| ANTICOMPETITIVE | • anticompetitive adj. (Economics, business) Acting to hinder or obstruct competition. • anti-competitive adj. Alternative form of anticompetitive. • ANTICOMPETITIVE adj. tending to reduce or discourage competition. |
| ANTIDEVELOPMENT | • antidevelopment adj. (Politics) Opposed to development, particularly the development of neighborhoods or land. • ANTIDEVELOPMENT adj. opposed to development. |
| CONTEMPLATIVELY | • contemplatively adv. In a contemplative manner. • CONTEMPLATIVE adv. related to contemplation. |
| CONTRAPOSITIVES | • contrapositives n. Plural of contrapositive. • CONTRAPOSITIVE n. an immediate inference, which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory of the original predicate. |
| COOPERATIVITIES | • cooperativities n. Plural of cooperativity. • COOPERATIVITY n. the state of being cooperative. |
| COUNTERADAPTIVE | • counteradaptive adj. Relating to counteradaptation. |
| HYPOVENTILATION | • hypoventilation n. (Medicine) Respiratory depression, occurring when ventilation is inadequate to perform the necessary… • HYPOVENTILATION n. abnormally decreased speed and depth of breathing. |
| NONEXPLOITATIVE | • nonexploitative adj. Not exploitative. • NONEXPLOITATIVE adj. not exploitative, also NONEXPLOITIVE. |
| OVEREXPECTATION | • overexpectation n. An excessively high expectation. • OVEREXPECTATION n. excessive expectation. |
| PHOTOREFRACTIVE | • photorefractive adj. (Physics) of or relating to a change in refractive index in the presence of light. • PHOTOREFRACTIVE adj. designating or relating to surgical procedures in which a laser is used to reshape the cornea and correct refractive errors such as myopia or astigmatism; esp. in photorefractive keratectomy. |
| POSTDEVALUATION | • postdevaluation adj. After a financial devaluation. • POSTDEVALUATION adj. taking place after devaluation. |
| POSTOPERATIVELY | • postoperatively adv. In a postoperative context; after surgery. • POSTOPERATIVE adv. following a surgical operation. |
| PRESERVATIONIST | • preservationist n. A person who advocates for the preservation of natural or man-made landmarks. • PRESERVATIONIST n. one who advocates preservation (as of a biological species or a historical landmark). |
| PROCRASTINATIVE | • procrastinative adj. Tending to procrastinate; supporting or suggesting procrastination. • PROCRASTINATIVE adj. tending to procrastinate, also PROCRASTINATORY. |
| PROGNOSTICATIVE | • prognosticative adj. Serving to prognosticate. • PROGNOSTICATIVE adj. of the nature of prognostication. |
| RADIOPROTECTIVE | • radioprotective adj. Pertaining to, or offering, radioprotection. • radioprotective n. A radioprotectant. • RADIOPROTECTIVE adj. serving to protect or aiding in protecting against the injurious effect of radiations. |
| REPRIVATISATION | • reprivatisation n. Alternative form of reprivatization. • re-privatisation n. Alternative spelling of reprivatization. • REPRIVATISATION n. the act of reprivatising, also REPRIVATIZATION. |
| REPRIVATIZATION | • reprivatization n. (Economics) The process of, or an instance of, returning to private ownership. • REPRIVATIZATION n. the act of reprivatizing, also REPRIVATISATION. |