VAPORIFIC | • vaporific adj. (Chemistry) Producing vapour; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor. • VAPORIFIC adj. vaporizing. |
VAPORIFORM | • vaporiform adj. (Archaic) Existing in a vaporous state. • VAPORIFORM adj. existing in a vaporous form or state. |
PERFORATIVE | • perforative adj. Having power to perforate or pierce. • PERFORATIVE adj. causing perforation, also PERFORATORY. |
FLAVOPROTEIN | • flavoprotein n. (Biochemistry) any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases. • FLAVOPROTEIN n. a protein which serves as an electron carrier in the electron transfer chain. |
PARVIFOLIATE | • PARVIFOLIATE adj. of plants, having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem. |
PERFORMATIVE | • performative adj. (Philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said. • performative adj. Being done as a performance in order to create an impression. • performative n. A performative utterance. |
PREFORMATIVE | • preformative n. Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word. • preformative adj. Of or pertaining to preformation. • preformative adj. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later. |
FLAVOPROTEINS | • flavoproteins n. Plural of flavoprotein. • FLAVOPROTEIN n. a protein which serves as an electron carrier in the electron transfer chain. |
FLAVOPURPURIN | • flavopurpurin n. (Organic chemistry) 1,2,6-trihydroxyanthraquinone. • FLAVOPURPURIN n. a yellow crystalline dye derived from anthraquinone. |
OVERAMPLIFIED | • overamplified adj. Excessively amplified. • overamplified v. Past participle of overamplify. • OVERAMPLIFIED adj. excessively amplified. |
PERFORMATIVES | • performatives n. Plural of performative. • PERFORMATIVE n. such a statement, as opposed to constative. |
PREFORMATIVES | • preformatives n. Plural of preformative. • PREFORMATIVE n. a prefixture in Semitic languages. |
PROLIFERATIVE | • proliferative adj. (Not comparable, cytology) of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells. • proliferative adj. Proliferating; tending to proliferate. • proliferative n. Such a cell. |
FLAVOPURPURINS | • FLAVOPURPURIN n. a yellow crystalline dye derived from anthraquinone. |
PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
PHOTOREFRACTIVE | • photorefractive adj. (Physics) of or relating to a change in refractive index in the presence of light. • PHOTOREFRACTIVE adj. designating or relating to surgical procedures in which a laser is used to reshape the cornea and correct refractive errors such as myopia or astigmatism; esp. in photorefractive keratectomy. |