| ACCULTURATION | • acculturation n. A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one. • acculturation n. A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth. • ACCULTURATION n. the assimilation, through continuous contact, of features (such as customs, beliefs, etc.) of another culture. |
| BACTERIOLYTIC | • bacteriolytic adj. Of, relating to, or causing bacteriolysis. • bacteriolytic adj. Antibiotic. • BACTERIOLYTIC adj. relating to bacteriolysis. |
| CHROMATOLYTIC | • chromatolytic adj. Relating to chromatolysis. • CHROMATOLYTIC adj. relating to chromatolysis. |
| COLLECTORATES | • collectorates n. Plural of collectorate. • COLLECTORATE n. the office of collector. |
| CONSTRUCTABLE | • constructable adj. Alternative form of constructible. • CONSTRUCTABLE adj. capable of being constructed, also CONSTRUCTIBLE. |
| CONTRACTILITY | • contractility n. The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles). • contractility n. The extent to which something contracts or shrinks. • contractility n. (Physiology) The performance of cardiac muscle. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| CONTRACTIONAL | • contractional adj. Of or related to contraction. • CONTRACTIONAL adj. relating to contraction, also CONTRACTIONARY. |
| CONTRACTIVELY | • CONTRACTIVE adv. tending to contract. |
| CONTRACTUALLY | • contractually adv. By means of a contract. • CONTRACTUAL adv. of, relating to, or constituting a contract. |
| CRYPTOCLASTIC | • CRYPTOCLASTIC adj. of minerals and rocks, composed of microscopic fragments. |
| ELECTROACTIVE | • electroactive adj. (Physics, chemistry) describing any material (especially in a cell) that is electrically active or responsive. • electroactive adj. (Physics, chemistry) describing any polymer that changes shape in the presence of an electric field. • ELECTROACTIVE adj. as in electroactive polymers, polymers whose shape is modified when a voltage is applied to them. |
| ELECTROSTATIC | • electrostatic adj. (Physics) of, relating to, or produced by electrostatics or static electricity. • ELECTROSTATIC adj. of or relating to static electricity or electrostatics. |
| INTERCORTICAL | • intercortical adj. Between cortexes. • INTERCORTICAL adj. between cortices. |
| PLUTOCRATICAL | • plutocratical adj. Synonym of plutocratic. • PLUTOCRATICAL adj. relating to the plutocracy, also PLUTOCRATIC. |
| PROTEOCLASTIC | • proteoclastic adj. Proteolytic. • PROTEOCLASTIC adj. proteolytic, relating to the splitting of proteins by enzymes. |
| STREPTOCOCCAL | • streptococcal adj. Relating to bacteria of the genus Streptococcus. • STREPTOCOCCAL adj. relating to streptococci, also STREPTOCOCCIC. |
| TACHOMETRICAL | • TACHOMETRICAL adj. relating to measurement by tachometer, also TACHOMETRIC. |
| THALATTOCRACY | • thalattocracy n. (Rare) Thalassocracy. • THALATTOCRACY n. sovereignty of the seas, also THALASSOCRACY. |
| TROPHALLACTIC | • trophallactic adj. Relating to trophallaxis. • TROPHALLACTIC adj. relating to trophallaxis, mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis. |