| COMPARATIST | • comparatist n. A person who carries out a comparative study, especially of language and literary works. • COMPARATIST n. one that uses a comparative method (as in the study of literature). |
| COMPATRIOTS | • compatriots n. Plural of compatriot. • COMPATRIOT n. a person born, residing, or holding citizenship in the same country as another, also COPATRIOT. |
| 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). |
| COMPLOTTING | • complotting v. Present participle of complot. • complotting n. The forming of a joint plot; conspiracy. • COMPLOT v. to conspire. |
| COMPOTATION | • compotation n. (Archaic) The social act of drinking together. • COMPOTATION n. an act of carousing in company. |
| COMPUTATION | • computation n. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning. • computation n. The result of computation; the amount computed. • COMPUTATION n. the act or action of computing. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PHANTOMATIC | • phantomatic adj. (Obsolete) phantasmal. • PHANTOMATIC adj. (archaic) relating to a phantom. |
| 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. |
| SYMPTOMATIC | • symptomatic adj. (Medicine) Showing symptoms. • symptomatic adj. Relating to, based on, or constituting a symptom. • symptomatic adj. (Medicine) Relating to symptomatics. |
| 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. |
| TROPISMATIC | • TROPISMATIC adj. relating to tropism. |