The capacity of a material to decompose over time as a result of biological activity, especially to be broken down by microorganisms.
chondropterygian
chondropterygian
adj
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.
cuproiodargyrite
cystoradiography
dendrochronology
dendrochronology
noun
(biology, archaeology) The science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation.
dermatoneurology
dermatoneurology
noun
dermatological neurology
dermatopathology
dermatopathology
noun
The study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic level.
diagrammatically
diagrammatically
adv
In a diagrammatic manner
diagrammitically
discographically
discographically
adv
In terms of discography.
discriminatingly
discriminatingly
adv
With discrimination.
enteradenography
gastrohydrorrhea
gastroperiodynia
gynandromorphism
gynandromorphism
noun
The condition of being a gynandromorph.
gynandromorphous
gynandromorphous
adj
Alternative form of gynandromorphic
hydrographically
hydrographically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, hydrography.
hydromeningocele
hydrometeorology
hydrometeorology
noun
The branch of meteorology that studies the occurrence, movement and changes of state of water in the atmosphere.
interhybridizing
micropterygoidea
microradiography
microradiography
noun
the production of enlarged images of the interior of thin specimens by penetration of low-energy X-rays
nondeprecatingly
nondistractingly
nonexaggeratedly
overdiversifying
overdiversifying
verb
present participle of overdiversify
overdogmatically
overdogmatically
adv
Too dogmatically.
palaeodendrology
paleohydrography
paleohydrography
noun
The hydrography of ancient rivers or shores
paradigmatically
paradigmatically
adv
In a way or to an extent that is paradigmatic
pathoradiography
perhydrogenation
perhydrogenizing
phagodynamometer
phagodynamometer
noun
An instrument that measures the force required to crush a given food in masticating.