Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
absorptivity
absorptivity
noun
(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.
approbative
approbative
adj
Expressing approval.
Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
noun
(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
approbativeness
approbativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approbative.
approvability
beaverpelt
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
brevicipitidae
brevipennate
brevipennate
adj
(ornithology) short-winged; having short wings.
developability
developability
noun
The quality of being developable.
disapprobative
disapprobative
adj
disapproving
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
evaporability
evaporability
noun
Capability of evaporating.
impervestigable
imperviability
imperviability
noun
The quality of being imperviable.
impreventability
impreventable
impreventable
adj
Not preventable; inevitable.
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvability
improvability
noun
The condition of being improvable
indeprivability
nonabsorptive
nonabsorptive
adj
Not absorptive
nonpreventable
nonpreventable
adj
Not preventable.
nonprobative
nonprobative
adj
Not probative.
overabsorption
overabsorption
noun
Excessive absorption.
overbepatched
overcapability
overimpressionability
paravertebral
paravertebral
adj
Located near the vertebral column.
perceivability
perceivability
noun
The condition of being perceivable
perivertebral
perivertebral
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the vertebrae.
perturbative
perturbative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing perturbation
perviability
perviability
noun
The property of being perviable.
pivotable
pivotable
adj
Capable of being pivoted.
postverbal
postverbal
adj
(linguistics) Occurring after a verb.
postvertebral
postvertebral
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the vertebrae
preobservation
preobservation
adj
Before observation.
noun
An observation or assessment made before an experimental intervention or procedure.
preobservational
preobservational
adj
Prior to observation.
preobviate
preobviated
preobviating
preservability
preservability
noun
The condition, or the extent, of being preservable.
preventability
preventability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is preventable
(uncountable) The condition of being preventable
preventable
preventable
adj
Capable of being prevented.
noun
Something that can be prevented.
preventably
preventably
adv
Such that it could be prevented.
prevertebral
prevertebral
adj
(anatomy) Situated immediately in front of, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.
probative
probative
adj
(law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
probatively
prosubstantive
protovertebra
protovertebra
noun
(anatomy) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite.
protovertebral
protovertebral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the protovertebrae.
provability
provability
noun
The condition of being provable
proverbialist
proverbialist
noun
One who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing.
reprobative
reprobative
adj
Expressing, or pertaining to, reprobation.
reprobatively
reprovability
scapulovertebral
scapulovertebral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the scapula and the vertebrae.
slavophobist
stapediovestibular
subapprobative
subapprobativeness
subcompensative
subpavement
subpredicative
subtersuperlative
unabsorptive
unabsorptiveness
unperceivability
unpreventability
unpreventability
noun
The quality of being unpreventable.
unpreventable
unpreventable
noun
Something that cannot be prevented.
unpreventableness
unpreventableness
Noun
The quality of being unpreventable.
unpreventably
unpreventably
adv
In an unpreventable manner.
unprobative
unprovability
unprovability
noun
The condition of being unprovable
unreprobative
unreprobatively
vaporability
vaporability
noun
The quality or state of being vaporable.
vaporizability
vestibulospinal
vestibulospinal
adj
Of or pertaining to the vestibular and spinal nerves.
vibraharpist
vibraharpist
noun
Someone who plays the vibraharp.
vibraphonist
vibraphonist
noun
Someone who plays the vibraphone.
vibrotherapeutics
vibrotherapeutics
noun
vibrotherapy
vituperable
vituperable
adj
Liable to, or deserving, vituperation or severe censure.