| 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. |
| COOPERATIVES | • cooperatives n. Plural of cooperative. • co-operatives n. Plural of co-operative. • COOPERATIVE n. an enterprise or organization owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its services. |
| COPULATIVELY | • copulatively adv. In a copulative manner. • COPULATIVE adv. uniting. |
| OVERCAPACITY | • overcapacity n. A capacity for the production of a commodity or product that is in excess of what is needed. • OVERCAPACITY n. excessive capacity for production or services in relation to demand. |
| OVEREMPHATIC | • overemphatic adj. Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation. • OVEREMPHATIC adj. excessively emphatic. |
| PREVARICATOR | • prevaricator n. One who prevaricates. • prevaricator n. (Historical) An orator at the University of Cambridge fulfilling a similar function to the terrae filius at Oxford. • PREVARICATOR n. one who prevaricates. |
| PRIVATDOCENT | • privatdocent n. Alternative form of privatdozent. • privat-docent n. (In some German universities) A lecturer who may teach without supervision by a professor. • PRIVATDOCENT n. (German) in German universities, a recognized teacher who is not a member of the salaried staff, also PRIVATDOZENT. |
| PROVOCATEURS | • provocateurs n. Plural of provocateur. • PROVOCATEUR n. (French) one who provokes others to commit a crime. |
| PROVOCATIVES | • provocatives n. Plural of provocative. • PROVOCATIVE n. something that provokes. |
| PSYCHOACTIVE | • psychoactive adj. (Pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes. • psychoactive n. (Pharmacology) Any drug that affects the mind or mental processes. • PSYCHOACTIVE adj. affecting the mind or behavior. |
| SUPEROCTAVES | • superoctaves n. Plural of superoctave. • SUPEROCTAVE n. an organ coupler giving an octave higher; an organ stop two octaves above the basic pitch. |
| VELOCIRAPTOR | • velociraptor n. A small agile dinosaur, of the genus Velociraptor, having sickle-shaped claws. It is also thought to… • velociraptor n. (Film) Also Deinonychus. • Velociraptor prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae – the velociraptor dinosaur. |