(linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
(philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
Able to repair or ameliorate.
noun
(linguistics, rare) A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation.
That which betters or improves.
amelioratively
amovability
amovability
noun
Liability to be removed or dismissed from office.
anticommutative
anticommutative
adj
(algebra) Of an operator * for which a * b = - (b * a)
anticompetitive
anticompetitive
adj
(economics, business) Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.
anticonservatism
anticonventionalism
anticonventionalism
noun
The quality of being anticonventional; rejection of conventions or norms.
antienvironmentalism
antienvironmentalist
antienvironmentalists
antigovernment
antigovernment
adj
Opposed to a government currently in power.
Opposed to government in general.
antigovernmental
antigovernmental
adj
Opposing a government.
antigovernmentally
antivenom
antivenom
noun
(medicine) A medicine that counteracts venom, an antidote to biological poisons from venomous animals such as snakes and spiders.
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
approximative
approximative
adj
Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construct that expresses approximation.
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
approximativeness
approximativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approximative.
automanipulative
automative
automative
adj
Relating to automation.
automotive
automotive
adj
Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
noun
A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts
avitaminoses
avitaminoses
noun
plural of avitaminosis
avitaminosis
avitaminosis
noun
Any disease which is caused by vitamin deficiency.
avitaminotic
avitaminotic
adj
Having or relating to avitaminosis.
avoidment
bioenvironmental
bioenvironmental
adj
Of or pertaining to the interactions between the environment and living organisms
bioenvironmentaly
bonaventurism
camptonville
cervicobregmatic
cervicobregmatic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the anterior fontanelle and the junction of the neck with the floor of the mouth.
chemicovital
chemicovital
adj
(dated) Both chemical and vital; biochemical.
circumaviation
circumaviator
circumnavigation
circumnavigation
noun
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round.
circumnavigations
circumnavigations
noun
plural of circumnavigation
circumnavigator
circumnavigator
noun
A person who circumnavigates, that is, sails around the world.
circumnavigatory
circumnavigatory
adj
pertaining to circumnavigation
circumvallation
circumvallation
noun
A rampart or other defensive entrenchment that entirely encircles the position being defended.
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
cirrocumulative
clavicotomy
combative
combative
adj
Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
combatively
combatively
adv
In a combative way.
combativeness
combativeness
noun
the state of being combative
combativity
combativity
noun
Synonym of combativeness
combinantive
combinative
combinative
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resulting from combination.
Serving, tending, or able to combine.
comfortative
comfortative
adj
(archaic) Offering comfort.
noun
(archaic) A medicine or other item causing comfort.
comitative
comitative
adj
(grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment.
noun
The comitative case, or a word in this case.
comitiva
comitiva
noun
(historical) A band of brigands in Italy or Sicily.
commemorative
commemorative
adj
Serving to commemorate something.
noun
(philately) A postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues.
An object made to commemorate a person, mark an event, etc.
commemoratively
commemoratively
adv
In a commemorative manner.
commemorativeness
commemorativeness
noun
The quality of being commemorative.
commentative
commentative
adj
(of film music) That occurs outside of the context of the film's action, and therefore cannot be heard by the film's characters.
comminative
comminative
adj
Of or relating to commination.
commiserative
commiserative
adj
Feeling or expressing commiseration, compassion, pity or sympathy
commiseratively
commiseratively
adv
In a commiserative manner.
commulative
communicative
communicative
adj
Eager to communicate; talkative.
communicatively
communicatively
adv
In a communicative manner.
communicativeness
communicativeness
noun
The state or quality of being communicative.
commutative
commutative
adj
(algebra, of an algebraic structure) Having a commutative operation.
(mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.
(mathematics, of a diagram of morphisms) Such that any two sequences of morphisms with the same initial and final positions compose to the same morphism.
Relating to exchange; interchangeable.
commutatively
commutatively
adv
In a commutative manner.
commutativity
commutativity
noun
(mathematics, physics) The state of being commutative.
comparatival
comparatival
adj
(grammar) Expressing or relating to a comparison.
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
comparatively
comparatively
adv
In a comparative manner.
