The capacity of a material to decompose over time as a result of biological activity, especially to be broken down by microorganisms.
carboxypeptidase
carboxypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the terminal amino acid of a polypeptide/protein from the end that contains a free carboxyl group
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.
cryptobranchidae
cuproiodargyrite
cystadenosarcoma
dehydrosparteine
depolymerization
depolymerization
noun
(chemistry) The decomposition of a polymer into smaller fragments
dermatoneurology
dermatoneurology
noun
dermatological neurology
dermatopathology
dermatopathology
noun
The study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic level.
diacetylmorphine
diacetylmorphine
noun
(pharmacology) The INN name for the drug heroin.
diathermotherapy
dihydroxyacetone
dihydroxyacetone
noun
(biochemistry) The only ketotriose
(organic chemistry) The compound CO(CH₂OH)₂ that has a number of industrial uses
dilatometrically
dilatometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, dilatometry.
dimethylcarbinol
diphenylthiourea
dolorimetrically
dubiocrystalline
dynamoelectrical
dynamoelectrical
adj
dynamoelectric
electrodynamical
electrodynamical
adj
electrodynamic
electrohydraulic
electrohydraulic
adj
Both electric and hydraulic.
eleutherodactyli
endocrinotherapy
endocrinotherapy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease by administration of hormones produced by the endocrine glands
enteradenography
gastrohydrorrhea
gastroperiodynia
hydroatmospheric
hydrocharitaceae
hydrodynamometer
hydrodynamometer
noun
An instrument to measure the velocity of a liquid current by the force of its impact.
hydrofranklinite
hydropneumatosis
hydrosulphurated
hydrotherapeutic
hydrotherapeutic
adj
Of or pertaining to hydrotherapy.
hyperdeification
hyperdiatessaron
hypertetrahedron
hypertetrahedron
noun
(geometry) An analog of a tetrahedron that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
hypocotyledonary
hypocotyledonary
adj
(anatomy) Beneath the cotyledons
hypodermatically
hypodermatically
adv
hypodermically
ichthyornithidae
improvidentially
improvidentially
adv
improvidently
isobutyraldehyde
isobutyraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The aldehyde 2-methylpropanal derived from isobutanol
melodramatically
melodramatically
adv
In a melodramatic manner.
metaformaldehyde
metaformaldehyde
noun
(chemistry) 1,3,5-trioxane
micropterygoidea
misadventurously
misadventurously
adv
In a misadventurous manner.
nonadventurously
nondeclaratively
nondeferentially
nondeprecatingly
nondeprecatively
nondeprecatorily
nondeterminately
nondetrimentally
nondiffractively
nondiscretionary
nondiscretionary
adj
(business) Of or pertaining to non-discretionary spending
Not discretionary; thus, frequently, mandatory
nonexaggeratedly
nonimpedimentary
nonponderability
nonpredicatively
nonremediability
nonrudimentarily
overdecoratively
overdeliberately
overdogmatically
overdogmatically
adv
Too dogmatically.
overdramatically
overdramatically
adv
In an overdramatic manner.
overfastidiously
overfastidiously
adv
In an overfastidious manner.
overidolatrously
oversystematized
oversystematized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of oversystematize
pachydermatocele
pachydermatocele
noun
One of the loose, inelastic folds of skin that characterize chalazoderma.
pachydermatously
pachydermatously
adv
In a pachydermatous manner.
perhydrogenation
perissodactylate
perissodactylism
perissodactylism
noun
The property of being a perissodactyl.
perissodactylous
phagodynamometer
phagodynamometer
noun
An instrument that measures the force required to crush a given food in masticating.
polycotyledonary
polycotyledonary
adj
(anatomy) Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons.
prediscretionary
preeducationally
preexpeditionary
preponderatingly
preponderatingly
adv
In a preponderating manner; preponderantly.
prestidigitatory
pseudoasymmetric
pseudocharitably
pseudocritically
pseudoculturally
pseudodipterally
pseudoerotically
pseudomilitarily
pseudoorientally
pyrocondensation
radiosensibility
radiosensibility
noun
Synonym of radiosensitivity
radiosensitivity
radiosensitivity
noun
The relative sensitivity of cells or organisms to any form of radiation, but especially to the harmful effects of ionizing radiation
radiostereoscopy
radiosymmetrical
radiosymmetrical
adj
having radial symmetry
recommendability
recommendability
noun
The quality of being recommendable.
sacrocotyloidean
septocylindrical
stonyheartedness
stonyheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being stonyhearted; remorselessness, cruelty, or pitilessness.
superdeclamatory
superpopulatedly
syphilodermatous
tatterdemalionry
tetraiodopyrrole
tetraiodopyrrole
noun
Alternative form of tetraiodopyrrol
thermodynamician
thermodynamicist
thermodynamicist
noun
A person who studies thermodynamics.
trichopterygidae
tridimensionally
tridimensionally
adv
In three dimensions.
trypanosomatidae
ultradeclamatory
unconcentratedly
uncontradictedly
undemocratically
undemocratically
adv
In an undemocratic manner; not democratically.
unidirectionally
unidirectionally
adv
In a single direction; in a unidirectional fashion
