A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
daughterliness
daughterliness
noun
The quality of being daughterly.
dehydrogenisation
desulphurating
desulphurating
verb
present participle of desulphurate
disenthralling
disenthralling
verb
present participle of disenthral
disheartening
disheartening
adj
Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy.
verb
present participle of dishearten
dishearteningly
dishearteningly
adv
In a disheartening manner.
draughtiness
draughtiness
noun
Britain standard spelling of draftiness.
dromaeognathism
electrosherardizing
farsightedness
farsightedness
noun
(pathology) The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.
The quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future.
farsightednesses
gastornithidae
gastrochaenidae
grandfatherish
grandfatherish
adj
grandfatherly
grandfathership
grandfathership
noun
The state of being a grandfather.
grandmotherism
grandmotherism
noun
grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism
grandmotherliness
grandmotherliness
noun
The quality of being grandmotherly.
hamstringed
highheartedness
highheartedness
noun
Alternative form of high-heartedness
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
intershading
lightheartedness
lightheartedness
noun
(countable) An amusement or item of a pleasant but inconsequential nature.
(uncountable) The state of being lighthearted, joyous, cheerful, without a care.
lightheartednesses
lightheartednesses
noun
plural of lightheartedness
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
nearsighted
nearsighted
adj
Alternative form of near-sighted
nearsightedly
nearsightedly
adv
In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
nearsightedness
nearsightedness
noun
The property of being nearsighted, myopia.
nearsightednesses
nearsightednesses
noun
plural of nearsightedness
neighborstained
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
restraightened
restraightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of restraighten
singlehearted
singlehearted
adj
Alternative form of single-hearted
singleheartedly
singleheartedly
adv
Alternative form of single-heartedly
singleheartedness
singleheartedness
noun
Alternative form of single-heartedness
stepgrandchild
stepgrandchild
noun
The grandchild of one's wife or husband by a previous partner, or the child of one's stepchild.
The stepchild of one's own child.
straightedging
straightened
straightened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of straighten
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
stringhalted
stringhalted
adj
Affected with stringhalt; lame.
stringhaltedness
undaughterliness
undergraduateship
undergraduateship
noun
The position or condition of an undergraduate.
undergraduatish
undergraduatish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an undergraduate.
undersheathing
unfarsighted
unstraightened
unstraightened
adj
Not straightened.
unstraightforwardness
unstraightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.
withdrawingness
withdrawingness
noun
The quality of being withdrawing; a tendency to draw back.
