Word Meanings - MATURATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration.
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- MATURITY
1. The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan. 2. Arrival of the time fixed for payment; a becoming due; termination of the period a note, - CONDUCIVENESS
The quality of conducing. - CONDUCTIVITY
The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as, the conductivity of a nerve. Thermal conductivity , the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces - CONDUCIBLY
In a manner to promote. - SUPPURATION
1. The act or process of suppurating. 2. The matter produced by suppuration; pus. - CONDUCE
To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward. He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both. Macaulay. The reasons you allege - CONDUCTRESS
A woman who leads or directs; a directress. - CONDUCTOR
The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. Dryden. 2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as - CONDUCIBLE
Conducive; tending; contributing. Bacon. All his laws are in themselves conducible to the temporal interest of them that observe them. Bentley. - CONDUCTIBILITY
1. Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity. 2. Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting. - HENCE
ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send - CONDUCT
1. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management. Christianity has humanized the conduct of war. Paley. The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs. Ld. Brougham. 2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship. Conduct - CONDUCENT
Conducive; tending. Conducent to the good success of this business. Abp. Laud. - CONDUCTION
Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity. communication from one body to another when they are in contact, or through a homogenous body from particle to particle, constitutes conduction. Amer. Cyc. (more info) 1. - CONDUCTORY
Having the property of conducting. - HENCEFORWARD
From this time forward; henceforth. - CONDUCTANCE
Conducting power; -- the reciprocal of resistance. A suggested unit is the mho, the reciprocal of the ohm. Conductance is an attribute of any specified conductor, and refers to its shape, length, and other factors. Conductivity is an attribute of - CONDUCIBLENESS
Quality of being conducible. - CONDUCIBILITY
The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness. Bp. Wilkins. - CONDUCTIBLE
Capable of being conducted. - SAFE-CONDUCT
That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak. - HEREHENCE
From hence. - WHENCEFORTH
From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser. - THENCEFROM
From that place. - UNRIPENESS
Quality or state of being unripe. - DISCONDUCIVE
Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. - NONCONDUCTING
Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance. - MISCONDUCT
Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. Addison. Syn. -- Misbehavior; misdemeanor; mismanagement; misdeed; delinquency; offense. - IMMATURITY
The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness. When the world has outgrown its intellectual immaturity. Caird. - RADIOCONDUCTOR
A substance or device that has its conductivity altered in some way by electric waves, as a coherer. - THENCE
see -wards) thennes, thannes , AS. thanon, thanan, thonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannan, danan, and G. 1. From that place. "Bid him thence go." Chaucer. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark - ARCHENCEPHALA
The division that includes man alone. R. Owen. - THENCEFORTH
From that time; thereafter. If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13. Note: This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom. Chaucer. John. xix. 12.