| COMPLETIVE | • completive adj. Making complete. • completive n. (Grammar) A construction denoting completion. • COMPLETIVE adj. making complete, also COMPLETORY. |
| 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. |
| PAVEMENTED | • pavemented adj. Furnished with a pavement. • pavemented adj. (Pathology) Having undergone the process of pavementing. • PAVEMENT v. to provide with a pavement. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| VERKRAMPTE | • verkrampte n. (South Africa) A person with a verkramp political attitude. • VERKRAMPTE n. (South African) one who is narrow-minded and illiberal esp. towards black and coloured people. |