| 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. |
| CRYPTOBIONTS | • cryptobionts n. Plural of cryptobiont. • CRYPTOBIONT n. any organism that exhibits cryptobiosis. |
| 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). |
| OBREPTITIOUS | • obreptitious adj. Done or obtained by surprise, with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth. • OBREPTITIOUS adj. done or obtained by trickery, or by concealing the truth. |
| PERTURBATING | • perturbating v. Present participle of perturbate. • PERTURBATE v. to perturb. |
| 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. |
| PERTURBATIVE | • perturbative adj. Of, pertaining to, or causing perturbation. • PERTURBATIVE adj. tending to perturb. |
| POSTABORTION | • postabortion adj. After abortion (termination of pregnancy). • POSTABORTION adj. taking place after an abortion. |
| PRINTABILITY | • printability n. The state or condition of being printable, or of being a suitable ink or paper for use in printing. • PRINTABILITY n. the state of being printable. |
| PROTRACTIBLE | • protractible adj. Able to be protracted or extended. • PROTRACTIBLE adj. able to be thrust out, also PROTRACTILE. |
| REPUTABILITY | • reputability n. The property of being reputable, a person’s reputation. • REPUTABILITY n. the state of being reputable. |
| 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. |
| TROPHOBIOTIC | • trophobiotic adj. Of or pertaining to trophobiosis. • TROPHOBIOTIC adj. relating to trophobiosis, mutual exchange of nutriment in symbiosis. |