| CONTEMPLATIVE | • contemplative adj. Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative. • contemplative adj. Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties. • contemplative adj. Relating to, or having the power of, contemplation. |
| CONTRACEPTIVE | • contraceptive adj. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse. • contraceptive n. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely. • CONTRACEPTIVE n. something intended to prevent conception. |
| CONVERTIPLANE | • convertiplane n. Any of several forms of aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing, and of normal forward… • CONVERTIPLANE n. an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards, also CONVERTAPLANE, CONVERTOPLANE. |
| EAVESDROPPING | • eavesdropping n. Gerund of eavesdrop. • eavesdropping v. Present participle of eavesdrop. • EAVESDROPPING n. the act of listening in on a private conversation. |
| INTERPOLATIVE | • interpolative adj. Of or pertaining to interpolation. • INTERPOLATIVE adj. relating to interpolation. |
| OPERATIVENESS | • operativeness n. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being operative. • operativeness n. (Countable) The result or product of being operative. • OPERATIVE n. having the power of operating or acting. |
| OVEREXPANDING | • overexpanding v. Present participle of overexpand. • OVEREXPAND v. to expand excessively. |
| OVEREXPANSION | • overexpansion n. Excessive expansion, especially expansion that is not sustainable. • OVEREXPANSION n. excessive expansion. |
| OVEREXPLAINED | • overexplained v. Simple past tense and past participle of overexplain. • OVEREXPLAIN v. to explain to excess. |
| OVEROPERATING | • overoperating v. Present participle of overoperate. • OVEROPERATE v. to operate to excess. |
| OVERPEDALLING | • overpedalling v. Present participle of overpedal. • OVERPEDALLING n. excessive pedalling. |
| OVERPREPARING | • overpreparing v. Present participle of overprepare. • OVERPREPARE v. to prepare excessively. |
| OVERSPREADING | • overspreading v. Present participle of overspread. • overspreading n. That which spreads over something else. • OVERSPREAD v. to spread over or above. |
| PERSEVERATION | • perseveration n. (Psychology) Uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture… • perseveration n. (Psychology) The tendency to continue or repeat an act or activity after the cessation of the original stimulus. • perseveration n. The act or an instance of persevering; perseverance. |
| PHOTONEGATIVE | • photonegative adj. (Biology) having a negative phototropic or phototactic response; repelled by light. • PHOTONEGATIVE adj. exhibiting negative phototropism or phototaxis. |
| POLYVALENCIES | • polyvalencies n. Plural of polyvalency. • POLYVALENCY n. the state of being polyvalent. |
| PRESERVATIONS | • preservations n. Plural of preservation. • PRESERVATION n. the act of preserving. |
| UNCOOPERATIVE | • uncooperative adj. Not cooperative. • uncoöperative adj. Alternative spelling of uncooperative. • unco-operative adj. Alternative spelling of uncooperative. |
| VELOCIPEDEANS | • velocipedeans n. Plural of velocipedean. • VELOCIPEDEAN n. one who rides a velocipede, an early form of bicycle, also VELOCIPEDER, VELOCIPEDIAN, VELOCIPEDIST. |
| VELOCIPEDIANS | • velocipedians n. Plural of velocipedian. • VELOCIPEDIAN n. one who rides a velocipede, an early form of bicycle, also VELOCIPEDEAN, VELOCIPEDER, VELOCIPEDIST. |