(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.
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
advisability
advisability
noun
(countable) An instance of advisability; a consideration in determining overall advisability.
(uncountable) The quality of being advisable or prudent.
aggressivity
aggressivity
noun
(geology) The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.
The quality of being aggressive.
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
asphyxiative
assaultively
assaultively
adv
In an assaultive manner.
asseveratory
asseveratory
adj
asseverative
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
astrictively
avascularity
avascularity
noun
(anatomy) The condition of being avascular.
biodiversity
biodiversity
noun
(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.
bryantsville
civilisatory
clairvoyants
clairvoyants
noun
plural of clairvoyant
combustively
compassivity
compulsivity
compulsivity
noun
compulsion
consentively
conservatory
conservatory
adj
(rare) Relating to conservation.
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland) A glass-walled and -roofed room in a house
(obsolete) That which preserves from injury.
A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants
A school of music or drama
A storehouse.
consultively
conversantly
conversantly
adv
In a familiar manner.
devisability
devoutlessly
discretively
discretively
adv
In a discretive manner.
disruptively
disruptively
adv
In a disruptive manner
divinityship
divinityship
noun
The skill or knowledge of divinity.
The status of being divine.
divisibility
divisibility
noun
(arithmetic) The property of being divisible by a particular integer.
(uncountable) The state of being divisible. The state capable of being divided.
evanescently
evanescently
adv
In an evanescent manner
exhaustively
exhaustively
adv
In an exhaustive manner.
exhaustivity
exhaustivity
noun
The condition of being exhaustive
expositively
expressivity
expressivity
noun
(genetics) The degree to which a gene affects or can affect an organism.
(uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
heavyweights
heavyweights
noun
plural of heavyweight
hesitatively
hesitatively
adv
In a hesitative manner or fashion.
hyperactives
hypertensive
hypertensive
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing hypertension.
noun
A drug or substance that increases blood pressure.
A person with hypertension.
hypotensives
hypotensives
noun
plural of hypotensive
intervarsity
intervarsity
adj
(Britain) taking place between universities
noun
A competition taking place between universities.
invisibility
invisibility
noun
That which is invisible.
The state of being invisible.
koussevitzky
lasciviently
motivelessly
motivelessly
Adverb
Without a motive.
multiversity
multiversity
noun
A kind of modern, large-scale university, open to all, proposed by Clark Kerr in the 1960s.
nonfestively
nonverbosity
nonviscidity
oppositively
oppositively
adv
In an oppositive manner.
overcourtesy
overcourtesy
noun
Excessive courtesy.
overhonestly
overhonestly
adv
With excessive honesty.
overmodestly
overmodestly
adv
With excessive modesty.
overpayments
overpayments
noun
plural of overpayment
oversecurity
overserenity
overseverity
overseverity
noun
Excessive severity.
oversilently
oversmoothly
oversmoothly
adv
Too smoothly.
oversteadily
overstraitly
overstraitly
adv
(obsolete) Too straitly or strictly.
overstrictly
overstrictly
adv
Excessively strictly.
overstrongly
overstrongly
adv
With excessive strength.
overstudying
overstudying
verb
present participle of overstudy
oversubtlety
oversubtlety
noun
Excessive subtlety.
pelvioplasty
persistively
persistively
adv
(obsolete) persistently
postdelivery
postdelivery
adj
After a delivery of e.g. mail or goods.
After the delivery of a newborn child.
postvagotomy
postvagotomy
adj
(medicine) After a vagotomy.
presentively
presentively
adv
In a presentive manner.
preservatory
preservatory
adj
preservative
noun
(obsolete) A preservative.
(obsolete) A room or apparatus in which perishable things can be preserved without decay.
pretensively
pretensively
adv
In a pretensive manner.
protensively
protensively
adv
In a protensive fashion.
protrusively
protrusively
adv
In a protrusive manner.
psychoactive
psychoactive
adj
(pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes.
noun
(pharmacology) Any drug that affects the mind or mental processes.
regressivity
regressivity
noun
The condition of being regressive.
respectively
respectively
adv
In a relative manner; often used when comparing array lists, where the term denotes that the items in the lists correspond to each other in the order they are given.
responsivity
responsivity
noun
(physics) A measure of the gain of a system
A measure of responsiveness
resumptively
resumptively
adv
(linguistics) In a resumptive manner; in terms of, or by means of, resumption.
sejunctively
sejunctively
adv
In a sejunctive manner.
semiactively
semiactively
adv
In a semiactive manner
semiseverity
separatively
separatively
adv
In a separative manner.
severability
severability
noun
The quality of being severable.
simulatively
simulatively
adv
In a simulative manner.
spotsylvania
stanislavsky
stanleyville
subconcavity
subfestively
subjectively
subjectively
adv
In a subjective manner.
subjectivity
subjectivity
noun
(singular only) The state of being subjective.
A subjective thought or idea.
subventrally
subventrally
adv
In a subventral manner or direction
successivity
successivity
noun
The quality or fact of being successive.
suggestively
suggestively
adv
In a suggestive manner.
suggestivity
suggestivity
noun
suggestiveness
supergravity
supergravity
noun
(physics) A field theory combining supersymmetry and general relativity.
supervictory
supervitally
suppletively
suppletively
adv
In a suppletive way.
supportively
supportively
adv
In a supportive way.
supravitally
supravitally
adv
In a supravital manner.
susceptivity
susceptivity
noun
Capacity for receiving; susceptibility.
sybertsville
sylviculture
sylviculture
noun
Alternative spelling of silviculture
taylorsville
tempestively
tempestively
adv
in a tempestive manner; timely.
tempestivity
tempestivity
noun
(countable) A time period of a particular character.
(uncountable) timeliness
thymoprivous
thymoprivous
adj
(medicine, dated, rare) Relating to or caused by the removal or atrophy of the thymus.
thyroprivous
tidesurveyor
transitively
transitively
adv
In a transitive manner.
transitivity
transitivity
noun
(grammar) The degree in which any one verb can take/govern objects.
(mathematics, logic) The property of being transitive.
transversary
transversary
adj
Transverse.
noun
(now historical) A cross-beam or cross-bar, for example on a navigational cross-staff. (Compare transom.)
transversely
transversely
adv
In a transverse manner.
transylvania
transylvania
Proper noun
A region in the west of Romania.
tschaikovsky
uncovetously
uncovetously
adv
In a manner that is not covetous.
undivestedly
universality
universality
noun
the property of being universal, common to all members of a class
universitary
universitary
adj
Relating to a university
unpositively
unsportively
unthievishly
ununiversity
unvaporosity
unvirtuously
unvirtuously
adv
In an unvirtuous manner.
unvitreosity
unvitreously
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.
vasoactivity
vasoactivity
noun
The quality or degree of being vasoactive.
ventricosity
ventriloquys
verisimility
verisimility
noun
(obsolete) Verisimilitude.
vesicularity
vesicularity
noun
The state or condition of being vesicular; presence of vesicles.