(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
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
depravations
depravations
noun
plural of depravation
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
deprivations
deprivations
noun
plural of deprivation
descriptives
descriptives
noun
plural of descriptive
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
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.
disprovement
disruptively
disruptively
adv
In a disruptive manner
divinityship
divinityship
noun
The skill or knowledge of divinity.
The status of being divine.
envelopments
envelopments
noun
plural of envelopment
eruptiveness
eruptiveness
Noun
The state or quality of being eruptive.
evaporations
evaporations
noun
plural of evaporation
eversporting
exasperative
exasperative
adj
(archaic) exasperating; causing annoyance
expositively
expressivity
expressivity
noun
(genetics) The degree to which a gene affects or can affect an organism.
(uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
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
improvements
improvements
noun
plural of improvement
improvisator
improvisator
noun
An improvvisatore.
insusceptive
insusceptive
adj
Not susceptive or susceptible.
intempestive
intempestive
adj
(now rare) untimely, happening at an inappropriate moment
intropulsive
irrespective
irrespective
adj
(obsolete) Disrespectful.
Heedless, regardless.
Without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent; impartial.
mesatipelvic
nonprivities
nonpulsative
omnispective
omnispective
adj
Beholding everything; all-seeing.
oppositively
oppositively
adv
In an oppositive manner.
overcaptious
overcaptious
adj
Excessively captious.
overexploits
overexploits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexploit
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
overpositive
overpositive
adj
Excessively positive.
overpromotes
overpromotes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpromote
overprotects
overprotects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overprotect
overpuissant
overstepping
overstepping
verb
present participle of overstep
ovipositions
ovipositions
noun
plural of oviposition
paleoatavism
passionative
passivations
passivations
noun
plural of passivation
pelvioplasty
pelvisternal
pelvisternum
perfectivise
perseverated
perseverated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of perseverate
perseverates
perseverates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perseverate
persistively
persistively
adv
(obsolete) persistently
perspectival
perspectival
adj
Of or pertaining to perspective
perspectived
perspectives
perspectives
noun
plural of perspective
perspirative
perspirative
adj
(now rare) Performing the act of perspiration or sweating; perspiratory.
perversities
perversities
noun
plural of perversity
pervestigate
pervestigate
verb
(obsolete) To investigate thoroughly.
petrozavodsk
petrozavodsk
Proper noun
The capital of the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
plantivorous
plantivorous
adj
plant-eating
pocketknives
pocketknives
noun
plural of pocketknife
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
preadvertise
preadvertise
verb
To advertise beforehand; to preannounce publicly.
precontrives
precontrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of precontrive
preextensive
preobtrusive
preparatives
preparatives
noun
plural of preparative
prerogatives
prerogatives
noun
plural of prerogative
presalvation
prescriptive
prescriptive
adj
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
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.
presentively
presentively
adv
In a presentive manner.
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.
pretensively
pretensively
adv
In a pretensive manner.
prevalescent
prevaricates
prevaricates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prevaricate
primitivisms
primitivisms
noun
plural of primitivism
primitivists
primitivists
noun
plural of primitivist
proclivities
proclivities
noun
plural of proclivity
proclivitous
proscriptive
proscriptive
adj
proscribing or prohibiting, for example as according to a norm or standard
prosilverite
prospectives
prospectives
noun
plural of prospective
protensively
protensively
adv
In a protensive fashion.
protrusively
protrusively
adv
In a protrusive manner.
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.
pulverescent
punitiveness
punitiveness
noun
The state or condition of being punitive.
purgitsville
purgitsville
Proper noun
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
reprivatizes
reprivatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reprivatize
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.
retropulsive
retropulsive
adj
Driving back; repelling.
Exhibiting or relating to retropulsion.
rostropovich
semipunitive
sempervirent
sempervirent
adj
Evergreen.
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.
seropositive
seropositive
adj
(of a person or animal): Having seropositive blood serum.
(of blood serum): Testing positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV (HIV positive).