| COMPARATIVES | • comparatives n. Plural of comparative. • COMPARATIVE n. one that compares with another esp. on equal footing. |
| EVAPORIMETER | • evaporimeter n. An atmometer. • EVAPORIMETER n. an instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation, also EVAPOROMETER. |
| GRAVITROPISM | • gravitropism n. (Biology, botany) a plant’s ability to change its growth in response to gravity. |
| IMPROVEMENTS | • improvements n. Plural of improvement. • IMPROVEMENT n. the act of improving. |
| IMPROVISATED | • improvisated v. Simple past tense and past participle of improvisate. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| IMPROVISATES | • improvisates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improvisate. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| IMPROVISATOR | • improvisator n. One who improvises. • improvisator n. An improvvisatore. • IMPROVISATOR n. an improviser, also IMPROVISER, IMPROVISOR. |
| OVEREMPHATIC | • overemphatic adj. Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation. • OVEREMPHATIC adj. excessively emphatic. |
| OVERMULTIPLY | • overmultiply v. (Intransitive) To multiply or increase too much; to repeat too often. • OVERMULTIPLY v. to become too numerous. |
| OVEROPTIMISM | • overoptimism n. Excessive optimism. • OVEROPTIMISM n. excessive optimism. |
| OVEROPTIMIST | • overoptimist n. An excessively optimistic person. • OVEROPTIMIST n. one who is excessively optimistic. |
| OVERTRUMPING | • overtrumping v. Present participle of overtrump. • OVERTRUMP v. to trump with a higher card than the trump already played. |
| 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. |
| PLUVIOMETRIC | • pluviometric adj. Related to pluviometry. • PLUVIOMETRIC adj. relating to pluviometry, the measurement of rainfall, also PLUVIOMETRICAL. |
| 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. |
| VAPORIMETERS | • vaporimeters n. Plural of vaporimeter. • VAPORIMETER n. instrument for measuring vapour pressure. |