(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(archaic) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
approximative
approximative
adj
Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation.
noun
(grammar) A grammatical construct that expresses approximation.
approximatively
approximatively
adv
In an approximative manner.
approximativeness
approximativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approximative.
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
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.
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
corporativism
corporativism
noun
Synonym of corporatism
counterdevelopment
counterdevelopment
noun
A development that counteracts another development.
cryptovolcanism
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
deprivement
deprivement
noun
deprivation
descriptivism
descriptivism
noun
(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
developmentarian
developmentary
developmentary
adj
Pertaining to development; developmental.
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
evaporimeter
evaporimeter
noun
An atmometer
evaporometer
evaporometer
noun
An instrument for measuring evaporation; an atmometer.
experimentative
experimentative
adj
experimental; of the nature of experiment
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.
hyperemotive
hyperemotive
adj
hyperemotional
hyperemotively
hyperemotiveness
hyperemotivity
hyperemotivity
noun
The quality of being hyperemotive.
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
impartive
impartivity
impenetrative
imperatival
imperatival
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
imperativally
imperative
imperative
adj
(computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
(grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
Essential; crucial; extremely important.
Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
noun
(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
(countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
imperatively
imperatively
adv
In an imperative manner.
imperativeness
imperativeness
noun
The state or condition of being imperative.
imperatives
imperatives
noun
plural of imperative
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.
imperseverant
imperseverant
adj
(obsolete) Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.
impersonative
impervertible
impervestigable
imperviability
imperviability
noun
The quality of being imperviable.
impetrative
impetrative
adj
(obsolete) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.
impoverishment
impoverishment
noun
The action of impoverishing someone.
The state of being impoverished.
impoverishments
impoverishments
noun
plural of impoverishment
impregnative
impreventability
impreventable
impreventable
adj
Not preventable; inevitable.
imprevisibility
imprimitive
imprimitive
adj
(mathematics) not primitive
imprimitivity
imprimitivity
noun
(mathematics) The condition of being imprimitive
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvability
improvability
noun
The condition of being improvable
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
improvements
improvements
noun
plural of improvement
improvident
improvident
adj
failing to provide for the future; reckless
incautious; prone to rashness
improvidentially
improvidentially
adv
improvidently
improvidently
improvidently
adv
In an improvident manner.
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
mechanoreceptive
mechanoreceptive
adj
Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch
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.
myeloproliferative
myeloproliferative
adj
(medicine) of or pertaining to the presence of an abnormal proliferation of myelopoietic cells (from bone marrow)
noncircumscriptive
nonimperative
nonimperative
adj
Not imperative.
nonimperatively
nonimperativeness
nonimprovement
nonimprovement
noun
(countable) A change that is not an improvement.
(uncountable) Lack of improvement; failure to improve.
nonpermeative
nonpresumptive
nonpresumptively
nonprimitive
nonprimitive
adj
Not primitive.
noun
(computing, geometry) An object that is not a primitive.
nonprimitively
nonprimitiveness
nonpromotive
nonredemptive
nonredemptive
adj
Not redemptive
novemperfoliate
omniprevalent
omniprevalent
adj
Prevalent everywhere or in all things.
omnirepresentative
omnirepresentativeness
omniscriptive
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
ovatopyriform
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.
overcompetition
overcompetitive
overcompetitive
adj
Excessively competitive.
overcompetitively
overcompetitiveness
overcompetitiveness
noun
The quality of being overcompetitive.
overcomplacent
overcomplacent
adj
Excessively complacent.
overcomplacently
overcomplacently
adv
Too complacently.
overcomplete
overcomplete
adj
(mathematics) Describing a frame (in linear algebra) having a set of functions more than a basis
overcomplexity
overcomplexity
noun
Excessive complexity.
overcompliant
overcompliant
adj
Excessively compliant.
overcomplicate
overcomplicate
verb
(transitive) To make something excessively complicated.
overcomplicated
overcomplicated
adj
excessively complicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcomplicate
overcomplicates
overcomplicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcomplicate
overcomplicating
overcomplicating
verb
present participle of overcomplicate
overconsumption
overconsumption
noun
Excessive consumption.
overconsumptions
overdevelopment
overdevelopment
noun
Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped
overdistempered
overemphatic
overemphatic
adj
Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation