| COMPLUVIUMS | • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
| COMPULSIVES | • compulsives n. Plural of compulsive. • COMPULSIVE n. one driven by an ungovernable impulse. |
| HYPOVOLEMIC | • hypovolemic adj. Of, pertaining to hypovolemia, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as… |
| IMPASSIVELY | • impassively adv. In an impassive manner. • IMPASSIVE adv. not showing feeling or emotion. |
| IMPERATIVAL | • imperatival adj. (Grammar) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood. • IMPERATIVAL adj. relating to the imperative. |
| IMPERVIABLE | • imperviable adj. Impervious. • IMPERVIABLE adj. not able to be penetrated, also IMPERVIOUS. |
| IMPLICATIVE | • implicative adj. Tending to implicate or to imply; pertaining to implication. • IMPLICATIVE adj. tending to implicate. |
| IMPLOSIVELY | • implosively adv. In an implosive manner; by means of implosion. • IMPLOSIVE adv. of or relating to implosion. |
| IMPROVINGLY | • improvingly adv. In a manner that tends to improve (especially, (dated), to educate or morally better a person). • IMPROVING adv. IMPROVE, to make better. |
| IMPULSIVELY | • impulsively adv. In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse. • IMPULSIVE adv. given to acting on impulse. |
| IMPULSIVITY | • impulsivity n. The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought. • IMPULSIVITY n. the state of being impulsive. |
| MALADAPTIVE | • maladaptive adj. (Psychology, chiefly of behaviour) Showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation… • maladaptive adj. (Evolution, of anatomy, physiology, or behavior) Showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary… • MALADAPTIVE adj. marked by poor or inadequate adaptation. |
| MISDEVELOPS | • misdevelops v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misdevelop. • MISDEVELOP v. to develop wrongly. |
| 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. |
| PLUVIOMETRY | • pluviometry n. The scientific measurement of rainfall. • PLUVIOMETRY n. the measurement of rain. |
| PREMEDIEVAL | • premedieval adj. Before the Middle Ages. • PREMEDIEVAL adj. taking place before the mediaeval period. |
| PREVAILMENT | • prevailment n. (Obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy. • PREVAILMENT n. (Shakespeare) the power of overcoming. |
| PRIMAEVALLY | • primaevally adv. Alternative form of primevally. • PRIMAEVAL adv. belonging to the earth's beginnings, also PRIMEVAL. |
| PRIMITIVELY | • primitively adv. In a primitive manner. • PRIMITIVE adv. belonging to earliest times or the earlier stages of development. |