(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
antipoverty
antipoverty
adj
(politics) that serves to alleviate poverty
antiproductively
antiproductivity
antiprojectivity
apperceptively
apperceptively
adv
In an apperceptive manner.
appreciatively
appreciatively
adv
In an appreciative manner.
approvability
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
chemoreceptivity
chemoreceptivity
noun
the ability of a sense organ to respond to a chemical stimulus
circumscriptively
circumscriptively
adv
In a circumscriptive manner
With regard to circumscription
circumspectively
circumspectively
adv
In a circumspective manner.
comparatively
comparatively
adv
In a comparative manner.
When compared to other entities.
cooperatively
cooperatively
adv
In a cooperative manner; working with others on a task as part of a team.
corporatively
corruptively
corruptively
adv
In a corruptive way.
counterproductively
counterproductively
adv
In a counterproductive way.
counterproductivity
counterproductivity
noun
The quality of being counterproductive.
cryoprotective
cryoprotective
adj
That provides cryoprotection
cryptovolcanic
cryptovolcanism
depravity
depravity
noun
(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
deprecatively
deprecatively
adv
In an deprecating manner; in a manner that deprecates
depreciatively
depreciatively
adv
In a depreciative manner.
descriptively
descriptively
adv
In a descriptive manner.
disruptively
disruptively
adv
In a disruptive manner
eruptively
eruptively
adv
In an eruptive manner.
eruptivity
eruptivity
noun
The state or quality of being eruptive.
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.
exploratively
exploratively
adv
In an explorative way or fashion.
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
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
hypercivilization
hypercivilization
noun
The state of being hypercivilized.
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperconservative
hyperconservative
adj
Extremely conservative.
hyperconservatively
hyperconservativeness
hyperemotive
hyperemotive
adj
hyperemotional
hyperemotively
hyperemotiveness
hyperemotivity
hyperemotivity
noun
The quality of being hyperemotive.
hyperinvolution
hypernutritive
hyperobtrusive
hyperobtrusive
adj
Extremely obtrusive.
hyperobtrusively
hyperobtrusiveness
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
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.
hypervitalization
hypervitalize
hypervitalized
hypervitalizing
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
impartivity
imperativally
imperatively
imperatively
adv
In an imperative manner.
imperceptivity
imperceptivity
noun
Inability to perceive.
imperviability
imperviability
noun
The quality of being imperviable.
impreventability
imprevisibility
imprimitivity
imprimitivity
noun
(mathematics) The condition of being imprimitive
improvability
improvability
noun
The condition of being improvable
improvidentially
improvidentially
adv
improvidently
improvidently
improvidently
adv
In an improvident manner.
improvisatorially
improvisatorially
adv
By improvisation.
improvisatory
improvisatory
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation
inappreciatively
inappreciatively
adv
In an inappreciative manner.
indeprivability
inscriptively
inscriptively
adv
In an inscriptive manner.
interpenetratively
interpenetratively
adv
In an interpenetrative manner.
interpervasively
interpolatively
interpolatively
adv
In an interpolative manner.
interpretatively
interpretatively
adv
In an interpretative manner
With regard to interpretation
interpretively
interpretively
adv
In an interpretive way.
interruptively
interruptively
adv
In an interruptive manner.
introspectively
introspectively
adv
In an introspective manner.
irreceptivity
irreceptivity
noun
The quality of being irreceptive.
irrespectively
irrespectively
adv
Without regard to conditions; not taking circumstances into consideration.
irruptively
irruptively
adv
In an irruptive manner.
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.
myeloproliferative
myeloproliferative
adj
(medicine) of or pertaining to the presence of an abnormal proliferation of myelopoietic cells (from bone marrow)
nonappreciatively
nondepravity
nondepravity
noun
Lack of depravity.
nondeprecatively
nondepreciatively
nondescriptively
nondescriptively
adv
In a way that is not descriptive.
nonimperatively
noninterpretively
nonintrospectively
nonintrospectively
adv
In a manner that is not introspective.
nonpejoratively
nonpejoratively
adv
In a nonpejorative manner.
nonperceptively
nonperceptivity
nonperversity
nonpredicatively
nonpresumptively
nonpreventively
nonprimitively
nonprivity
nonproductively
nonproductively
adv
In a nonproductive manner.
nonproductivity
nonproductivity
noun
Lack of productivity.
nonprohibitively
nonprojectively
nonprojectively
adv
In a nonprojective manner.
nonproscriptively
nonprotectively
nonprotrusively
nonprovidentially
nonprovidently
nonprovocatively
nonpurgatively
nonreceptively
nonreceptivity
nonreceptivity
noun
Lack of receptivity; the quality of being nonreceptive.
nonrepetitively
nonrepetitively
adv
Without repetition; in a nonrepetitive manner
nonrepresentatively
nonrepresentatively
adv
In a nonrepresentative manner
nonreproductively
nonvaporosity
nonvituperatively
nonviviparity
operatively
operatively
adv
In an operative manner.
operativity
operativity
noun
operativeness
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.