| COMPETITION | • competition n. (Uncountable) The action of competing. • competition n. (Countable) A contest for a prize or award. • competition n. (Uncountable, collectively) The competitors in such a contest. |
| COMPETITIVE | • competitive adj. Of or pertaining to competition. • competitive adj. (Of someone’s character) Inclined to compete. • competitive adj. (Economics) Capable of competing successfully. |
| COMPETITORS | • competitors n. Plural of competitor. • COMPETITOR n. one that competes. |
| COMPLETISTS | • completists n. Plural of completist. • COMPLETIST n. a person who wants all of something (esp. a collection of items). |
| COMPUTATIVE | • computative adj. Of or relating to computation, computational. • computative adj. Calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning. • COMPUTATIVE adj. of or relating to computation. |
| COMPUTERIST | • computerist n. (Dated) A computer user. • COMPUTERIST n. a person who uses or operates a computer. |
| EMPHYTEUTIC | • emphyteutic adj. (Law) Of, pertaining to, or subject to emphyteusis. • EMPHYTEUTIC adj. relating to emphyteusis, perpetual but conditional lease of property. |
| EPITHYMETIC | • epithymetic adj. Relating to desire. • EPITHYMETIC adj. of or pertaining to desire. |
| INCOMPETENT | • incompetent adj. Unskilled; lacking the degree of ability that would normally be expected. • incompetent adj. Unable to make rational decisions; insane or otherwise cognitively impaired. • incompetent adj. (Medicine, of the cervix) Opening too early during pregnancy, resulting in miscarriage or premature birth. |
| METAPLASTIC | • metaplastic adj. Relating to, or produced by metaplasia. • metaplastic adj. Relating to metaplasticity. • METAPLASTIC adj. relating to metaplasm, also METAPLASMIC. |
| MYTHOPOETIC | • mythopoetic adj. Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth. • mythopoetic adj. Being a creative interpretation. • mythopoetic adj. (Mythology) Given the quality of a myth or a poem, used typically in opposition to a purely factual account. |
| PALMATISECT | • palmatisect adj. (Botany, of leaves) Having lobes with incisions that extend almost up, but not quite to the petiole. • PALMATISECT adj. deeply cut in a palmate manner. |
| PERMITTANCE | • permittance n. The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave. • permittance n. (Electricity) The power of a dielectric to permit or enhance induction. • PERMITTANCE n. permission. |
| PHOTOMETRIC | • photometric adj. Of or relating to photometry or to photometers. • photometric adj. (Botany, of leaves) Adjusting position with respect to light. • PHOTOMETRIC adj. of or relating to photometry or the photometer. |
| PITCHOMETER | • pitchometer n. (Nautical) A pitchmeter, especially on a ship. • pitchometer n. (Baseball) A device used in baseball to measure the speed of a pitch or the time a pitcher spends between… • PITCHOMETER n. an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller. |
| SYMPATHETIC | • sympathetic adj. Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy. • sympathetic adj. (Of a person) Attracting the liking of others. • sympathetic adj. (Relational) Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence… |
| TOPECTOMIES | • topectomies n. Plural of topectomy. • TOPECTOMY n. (obsolete) the excision of the top part of the cerebral cortex as a cure for mental illness. |