| COMPRESSIVE | • compressive adj. That compresses. • COMPRESSIVE adj. of or relating to compression. |
| DEPRIVEMENT | • deprivement n. Deprivation. • DEPRIVEMENT n. the act of depriving. |
| IMPERATIVES | • imperatives n. Plural of imperative. • IMPERATIVE n. a verb in the imperative mood. |
| IMPERVIABLE | • imperviable adj. Impervious. • IMPERVIABLE adj. not able to be penetrated, also IMPERVIOUS. |
| IMPETRATIVE | • impetrative adj. (Obsolete) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty. • IMPETRATIVE adj. relating to impetration, also IMPETRATORY. |
| IMPROVEMENT | • improvement n. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering. • improvement n. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed;… • improvement n. The state of being improved; betterment; advance. |
| MISPERCEIVE | • misperceive v. To perceive erroneously. • MISPERCEIVE v. to perceive wrongly. |
| OVERIMPRESS | • overimpress v. (Transitive) To impress too much. • OVERIMPRESS v. to impress excessively. |
| OVERPROMISE | • overpromise v. To promise more than is delivered. • OVERPROMISE v. to promise too much. |
| PELVIMETERS | • pelvimeters n. Plural of pelvimeter. • PELVIMETER n. an instrument for measuring the pelvis. |
| PLUVIOMETER | • pluviometer n. (Meteorology) A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall. • PLUVIOMETER n. a device for recording rainfall. |
| PREMEDIEVAL | • premedieval adj. Before the Middle Ages. • PREMEDIEVAL adj. taking place before the mediaeval period. |
| PREMONITIVE | • premonitive adj. Premonitory. • PREMONITIVE adj. conveying a warning, also PREMONITORY. |
| PRESUMPTIVE | • presumptive adj. Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief. • presumptive adj. Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not. • PRESUMPTIVE adj. based on probability or presumption. |
| PREVAILMENT | • prevailment n. (Obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy. • PREVAILMENT n. (Shakespeare) the power of overcoming. |
| SEMIPRIVATE | • semiprivate adj. More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that… • SEMIPRIVATE adj. partly private. |
| SEMPERVIVUM | • sempervivum n. Any of the genus Sempervivum of succulent plants, the houseleeks or liveforevers. • Sempervivum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae – the houseleeks etc. • SEMPERVIVUM n. a plant, the houseleek. |
| TEMPERATIVE | • temperative adj. Having the power to temper something. • TEMPERATIVE adj. having a moderating influence. |
| VAPORIMETER | • vaporimeter n. An instrument for measuring the volume or tension of any vapor. • VAPORIMETER n. instrument for measuring vapour pressure. |