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.
avicularimorphae
chemisorptive
chemisorptive
adj
Relating to chemisorption
chemoreceptive
chemoreceptive
adj
(of a sense organ) able to respond to a chemical stimulus
chemoreceptivities
chemoreceptivity
chemoreceptivity
noun
the ability of a sense organ to respond to a chemical stimulus
chemosorptive
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
comprehensive
comprehensive
adj
Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
noun
(Britain) A comprehensive school.
comprehensively
comprehensively
adv
In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.
comprehensiveness
comprehensiveness
noun
The state of being comprehensive.
comprehensivenesses
comprehensives
comprehensives
noun
plural of comprehensive
compressive
compressive
adj
That compresses
compressively
compressively
adv
In a compressive way.
comprovincial
comprovincial
adj
Being part of the same province.
noun
One who comes from the same province.
corporativism
corporativism
noun
Synonym of corporatism
cryptovolcanism
decompressive
decompressive
adj
That decompresses.
developmentarian
disimprove
disimprove
verb
(informal, rare, influenced by the German verb verschlimmbessern) To try to make something better but end up making it worse.
(intransitive, rare) to deteriorate.
(transitive, rare) to make worse.
disimprovement
disimprovement
noun
(informal, rare, influenced by the German noun Verschlimmbesserung) attempt to make something better while ending up worse than before.
Reduction from a better to a worse state.
disprovement
empoverish
empoverish
verb
Obsolete spelling of impoverish
evaporimeter
evaporimeter
noun
An atmometer
galvanotropism
galvanotropism
noun
(biology) Any movement or alignment of an organism with respect to an electric field
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperemotive
hyperemotive
adj
hyperemotional
hyperemotively
hyperemotiveness
hyperemotivity
hyperemotivity
noun
The quality of being hyperemotive.
hyperovarianism
hyperovarism
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
hypervoluminous
immunosuppressive
immunosuppressive
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) Having the capability to suppress the immune system, capable of immunosuppression.
noun
(pharmacology, immunology) An agent which is capable of immunosuppression.
impersonative
impervious
impervious
adj
Immune to damage or effect.
Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
imperviously
imperviously
adv
In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
imperviousness
imperviousness
noun
the state of being impervious
impoverish
impoverish
verb
(intransitive) To become poor.
(transitive) To make poor.
(transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
impoverished
impoverished
adj
Having lost a component, an ingredient, or a faculty or a feature; rendered poor in something; depleted.
Reduced to poverty.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impoverish
impoverisher
impoverisher
noun
Someone who impoverishes.
impoverishes
impoverishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impoverish
impoverishing
impoverishing
verb
present participle of impoverish
impoverishment
impoverishment
noun
The action of impoverishing someone.
The state of being impoverished.
impoverishments
impoverishments
noun
plural of impoverishment
imprevision
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improgressive
improgressive
Adjective
Not progressive.
improgressively
improgressively
adv
In an improgressive manner.
improgressiveness
improgressiveness
noun
The quality of being improgressive.
improv
improv
noun
(acting) A form of live entertainment characterized by improvisation and interaction with the audience.
(informal) Improvisation.
verb
To perform improv.
improvability
improvability
noun
The condition of being improvable
improvable
improvable
adj
Capable of being improved.
Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.
Impossible to prove.
improvableness
improvableness
noun
Quality of being improvable; capability of improvement.
improvably
improvably
adv
So as to permit improvement.
improve
improve
verb
(dated) To use or employ to good purpose; to turn to profitable account.
(intransitive) To become better.
(obsolete) To disapprove of; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure.
(obsolete) To disprove or make void; to refute.
(transitive) To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
improved
improved
adj
That has been made better; enhanced.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improve
improvement
improvement
noun
(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
(in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
Something which is improved
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
improvements
improvements
noun
plural of improvement
improver
improver
noun
(historical) A pad worn by women to make the dress hang properly.
(obsolete) Specifically, a person who improves land or property, a landscaper.
A substance added to cause improvement (especially to a foodstuff).
One who improves his or her performance, one who shows improvement (of individuals or groups).
