| 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. |
| COMPOSITIVE | • compositive adj. Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. • COMPOSITIVE adj. relating to a composite. |
| COMPRESSIVE | • compressive adj. That compresses. • COMPRESSIVE adj. of or relating to compression. |
| COMPULSIVES | • compulsives n. Plural of compulsive. • COMPULSIVE n. one driven by an ungovernable impulse. |
| CONSUMPTIVE | • consumptive adj. Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful. • consumptive adj. Of, or relating to consumption. • consumptive adj. (Pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis. |
| DISIMPROVED | • disimproved v. Simple past tense and past participle of disimprove. • DISIMPROVE v. to make worse. |
| DISIMPROVES | • disimproves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disimprove. • DISIMPROVE v. to make worse. |
| IMPLOSIVELY | • implosively adv. In an implosive manner; by means of implosion. • IMPLOSIVE adv. of or relating to implosion. |
| IMPROVISATE | • improvisate v. To improvise; to extemporize. • improvisate adj. Unpremeditated; impromptu. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| IMPROVISERS | • improvisers n. Plural of improviser. • IMPROVISER n. one who improvises, also IMPROVISATOR, IMPROVISOR. |
| IMPROVISING | • improvising v. Present participle of improvise. • improvising n. Improvisation. • IMPROVISE v. to compose and recite, or perform, without preparation. |
| IMPROVISORS | • improvisors n. Plural of improvisor. • IMPROVISOR n. one who improvises, also IMPROVISATOR, IMPROVISER. |
| MISDEVELOPS | • misdevelops v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misdevelop. • MISDEVELOP v. to develop wrongly. |
| MISIMPROVED | • misimproved v. Simple past tense and past participle of misimprove. • MISIMPROVE v. to make worse by would-be improvement. |
| MISIMPROVES | • misimproves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misimprove. • MISIMPROVE v. to make worse by would-be improvement. |
| OVERIMPRESS | • overimpress v. (Transitive) To impress too much. • OVERIMPRESS v. to impress excessively. |
| OVERPROMISE | • overpromise v. To promise more than is delivered. • OVERPROMISE v. to promise too much. |
| POSITIVISMS | • positivisms n. Plural of positivism. • POSITIVISM n. the doctrine that that which is not observable is not knowable. |
| PROVITAMINS | • provitamins n. Plural of provitamin. • PROVITAMIN n. a pre-vitamin. |