(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.
convertaplane
convertaplane
noun
Alternative form of convertiplane
convertiplane
convertiplane
noun
Any of several forms of aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing, and of normal forward flight; usually has variable geometry wings that can rotate
convertoplane
cooperatively
cooperatively
adv
In a cooperative manner; working with others on a task as part of a team.
corporatively
cryptovalence
cryptovalency
developmental
developmental
adj
Related to development.
noun
A trainee flight controller.
dispositively
dispositively
adv
(obsolete) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
evaporability
evaporability
noun
Capability of evaporating.
evaporatively
evaporatively
adv
In an evaporative manner
Regarding evaporation
exploratively
exploratively
adv
In an explorative way or fashion.
expostulative
expostulative
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
extrapolative
extrapolative
adj
That serves to extrapolate
hypervelocity
hypervelocity
adj
Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.
noun
(astronomy) A velocity greater than escape velocity.
A hypersonic velocity.
A very high velocity.
improvidently
improvidently
adv
In an improvident manner.
interpolative
interpolative
adj
Of or pertaining to interpolation.
nonpalliative
nonpalliative
adj
Not palliative.
omniprevalent
omniprevalent
adj
Prevalent everywhere or in all things.
overcompliant
overcompliant
adj
Excessively compliant.
overcorruptly
overexploited
overexploited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overexploit
overpartially
overpiteously
overplacement
overplacement
noun
Assignment to a placement requiring greater talent than the person has.
Extreme overconfidence.
Placement over or above others.
overplenitude
overplenitude
noun
Excessive plenitude.
overplenteous
overplenteous
adj
Excessively plenteous.
overplentiful
overplentiful
adj
Excessively plentiful.
overpolitical
overpollinate
overpopulated
overpopulated
adj
Having or consisting of a higher population than can be sustained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpopulate
overpopulates
overpopulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpopulate
overpotential
overpotential
noun
(physics) The difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis
overprolixity
overpublicity
overpublicity
noun
Excessive publicity.
overrepletion
overrepletion
noun
Excessive repletion.
oversceptical
oversceptical
adj
Alternative form of overskeptical
overskeptical
overskeptical
adj
Excessively skeptical.
overspeculate
overspeculate
verb
(finance) To spend too much money in speculation.
To speculate excessively.
palaeoatavism
parrottsville
petropavlovsk
philogenitive
philogenitive
adj
(formal) Fond of children.
phytovitellin
plumbisolvent
plumbisolvent
adj
Alternative form of plumbosolvent
plumbosolvent
plumbosolvent
adj
Exhibiting plumbosolvency.
portervillios
postmediaeval
postvertebral
postvertebral
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the vertebrae
prepositively
prepositively
adv
In a prepositive position.
prerevelation
prerogatively
prerogatively
adv
By prerogative.
pretelevision
pretelevision
adj
Before the introduction of television.
prevocational
prevocational
adj
In preparation for a vocation.
prevolitional
prevolitional
adj
Before an act of the will.
proctorsville
prohibitively
prohibitively
adv
In a prohibitive manner.
To a prohibitive extent.
proliferative
proliferative
adj
(not comparable, cytology) of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells
proliferating; tending to proliferate
noun
Such a cell
prorevolution
prospectively
prospectively
adv
In a prospective manner.
proventricule
proventriculi
proventriculi
noun
plural of proventriculus
proverbialist
proverbialist
noun
One who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing.
provincialate
provincialate
noun
The office of a provincial (monastic superior)
provocatively
provocatively
adv
In a provocative manner.
pulverisation
pulverisation
noun
Alternative spelling of pulverization
pulverization
pulverization
noun
The act of pulverizing.
redevelopment
redevelopment
noun
The demolition of old, redundant or unfashionable buildings or infrastructure and the construction of new ones on the same site.