Something that, or someone who, improves something.
improvers
improvers
noun
plural of improver
improvership
improves
improves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improve
improvided
improvided
adj
Unforeseen.
improvidence
improvidence
noun
The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.
improvidences
improvidences
noun
plural of improvidence
improvident
improvident
adj
failing to provide for the future; reckless
incautious; prone to rashness
improvidentially
improvidentially
adv
improvidently
improvidently
improvidently
adv
In an improvident manner.
improving
improving
adj
That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).
verb
present participle of improve
improvingly
improvingly
adv
In a manner that tends to improve (especially, (dated), to educate or morally better a person).
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
improvisation
improvisation
noun
Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.
That which is improvised; an impromptu.
The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead
The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
improvisational
improvisational
adj
Having the nature of an improvisation.
improvisations
improvisations
noun
plural of improvisation
improvisatize
improvisatize
verb
(rare, obsolete) To improvise; to extemporize.
improvisator
improvisator
noun
An improvvisatore.
improvisatore
improvisatore
noun
(poetry) An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
improvisatorial
improvisatorial
adj
improvisatory
improvisatorially
improvisatorially
adv
By improvisation.
improvisatorize
improvisatory
improvisatory
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation
improvisatrice
improvisatrice
noun
A female improvisatore.
improvise
improvise
verb
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
improvised
improvised
adj
created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improvise
improvisedly
improviser
improviser
noun
One who improvises.
improvisers
improvisers
noun
plural of improviser
improvises
improvises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improvise
improvising
improvising
noun
improvisation
verb
present participle of improvise
improvision
improvision
noun
(obsolete) the lack of provision, a failure to provide something
the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
improviso
improviso
adj
(obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
improvisor
improvisor
noun
Alternative form of improviser
improvisors
improvisors
noun
plural of improvisor
improvs
improvs
noun
plural of improv
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improv
improvvisatore
improvvisatore
noun
Alternative form of improvisatore
improvvisatori
improvvisatori
noun
plural of improvvisatore
incomprehensive
incomprehensive
adj
Not comprehensive; shallow, incomplete.
uncomprehending
incomprehensively
incomprehensively
adv
In an incomprehensive manner.
incomprehensiveness
incomprehensiveness
noun
The condition of being incomprehensive.
inmprovidence
introspectivism
mechanoreceptive
mechanoreceptive
adj
Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch
misimprove
misimprove
verb
(transitive, archaic) To use for a bad purpose; to misuse.
misimproved
misimproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misimprove
misimprovement
misimprovement
noun
Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.
misimproving
misimproving
verb
present participle of misimprove
misprovide
misprovide
verb
(intransitive) To provide badly or wrongly.
misprovidence
misprovoke
misprovoked
misprovoking
myeloproliferative
myeloproliferative
adj
(medicine) of or pertaining to the presence of an abnormal proliferation of myelopoietic cells (from bone marrow)
noncircumscriptive
noncomprehensive
noncomprehensive
adj
Not comprehensive.
noncomprehensively
noncomprehensiveness
noncompressive
noncompressive
adj
Not compressive
noncompressively
nonimperative
nonimperative
adj
Not imperative.
nonimperatively
nonimperativeness
nonimprovement
nonimprovement
noun
(countable) A change that is not an improvement.
(uncountable) Lack of improvement; failure to improve.
nonpermeative
nonpermissive
nonpermissive
adj
Not permissive.
nonpermissively
nonpermissiveness
nonpermissiveness
noun
The state or condition of being nonpermissive.
nonpresumptive
nonpresumptively
nonprimitive
nonprimitive
adj
Not primitive.
noun
(computing, geometry) An object that is not a primitive.
nonprimitively
nonprimitiveness
nonpromotive
nonredemptive
nonredemptive
adj
Not redemptive
novemperfoliate
omniprevalence
omniprevalent
omniprevalent
adj
Prevalent everywhere or in all things.
omnirepresentative
omnirepresentativeness
omniscriptive
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
ovatopyriform
overamplified
overamplified
adj
Excessively amplified
verb
past participle of overamplify
overamplifies
overamplifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overamplify
overamplify
overamplify
verb
To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal