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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.

 

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