| COMPELLATIVE | • compellative n. (Grammar) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative. • COMPELLATIVE n. compellation. |
| DEOPPILATIVE | • deoppilative n. (Medicine, dated) Any medicine that dissolves obstructions. • DEOPPILATIVE n. any drug which removes obstructions in the body. |
| DEVELOPMENTS | • developments n. Plural of development. • developments n. A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing. • DEVELOPMENT n. the act of developing. |
| ENVELOPMENTS | • envelopments n. Plural of envelopment. • ENVELOPMENT n. the act of enveloping. |
| EXPLOITATIVE | • exploitative adj. In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something. • exploitative adj. (More generally) Of or relating to exploitation. • exploitative adj. (Ecology, of competition) Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms. |
| EXPOSITIVELY | • EXPOSITIVE adv. serving to explain. |
| OVEREXPLICIT | • overexplicit adj. Excessively explicit. • OVEREXPLICIT adj. excessively explicit. |
| OVEREXPLOITS | • overexploits v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overexploit. • OVEREXPLOIT v. to exploit to excess. |
| OVERPOPULATE | • overpopulate v. To fill with too many individuals; to exceed the capacity of a region to contain the population. • OVERPOPULATE v. to populate too densely. |
| PEJORATIVELY | • pejoratively adv. In a pejorative manner. Insultingly, disparagingly; so as to belittle another or harm their reputation. • PEJORATIVE adv. implying or imputing evil. |
| PLUVIOMETERS | • pluviometers n. Plural of pluviometer. • PLUVIOMETER n. a device for recording rainfall. |
| POSTDELIVERY | • postdelivery adj. After a delivery of e.g. mail or goods. • postdelivery adj. After the delivery of a newborn child. • POSTDELIVERY adj. following a delivery. |
| POSTMEDIEVAL | • postmedieval adj. After the Middle Ages. • post-medieval adj. Alternative form of postmedieval. • POSTMEDIEVAL adj. taking place after the mediaeval period. |
| PROJECTIVELY | • projectively adv. In a projective way. • PROJECTIVE adv. projecting; of projection. |
| PROTECTIVELY | • protectively adv. In a protective manner. • PROTECTIVE adv. serving to protect. |
| PROTENSIVELY | • protensively adv. In a protensive fashion. • PROTENSIVE adv. extensive in time or length. |
| RETROPULSIVE | • retropulsive adj. Driving back; repelling. • retropulsive adj. Exhibiting or relating to retropulsion. • RETROPULSIVE adj. showing retropulsion. |
| SUPEROVULATE | • superovulate v. (Biology) To produce large quantities of mature ova. • SUPEROVULATE v. to produce a larger number of ova than usual, e.g. under stimulus of injected hormones. |
| VELOCIPEDIST | • velocipedist n. One who rides a velocipede. • VELOCIPEDIST n. one who rides a velocipede, an early form of bicycle, also VELOCIPEDEAN, VELOCIPEDER, VELOCIPEDIAN. |