(economics, business) Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.
archvampire
avicularimorphae
campbellsville
camptonville
champlev
champleve
chapmanville
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
chumpivilca
circumscriptive
circumscriptive
adj
That circumscribes or outlines
circumscriptively
circumscriptively
adv
In a circumscriptive manner
With regard to circumscription
circumspective
circumspective
adj
Looking in all directions; cautious or watchful of danger.
circumspectively
circumspectively
adv
In a circumspective manner.
coemptive
coemptive
adj
(economics) Relating to coemption
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
compassive
compassivity
compellative
compellative
noun
(grammar) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
compensativeness
compensativeness
noun
The quality of being compensative.
competitive
competitive
adj
(biochemistry) Inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it.
(economics) Capable of competing successfully.
(euphemistically, of prices) Cheap, especially used of quality products.
(of someone's character) Inclined to compete.
Of or pertaining to competition.
competitively
competitively
adv
In a competitive manner.
competitiveness
competitiveness
noun
The state of being competitive.
complaintive
complaintive
adj
Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
complaintiveness
complaintiveness
noun
The quality of being complaintive.
complementative
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
completively
completively
adv
In a completive manner.
complexive
complexively
complicative
complicative
adj
Having a tendency to complicate.
complimentative
complimentative
adj
(archaic) complimentary
compluvia
compluvia
noun
plural of compluvium
compluvium
compluvium
noun
(architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
compositively
compositively
adv
In a compositive manner.
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.
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
compulsively
compulsively
adv
In a compulsive manner; obsessively.
compulsiveness
compulsiveness
noun
the state of being compulsive
compulsives
compulsives
noun
plural of compulsive
compulsivity
compulsivity
noun
compulsion
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
computatively
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptiveness
consumptiveness
noun
The state of being consumptive.
consumptives
consumptives
noun
plural of consumptive
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
contemplative
contemplative
adj
(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.
contemplatively
contemplatively
adv
In a contemplative manner.
contemplativeness
contemplativeness
noun
The state or quality of being contemplative.
corporativism
corporativism
noun
Synonym of corporatism
counterdevelopment
counterdevelopment
noun
A development that counteracts another development.
cryptovolcanism
decemvirship
decemvirship
noun
The rank or position of decemvir.
decompressive
decompressive
adj
That decompresses.
descriptivism
descriptivism
noun
(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
emancipative
emancipative
adj
emancipatory
exemplificative
exemplificative
adj
Serving as an example; illustrative.
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
impactive
impactive
adj
Of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact.
imperceivable
imperceivable
adj
that cannot be perceived; imperceptible
imperceivableness
imperceivableness
noun
The quality of being imperceivable.
imperceivably
imperceivably
adv
imperceptibly
imperceived
imperceived
adj
(obsolete) Not perceived.
imperceiverant
imperceptive
imperceptive
adj
Unable to perceive.
imperceptiveness
imperceptiveness
noun
The quality of being imperceptive.
imperceptivity
imperceptivity
noun
Inability to perceive.
imperfective
imperfective
adj
Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect.
noun
The imperfective aspect; a verb having this aspect.
implicative
implicative
adj
Tending to implicate or to imply; pertaining to implication.
implicatively
implicatively
adv
In an implicative way.
implicativeness
implicativeness
noun
The quality of being implicative.
imprevalency
improvidence
improvidence
noun
The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.
improvidences
improvidences
noun
plural of improvidence
improvisatrice
improvisatrice
noun
A female improvisatore.
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
mancipative
mancipative
adj
Of or relating to mancipation.
mechanoreceptive
mechanoreceptive
adj
Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch
mesatipelvic
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.
misperceive
misperceive
verb
To perceive erroneously.
misperceived
misperceived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misperceive
misperceives
misperceives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misperceive
misperceiving
misperceiving
verb
present participle of misperceive
misprovidence
multiplicative
multiplicative
adj
(algebra) Having multiplication as an operator.
(mathematics, of a function, etc.) Distributive over multiplication.
Of or pertaining to multiplication.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical adverbial case in Finnish.
multiplicatively
multiplicatively
adv
In a multiplicative way.
With respect to multiplication.
multiplicatives
multiplicatives
noun
plural of multiplicative
noncircumscriptive
noncompensative
noncompetitive
noncompetitive
adj
That does not involve competition or rivalry.
noncompetitively
noncompetitively
adv
In a noncompetitive way.
noncompetitiveness
noncompetitiveness
noun
The quality of not being competitive.
noncomprehensive
noncomprehensive
adj
Not comprehensive.
noncomprehensively
noncomprehensiveness
noncompressive
noncompressive
adj
Not compressive
noncompressively
noncompulsive
noncompulsive
adj
Not compulsive.
noncompulsively
nonconsumptive
nonconsumptive
adj
Not suffering from consumption, or tuberculosis.
That does not consume a resource.
That is not consumed (eaten).
nonconsumptively
nonconsumptiveness
noncontemplative
noncontemplatively
noncontemplativeness
nonemancipative
nonimplicative
nonimplicatively
nonmultiplicative
nonmultiplicative
adj
Not multiplicative.
nonmultiplicatively
omniprevalence
omniscriptive
omnispective
omnispective
adj
Beholding everything; all-seeing.
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
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.