(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
compassivity
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
cryptovolcanism
disapprovingly
disapprovingly
adv
In a disapproving manner
dispensatively
dispensatively
adv
By dispensation.
disputatively
disputatively
adv
In a disputative manner.
dissipativity
dissipativity
noun
The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.
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
expostulatively
expostulatively
adv
In an expostulative manner.
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
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
hyperovarianism
hyperovarism
hypersalivation
hypersalivation
noun
(medicine) An excessive flow of saliva
hyperspeculative
hyperspeculative
adj
Extremely speculative.
hyperspeculatively
hyperspeculativeness
hypersuperlative
hypersuperlative
adj
(rare) Above and beyond what is superlative; super-superlative.
hypervascular
hypervascular
adj
Extremely vascular; having many blood vessels.
hypervascularity
hypervascularity
noun
Excessive vascularity.
hypervigilantness
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
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.
improvisatorially
improvisatorially
adv
By improvisation.
improvisatory
improvisatory
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation
inapprehensively
inapprehensively
adv
In an inapprehensive manner.
interpervasively
misapprehensively
misapprehensively
adv
By, or with, misapprehension.
nonexpansively
nonexpansively
adv
In a nonexpansive manner.
nonpersuasively
nonprovisionally
nonprovisionary
nonrepresentatively
nonrepresentatively
adv
In a nonrepresentative manner
nonspeculatively
nonvaporosity
nonvaporously
nonviviparously
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
overapprehensively
overassumptively
overcaptiously
overcompensatory
overcompensatory
adj
Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.
overexpansively
overimpressionability
overimpressionably
overoptimistically
overoptimistically
adv
In an overoptimistic manner.
overpassionately
overpassionately
adv
In an overpassionate manner.
overpayments
overpayments
noun
plural of overpayment
overpays
overpays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpay
overpessimistically
overplausibly
overplays
overplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overplay
overpuissantly
overrepresentatively
oversceptically
overskeptically
overspaciously
oversparingly
oversparingly
adv
In an oversparing manner.
overspeculatively
oviparously
oviparously
adv
In an oviparous manner
ovispermary
ovoviviparously
ovoviviparously
adv
In an ovoviviparous manner.
pachyvaginitis
paramyxovirus
paramyxovirus
noun
(virology) Any member of the Paramyxoviridae family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses responsible for a number of human and animal diseases.
parasynovitis
passively
passively
adv
(grammar) In the passive voice; having a passive construction.
In a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action.
In an acquiescent manner; resignedly or submissively.
passivity
passivity
noun
A lack of initiative.
Submissiveness.
The state of being passive.
paynesville
peaveys
peaveys
noun
plural of peavey
pelvioplasty
pennsylvania
pennsylvanian
pennsylvanian
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States of America.
Any of the three Pennsylvanian epochs.
Adjective
Of, or pertaining to the state of Pennsylvania.
Of any of the three geologic epochs (lower, middle and upper) within the Carboniferous period from 318 to 299 million years ago; marked by a high oxygen atmosphere and the rise of reptiles and winged insects.
pennsylvanians
pennsylvanicus
perisynovial
perisynovial
adj
Around a synovium.
persuasively
persuasively
adv
In a manner intended to convince or persuade.
pervasively
pervasively
adv
In a pervasive manner, such that a thing is present in all parts.
pervicaciously
pervicaciously
adv
In a pervicacious manner.
phosphoenolpyruvate
phosphoenolpyruvate
noun
(organic chemistry) An important intermediate in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, having the chemical formula C₃H₅O₆P
phosphorylative
phosphorylative
adj
Relating to phosphorylation.
polyvalences
polyvalences
noun
plural of polyvalence
positivistically
positivistically
adv
In a positivistic manner.
postolivary
postoperatively
postoperatively
adv
In a postoperative context; after surgery.
postrevolutionary
postrevolutionary
adj
Occurring after a period of revolution.
postvagotomy
postvagotomy
adj
(medicine) After a vagotomy.
postvocalically
postvocalically
adv
Following or occurring after a vowel.
preacquisitively
preadvisory
preaggressively
predisadvantageously
presavagery
presentatively
presentatively
adv
In a presentative manner.
preservability
preservability
noun
The condition, or the extent, of being preservable.
preservatory
preservatory
adj
preservative
noun
(obsolete) A preservative.
(obsolete) A room or apparatus in which perishable things can be preserved without decay.
preslavery
preslavery
adj
Prior to a historical period of slavery.
presylvian
presylvian
adj
(anatomy) Anterior to the Sylvian fissure of the brain
previsionary
previsionary
Adjective
Relating to prevision or foresight; prophetic.
procrastinatively
proslavery
proslavery
adj
Supporting slavery.
proslaveryism
prostatovesiculectomy
prostatovesiculectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of prostate and seminal vesicles
protovestiary
provisionality
provisionality
noun
The quality of being provisional or temporary.
provisionally
provisionally
adv
In a provisional way; temporarily.
provisionary
provisionary
adj
provisional
pseudoaggressively
pseudoapprehensively
pseudoassertively
pseudoconservatively
pseudoevangelically
pseudoinvalidly
pseudomedievally
pseudoovally
pseudovary
pseudovary
noun
Alternative form of pseudovarium
psychoactive
psychoactive
adj
(pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes.
noun
(pharmacology) Any drug that affects the mind or mental processes.
psychogalvanic
psychogalvanic
Adjective
Relating to psychogalvanometry.
psychogalvanometer
psychogalvanometer
noun
A device that makes psychogalvanic measurements (typically of the skin)