A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
dehydrogenisation
demographist
dermatoglyphics
dermatoglyphics
noun
The patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
The study of such patterns.
dermatographism
dermatographism
noun
(pathology) dermatographia (skin disorder)
dromaeognathism
electrocardiographs
electrocardiographs
noun
plural of electrocardiograph
electrosherardizing
epidemiographist
epidemiographist
noun
One who studies epidemiography.
gastornithidae
gastrochaenidae
godfathership
godfathership
noun
The role or status of a godfather.
grandmotherism
grandmotherism
noun
grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism
grandmotherliness
grandmotherliness
noun
The quality of being grandmotherly.
hydrogenations
hydrogenations
noun
plural of hydrogenation
hydrogenisation
hydrogenisation
noun
Alternative form of hydrogenization
hydromagnesite
hydromagnesite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂.4H₂O, used as a fire retardant.
hydromagnetics
hydromagnetics
noun
magnetohydrodynamics
magnetohydrodynamics
magnetohydrodynamics
noun
(nautical, engineering) the study of the interaction of water with magnetic fields and its application
(physics) the study of the interaction of electrically conducting fluids with magnetic fields; as in the Earth's core
neighborstained
orthographised
orthographised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of orthographise
overdistraught
photodisintegrate
photodisintegrate
verb
To cause or undergo photodisintegration.
photodisintegration
photodisintegration
noun
(nuclear physics) Any nuclear reaction, especially a nuclear fission, initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation such as a gamma ray.
pigeonheartedness
pseudoanthropological
pseudoparthenogenesis
radiotelegraphs
radiotelegraphs
noun
plural of radiotelegraph
rhipidoglossate
siderographist
siderographist
noun
One skilled in siderography.
stereoradiograph
stereoradiograph
noun
A stereoscopic radiograph
stereoradiography
stereoradiography
noun
stereoscopic radiography (using either two X-ray sources or two detectors)
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
trichoglossidae
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
