities
noun
plural of hyperactivity
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperconservative
hyperconservative
adj
Extremely conservative.
hyperconservatively
hyperconservativeness
hyperemotiveness
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
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.
A person with hypertension.
hypertensives
hypertensives
noun
plural of hypertensive
hypervascularity
hypervascularity
noun
Excessive vascularity.
hypervenosity
hypervigilantness
hyperviscosity
hyperviscosity
noun
Increased viscosity, especially of the blood.
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
illustratively
illustratively
adv
In an illustrative manner.
imprevisibility
improvisatorially
improvisatorially
adv
By improvisation.
improvisatory
improvisatory
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation
inconversibility
indiscriminatively
indiscriminatively
adv
In an indiscriminative manner
ineffervescibility
inobservantly
inobservantly
adv
In an inobservant manner.
inobtrusively
inobtrusively
adv
In an inobtrusive manner.
inscriptively
inscriptively
adv
In an inscriptive manner.
insectivory
insectivory
noun
The activity of eating insects
The condition of being an insectivore
instructively
instructively
adv
In an instructive manner.
interdestructively
interpervasively
intersubjectively
intersubjectively
adv
(philosophy) In an intersubjective way; between or among multiple subjects
intersubjectivity
intersubjectivity
noun
The state or condition of being intersubjective.
intertransversary
interuniversity
interuniversity
adj
Existing or taking place between universities.
intervarsity
intervarsity
adj
(Britain) taking place between universities
noun
A competition taking place between universities.
intervisibility
intervisibility
noun
The quality of being intervisible.
intransitively
intransitively
adv
(grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
intransitivity
intransitivity
noun
(grammar) The state or quality of being intransitive
intrasynovial
intrasynovial
adj
(anatomy) Within the synovial sac of a joint, or the synovial sheath of a tendon
intravascularly
intravascularly
adv
Within a blood vessel.
intravenously
intravenously
adv
(medicine) In an intravenous manner; by means of intravenous injection.
introspectively
introspectively
adv
In an introspective manner.
introversibility
introversively
introversively
adv
In an introversive manner.
intrusively
intrusively
adv
In an intrusive manner; by intrusion.
investigatory
investigatory
adj
Aimed at investigating; investigative.
irresolvability
irresolvability
noun
the quality of being irresolvable
irrespectively
irrespectively
adv
Without regard to conditions; not taking circumstances into consideration.
irreversibility
irreversibility
noun
The quality of being irreversible; the lack of an ability to be reversed.
laryngovestibulitis
magnetostrictively
magnetostrictively
adv
By means of or in terms of magnetostriction.
mesoventrally
mesoventrally
adv
In a mesoventral manner or direction
misadventurously
misadventurously
adv
In a misadventurous manner.
multiversity
multiversity
noun
A kind of modern, large-scale university, open to all, proposed by Clark Kerr in the 1960s.