| 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. |
| 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. |
| DEOPPILATIVE | • deoppilative n. (Medicine, dated) Any medicine that dissolves obstructions. • DEOPPILATIVE n. any drug which removes obstructions in the body. |
| EVAPORIMETER | • evaporimeter n. An atmometer. • EVAPORIMETER n. an instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation, also EVAPOROMETER. |
| EXPLOITATIVE | • exploitative adj. In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something. • exploitative adj. (More generally) Of or relating to exploitation. • exploitative adj. (Ecology, of competition) Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms. |
| EXPROBRATIVE | • exprobrative adj. (Obsolete) Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. • EXPROBRATIVE adj. expressing reproach, also EXPROBRATORY. |
| NONOPERATIVE | • nonoperative adj. Not requiring or involving a medical operation or surgery. • nonoperative adj. Not operative, not operational; inoperative. • nonoperative n. (Uncommon) One who is not an operative (“employee or worker”). |
| OVEREMPHATIC | • overemphatic adj. Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation. • OVEREMPHATIC adj. excessively emphatic. |
| OVERHAPPIEST | • OVERHAPPY adj. exceedingly happy. |
| PEJORATIVELY | • pejoratively adv. In a pejorative manner. Insultingly, disparagingly; so as to belittle another or harm their reputation. • PEJORATIVE adv. implying or imputing evil. |
| 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. |
| PREOPERATIVE | • preoperative adj. Prior to surgery. • preoperative n. A transgender person who has not yet undergone gender reassignment surgery. • PREOPERATIVE adj. occurring before a surgical operation. |
| PREROGATIVED | • prerogatived adj. Endowed with a prerogative, or exclusive privilege. • PREROGATIVED adj. (Shakespeare) possessed of a prerogative. |
| PREROGATIVES | • prerogatives n. Plural of prerogative. • PREROGATIVE n. an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege. |
| PRESERVATION | • preservation n. The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill. • preservation n. The state of being preserved, how something has survived. • PRESERVATION n. the act of preserving. |
| VAPORIMETERS | • vaporimeters n. Plural of vaporimeter. • VAPORIMETER n. instrument for measuring vapour pressure. |