(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting hypertension.
noun
(pharmacology) an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
antihypertensives
antihypertensives
noun
plural of antihypertensive
aphidivorous
aphidivorous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids.
apprehensive
apprehensive
adj
(obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt.
apprehensively
apprehensively
adv
in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension
apprehensiveness
apprehensiveness
noun
the state of being apprehensive
apprehensivenesses
archrepresentative
archvampire
avicularimorphae
avoyership
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
carvership
cavaliership
cavaliership
noun
The role or status of a cavalier.
chemisorptive
chemisorptive
adj
Relating to chemisorption
chemoreceptive
chemoreceptive
adj
(of a sense organ) able to respond to a chemical stimulus
chemoreceptivities
chemoreceptivity
chemoreceptivity
noun
the ability of a sense organ to respond to a chemical stimulus
chemosorptive
chronoscopv
claviharp
claviharp
noun
(music) A 19th-century musical instrument combining a harp with a keyboard.
comprehensive
comprehensive
adj
Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
noun
(Britain) A comprehensive school.
comprehensively
comprehensively
adv
In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.
comprehensiveness
comprehensiveness
noun
The state of being comprehensive.
comprehensivenesses
comprehensives
comprehensives
noun
plural of comprehensive
conservatorship
conservatorship
noun
(law) The legal status of a conservator, similar to guardianship or trusteeship.
(law) The state of being under the control of a conservator.
convenership
corrivalship
corrivalship
noun
(obsolete) joint rivalry
curvograph
curvograph
noun
An arcograph.
decemvirship
decemvirship
noun
The rank or position of decemvir.
drivership
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
empoverish
empoverish
verb
Obsolete spelling of impoverish
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
galvanograph
galvanograph
noun
A copperplate produced by galvanography.
A picture printed from a plate of this kind.
galvanographic
galvanographic
adj
Of or pertaining to galvanography.
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.
galvanotherapy
galvanotherapy
noun
The treatment of disease by means of galvanism
governorship
governorship
noun
The office, or the term of a governor.
governorships
governorships
noun
plural of governorship
graveship
gravisphere
gravispheric
grieveship
harpersville
harperville
harpursville
havenership
havenership
noun
The role or status of havener.
herpesvirus
herpesvirus
noun
Any of the family Herpesviridae, double-stranded DNA viruses, many of which are responsible for diseases such as chickenpox, herpes simplex, and shingles, and others affecting animals.
hoverport
hoverport
noun
A terminal for hovercraft.
hydropositive
hydropositive
adj
Attracted to water.
hygroexpansivity
hyperactive
hyperactive
adj
having an increased state of activity
having attention deficit disorder (no longer used by the scientific community)
hyperactively
hyperactively
adv
In a hyperactive manner.
hyperactives
hyperactivities
hyperactivities
noun
plural of hyperactivity
hyperactivity
hyperactivity
noun
The quality of being hyperactive; excessive and pathological movement and restlessness
hyperaggressive
hyperaggressive
adj
Extremely aggressive
hyperaggressiveness
hyperaggressiveness
noun
The state or quality of being hyperaggressive.
hyperaggressivenesses
hypercivilization
hypercivilization
noun
The state of being hypercivilized.
hypercivilized
hypercivilized
adj
Very highly civilized.
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.
hyperexcursive
hyperexcursively
hyperexcursiveness
hyperinvolution
hypernutritive
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
hyperovaria
hyperovarianism
hyperovarism
hyperreactive
hyperreactive
adj
Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus
hyperreverential
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.
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
hyperventilate
hyperventilate
verb
(intransitive) To breathe quickly and deeply, especially at an abnormally rapid rate.
hyperventilation
hyperventilation
noun
(medicine) the state of breathing faster or deeper than necessary
hypervigilant
hypervigilant
adj
In a state of hypervigilance.
hypervigilantly
hypervigilantly
adv
In a hypervigilant manner
hypervigilantness
hyperviscosity
hyperviscosity
noun
Increased viscosity, especially of the blood.
hyperviscous
hyperviscous
adj
Excessively viscous.
hypervitalization
hypervitalize
hypervitalized
hypervitalizing
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
hypervolume
hypervolume
noun
(geometry) A volume in more than three dimensions.
hypervoluminous
hypophyseoprivic
hypophyseoprivous
impoverish
impoverish
verb
(intransitive) To become poor.
(transitive) To make poor.
(transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
impoverished
impoverished
adj
Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.
Reduced to poverty.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impoverish
impoverisher
impoverisher
noun
Someone who impoverishes.
impoverishes
impoverishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impoverish
impoverishing
impoverishing
verb
present participle of impoverish
impoverishment
impoverishment
noun
The action of impoverishing someone.
The state of being impoverished.
impoverishments
impoverishments
noun
plural of impoverishment
improvership
inapprehensive
inapprehensive
adj
Not apprehensive; regardless; unconcerned.
inapprehensively
inapprehensively
adv
In an inapprehensive manner.
inapprehensiveness
inapprehensiveness
noun
The quality of being inapprehensive.
incomprehensive
incomprehensive
adj
Not comprehensive; shallow, incomplete.
uncomprehending
incomprehensively
incomprehensively
adv
In an incomprehensive manner.
incomprehensiveness
incomprehensiveness
noun
The condition of being incomprehensive.
landgraveship
landgraveship
noun
The role or status of landgrave.
lithophotogravure
lovership
mavrodaphne
mavrodaphne
noun
A dark sweet Greek red wine.
A variety of grape native to Achaea, northern Peloponnese, Greece, from which the wine is made.
mechanoreceptive
mechanoreceptive
adj
Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch