| ALIMENTIVENESS | • alimentiveness n. The state or quality of being alimentive. • alimentiveness n. (Phrenology, obsolete) The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. • ALIMENTIVENESS n. a phrenologist's word for the instinct to seek food or drink. |
| DEMISEMIQUAVER | • demisemiquaver n. (Music) A thirty-second note, drawn as a crotchet with three tails. • DEMISEMIQUAVER n. a 1/32 note in music. |
| DETERMINATIVES | • determinatives n. Plural of determinative. • DETERMINATIVE n. a factor that determines. |
| DIVERTISEMENTS | • divertisements n. Plural of divertisement. • DIVERTISEMENT n. a diversion; a divertimento. |
| DIVERTISSEMENT | • divertissement n. An entertaining diversion. • divertissement n. (Ballet) A short ballet within a larger work, usually providing a break from the main plot. • DIVERTISSEMENT n. (French) a diversion or entertainment; a short ballet used as an interlude. |
| IMPERATIVENESS | • imperativeness n. The state or condition of being imperative. • IMPERATIVE n. expressive of command, advice or request. |
| IMPERCEPTIVELY | • imperceptively adv. (Proscribed) imperceptibly. • IMPERCEPTIVE adv. not perceptive. |
| IMPERFECTIVELY | • imperfectively adv. (Grammar) In an imperfective manner or context. • IMPERFECTIVE adv. expressing action as incomplete or without reference to completion or as reiterated. |
| IMPRESSIVENESS | • impressiveness n. The quality of being impressive. • IMPRESSIVE n. making or tending to make a marked impression. |
| INTEMPESTIVELY | • intempestively adv. (Obsolete) unseasonably. • INTEMPESTIVE adv. unseasonable; untimely; inopportune. |
| MEDITATIVENESS | • meditativeness n. The quality of being meditative. • MEDITATIVE n. marked by or conducive to meditation. |
| OMISSIVENESSES | • OMISSIVENESS n. the state of being omissive. |
| PERMISSIVENESS | • permissiveness n. The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen. • PERMISSIVE n. permitting; granting leave or liberty. |
| PRECOMPETITIVE | • precompetitive adj. Describing the early stages of the development of a commercial product, during which competitors collaborate. • PRECOMPETITIVE adj. denoting a period of industrial or commercial development during which competitors work together. |