| ANTIDEVELOPMENT | • antidevelopment adj. (Politics) Opposed to development, particularly the development of neighborhoods or land. • ANTIDEVELOPMENT adj. opposed to development. |
| COMPARATIVELY | • comparatively adv. In a comparative manner. • comparatively adv. When compared to other entities. • COMPARATIVE adv. of the nature of comparison. |
| COMPELLATIVE | • compellative n. (Grammar) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative. • COMPELLATIVE n. compellation. |
| COMPELLATIVES | • compellatives n. Plural of compellative. • COMPELLATIVE n. compellation. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| CONTEMPLATIVELY | • contemplatively adv. In a contemplative manner. • CONTEMPLATIVE adv. related to contemplation. |
| CONTEMPLATIVES | • contemplatives n. Plural of contemplative. • CONTEMPLATIVE n. a person who practices contemplation. |
| DEVELOPMENTAL | • developmental adj. Related to development. • developmental n. A trainee flight controller. • DEVELOPMENTAL adj. relating to development. |
| DEVELOPMENTALLY | • developmentally adv. In terms of development. • DEVELOPMENTAL adv. relating to development. |
| IMPROVABILITIES | • improvabilities n. Plural of improvability. • IMPROVABILITY n. the state of being improvable. |
| OVERCOMPLICATE | • overcomplicate v. (Transitive) To make something excessively complicated. • OVERCOMPLICATE v. to complicate excessively. |
| OVERCOMPLICATED | • overcomplicated adj. Excessively complicated. • overcomplicated v. Simple past tense and past participle of overcomplicate. • OVERCOMPLICATE v. to complicate excessively. |
| OVERCOMPLICATES | • overcomplicates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcomplicate. • OVERCOMPLICATE v. to complicate excessively. |
| PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
| PLUVIOMETRICAL | • pluviometrical adj. Of or pertaining to a pluviometer. • PLUVIOMETRICAL adj. relating to pluviometry, the measurement of rainfall, also PLUVIOMETRIC. |
| POSTMEDIEVAL | • postmedieval adj. After the Middle Ages. • post-medieval adj. Alternative form of postmedieval. • POSTMEDIEVAL adj. taking place after the mediaeval period. |