| 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… |
| BAPTISTERIES | • baptisteries n. Plural of baptistery. • BAPTISTERY n. a part of a church reserved for performing baptisms, also BAPTISTRY. |
| BESPATTERING | • bespattering v. Present participle of bespatter. • bespattering n. The action or result of something being bespattered. • BESPATTER v. to soil by spattering. |
| 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. |
| BREASTPLATES | • breastplates n. Plural of breastplate. • BREASTPLATE n. a usually metal plate worn as defensive armor for the breast. |
| OBSTREPERATE | • obstreperate v. To make a loud noise. • OBSTREPERATE v. (Sterne) to make an unruly noise. |
| OBTEMPERATES | • obtemperates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obtemperate. • OBTEMPERATE v. to obey (a judgment or decree), also OBTEMPER. |
| PERTURBATORS | • perturbators n. Plural of perturbator. • PERTURBATOR n. one who perturbates. |
| 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. |
| PRESBYTERATE | • presbyterate n. A priest; also, presbytership. • PRESBYTERATE n. the office of presbyter. |
| 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. |
| SUBTEMPERATE | • subtemperate adj. Of or relating to the cooler parts of the temperate regions. • SUBTEMPERATE adj. of or occurring in the colder parts of the temperate zones. |
| 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. |