| 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… |
| ERUPTIVITIES | • ERUPTIVITY n. the state of being eruptive. |
| INTERCEPTIVE | • interceptive adj. Tending to intercept. • INTERCEPTIVE adj. relating to interception. |
| INTERPRETIVE | • interpretive adj. Alternative form of interpretative. • INTERPRETIVE adj. relating to interpretation, also INTERPRETATIVE. |
| INTERRUPTIVE | • interruptive adj. Acting or tending to interrupt. • INTERRUPTIVE adj. serving to interrupt. |
| OVEROPTIMIST | • overoptimist n. An excessively optimistic person. • OVEROPTIMIST n. one who is excessively optimistic. |
| PERCEPTIVITY | • perceptivity n. The state or quality of being perceptive. • PERCEPTIVITY n. the state of being perceptive. |
| PERFECTIVITY | • perfectivity n. (Grammar) The state of being in perfective aspect or the imperfective aspect. • PERFECTIVITY n. the state of being perfective. |
| PERMITTIVITY | • permittivity n. (Physics) A property of a dielectric medium that determines the forces that electric charges placed… • PERMITTIVITY n. the ratio of the electric displacement in a medium to the electric field intensity producing it. |
| PETRIFACTIVE | • petrifactive adj. Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying. • petrifactive adj. Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction. • PETRIFACTIVE adj. petrifying, also PETRIFIC. |
| PRIMITIVISTS | • primitivists n. Plural of primitivist. • PRIMITIVIST n. one who practises primitivism, the doctrine that a simple and natural life is morally best. |
| PRODUCTIVITY | • productivity n. The state of being productive, fertile or efficient. • productivity n. The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers. • productivity n. The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land. |
| PROJECTIVITY | • projectivity n. (Mathematics) The condition of being projective. • projectivity n. (Geometry) projective transformation, homography. • PROJECTIVITY n. the state of being projective. |
| PROPITIATIVE | • propitiative adj. Serving to, or intended to, propitiate; propitiatory, reconciliatory. • PROPITIATIVE adj. serving to propitiate, also PROPITIATIOUS, PROPITIATORY. |
| PROTERVITIES | • protervities n. Plural of protervity. • PROTERVITY n. peevishness. |
| REPETITIVELY | • repetitively adv. In a repetitive manner. • REPETITIVE adv. showing repetition. |
| VITUPERATING | • vituperating v. Present participle of vituperate. • VITUPERATE v. to abuse or censure severely or abusively. |
| 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. |
| VITUPERATIVE | • vituperative adj. Marked by harsh, spoken, or written abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing. • VITUPERATIVE adj. uttering or given to censure, also VITUPERATORY. |