| 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… |
| BIPARTITIONS | • bipartitions n. Plural of bipartition. • BIPARTITION n. division into two parts. |
| BOOTSTRAPPED | • bootstrapped v. Simple past tense and past participle of bootstrap. • BOOTSTRAP v. to prepare (a computer) for operation by causing an operating system to be loaded into its memory. |
| BOOTSTRAPPER | • bootstrapper n. Someone engaged in bootstrapping, or self-improvement. • bootstrapper n. (Computing) A process that performs bootstrapping. • bootstrapper n. (Statistics) One who uses bootstrap methods. |
| METABOTROPIC | • metabotropic adj. Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g… • METABOTROPIC adj. describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation). |
| OBSTREPERATE | • obstreperate v. To make a loud noise. • OBSTREPERATE v. (Sterne) to make an unruly noise. |
| OBTEMPERATED | • obtemperated v. Simple past tense and past participle of obtemperate. • OBTEMPERATE v. to obey (a judgment or decree), also OBTEMPER. |
| OBTEMPERATES | • obtemperates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obtemperate. • OBTEMPERATE v. to obey (a judgment or decree), also OBTEMPER. |
| PERTURBATION | • perturbation n. (Uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed. • perturbation n. (Countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological… • perturbation n. (Countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies. |
| PERTURBATORS | • perturbators n. Plural of perturbator. • PERTURBATOR n. one who perturbates. |
| PERTURBATORY | • perturbatory adj. Relating to, or causing, perturbation. • perturbatory n. (Obsolete) The supposed power of deflecting the divining rod by magnetic influence. • PERTURBATORY n. something tending to perturb. |
| POSTABORTION | • postabortion adj. After abortion (termination of pregnancy). • POSTABORTION adj. taking place after an abortion. |
| POSTPUBERTAL | • postpubertal adj. After puberty. |
| PRATTLEBOXES | • prattleboxes n. Plural of prattlebox. • PRATTLEBOX n. a prattler, a chatterbox. |
| PROTRACTIBLE | • protractible adj. Able to be protracted or extended. • PROTRACTIBLE adj. able to be thrust out, also PROTRACTILE. |
| PROTUBERATED | • protuberated v. Simple past tense and past participle of protuberate. • PROTUBERATE v. to bulge out. |
| PROTUBERATES | • protuberates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of protuberate. • PROTUBERATE v. to bulge out. |
| SPORTABILITY | • sportability n. (Obsolete) sportiveness. • SPORTABILITY n. the quality of being sportable. |
| TERATOPHOBIA | • teratophobia n. (Rare) An irrational fear of monsters (terrifying creatures, or deformed children). • TERATOPHOBIA n. an irrational fear of monsters. |
| TROPHOBLASTS | • trophoblasts n. Plural of trophoblast. • TROPHOBLAST n. the outermost layer of cells in the morula that attaches the fertilized ovum to the uterine wall and acts as a nutritive pathway. |