(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.
accompletive
accompletive
adj
(rare) Tending to accomplish.
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.
appointively
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
autopositive
camptonville
captivations
captivations
noun
plural of captivation
comparatival
comparatival
adj
(grammar) Expressing or relating to a comparison.
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
compassivity
compellative
compellative
noun
(grammar) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
complaintive
complaintive
adj
Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
completively
completively
adv
In a completive manner.
complicative
complicative
adj
Having a tendency to complicate.
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
compulsivity
compulsivity
noun
compulsion
conscriptive
conscriptive
adj
(law) Produced through the compulsory participation of the accused; violating the accused's right to avoid self-incrimination.
Chosen; adopted.
Compulsory; required.
Pertaining to conscription.
Restrictive; constricting.
conspirative
conspirative
adj
(uncommon) Conspiratorial.
consumptives
consumptives
noun
plural of consumptive
cooperatives
cooperatives
noun
plural of cooperative
copulatively
copulatively
adv
In a copulative manner.
corruptively
corruptively
adv
In a corruptive way.
counterprove
counterprove
verb
(printing, transitive) To take a counterproof of.
deoppilative
deoppilative
noun
(medicine, dated) Any medicine that dissolves obstructions.
depopulative
depopulative
adj
That depopulates
depravations
depravations
noun
plural of depravation
deprivations
deprivations
noun
plural of deprivation
devaporation
devaporation
noun
The change of vapour into water, as in the formation of rain.
developement
developement
noun
Obsolete spelling of development
developments
developments
noun
A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.
plural of development
diapositives
diapositives
noun
plural of diapositive
disprobative
disprobative
adj
(law) Tending to disprove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the falsity of an allegation.
disprovement
divaporation
envelopments
envelopments
noun
plural of envelopment
evaporations
evaporations
noun
plural of evaporation
evaporimeter
evaporimeter
noun
An atmometer
evaporometer
evaporometer
noun
An instrument for measuring evaporation; an atmometer.
eversporting
exploitative
exploitative
adj
(ecology, of competition) Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms.
(more generally) Of or relating to exploitation.
In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something
expositively
flavoprotein
flavoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases
hamptonville
hepatoflavin
hepatoflavin
noun
(biochemistry, rare) A derivative of vitamin B which prevents skin lesions and weight loss.
hyperemotive
hyperemotive
adj
hyperemotional
hypoactivity
hypoactivity
noun
The condition of being hypoactive
hypotensives
hypotensives
noun
plural of hypotensive
hypovanadate
improvements
improvements
noun
plural of improvement
improvisator
improvisator
noun
An improvvisatore.
incorruptive
incorruptive
adj
(archaic) incorruptible; not liable to decay
introceptive
intropulsive
nondeceptive
nondeceptive
adj
Not deceptive.
nondepletive
nondepravity
nondepravity
noun
Lack of depravity.
nonoperative
nonoperative
adj
Not operative, not operational; inoperative.
Not requiring or involving a medical operation or surgery.
noun
(uncommon) One who is not an operative (“employee or worker”).
nonperverted
nonperverted
Adjective
Not perverted.
nonprevalent
nonprevalent
adj
Not prevalent.
nonprimitive
nonprimitive
adj
Not primitive.
noun
(computing, geometry) An object that is not a primitive.
nonprivities
nonprobative
nonprobative
adj
Not probative.
nonpromotive
nonprovident
nonpulsative
nonpurgative
nonpurgative
adj
Not purgative.
nonreceptive
nonreceptive
adj
Not receptive.
omnispective
omnispective
adj
Beholding everything; all-seeing.
opiniatively
opiniatively
adv
Archaic form of opinionatively.
opinionative
opinionative
adj
(of persons) Opinionated.
