(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.
archvampire
avicularimorphae
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
comprovincial
comprovincial
adj
Being part of the same province.
noun
One who comes from the same province.
corporativism
corporativism
noun
Synonym of corporatism
cryptovolcanism
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
developmentarian
developmentary
developmentary
adj
Pertaining to development; developmental.
ervipiame
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.
hyperovarianism
hyperovarism
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
imperceivable
imperceivable
adj
that cannot be perceived; imperceptible
imperceivableness
imperceivableness
noun
The quality of being imperceivable.
imperceivably
imperceivably
adv
imperceptibly
imperceiverant
imperseverant
imperseverant
adj
(obsolete) Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.
impersonative
impervestigable
imperviability
imperviability
noun
The quality of being imperviable.
imperviable
imperviable
adj
impervious
imperviableness
impervial
impetrative
impetrative
adj
(obsolete) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.
impregnative
imprevalency
impreventability
impreventable
impreventable
adj
Not preventable; inevitable.
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvability
improvability
noun
The condition of being improvable
improvable
improvable
adj
Capable of being improved.
Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.
Impossible to prove.
improvableness
improvableness
noun
Quality of being improvable; capability of improvement.
improvably
improvably
adv
So as to permit improvement.
improvidentially
improvidentially
adv
improvidently
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
mavrodaphne
mavrodaphne
noun
A dark sweet Greek red wine.
A variety of grape native to Achaea, northern Peloponnese, Greece, from which the wine is made.
mechanoreceptive
mechanoreceptive
adj
Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch
misappreciative
misappreciative
adj
Failing to appreciate properly.
misapprehensive
misapprehensive
adj
Of or pertaining to misapprehension.
misapprehensively
misapprehensively
adv
By, or with, misapprehension.
misapprehensiveness
misapprehensiveness
noun
The quality of being misapprehensive.
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)
nonimperative
nonimperative
adj
Not imperative.
nonimperatively
nonimperativeness
nonpermeative
novemperfoliate
omniprevalence
omniprevalent
omniprevalent
adj
Prevalent everywhere or in all things.
omnirepresentative
omnirepresentativeness
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
ovatopyriform
overamplified
overamplified
adj
Excessively amplified
verb
past participle of overamplify
overamplifies
overamplifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overamplify
overamplify
overamplify
verb
To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal
To amplify to an extent that is undesirably loud.
overamplifying
overamplifying
verb
present participle of overamplify
overassumption
overassumptive
overassumptively
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.
overcomplacence
overcomplacency
overcomplacency
noun
Excessive complacency.
overcomplacent
overcomplacent
adj
Excessively complacent.
overcomplacently
overcomplacently
adv
Too complacently.
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
overemphases
overemphases
noun
plural of overemphasis
overemphasis
overemphasis
noun
Excessive emphasis.
overemphasize
overemphasize
verb
To place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of.
overemphasized
overemphasized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize
overemphasizes
overemphasizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize
overemphasizing
overemphasizing
verb
present participle of overemphasize
overemphatic
overemphatic
adj
Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation