a kind of fishing that uses electricity to stun the fish before they are caught, often used in scientific surveys so that the fish can be studied and returned to the water alive
etherification
etherification
noun
(organic chemistry) The process of making an ether, especially the removal of alcohols from petroleum products by reacting with sulfuric acid.
ethoxycaffeine
fashionability
fashionability
noun
Fashionableness.
feldspathoidal
feldspathoidal
adj
(of a rock) Having feldspathoids.
felsosphaerite
finsteraarhorn
forecatharping
foreshortening
foreshortening
noun
(art) A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn.
A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc.
verb
present participle of foreshorten
forthrightness
forthrightness
noun
The characteristic or quality of being forthright
heretoforetime
heretoforetime
adv
(obsolete) Before; previously; up to this point in time.
humanification
humanification
noun
The process or result of humanifying.
humidification
humidification
noun
The process of increasing the water vapour content of a gas.
hyperconfident
hyperconfident
adj
Extremely confident.
hyperinflation
hyperinflation
noun
(economics) A very high rate of inflation.
incoherentific
infratrochlear
infratrochlear
adj
(anatomy) Below a trochlea; applied especially to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.
labyrinthiform
labyrinthiform
adj
Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.
lightningproof
lightningproof
adj
Resistant to lightning.
machinofacture
machinofacture
noun
The production of goods through the use of machines.
verb
To produce by means of machinofacture.
meyerhofferite
meyerhofferite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrated borate mineral with the chemical formula Ca₂B₆O₆(OH)₁₀ · ₂(H₂O).
mosquitofishes
mosquitofishes
noun
plural of mosquitofish
nihilification
nonfeldspathic
nonfeldspathic
adj
Not feldspathic.
overfaithfully
overfaithfully
adv
In an overfaithful manner.
phosphoferrite
phosphoferrite
Noun
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.
photofinishing
photofinishing
noun
(photography) The commercial developing and printing of photographs
pseudofaithful
reflourishment
reflourishment
noun
The process of flourishing anew.
smokefarthings
sportfisherman
sportfisherman
noun
A boat intended for sportfishing.
A person who participates in sportfishing.
straightfoward
struthioniform
struthioniform
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the Struthioniformes, an order of birds.