| 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… |
| GRAVITATIONS | • gravitations n. Plural of gravitation. • GRAVITATION n. the force of attraction between masses. |
| INVESTIGATOR | • investigator n. One who investigates. • INVESTIGATOR n. one who investigates. |
| INVITATORIES | • invitatories n. Plural of invitatory. • INVITATORY n. a psalm or anthem sung before prayer during church service. |
| OBLITERATIVE | • obliterative adj. Tending or serving to obliterate. • OBLITERATIVE adj. inducing or characterized by obliteration. |
| OVARIOTOMIST | • ovariotomist n. (Surgery, now historical) Someone who performs a ovariotomy. • OVARIOTOMIST n. one who carries out ovariotomies. |
| OVERACTIVITY | • overactivity n. Excessive activity. • OVERACTIVITY n. excessive activity. |
| PROPITIATIVE | • propitiative adj. Serving to, or intended to, propitiate; propitiatory, reconciliatory. • PROPITIATIVE adj. serving to propitiate, also PROPITIATIOUS, PROPITIATORY. |
| REACTIVATION | • reactivation n. The activation of something previously inactive or inactivated. • REACTIVATION n. the act of reactivating. |
| REMOTIVATING | • remotivating v. Present participle of remotivate. • REMOTIVATE v. to motivate again. |
| REMOTIVATION | • remotivation n. A form of therapy attempting to re-establish an interest in the world in institutionalized patients. • REMOTIVATION n. the act of remotivating. |
| REVISITATION | • revisitation n. An act of revisiting. • REVISITATION n. the act of revisiting. |
| VARIATIONIST | • variationist n. (Linguistics) A person who studies variation in usage among speakers of the same language. • variationist adj. (Linguistics) Focused on synchronic or historical variation in the forms of language used. • VARIATIONIST n. a composer of variations; a person who attaches importance to variation. |
| VATICINATORS | • vaticinators n. Plural of vaticinator. • VATICINATOR n. a prophet. |
| VATICINATORY | • vaticinatory adj. Related to vaticination. • VATICINATORY adj. relating to prophecy. |
| VISITATORIAL | • visitatorial adj. Visitorial. • VISITATORIAL adj. of or relating to visitation or to a judicial visitor or superintendent. |
| VITRIFACTION | • vitrifaction n. Alternative form of vitrification. • VITRIFACTION n. the process of converting into glass, also VITRIFICATION. |
| VITRIOLATING | • vitriolating v. Present participle of vitriolate. • VITRIOLATE v. to convert into, or change to, a vitriol. |
| VITRIOLATION | • VITRIOLATION n. conversion into or treatment with vitriol. |
| VITUPERATION | • vituperation n. The act of vituperating; severely blaming or censuring. • vituperation n. Criticism or invective that is sustained and overly harsh; abuse, severe blame or censure. • VITUPERATION n. abuse, rejection. |