(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
apprehensively
apprehensively
adv
in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension
aspersively
aspersively
adv
In an aspersive manner.
avoyership
circumscriptively
circumscriptively
adv
In a circumscriptive manner
With regard to circumscription
circumspectively
circumspectively
adv
In a circumspective manner.
comprehensively
comprehensively
adv
In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.
compressively
compressively
adv
In a compressive way.
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
dispersively
dispersively
adv
In a dispersive way.
With regard to dispersion.
dispurvey
dispurvey
noun
(obsolete) dispurveyance
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To strip of provisions; to disfurnish.
disruptively
disruptively
adv
In a disruptive 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.
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
imperviously
imperviously
adv
In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
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
inapprehensively
inapprehensively
adv
In an inapprehensive manner.
incomprehensively
incomprehensively
adv
In an incomprehensive manner.
inexpressively
inexpressively
adv
Without expression.
inscriptively
inscriptively
adv
In an inscriptive manner.
interpervasively
introspectively
introspectively
adv
In an introspective manner.
irrespectively
irrespectively
adv
Without regard to conditions; not taking circumstances into consideration.
misapprehensively
misapprehensively
adv
By, or with, misapprehension.
noncomprehensively
noncompressively
nondepressively
nondescriptively
nondescriptively
adv
In a way that is not descriptive.
nonexpressively
nonintrospectively
nonintrospectively
adv
In a manner that is not introspective.
nonoppressively
nonpermissively
nonpersuasively
nonperversely
nonperversity
nonpresumptively
nonprogressively
nonprogressively
adv
In a nonprogressive manner.
nonproscriptively
nonprotrusively
nonprovisionally
nonprovisionary
nonpurposively
nonrepresentatively
nonrepresentatively
adv
In a nonrepresentative manner
nonresponsively
nonsuppressively
nonvaporosity
nonvaporously
nonviviparously
oppressively
oppressively
adv
In an oppressive manner.
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
overapprehensively
overassumptively
overbumptiously
overcaptiously
overcompensatory
overcompensatory
adj
Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.
overcopiously
overcopiously
adv
Too copiously.
overdepressively
overdescriptively
overexpansively
overexpressively
overimpressibility
overimpressibly
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
overpensively
overpessimistically
overphysic
overpiteously
overplausibly
overplays
overplays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overplay
overplenteously
overponderously
overpopulously
overpositively
overprecisely
overpresumptively
overpresumptuously
overprosperity
overprosperously
overpsychologize
overpsychologize
verb
(transitive) To psychologize excessively.
overpsychologized
overpsychologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpsychologize
overpsychologizing
overpsychologizing
verb
present participle of overpsychologize
overpuissantly
overrepresentatively
oversceptically
overscrupulosity
overscrupulosity
noun
overscrupulousness
overscrupulously
overscrupulously
adv
In an overscrupulous manner.
oversimplicity
oversimplicity
noun
Excessive simplicity.
oversimplify
oversimplify
verb
To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
oversimplifying
oversimplifying
verb
present participle of oversimplify
oversimply
oversimply
adv
In a way that is too simple; without the necessary detail or complexity.