Looking in all directions; cautious or watchful of danger.
circumspectively
circumspectively
adv
In a circumspective manner.
comparativeness
comparativeness
noun
The state or quality of being comparative.
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
comparativist
comparativist
noun
Alternative form of comparatist
corporativism
corporativism
noun
Synonym of corporatism
cryptovolcanism
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
descriptivism
descriptivism
noun
(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
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
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.
hyperemotiveness
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
imperativeness
imperativeness
noun
The state or condition of being imperative.
imperatives
imperatives
noun
plural of imperative
imperceptiveness
imperceptiveness
noun
The quality of being imperceptive.
imperseverant
imperseverant
adj
(obsolete) Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.
impersonative
impervestigable
impoverishment
impoverishment
noun
The action of impoverishing someone.
The state of being impoverished.
impoverishments
impoverishments
noun
plural of impoverishment
imprevisibility
improvements
improvements
noun
plural of improvement
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.
improvvisatore
improvvisatore
noun
Alternative form of improvisatore
improvvisatori
improvvisatori
noun
plural of improvvisatore
introspectivism
misappreciative
misappreciative
adj
Failing to appreciate properly.
misdescriptive
misdescriptive
adj
(law) In United States trademark law, tending to mislead consumers about the qualities of the product represented by the mark.
misimprovement
misimprovement
noun
Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.
misrepresentative
misrepresentative
adj
Purporting to be representative without actually being so.
noncircumscriptive
nonimperativeness
nonpresumptive
nonpresumptively
nonprimitiveness
omnirepresentative
omnirepresentativeness
omniscriptive
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
overassumption
overassumptive
overassumptively
overbumptious
overbumptious
adj
Excessively bumptious.
overbumptiously
overbumptiousness
overcircumspect
overcircumspect
adj
Excessively circumspect.
overcircumspection
overcompensate
overcompensate
verb
(intransitive) To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
(transitive) To provide with excessive pay or reward for work performed.
overcompensated
overcompensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcompensate
overcompensates
overcompensates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate
overcompensating
overcompensating
verb
present participle of overcompensate
overcompensation
overcompensation
noun
An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
Excessive pay or reward provided for work performed.
overcompensations
overcompensations
noun
plural of overcompensation
overcompensators
overcompensators
noun
plural of overcompensator
overcompensatory
overcompensatory
adj
Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.
overcompetitiveness
overcompetitiveness
noun
The quality of being overcompetitive.
overcomplicates
overcomplicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcomplicate
overconsumption
overconsumption
noun
Excessive consumption.
overconsumptions
overdistempered
overemphaticalness
overemphaticness
overemptiness
overimpressibility
overimpressionability
overoptimism
overoptimism
noun
Excessive optimism.
overoptimist
overoptimist
noun
An excessively optimistic person.
overoptimistic
overoptimistic
adj
Excessively optimistic.
overoptimistically
overoptimistically
adv
In an overoptimistic manner.
overpatriotism
overpayments
overpayments
noun
plural of overpayment
overperemptoriness
overpessimistic
overpessimistic
adj
More pessimistic than is warranted.
overpessimistically
overpresumption
overpresumption
noun
Excessive presumption.
overpresumptive
overpresumptively
overpresumptiveness
overpresumptuous
overpresumptuous
adj
Excessively presumptuous.
overpresumptuously
overpresumptuousness
overprominentness
overpromotes
overpromotes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpromote
overpromptness
overpunishment
overpunishment
noun
Excessive punishment.
overscepticism
oversimplicity
oversimplicity
noun
Excessive simplicity.
oversimplification
oversimplification
noun
An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
The process of making such an explanation.
oversimplifications
oversimplifications
noun
plural of oversimplification
overskeptticism
ovispermiduct
pelvisternum
permittivities
permittivities
noun
plural of permittivity
perspectivism
perspectivism
noun
The philosophical view that all perception always takes place from a specific perspective.
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
noun
(nonce word) A disease of the lungs, allegedly caused by inhaling microscopic silicate particles originating from the eruption of a volcano.
poverishment
preadministrative
preadvertisement
preadvertisement
noun
advertisement in advance
predemonstrative
preinvestment
prescriptivism
prescriptivism
noun
(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
presumptive
presumptive
adj
Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief.
Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not.
presumptively
presumptively
adv
As is presumed to be the case
In a presumptive manner
presumptiveness
presumptiveness
noun
The condition of being presumptive.
preventionism
preventionism
noun
A policy or approach based on trying to prevent something from happening.
preventoriums
preventoriums
noun
plural of preventorium
primitiveness
primitiveness
noun
The quality or state of being primitive.
primitivenesses
primitivenesses
noun
plural of primitiveness
primitives
primitives
noun
plural of primitive
primitivism
primitivism
noun
Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.
The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
The state or quality of being primitive.
primitivisms
primitivisms
noun
plural of primitivism
primitivist
primitivist
adj
Exhibiting or practicing primitivism, the advocacy of primitive over refined forms
noun
A proponent of primitivism.
primitivistic
primitivistic
adj
Of or pertaining to primitivism.
primitivists
primitivists
noun
plural of primitivist
primitivities
primitivities
noun
plural of primitivity
privateersman
privateersman
noun
(nautical) The captain or member of the crew of a privateer.
privatism
privatism
noun
Concern only with issues inasmuch as they affect one as an individual; self-interest.
procollectivism
proinvestment
promotiveness
promotiveness
noun
The quality of being promotive.
prostatovesiculectomy
prostatovesiculectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of prostate and seminal vesicles
providentialism
provisionment
provisionment
noun
The supplying of provisions.
provitamins
provitamins
noun
plural of provitamin
pseudoprimitive
pseudoprimitivism
psychogalvanometer
psychogalvanometer
noun
A device that makes psychogalvanic measurements (typically of the skin)
redevelopments
redevelopments
noun
plural of redevelopment
resumptive
resumptive
adj
That is in the nature of resumption.
noun
(archaic) A restorative medicine.
(grammar) A resumptive pronoun.
resumptively
resumptively
adv
(linguistics) In a resumptive manner; in terms of, or by means of, resumption.
semiperceptive
semipreservation
semiprimitive
semiprimitive
adj
(mathematics) Describing a generalization of a semisimple ring
semiprivate
semiprivate
adj
More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients.