| ABSORPTIVENESS | • absorptiveness n. The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power. • ABSORPTIVENESS n. the state of being absorptive, also ABSORPTIVITY. |
| ANTIRESORPTIVE | • antiresorptive adj. Inhibiting resorption. • antiresorptive n. Any drug that inhibits resorption. |
| CONTEMPLATIVES | • contemplatives n. Plural of contemplative. • CONTEMPLATIVE n. a person who practices contemplation. |
| CONTRACEPTIVES | • contraceptives n. Plural of contraceptive. • CONTRACEPTIVE n. something intended to prevent conception. |
| CONTRAPOSITIVE | • contrapositive n. (Logic) The inverse of the converse of a given proposition. • CONTRAPOSITIVE n. an immediate inference, which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory of the original predicate. |
| CONVERTIPLANES | • convertiplanes n. Plural of convertiplane. • CONVERTIPLANE n. an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards, also CONVERTAPLANE, CONVERTOPLANE. |
| GALVANOPLASTIC | • galvanoplastic adj. Of or pertaining to galvanoplasty. • GALVANOPLASTIC adj. (obsolete) relating to galvanoplasty, electrodeposition. |
| GALVANOTROPISM | • galvanotropism n. (Biology) Any movement or alignment of an organism with respect to an electric field. • GALVANOTROPISM n. the directional growth of an organism, esp. a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus. |
| IMPROVISATIONS | • improvisations n. Plural of improvisation. • IMPROVISATION n. the act or art of improvising. |
| NONSPECULATIVE | • nonspeculative adj. Not speculative. • NONSPECULATIVE adj. not speculative. |
| PERSEVERATIONS | • perseverations n. Plural of perseveration. • PERSEVERATION n. continuation of something (as repetition of a word) usually to an exceptional degree or beyond a desired point. |
| PREVARICATIONS | • prevarications n. Plural of prevarication. • PREVARICATION n. the act of prevaricating. |
| PRIVATISATIONS | • privatisations n. Plural of privatisation. • PRIVATISATION n. the act of privatising, also PRIVATIZATION. |
| PRIVATIZATIONS | • privatizations n. Plural of privatization. • PRIVATIZATION n. the act of privatizing, also PRIVATISATION. |
| PROVINCIALISTS | • provincialists n. Plural of provincialist. • PROVINCIALIST n. a native or inhabitant of a province. |
| PULVERISATIONS | • pulverisations n. Plural of pulverisation. • PULVERISATION n. the process of pulverising, also PULVERIZATION. |
| PULVERIZATIONS | • pulverizations n. Plural of pulverization. • PULVERIZATION n. the act of pulverizing, also PULVERISATION. |
| SUPERELEVATION | • superelevation n. The angle that a gun must be elevated above the line of its target to allow for the effect of gravity… • superelevation n. The cant of a railway track; the difference in elevation (height) between its two edges, as on a curve. • SUPERELEVATION n. the vertical distance between the heights of inner and outer edges of highway pavement or railroad rails. |
| SUPEROVULATING | • superovulating v. Present participle of superovulate. • SUPEROVULATE v. to produce a larger number of ova than usual, e.g. under stimulus of injected hormones. |
| SUPEROVULATION | • superovulation n. The act or process of superovulating. • SUPEROVULATION n. production of exceptional numbers of ova at one time. |