| COMPLETIVE | • completive adj. Making complete. • completive n. (Grammar) A construction denoting completion. • COMPLETIVE adj. making complete, also COMPLETORY. |
| EMPOVERISH | • empoverish v. Obsolete spelling of impoverish. • EMPOVERISH v. (obsolete) to make poor, also IMPOVERISH. |
| IMPEDITIVE | • impeditive adj. (Archaic) Causing hindrance; impeding. • IMPEDITIVE adj. causing hindrance; impeding. |
| IMPERATIVE | • imperative adj. Essential; crucial; extremely important. • imperative adj. (Grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood. • imperative adj. (Computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables. |
| IMPRESSIVE | • impressive adj. Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. • impressive adj. Capable of being impressed. • impressive adj. Appealing. |
| MISDEVELOP | • misdevelop v. To develop badly or wrongly. • MISDEVELOP v. to develop wrongly. |
| OVERSIMPLE | • oversimple adj. Excessively simple; lacking the necessary complexity. • OVERSIMPLE adj. too simple. |
| PELVIMETER | • pelvimeter n. An instrument for measuring the pelvis. • PELVIMETER n. an instrument for measuring the pelvis. |
| PELVIMETRY | • pelvimetry n. The assessment of the female pelvis in relation to the birth of a baby. • PELVIMETRY n. measurement of the pelvis. |
| PERMEATIVE | • permeative adj. Tending to permeate. • PERMEATIVE adj. that permeates. |
| PERMISSIVE | • permissive adj. Giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient. • permissive adj. (Of a footpath, bridleway or similar) Open to the public by permission of the landowner. • permissive adj. (Biology) That allows the replication of viruses. |
| PREEMPTIVE | • preemptive adj. Of or relating to preemption. • preemptive adj. Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation. • preemptive adj. (Bridge, of a high-level bid) Intended to interfere with an opponent’s bidding. |
| REDEMPTIVE | • redemptive adj. Causing, or relating to, redemption or saving; redeeming. • REDEMPTIVE adj. serving to redeem. |
| RESUMPTIVE | • resumptive adj. That is in the nature of resumption. • resumptive n. (Grammar) A resumptive pronoun. • resumptive n. (Archaic) A restorative medicine. |
| SEPTEMVIRI | • septemviri n. Plural of septemvir. • SEPTEMVIR n. (Latin) one of a board of seven men associated in some office. |
| SEPTEMVIRS | • septemvirs n. Plural of septemvir. • SEPTEMVIR n. (Latin) one of a board of seven men associated in some office. |
| TEMPESTIVE | • tempestive adj. (Obsolete) seasonable; timely. • TEMPESTIVE adj. timely; seasonable. |