| ABSORPTIVITY | • absorptivity n. The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness. • absorptivity n. (Thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface. • absorptivity n. (Analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer’s law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance… |
| APPRAISIVELY | • APPRAISIVE adv. having an appraising quality. |
| HYPERACTIVES | • HYPERACTIVE n. one who is hyperactive. |
| OVERPAYMENTS | • overpayments n. Plural of overpayment. • OVERPAYMENT n. an excessive payment. |
| PERSUASIVELY | • persuasively adv. In a manner intended to convince or persuade. • PERSUASIVE adv. tending to persuade. |
| POLYOMAVIRUS | • polyomavirus n. Any of the papovaviruses, in family Polyomaviridae, that induce a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals. • Polyomavirus prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Polyomaviridae – now split into genera Alphapolyomavirus… |
| PRESERVATORY | • preservatory n. (Obsolete) A preservative. • preservatory n. (Obsolete) A room or apparatus in which perishable things can be preserved without decay. • preservatory adj. Preservative. |
| PREVISIONARY | • previsionary adj. Relating to prevision or foresight; prophetic. • PREVISIONARY adj. relating to prevision, foresight. |
| PROVISIONARY | • provisionary adj. Provisional. • PROVISIONARY adj. provisional. • PROVISIONARY n. something provisional. |
| PYROGRAVURES | • pyrogravures n. Plural of pyrogravure. • PYROGRAVURE n. design traced by pyrography. |
| SEPARATIVELY | • separatively adv. In a separative manner. • SEPARATIVE adv. causing separation. |
| SUPERGRAVITY | • supergravity n. (Physics) A field theory combining supersymmetry and general relativity. • SUPERGRAVITY n. any of various theories in physics that are based on supersymmetry and attempt to unify general relativity and quantum theory and that state that the principal transmitter of gravity is the graviton. |
| SUPRAVITALLY | • supravitally adv. In a supravital manner. • SUPRAVITAL adv. relating to the staining of living tissues. |
| VIVIPAROUSLY | • viviparously adv. (Biology) In a viviparous manner. • VIVIPAROUS adv. producing live young. |