(architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
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.
empoverish
empoverish
verb
Obsolete spelling of impoverish
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.
impositive
impoverish
impoverish
verb
(intransitive) To become poor.
(transitive) To make poor.
(transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
improvable
improvable
adj
Capable of being improved.
Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.
Impossible to prove.
improvably
improvably
adv
So as to permit improvement.
improvided
improvided
adj
Unforeseen.
improvised
improvised
adj
created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of improvise
improviser
improviser
noun
One who improvises.
improvises
improvises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improvise
improvisor
improvisor
noun
Alternative form of improviser
misimprove
misimprove
verb
(transitive, archaic) To use for a bad purpose; to misuse.
misprovide
misprovide
verb
(intransitive) To provide badly or wrongly.
misprovoke
overimport
overimport
verb
(transitive) To import too much of.
overimpose
overimpose
verb
(transitive) To impose too much or too often.
oversimple
oversimple
adj
Excessively simple; lacking the necessary complexity.
oversimply
oversimply
adv
In a way that is too simple; without the necessary detail or complexity.
ovoplasmic
parovarium
parovarium
noun
(anatomy) The epoophoron.
pedomotive
pedomotive
adj
Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
pelviotomy
pelviotomy
Noun
symphysiotomy
phomvihane
pomivorous
positivism
positivism
noun
(law) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values; i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans).
(philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.
preimprove
profluvium
profluvium
noun
A copious discharge of fluid, especially a bodily fluid.
promissive
promissive
adj
Making or implying a promise.
promissvry
provitamin
provitamin
noun
(biochemistry) Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism
semiproven
semiproven
adj
proven to a certain extent
unimproved
unimproved
adj
Not selectively bred for better quality or productiveness
Not used or employed advantageously
not tilled, built on, or otherwise improved for use.