(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.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
antiexpressively
antihypertensive
antihypertensive
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting hypertension.
noun
(pharmacology) an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
antihypertensives
antihypertensives
noun
plural of antihypertensive
applausively
applausively
adv
In an applausive manner.
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
apprehensively
apprehensively
adv
in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension
appulsively
appulsively
adv
By appulsion.
aspersively
aspersively
adv
In an aspersive manner.
asphyxiative
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
avoyership
circumscriptively
circumscriptively
adv
In a circumscriptive manner
With regard to circumscription
circumspectively
circumspectively
adv
In a circumspective manner.
compassivity
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
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
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
corresponsively
corresponsively
adv
In a corresponsive manner.
cropseyville
cryopreserve
cryopreserve
verb
To preserve something (especially biological tissue) by freezing it and holding it a very low temperature
cryptovolcanism
depressively
depressively
adv
In a depressive manner.
descriptively
descriptively
adv
In a descriptive manner.
disapprovingly
disapprovingly
adv
In a disapproving manner
dispensatively
dispensatively
adv
By dispensation.
dispersively
dispersively
adv
In a dispersive way.
With regard to dispersion.
dispositively
dispositively
adv
(obsolete) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
dispurvey
dispurvey
noun
(obsolete) dispurveyance
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
disputatively
disputatively
adv
In a disputative manner.
disruptively
disruptively
adv
In a disruptive manner
dissipativity
dissipativity
noun
The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.
divinityship
divinityship
noun
The skill or knowledge of divinity.
The status of being divine.
envoyship
envoyship
noun
The office or position of an envoy.
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
expensively
expensively
adv
In an expensive manner.
explosively
explosively
adv
In an explosive manner.
expositively
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
expressively
expressively
adv
In an expressive manner.
expressivity
expressivity
noun
(genetics) The degree to which a gene affects or can affect an organism.
(uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
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.
galvvanoscopy
hydropositive
hydropositive
adj
Attracted to water.
hygroexpansivity
hyperactives
hyperactivities
hyperactivities
noun
plural of hyperactivity
hyperaggressive
hyperaggressive
adj
Extremely aggressive
hyperaggressiveness
hyperaggressiveness
noun
The state or quality of being hyperaggressive.
hyperaggressivenesses
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperconservative
hyperconservative
adj
Extremely conservative.
hyperconservatively
hyperconservativeness
hyperdivision
hyperdivision
noun
Extreme or excessive division.
hyperemotiveness
hyperexcursive
hyperexcursively
hyperexcursiveness
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
hyperovarianism
hyperovarism
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
hypervascular
hypervascular
adj
Extremely vascular; having many blood vessels.
hypervascularity
hypervascularity
noun
Excessive vascularity.
hypervenosity
hypervigilantness
hyperviscosity
hyperviscosity
noun
Increased viscosity, especially of the blood.
hyperviscous
hyperviscous
adj
Excessively viscous.
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
hypervoluminous
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
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.
impassively
impassively
adv
In an impassive manner.
impassivity
impassivity
Noun
The state of being impassive.
imperviously
imperviously
adv
In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
implosively
implosively
adv
In an implosive manner; by means of implosion.
impressively
impressively
adv
In an impressive manner; forcibly.
imprevisibility
improgressively
improgressively
adv
In an improgressive manner.
improvisatorially
improvisatorially
adv
By improvisation.
improvisatory
improvisatory
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation
improvisedly
impulsively
impulsively
adv
In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse.
impulsivity
impulsivity
noun
The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought.
inapprehensively
inapprehensively
adv
In an inapprehensive manner.
incomprehensively
incomprehensively
adv
In an incomprehensive manner.
inexpensively
inexpensively
adv
In an inexpensive manner.
inexpressively
inexpressively
adv
Without expression.
inscriptively
inscriptively
adv
In an inscriptive manner.
intempestively
intempestively
adv
(obsolete) unseasonably
intempestivity
intempestivity
noun
Unseasonability; untimeliness.
interpervasively
introspectively
introspectively
adv
In an introspective manner.
irrespectively
irrespectively
adv
Without regard to conditions; not taking circumstances into consideration.