| CHEMORECEPTIVE | • chemoreceptive adj. (Of a sense organ) able to respond to a chemical stimulus. • CHEMORECEPTIVE adj. relating to chemoreception. |
| EXPECTORATIVES | • expectoratives n. Plural of expectorative. • EXPECTORATIVE n. an expectorant medicine. |
| IMPERCEPTIVELY | • imperceptively adv. (Proscribed) imperceptibly. • IMPERCEPTIVE adv. not perceptive. |
| IMPERFECTIVELY | • imperfectively adv. (Grammar) In an imperfective manner or context. • IMPERFECTIVE adv. expressing action as incomplete or without reference to completion or as reiterated. |
| IRRESPECTIVELY | • irrespectively adv. Without regard to conditions; not taking circumstances into consideration. • IRRESPECTIVE adv. not having regard. |
| OVERCOMPENSATE | • overcompensate v. (Intransitive) To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area. • overcompensate v. (Transitive) To provide with excessive pay or reward for work performed. • OVERCOMPENSATE v. to compensate excessively. |
| OVERPROTECTIVE | • overprotective adj. Excessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children). • OVERPROTECT adj. to protect to excess. |
| OVERSPECULATED | • overspeculated v. Simple past tense and past participle of overspeculate. • OVERSPECULATE v. to speculate excessively. |
| OVERSPECULATES | • overspeculates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overspeculate. • OVERSPECULATE v. to speculate excessively. |
| PERCEPTIVENESS | • perceptiveness n. The state of being perceptive; acumen, discernment, insight. • PERCEPTIVE n. responsive to sensory stimuli. |
| PERCEPTIVITIES | • perceptivities n. Plural of perceptivity. • PERCEPTIVITY n. the state of being perceptive. |
| PERFECTIVENESS | • perfectiveness n. (Grammar) The state or quality of being perfective. • PERFECTIVE n. tending to make perfect. |
| PERFECTIVITIES | • PERFECTIVITY n. the state of being perfective. |
| PHOTORECEPTIVE | • photoreceptive adj. (Biology) Absorbing and using light, especially for sensory purposes. • PHOTORECEPTIVE adj. relating to photoreception. |
| PRECOMPETITIVE | • precompetitive adj. Describing the early stages of the development of a commercial product, during which competitors collaborate. • PRECOMPETITIVE adj. denoting a period of industrial or commercial development during which competitors work together. |
| PROTECTIVENESS | • protectiveness n. The quality of being protective. • PROTECTIVENESS n. the state of being protective. |
| RESPECTIVENESS | • respectiveness n. The state or quality of being respective. • RESPECTIVE n. particular, separate. |
| RETROSPECTIVES | • retrospectives n. Plural of retrospective. • RETROSPECTIVE n. a generally comprehensive exhibition, compilation, or performance of the work of an artist over a span of years. |
| SUPEREFFECTIVE | • supereffective adj. Particularly effective. • SUPEREFFECTIVE adj. extremely effective. |