| 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… |
| BIODIVERSITY | • biodiversity n. (Ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region. • BIODIVERSITY n. the number of species present in a given ecosystem. |
| CLAIRVOYANTS | • clairvoyants n. Plural of clairvoyant. • CLAIRVOYANT n. one who is clairvoyant. |
| OVERSTUDYING | • overstudying v. Present participle of overstudy. • OVERSTUDY v. to study to excess. |
| POSTDELIVERY | • postdelivery adj. After a delivery of e.g. mail or goods. • postdelivery adj. After the delivery of a newborn child. • POSTDELIVERY adj. following a delivery. |
| PROTENSIVELY | • protensively adv. In a protensive fashion. • PROTENSIVE adv. extensive in time or length. |
| PROTRUSIVELY | • protrusively adv. In a protrusive manner. • PROTRUSIVE adv. thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion. |
| SUPPORTIVELY | • supportively adv. In a supportive way. • SUPPORTIVE adv. tending to support. |
| UNVIRTUOUSLY | • unvirtuously adv. In an unvirtuous manner. • UNVIRTUOUS adv. not virtuous. |
| VASODILATORY | • vasodilatory adj. Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vasodilator. • VASODILATORY adj. relating to a vasodilator, a nerve or drug that causes vasodilatation. |
| VENTRICOSITY | • VENTRICOSITY n. the state of being ventricose, distended or swollen in the middle. |
| VICTORIOUSLY | • victoriously adv. In a victorious manner; as part of a victory. • VICTORIOUS adv. having won a victory. |
| VISCOSIMETRY | • viscosimetry n. Alternative form of viscometry. • VISCOSIMETRY n. the measurement of viscosity, also VISCOMETRY. |
| VOCIFEROSITY | • vociferosity n. Vociferousness. • VOCIFEROSITY n. the state of being vociferous. |
| VOLUNTARYISM | • voluntaryism n. Alternative form of voluntarism. • VOLUNTARYISM n. the principle or practice of reliance on voluntary action, not coercion. |
| VOLUNTARYIST | • voluntaryist n. Alternative form of voluntarist. • VOLUNTARYIST n. a believer in voluntaryism. |