(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
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.
corporativism
corporativism
noun
Synonym of corporatism
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.
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
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.
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
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.
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
noncircumscriptive
noncomprehensive
noncomprehensive
adj
Not comprehensive.
noncomprehensively
noncomprehensiveness
noncompressive
noncompressive
adj
Not compressive
noncompressively
omniprevalence
omniscriptive
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
overcircumspect
overcircumspect
adj
Excessively circumspect.
overcircumspection
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
overcompetition
overcompetitive
overcompetitive
adj
Excessively competitive.
overcompetitively
overcompetitiveness
overcompetitiveness
noun
The quality of being overcompetitive.
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
overemphatic
overemphatic
adj
Excessively emphatic, particularly in musical or theatrical interpretation
An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
The process of making such an explanation.
oversimplifications
oversimplifications
noun
plural of oversimplification
overskeptticism
ovispermiduct
pelvimetric
pelvimetric
adj
Relating to pelvimetry.
perspectivism
perspectivism
noun
The philosophical view that all perception always takes place from a specific perspective.
pluviometric
pluviometric
adj
Related to pluviometry.
pluviometrical
pluviometrical
adj
Of or pertaining to a pluviometer.
pluviometrically
pluviometrically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, pluviometry.
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
noun
(nonce word) A disease of the lungs, allegedly caused by inhaling microscopic silicate particles originating from the eruption of a volcano.
pneumoventriculography
pneumoventriculography
noun
ventriculography of the ventricles of the larynx
precomprehensive
precomprehensively
precomprehensiveness
predivorcement
prescriptivism
prescriptivism
noun
(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
primitivistic
primitivistic
adj
Of or pertaining to primitivism.
procivism
procollectivism
prostatovesiculectomy
prostatovesiculectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of prostate and seminal vesicles
provincialism
provincialism
noun
(linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
(politics) Synonym of regionalism: belief in the superiority of one's regional government; the belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.
The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.