(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.
claviharp
claviharp
noun
(music) A 19th-century musical instrument combining a harp with a keyboard.
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.
corrivalship
corrivalship
noun
(obsolete) joint rivalry
curvograph
curvograph
noun
An arcograph.
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
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
graveship
gravisphere
gravispheric
harpersville
harperville
harpursville
havenership
havenership
noun
The role or status of havener.
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.
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperconservative
hyperconservative
adj
Extremely conservative.
hyperconservatively
hyperconservativeness
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
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.
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
hypervitalization
hypervitalize
hypervitalized
hypervitalizing
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
inapprehensive
inapprehensive
adj
Not apprehensive; regardless; unconcerned.
inapprehensively
inapprehensively
adv
In an inapprehensive manner.
inapprehensiveness
inapprehensiveness
noun
The quality of being inapprehensive.
landgraveship
landgraveship
noun
The role or status of landgrave.
lithophotogravure
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
misapprehensive
misapprehensive
adj
Of or pertaining to misapprehension.
misapprehensively
misapprehensively
adv
By, or with, misapprehension.
misapprehensiveness
misapprehensiveness
noun
The quality of being misapprehensive.
nonapprehensive
overapprehended
overapprehension
overapprehensive
overapprehensive
adj
Excessively apprehensive.
overapprehensively
overapprehensiveness
overbepatched
overcheap
overcheaply
overcheaply
adv
Excessively cheaply.
overcheapness
overcheapness
noun
Excessive cheapness.
overemphases
overemphases
noun
plural of overemphasis
overemphasis
overemphasis
noun
Excessive emphasis.
overemphasize
overemphasize
verb
To place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of.
overemphasized
overemphasized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize
overemphasizes
overemphasizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize
overemphasizing
overemphasizing
verb
present participle of overemphasize
overemphatic
overemphatic
adj
Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation
overemphatical
overemphatically
overemphatically
adv
In an overemphatic manner.
overemphaticalness
overemphaticness
overhandicap
overhandicap
verb
(transitive) To handicap excessively.
overhandicapped
overhandicapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overhandicap
overhandicapping
overhandicapping
verb
present participle of overhandicap
overhappily
overhappiness
overhappy
overhappy
adj
Exceedingly happy.
overheap
overheap
verb
(transitive) To heap too high; heap up excessively; supply too much of.
overheaped
overheaped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overheap
overheaping
overheaping
verb
present participle of overheap
overheaps
overheaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overheap
overpreach
overpurchase
overpurchase
noun
An expensive purchase.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To pay too dear a price.
To buy too much of something.
overpurchased
overpurchased
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpurchase
overpurchasing
overpurchasing
verb
present participle of overpurchase
oversharp
oversharp
adj
Excessively sharp.
oversharpness
oversharpness
noun
Excessive sharpness.
oversophisticated
oversophisticated
adj
Excessively sophisticated.
oversophistication
oversophistication
noun
the condition of being oversophisticated.
oversplash
parathyroprival
parathyroprivia
parathyroprivic
parishville
parthenogenitive
passoverish
passoverish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the Jewish Passover.
pelvigraph
pelvigraph
noun
An instrument for producing scale drawings of the pelvis.
pelvigraphy
pelvioradiography
phosphoenolpyruvate
phosphoenolpyruvate
noun
(organic chemistry) An important intermediate in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, having the chemical formula C₃H₅O₆P
phosphorylative
phosphorylative
adj
Relating to phosphorylation.
photoengrave
photoengrave
verb
To make a photoengraving of an image
photoengraved
photoengraved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of photoengrave
photoengraver
photoengraver
noun
A person who makes photoengravings.
photoengravers
photoengravers
noun
plural of photoengraver
photoengraves
photoengraves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of photoengrave
photoengraving
photoengraving
noun
(countable) A plate or reproduction made using this process.
(uncountable) A process of transferring a photographic image onto a plate which is then etched and printed.
verb
present participle of photoengrave
photoengravings
photoengravings
noun
plural of photoengraving
photogalvanograph
photogalvanographic
photogalvanographic
adj
Of or relating to photogalvanography.
photogalvanography
photogalvanography
noun
The art or process of making photoelectrotypes.
photogravure
photogravure
noun
(countable) A print so made.
(uncountable) An intaglio process for printing photographic reproductions in newspapers and books.
verb
To print by this process.
photogravurist
photoreactivating
photoreactivating
adj
That produces photoreactivation
photoreactivation
photoreactivation
noun
reactivation by light
phototransceiver
pluviograph
pluviograph
noun
An instrument for measuring the amount of water that has fallen (i.e. a rain gauge), with a feature to register the data in real time to demonstrate rainfall over a short period, often an automated graphing instrument.
pluviographic
pluviographic
adj
Relating to pluviography.
pluviographical
pluviography
pluviography
noun
The graphic presentation of precipitation data.
The use of a pluviograph; the automatic recording of precipitation.
pneumoventriculography
pneumoventriculography
noun
ventriculography of the ventricles of the larynx
postharvest
postharvest
adj
After a harvest (especially with regard to food preservation).