(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.
adaptiveness
adaptiveness
noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adaptivities
adaptivities
noun
plural of adaptivity
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
appellatives
appellatives
noun
plural of appellative
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
asphyxiative
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
autopositive
captivations
captivations
noun
plural of captivation
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
compassivity
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
conspirative
conspirative
adj
(uncommon) Conspiratorial.
cooperatives
cooperatives
noun
plural of cooperative
depravations
depravations
noun
plural of depravation
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
deprivations
deprivations
noun
plural of deprivation
diapositives
diapositives
noun
plural of diapositive
dispensative
dispensative
adj
Granting dispensation.
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
evaporations
evaporations
noun
plural of evaporation
exasperative
exasperative
adj
(archaic) exasperating; causing annoyance
hyperactives
improvisator
improvisator
noun
An improvvisatore.
mesatipelvic
nonpulsative
overcaptious
overcaptious
adj
Excessively captious.
overoperates
overoperates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overoperate
overpayments
overpayments
noun
plural of overpayment
overpuissant
paleoatavism
passionative
passivations
passivations
noun
plural of passivation
pelvioplasty
pelvisternal
perseverated
perseverated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of perseverate
perseverates
perseverates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perseverate
perspectival
perspectival
adj
Of or pertaining to perspective
perspirative
perspirative
adj
(now rare) Performing the act of perspiration or sweating; perspiratory.
pervestigate
pervestigate
verb
(obsolete) To investigate thoroughly.
petrozavodsk
petrozavodsk
Proper noun
The capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
plantivorous
plantivorous
adj
plant-eating
postalveolar
postalveolar
adj
(phonetics) Articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
noun
(phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge, such as English sh in the word shoe.
postclavicle
postclavicle
noun
(anatomy) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.
postdiluvial
postdiluvial
adj
After the Biblical Flood.
postdiluvian
postdiluvian
adj
postdiluvial
noun
One who lived after the Biblical Flood.
postmedieval
postmedieval
adj
After the Middle Ages.
postmutative
postvaccinal
postvaccinal
adj
After vaccination.
postvagotomy
postvagotomy
adj
(medicine) After a vagotomy.
postvenereal
postvenereal
adj
Following venereal disease.
preadvertise
preadvertise
verb
To advertise beforehand; to preannounce publicly.
preparatives
preparatives
noun
plural of preparative
prerogatives
prerogatives
noun
plural of prerogative
presalvation
presentative
presentative
adj
(ecclesiastical law) Of a benefice, or the advowsons, tithes, etc., associated with a benefice: that a patron has the right to present.
(grammar) Serving to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.
(metaphysics, psychology) Of or pertaining to a presentation (“an image formed in the mind after an object is perceived”).
(rare) Of or pertaining to an act of presenting or giving an object to someone.
Presenting, or able to represent, an idea in the mind.
Synonym of representative (“representing another, or representing a larger group”)
noun
(grammar) A construct that serves to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.
preservation
preservation
noun
The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
The state of being preserved, how something has survived.
preservative
preservative
adj
Tending to preserve.
noun
(countable) Any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.
preservatize
preservatize
verb
(transitive, chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To treat with a preservative.
preservatory
preservatory
adj
preservative
noun
(obsolete) A preservative.
(obsolete) A room or apparatus in which perishable things can be preserved without decay.
prevalescent
prevaricates
prevaricates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prevaricate
provaccinist
provocateurs
provocateurs
noun
plural of provocateur
provocations
provocations
noun
plural of provocation
provocatives
provocatives
noun
plural of provocative
provostorial
provostorial
Adjective
Pertaining to a provost.
psychoactive
psychoactive
adj
(pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes.
noun
(pharmacology) Any drug that affects the mind or mental processes.
reprivatizes
reprivatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reprivatize
separatively
separatively
adv
In a separative manner.
septemvirate
septemvirate
noun
A group of seven people, especially (politics) a council of seven men who share office or rule.
sivapithecus
slavophobist
spotsylvania
stupefactive
stupefactive
adj
Inducing stupor; making drowsy; stupefacient.
sulphovinate
superelevate
superelevate
verb
(transitive) To give a superelevation to (a railway track).
supergravity
supergravity
noun
(physics) A field theory combining supersymmetry and general relativity.
superlatives
superlatives
noun
plural of superlative
superovulate
superovulate
verb
(biology) To produce large quantities of mature ova.
supertrivial
supertrivial
adj
Very trivial.
supervitally
supplicative
supplicative
adj
Tending to supplicate
supravitally
supravitally
adv
In a supravital manner.
transportive
transportive
adj
Serving to transport to another place.
transumptive
transumptive
adj
Metaphorical.
Transferred from one to another.
unabsorptive
unseparative
unvaporosity
usurpatively
usurpatively
adv
In a usurpative manner.
vaginoplasty
vaginoplasty
noun
(surgery) A surgical procedure used to construct or reconstruct a vaginal canal and mucous membrane.