Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
absorptivity
absorptivity
noun
(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.
approbative
approbative
adj
Expressing approval.
Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
noun
(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
approbativeness
approbativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approbative.
approvability
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
brevicipitidae
brevipennate
brevipennate
adj
(ornithology) short-winged; having short wings.
campbellsville
deprivable
deprivable
adj
(obsolete) Liable to be deposed.
Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
developability
developability
noun
The quality of being developable.
disapprobative
disapprobative
adj
disapproving
disapprovable
disapprovable
adj
Able or suitable to be disapproved.
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
disprovable
disprovable
adj
Capable of being disproved.
evaporability
evaporability
noun
Capability of evaporating.
imperceivable
imperceivable
adj
that cannot be perceived; imperceptible
imperceivableness
imperceivableness
noun
The quality of being imperceivable.
imperceivably
imperceivably
adv
imperceptibly
impervestigable
imperviability
imperviability
noun
The quality of being imperviable.
imperviable
imperviable
adj
impervious
imperviableness
impreventability
impreventable
impreventable
adj
Not preventable; inevitable.
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvability
improvability
noun
The condition of being improvable
improvable
improvable
adj
Capable of being improved.
Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.
Impossible to prove.
improvableness
improvableness
noun
Quality of being improvable; capability of improvement.
improvably
improvably
adv
So as to permit improvement.
indeprivability
indeprivable
indeprivable
adj
(now rare) That one cannot be deprived of; inalienable.
inevaporable
irrepleviable
irrepleviable
adj
(law) Not capable of being replevied.
irreplevisable
irreprovable
irreprovable
adj
Not reprovable; irreproachable.
irreprovableness
irreprovableness
noun
The quality of being irreprovable.
irreprovably
irreprovably
adv
In a irreprovable manner; irreproachably.
nonabsorptive
nonabsorptive
adj
Not absorptive
nondeprivable
nondeprivable
adj
Not deprivable.
nonperceivable
nonperceivably
nonprobative
nonprobative
adj
Not probative.
overabsorption
overabsorption
noun
Excessive absorption.
overcapability
overimpressionability
overimpressionable
overimpressionableness
overimpressionably
overplausible
overplausible
adj
Excessively plausible.
overplausibleness
overplausibly
perceivability
perceivability
noun
The condition of being perceivable
perceivable
perceivable
adj
Capable of being perceived; discernible.
perceivableness
perceivableness
noun
The state of being perceivable
perceivably
perceivably
adv
In a way that can be perceived.
perivertebral
perivertebral
adj
(anatomy) Surrounding the vertebrae.
perturbative
perturbative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing perturbation
perviability
perviability
noun
The property of being perviable.
perviable
pivotable
pivotable
adj
Capable of being pivoted.
preadvisable
preconceivable
preconceivable
adj
Able to be preconceived.
predivinable
preobservation
preobservation
adj
Before observation.
noun
An observation or assessment made before an experimental intervention or procedure.
preobservational
preobservational
adj
Prior to observation.
preobviate
preobviated
preobviating
preservability
preservability
noun
The condition, or the extent, of being preservable.
preventability
preventability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is preventable
(uncountable) The condition of being preventable
probative
probative
adj
(law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
probatively
prosubstantive
provability
provability
noun
The condition of being provable
proverbial
proverbial
adj
Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor.
Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
noun
(euphemistic) Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
(euphemistic, in the plural) The groin or the testicles.
proverbialism
proverbialism
noun
A proverbial phrase.
proverbialist
proverbialist
noun
One who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing.
proverbialize
proverbialize
verb
(intransitive) To speak in proverbs.
(transitive) To turn into a proverb.
proverbially
proverbially
adv
In a manner reminiscent of a proverb.
In a manner that uses proverbs; in proverbs.
providable
providable
adj
Capable of being provided.
pubovesical
pubovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the pubis and urinary bladder.
pulverisable
pulverisable
adj
Alternative form of pulverizable
pulverizable
pulverizable
adj
Able to be pulverized.
repleviable
repleviable
adj
(law) Capable of being replevied.
replevisable
replevisable
adj
Alternative form of repleviable
reprievable
reprievable
adj
Able to be reprieved.
reprobative
reprobative
adj
Expressing, or pertaining to, reprobation.
reprobatively
reprovability
slavophobia
slavophobist
stapediovestibular
subapprobative
subapprobativeness
subcompensative
subpredicative
subprovincial
subprovincial
adj
Below provincial level.
Of or relating to a subprovince.
subtersuperlative
subvicarship
superbelievable
superbelievableness
superbelievably
superserviceable
superserviceable
adj
overofficious; doing more than is required or desired.
superserviceableness
superserviceableness
noun
The quality of being superserviceable.
superserviceably
superserviceably
adv
In a superserviceable manner.
unabsorptive
unabsorptiveness
undeprivable
undeprivable
adj
Of which one cannot be deprived.
undisprovable
undisprovable
adj
not able to be proven false, unfalsifiable
unimprovable
unimprovable
adj
Not capable of being improved
unimprovableness
unimprovableness
noun
The quality of being unimprovable.
unimprovably
unimprovably
adv
In a way that does not allow improvement.
unperceivability
unperceivable
unperceivable
adj
Not perceivable; imperceptible.
unperceivably
unperceivably
Adverb
imperceptibly
unpreventability
unpreventability
noun
The quality of being unpreventable.
unprobative
unprovability
unprovability
noun
The condition of being unprovable
unproverbial
unproverbial
adj
Not proverbial.
unproverbially
unprovidable
unprovidable
adj
Not providable.
unrepleviable
unreplevinable
unreplevisable
unreprievable
unreprievable
adj
Not capable of being reprieved.
unreprievably
unreprobative
unreprobatively
vaccinophobia
vaccinophobia
noun
A fear of or aversion to the practice of vaccination.
vaporability
vaporability
noun
The quality or state of being vaporable.
vaporizability
vaporizable
vaporizable
adj
Capable of being vaporized.
vapourisable
vapourisable
adj
(British spelling) Alternative form of vaporizable
vapourizable
vapourizable
adj
Oxford British English form of vaporizable
varicoblepharon
venereophobia
venereophobia
noun
A morbid fear of venereal disease.
vermiphobia
vermiphobia
noun
An abnormal or irrational fear of worms or being infected by worms.
vestibulospinal
vestibulospinal
adj
Of or pertaining to the vestibular and spinal nerves.
vibraharp
vibraharp
noun
the vibraphone
vibraharpist
vibraharpist
noun
Someone who plays the vibraharp.
vibraharps
vibraharps
noun
plural of vibraharp
vibraphone
vibraphone
noun
A percussion instrument with a double row of tuned metal bars, each above the tubular resonator containing a motor-driven rotating vane, giving a vibrato effect.
vibraphones
vibraphones
noun
plural of vibraphone
vibraphonist
vibraphonist
noun
Someone who plays the vibraphone.
vibrograph
vibrograph
noun
An instrument that records vibrations
vibrotherapeutics
vibrotherapeutics
noun
vibrotherapy
vituperable
vituperable
adj
Liable to, or deserving, vituperation or severe censure.