| COMPETITIVE | • competitive adj. Of or pertaining to competition. • competitive adj. (Of someone’s character) Inclined to compete. • competitive adj. (Economics) Capable of competing successfully. |
| DEVELOPMENT | • development n. (Uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change. • development n. (Uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is… • development n. (Countable) Something which has developed. |
| ENVELOPMENT | • envelopment n. The act of enveloping. • envelopment n. That which envelops; a covering. • envelopment n. (Military) An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks… |
| 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. |
| OVERPAYMENT | • overpayment n. Payment exceeding the amount actually due. • OVERPAYMENT n. an excessive payment. |
| OVERPROMOTE | • overpromote v. (Transitive) To promote excessively. • OVERPROMOTE v. to promote excessively. |
| OVERTRUMPED | • overtrumped v. Simple past tense and past participle of overtrump. • OVERTRUMP v. to trump with a higher card than the trump already played. |
| PLUVIOMETER | • pluviometer n. (Meteorology) A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall. • PLUVIOMETER n. a device for recording rainfall. |
| PREMONITIVE | • premonitive adj. Premonitory. • PREMONITIVE adj. conveying a warning, also PREMONITORY. |
| PREMOVEMENT | • premovement adj. Prior to movement. • PREMOVEMENT n. the act of premoving. |
| PROVOKEMENT | • provokement n. (Now rare) Provocation. • PROVOKEMENT n. (Spenser) provocation. |
| VAPORIMETER | • vaporimeter n. An instrument for measuring the volume or tension of any vapor. • VAPORIMETER n. instrument for measuring vapour pressure. |