| COMPARATIVES | • comparatives n. Plural of comparative. • COMPARATIVE n. one that compares with another esp. on equal footing. |
| COMPELLATIVE | • compellative n. (Grammar) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative. • COMPELLATIVE n. compellation. |
| COMPENSATIVE | • compensative adj. That compensates for something; compensatory. • compensative n. (Obsolete) compensation. • COMPENSATIVE adj. relating to compensation, also COMPENSATIONAL. |
| COMPLICATIVE | • complicative adj. Having a tendency to complicate. • COMPLICATIVE adj. tending to complicate. |
| COMPULSATIVE | • compulsative adj. (Obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint. • COMPULSATIVE adj. (Shakespeare) compulsory, also COMPULSATORY. |
| EVAPORIMETER | • evaporimeter n. An atmometer. • EVAPORIMETER n. an instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation, also EVAPOROMETER. |
| EVAPOROMETER | • evaporometer n. An instrument for measuring evaporation; an atmometer. • EVAPOROMETER n. an instrument for measuring rate of evaporation, also EVAPORIMETER. |
| HYPOVOLAEMIC | • hypovolaemic adj. Alternative form of hypovolemic. |
| IMPROVISATED | • improvisated v. Simple past tense and past participle of improvisate. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| IMPROVISATES | • improvisates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improvisate. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| OVEREMPHASES | • overemphases n. Plural of overemphasis. • OVEREMPHASIS n. excessive emphasis. |
| OVEREMPHASIS | • overemphasis n. Excessive emphasis. • OVEREMPHASIS n. excessive emphasis. |
| OVEREMPHATIC | • overemphatic adj. Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation. • OVEREMPHATIC adj. excessively emphatic. |
| OVERPAYMENTS | • overpayments n. Plural of overpayment. • OVERPAYMENT n. an excessive payment. |
| OVERPROGRAMS | • overprograms v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overprogram. • OVERPROGRAM v. to program excessively. |
| 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. |
| POSTMEDIEVAL | • postmedieval adj. After the Middle Ages. • post-medieval adj. Alternative form of postmedieval. • POSTMEDIEVAL adj. taking place after the mediaeval period. |
| 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. |
| VAPORIMETERS | • vaporimeters n. Plural of vaporimeter. • VAPORIMETER n. instrument for measuring vapour pressure. |