(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.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antiproductively
antiproductivity
antiprojectivity
appointively
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
approvability
approvably
approvably
adv
In an approvable manner; in a manner that is able to be approved.
approvedly
approvedly
adv
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
approvingly
approvingly
adv
in an approving manner
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
avoyership
chemoreceptivity
chemoreceptivity
noun
the ability of a sense organ to respond to a chemical stimulus
comparatively
comparatively
adv
In a comparative manner.
When compared to other entities.
compassivity
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
competitively
competitively
adv
In a competitive manner.
completively
completively
adv
In a completive manner.
complexively
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
computatively
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
contemplatively
contemplatively
adv
In a contemplative manner.
cooperatively
cooperatively
adv
In a cooperative manner; working with others on a task as part of a team.
copulatively
copulatively
adv
In a copulative manner.
corporatively
corresponsively
corresponsively
adv
In a corresponsive manner.
corruptively
corruptively
adv
In a corruptive way.
counterproductively
counterproductively
adv
In a counterproductive way.
counterproductivity
counterproductivity
noun
The quality of being counterproductive.
cropseyville
cryopreserve
cryopreserve
verb
To preserve something (especially biological tissue) by freezing it and holding it a very low temperature
cryoprotective
cryoprotective
adj
That provides cryoprotection
cryptovalence
cryptovalency
cryptovolcanic
cryptovolcanism
developability
developability
noun
The quality of being developable.
developmentally
developmentally
adv
In terms of development.
developmentary
developmentary
adj
Pertaining to development; developmental.
disapprovingly
disapprovingly
adv
In a disapproving manner
dispositively
dispositively
adv
(obsolete) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
envoyship
envoyship
noun
The office or position of an envoy.
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
evaporability
evaporability
noun
Capability of evaporating.
evaporatively
evaporatively
adv
In an evaporative manner
Regarding evaporation
evaporativity
evaporativity
noun
The quality or degree of being evaporative.
exploitatively
exploitatively
adv
In an exploitative manner.
exploratively
exploratively
adv
In an explorative way or fashion.
explosively
explosively
adv
In an explosive manner.
expositively
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
galvanoglyph
galvanoglyphy
galvanoglyphy
noun
glyphography
galvanography
galvanography
noun
A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.
The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy.
galvanoplastically
galvanoplastically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, galvanoplasty.
galvanoplasty
galvanoplasty
noun
The process of galvanizing, of coating with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
galvanopsychic
galvanopsychic
adj
(historical) Of or relating to a psychoanalysis technique using a galvanometer to measure the patient's responses to certain words.
galvanoscopy
galvanoscopy
noun
The use of galvanism in physiological experiments.
galvanotherapy
galvanotherapy
noun
The treatment of disease by means of galvanism
galvvanoscopy
hydropositive
hydropositive
adj
Attracted to water.
hygroexpansivity
hypercivilization
hypercivilization
noun
The state of being hypercivilized.
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperconservative
hyperconservative
adj
Extremely conservative.
hyperconservatively
hyperconservativeness
hyperdivision
hyperdivision
noun
Extreme or excessive division.
hyperemotive
hyperemotive
adj
hyperemotional
hyperemotively
hyperemotiveness
hyperemotivity
hyperemotivity
noun
The quality of being hyperemotive.
hyperinvolution
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
hyperovaria
hyperovarianism
hyperovarism
hypersalivation
hypersalivation
noun
(medicine) An excessive flow of saliva
hypervelocity
hypervelocity
adj
Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.
noun
(astronomy) A velocity greater than escape velocity.
A hypersonic velocity.
A very high velocity.
hypervenosity
hyperventilation
hyperventilation
noun
(medicine) the state of breathing faster or deeper than necessary
hyperviscosity
hyperviscosity
noun
Increased viscosity, especially of the blood.
hyperviscous
hyperviscous
adj
Excessively viscous.
hypervitalization
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
hypervolume
hypervolume
noun
(geometry) A volume in more than three dimensions.
hypervoluminous
hypoactive
hypoactive
adj
Less than normally active.
hypoactivity
hypoactivity
noun
The condition of being hypoactive
hypophyseoprivic
hypophyseoprivous
hyposensitive
hyposensitive
adj
Having abnormally low sensitivity.
hyposensitivity
hyposensitivity
noun
A lower than normal sensitivity (to a stimulus or an allergen).
hypotensive
hypotensive
adj
Having hypotension.
Producing hypotension.
noun
A drug that lowers the blood pressure as its principal intended effect; a drug taken to treat hypertension.
A person with hypotension.
Any drug that lowers the blood pressure.
hypotensives
hypotensives
noun
plural of hypotensive
hypothecative
hypothecative
adj
hypothecatory
hypovalve
hypovalve
noun
The hypotheca of a diatom
hypovanadate
hypovanadic
hypovanadious
hypovanadous
hypovitaminosis
hypovitaminosis
noun
(biology, medicine) vitamin deficiency: insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body. Specific forms are labeled with the vitamin identifier: hypovitaminosis A, hypovitaminosis D, and so on, although those forms are more often called vitamin A deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and so on.
imperviously
imperviously
adv
In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
implosively
implosively
adv
In an implosive manner; by means of implosion.
improgressively
improgressively
adv
In an improgressive manner.
improvability
improvability
noun
The condition of being improvable
improvably
improvably
adv
So as to permit improvement.
improvidentially
improvidentially
adv
improvidently
improvidently
improvidently
adv
In an improvident manner.
improvingly
improvingly
adv
In a manner that tends to improve (especially, (dated), to educate or morally better a person).
improvisatorially
improvisatorially
adv
By improvisation.
improvisatory
improvisatory
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation
improvisedly
incomprehensively
incomprehensively
adv
In an incomprehensive manner.
interpolatively
interpolatively
adv
In an interpolative manner.
introspectively
introspectively
adv
In an introspective manner.
irreprovably
irreprovably
adv
In a irreprovable manner; irreproachably.
ivorytype
ivorytype
noun
(photography, dated) A picture produced by superposing a tinted translucent print upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colours.
lopheavy
myeloproliferative
myeloproliferative
adj
(medicine) of or pertaining to the presence of an abnormal proliferation of myelopoietic cells (from bone marrow)