CHEMOATTRACTANT | • chemoattractant n. A substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. • CHEMOATTRACTANT n. a chemical which provokes a chemotactic movement of e.g. cells or bacteria towards its area of highest concentration. |
CIRCUMSTANTIATE | • circumstantiate v. To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence. • circumstantiate v. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. • CIRCUMSTANTIATE v. to supply with circumstantial evidence or support. |
CONTRACTABILITY | • contractability n. The ability for something to be contracted. • CONTRACTABILITY n. the quality of being contractable. |
CONTRACTIBILITY | • contractibility n. The quality or degree of being contractible. • CONTRACTIBILITY n. the state of being contractible. |
CONTRACTILITIES | • contractilities n. Plural of contractility. • CONTRACTILITY n. the quality of being contractile. |
COUNTERATTACKED | • counterattacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterattack. • counter-attacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of counter-attack. • COUNTERATTACK v. to attack in response to an attack. |
COUNTERATTACKER | • counterattacker n. One who carries out a counterattack. • counter-attacker n. Alternative spelling of counterattacker. • COUNTERATTACK v. to attack in response to an attack. |
CRYOPROTECTANTS | • cryoprotectants n. Plural of cryoprotectant. • CRYOPROTECTANT n. a cryoprotective substance. |
ELECTROACTIVITY | • electroactivity n. Quality or degree of being electroactive. • ELECTROACTIVITY n. the state of being electroactive. |
PHOTOTACTICALLY | • phototactically adv. In terms of or by means of phototaxis. • PHOTOTACTIC adv. exhibiting phototaxis. |
STALACTITICALLY | • STALACTITICAL adv. of or like a stalactite, also STALACTIC, STALACTITIC. |
TECTIBRANCHIATE | • tectibranchiate adj. (Zoology, obsolete) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or relating to the former order Tectibranchiata. • tectibranchiate n. Any tectibranchiate mollusk. • TECTIBRANCHIATE adj. of a like a tectibranch, any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |
THALATTOCRACIES | • thalattocracies n. Plural of thalattocracy. • THALATTOCRACY n. sovereignty of the seas, also THALASSOCRACY. |