| COMPARATIVE | • comparative adj. Of or relating to comparison. • comparative adj. Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it. • comparative adj. Approximated by comparison; relative. |
| COMPUTATIVE | • computative adj. Of or relating to computation, computational. • computative adj. Calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning. • COMPUTATIVE adj. of or relating to computation. |
| DEPRAVEMENT | • depravement n. (Archaic) Depravity; corruption. • DEPRAVEMENT n. (archaic) vitiation. |
| IMPASSIVITY | • impassivity n. The state of being impassive. • IMPASSIVITY n. the quality of being impassive. |
| IMPERATIVAL | • imperatival adj. (Grammar) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood. • IMPERATIVAL adj. relating to the imperative. |
| IMPERATIVES | • imperatives n. Plural of imperative. • IMPERATIVE n. a verb in the imperative mood. |
| IMPETRATIVE | • impetrative adj. (Obsolete) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty. • IMPETRATIVE adj. relating to impetration, also IMPETRATORY. |
| IMPLICATIVE | • implicative adj. Tending to implicate or to imply; pertaining to implication. • IMPLICATIVE adj. tending to implicate. |
| IMPROVISATE | • improvisate v. To improvise; to extemporize. • improvisate adj. Unpremeditated; impromptu. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| MALADAPTIVE | • maladaptive adj. (Psychology, chiefly of behaviour) Showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation… • maladaptive adj. (Evolution, of anatomy, physiology, or behavior) Showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary… • MALADAPTIVE adj. marked by poor or inadequate adaptation. |
| OVERPAYMENT | • overpayment n. Payment exceeding the amount actually due. • OVERPAYMENT n. an excessive payment. |
| PARVANIMITY | • parvanimity n. (Now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness. • PARVANIMITY n. pettiness, meanness. |
| PAVEMENTING | • pavementing n. (Pathology) The situation where damaged endothelium undergoes a change in properties that allows leukocytes… • PAVEMENT v. to provide with a pavement. |
| PREVAILMENT | • prevailment n. (Obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy. • PREVAILMENT n. (Shakespeare) the power of overcoming. |
| PROVITAMINS | • provitamins n. Plural of provitamin. • PROVITAMIN n. a pre-vitamin. |
| SEMIPRIVATE | • semiprivate adj. More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that… • SEMIPRIVATE adj. partly private. |
| TEMPERATIVE | • temperative adj. Having the power to temper something. • TEMPERATIVE adj. having a moderating influence. |
| VAPORIMETER | • vaporimeter n. An instrument for measuring the volume or tension of any vapor. • VAPORIMETER n. instrument for measuring vapour pressure. |
| VERKRAMPTES | • verkramptes n. Plural of verkrampte. • VERKRAMPTE n. (South African) one who is narrow-minded and illiberal esp. towards black and coloured people. |