| COMPARATIVE | • comparative adj. Of or relating to comparison. • comparative adj. Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it. • comparative adj. Approximated by comparison; relative. |
| IMPROVEMENT | • improvement n. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering. • improvement n. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed;… • improvement n. The state of being improved; betterment; advance. |
| IMPROVIDENT | • improvident adj. Failing to provide for the future; reckless. • improvident adj. Incautious; prone to rashness. • IMPROVIDENT adj. lacking foresight, thoughtless, also UNPROVIDENT. |
| IMPROVISATE | • improvisate v. To improvise; to extemporize. • improvisate adj. Unpremeditated; impromptu. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| OVERPAYMENT | • overpayment n. Payment exceeding the amount actually due. • OVERPAYMENT n. an excessive payment. |
| OVERPROMOTE | • overpromote v. (Transitive) To promote excessively. • OVERPROMOTE v. to promote excessively. |
| OVERTRUMPED | • overtrumped v. Simple past tense and past participle of overtrump. • OVERTRUMP v. to trump with a higher card than the trump already played. |
| 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. |
| PREMONITIVE | • premonitive adj. Premonitory. • PREMONITIVE adj. conveying a warning, also PREMONITORY. |
| PREMOVEMENT | • premovement adj. Prior to movement. • PREMOVEMENT n. the act of premoving. |
| PROVITAMINS | • provitamins n. Plural of provitamin. • PROVITAMIN n. a pre-vitamin. |
| PROVOKEMENT | • provokement n. (Now rare) Provocation. • PROVOKEMENT n. (Spenser) provocation. |
| VAPORIMETER | • vaporimeter n. An instrument for measuring the volume or tension of any vapor. • VAPORIMETER n. instrument for measuring vapour pressure. |