When compared to other entities.
comparativeness
comparativeness
noun
The state or quality of being comparative.
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
comparativist
comparativist
noun
Alternative form of comparatist
compassivity
compellative
compellative
noun
(grammar) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
compensativeness
compensativeness
noun
The quality of being compensative.
complaintive
complaintive
adj
Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
complaintiveness
complaintiveness
noun
The quality of being complaintive.
complementative
complicative
complicative
adj
Having a tendency to complicate.
complimentative
complimentative
adj
(archaic) complimentary
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
computatively
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
conglomerative
conglomerative
adj
Causing, or relating to, conglomeration.
conservationism
conservationism
noun
A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources
conservatism
conservatism
noun
A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
A risk-averse attitude or approach.
conservatisms
conservatisms
noun
plural of conservatism
conservatorium
conservatorium
noun
(music) conservatory
consummative
consummative
adj
Serving to consummate or complete.
consummatively
consummativeness
consummativeness
noun
The quality of being consummative.
contaminative
contaminative
adj
That contaminates
contemplative
contemplative
adj
(medicine, psychiatry) In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as own's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.
Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
noun
Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.
contemplatively
contemplatively
adv
In a contemplative manner.
contemplativeness
contemplativeness
noun
The state or quality of being contemplative.
controversialism
controversialism
noun
The tendency to engage in controversy.
controversionalism
conventionalism
conventionalism
noun
(countable, obsolete) A conventional act or constraint.
(uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.
(uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions.
conversationalism
conversationalism
noun
Synonym of conversationism
conversationism
conversationism
noun
A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloquialism.
corporativism
corporativism
noun
Synonym of corporatism
correlativism
costermansville
cryptovolcanism
cytomegalovirus
cytomegalovirus
noun
(virology) Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.
decontaminative
deformative
demivotary
demonstrative
demonstrative
adj
(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to
given to open displays of emotion
that serves to demonstrate, show or prove
noun
A demonstrative adjective.
A demonstrative pronoun.
demonstratively
demonstratively
adv
In a demonstrative manner.
demonstrativeness
demonstrativeness
noun
The state or quality of being demonstrative.
denominative
denominative
adj
(grammar) Deriving from a noun, or from an adjective, such as the verb destruct from the noun destruction.
Being a name.
Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.
noun
A word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.
denominatively
denominatively
adv
By denomination.
developmentalist
developmentalist
adj
Of, or related to developmentalism.
noun
A follower or proponent of developmentalism.
developmentarian
deviationism
deviationism
noun
Deviation from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of communism.
devotionalism
devotionalism
noun
(religion) Devotional behaviour.
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
dmitrovka
domesticative
dominative
dominative
adj
Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
earthmoving
earthmoving
adj
(construction, not comparable) Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.
(figuratively, comparable) Of great significance.
earthmovings
efformative
emotiovascular
envenomation
envenomation
noun
The deterioration in the surface quality of a plastic that is in contact with another material.
The injection of a venom by means of a sting, etc.
envenomization
envenomization
noun
poisoning by the venom of a living creature
environmental
environmental
adj
Pertaining to the environment.
noun
(computing) Any factor relating to the physical environment in which hardware is operated, such as the room temperature or the number of racks used to hold equipment.
environmentalism
environmentalism
noun
(medicine, social sciences) A theory that views environment, rather than heredity or culture, as the important factor in the development of an individual or group.
(politics) A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.
environmentalist
environmentalist
adj
Of, or relating to environmentalism.
noun
(anthropology, social sciences) One who holds the view that environment, rather than heredity or culture, is the primary factor in the development of an individual or group.
One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention.
environmentalists
environmentalists
noun
plural of environmentalist
environmentally
environmentally
adv
In a manner affecting the environment.
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
evaporimeter
evaporimeter
noun
An atmometer
excommunicative
excommunicative
adj
Relating to excommunication.
favoritism
favoritism
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of favouritism
favoritisms
favoritisms
noun
plural of favoritism
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
formative
formative
adj
(biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
(education) Denoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
(grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
Capable of forming something.
Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
noun
(grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.