Of, pertaining to, being, or expressing opinion.
oppositively
oppositively
adv
In an oppositive manner.
overcapacity
overcapacity
noun
A capacity for the production of a commodity or product that is in excess of what is needed
overcaptious
overcaptious
adj
Excessively captious.
overcomplete
overcomplete
adj
(mathematics) Describing a frame (in linear algebra) having a set of functions more than a basis
overemphatic
overemphatic
adj
Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation
overexplicit
overexplicit
adj
Excessively explicit.
overexploits
overexploits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexploit
overmalapert
overmultiply
overmultiply
verb
(intransitive) To multiply or increase too much; to repeat too often.
overoperated
overoperated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overoperate
overoperates
overoperates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overoperate
overoptimism
overoptimism
noun
Excessive optimism.
overoptimist
overoptimist
noun
An excessively optimistic person.
overpayments
overpayments
noun
plural of overpayment
overplanting
overplanting
verb
present participle of overplant
overplotting
overplotting
noun
The plotting of data on top of a previous plot
verb
present participle of overplot
overpopulate
overpopulate
verb
To fill with too many individuals; to exceed the capacity of a region to contain the population.
overpositive
overpositive
adj
Excessively positive.
overpotently
overpractice
overpraticed
overpregnant
overprinting
overprinting
verb
present participle of overprint
overpromoted
overpromoted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpromote
overpromotes
overpromotes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpromote
overpromptly
overpromptly
adv
Too promptly.
overprotects
overprotects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overprotect
overprotract
overpuissant
overreported
overreported
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overreport
overstepping
overstepping
verb
present participle of overstep
overtippling
overtrumping
overtrumping
verb
present participle of overtrump
ovipositions
ovipositions
noun
plural of oviposition
paleoatavism
parvifoliate
passionative
passivations
passivations
noun
plural of passivation
pavonazzetto
pavonazzetto
noun
A type of variegated marble.
pejoratively
pejoratively
adv
In a pejorative manner. Insultingly, disparagingly; so as to belittle another or harm their reputation.
pelvioplasty
performative
performative
adj
(philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said.
Being done as a performance in order to create an impression.
noun
A performative utterance.
pervulgation
pervulgation
noun
(obsolete) The act of publishing; publication.
petrozavodsk
petrozavodsk
Proper noun
The capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
photoengrave
photoengrave
verb
To make a photoengraving of an image
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.
photovoltaic
photovoltaic
adj
Producing a voltage when exposed to light.
plantivorous
plantivorous
adj
plant-eating
pluviometric
pluviometric
adj
Related to pluviometry.
pocketknives
pocketknives
noun
plural of pocketknife
polyvirulent
portageville
positiveness
positiveness
noun
(countable) The result of being positive
(uncountable) The quality of being positive; positivity.
positivistic
positivistic
adj
Of or pertaining to positivism.
positivities
positivities
noun
plural of positivity
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.
postdelivery
postdelivery
adj
After a delivery of e.g. mail or goods.
After the delivery of a newborn child.
postdiluvial
postdiluvial
adj
After the Biblical Flood.
postdiluvian
postdiluvian
adj
postdiluvial
noun
One who lived after the Biblical Flood.
posteruptive
posteruptive
adj
(geology) After an eruption.
postmedieval
postmedieval
adj
After the Middle Ages.
postmutative
postpositive
postpositive
adj
(grammar, of an adjective or other modifier) Placed after the word modified, either immediately after, as in two men abreast, or as part of a complement, as in those two men are bad.
noun
(grammar) A postpositive modifier.
postvaccinal
postvaccinal
adj
After vaccination.
postvagotomy
postvagotomy
adj
(medicine) After a vagotomy.
postvenereal
postvenereal
adj
Following venereal disease.
pottersville
poverishment
preadvocated
precognitive
precognitive
adj
Pertaining to the ability to see or predict future events.
noun
(science fiction) A precognitive person, a seer.
precontrived
precontrived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of precontrive
precontrives
precontrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of precontrive
preevaporate
preformative
preformative
adj
(grammar) Chiefly in Semitic languages: of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element.
Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later.
Of or pertaining to preformation.
noun
Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word.
preinvention
preinvention
adj
Before the invention of something; applied to legal agreements in which an employee agrees to assign to his/her employer the rights to any invention he/she later creates while employed.
preinventory
preinventory
adj
Prior to an inventory being taken.
preobjective
preobtrusive
preobviating
preoperative
preoperative
adj
Prior to surgery.
noun
A transgender person who has not yet undergone gender reassignment surgery.