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.
compressive
compressive
adj
That compresses
imprevision
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
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
improvident
improvident
adj
failing to provide for the future; reckless
incautious; prone to rashness
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.
improvisers
improvisers
noun
plural of improviser
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
improvisors
improvisors
noun
plural of improvisor
misimproved
misimproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misimprove
misprovoked
overamplify
overamplify
verb
To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal
To amplify to an extent that is undesirably loud.
overempired
overimposed
overimposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overimpose
overimpress
overimpress
verb
(transitive) To impress too much.
overpromise
overpromise
verb
To promise more than is delivered.
overpumping
overpumping
verb
present participle of overpump
ovispermary
ovopyriform
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
pluviometer
pluviometer
noun
(meteorology) A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall.
pluviometry
pluviometry
noun
The scientific measurement of rainfall.
preimproved
premonitive
premonitive
adj
premonitory
preremoving
primevarous
primeverose
primeverose
noun
(biochemistry) A disaccharide, consisting of xylose and glucose residues, that occurs as plant glycosides
provinculum
provitamins
provitamins
noun
plural of provitamin
pulviniform
pulviniform
adj
pillow-shaped
purposivism
purposivism
noun
(law) Synonym of purposive approach
(philosophy, religion) philosophy, especially religious, that treats will or conscious intent as a basal fact
thymoprivic
unimproving
unimproving
adj
Not improving
unpromotive
vagotropism
vaporimeter
vaporimeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the volume or tension of any vapor.
verminproof
verminproof
adj
Resistant to vermin.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to vermin.
vermiparous
vermiparous
adj
Producing or breeding worms or grubs, such as various insects.
vermiphobia
vermiphobia
noun
An abnormal or irrational fear of worms or being infected by worms.