| COMPELLATIVE | • compellative n. (Grammar) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative. • COMPELLATIVE n. compellation. |
| COMPENSATIVE | • compensative adj. That compensates for something; compensatory. • compensative n. (Obsolete) compensation. • COMPENSATIVE adj. relating to compensation, also COMPENSATIONAL. |
| 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. |
| EVAPORIMETER | • evaporimeter n. An atmometer. • EVAPORIMETER n. an instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation, also EVAPOROMETER. |
| EVAPOROMETER | • evaporometer n. An instrument for measuring evaporation; an atmometer. • EVAPOROMETER n. an instrument for measuring rate of evaporation, also EVAPORIMETER. |
| IMPROVEMENTS | • improvements n. Plural of improvement. • IMPROVEMENT n. the act of improving. |
| OVEREMPHATIC | • overemphatic adj. Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation. • OVEREMPHATIC adj. excessively emphatic. |
| OVERPAYMENTS | • overpayments n. Plural of overpayment. • OVERPAYMENT n. an excessive payment. |
| OVERPROMOTED | • overpromoted v. Simple past tense and past participle of overpromote. • OVERPROMOTE v. to promote excessively. |
| OVERPROMOTES | • overpromotes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpromote. • OVERPROMOTE v. to promote excessively. |
| PERFORMATIVE | • performative adj. (Philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said. • performative adj. Being done as a performance in order to create an impression. • performative n. A performative utterance. |
| PLUVIOMETERS | • pluviometers n. Plural of pluviometer. • PLUVIOMETER n. a device for recording rainfall. |
| POSTMEDIEVAL | • postmedieval adj. After the Middle Ages. • post-medieval adj. Alternative form of postmedieval. • POSTMEDIEVAL adj. taking place after the mediaeval period. |
| PREFORMATIVE | • preformative n. Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word. • preformative adj. Of or pertaining to preformation. • preformative adj. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later. |
| PREMOVEMENTS | • PREMOVEMENT n. the act of premoving. |
| PROVOKEMENTS | • provokements n. Plural of provokement. • PROVOKEMENT n. (Spenser) provocation. |
| VAPORIMETERS | • vaporimeters n. Plural of vaporimeter. • VAPORIMETER n. instrument for measuring vapour pressure. |