(economics, business) Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.
approvement
approvement
noun
(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.
approximativeness
approximativeness
noun
The state or quality of being approximative.
assumptiveness
automanipulative
camptonville
comparativeness
comparativeness
noun
The state or quality of being comparative.
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.
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
complimentative
complimentative
adj
(archaic) complimentary
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
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.
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
developement
developement
noun
Obsolete spelling of development
development
development
noun
(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
(countable) Something which has developed.
(mathematics) The expression of a function in the form of a series.
(music) The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated.
(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form.
(real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings.
(real estate, uncountable) The building of such a project.
(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research).
(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
(uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
developmental
developmental
adj
Related to development.
noun
A trainee flight controller.
developmentalist
developmentalist
adj
Of, or related to developmentalism.
noun
A follower or proponent of developmentalism.
developmentally
developmentally
adv
In terms of development.
developmentarian
developmentary
developmentary
adj
Pertaining to development; developmental.
developmentist
developments
developments
noun
A group of building complexes or apartments. Often used for low income housing.
plural of development
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
emancipative
emancipative
adj
emancipatory
envelopment
envelopment
noun
(fencing) An action to seize the opponent's blade in one line and lead it (without losing contact) through a full circle to end in the same line.
(military) An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks from the rear; see also pincer movement.
That which envelops; a covering.
The act of enveloping.
envelopments
envelopments
noun
plural of envelopment
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
hamptonville
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperemotiveness
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
hypovitaminosis
hypovitaminosis
noun
(biology, medicine) vitamin deficiency: insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body. Specific forms are labeled with the vitamin identifier: hypovitaminosis A, hypovitaminosis D, and so on, although those forms are more often called vitamin A deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and so on.
impenetrative
imperativeness
imperativeness
noun
The state or condition of being imperative.
imperceiverant
imperceptiveness
imperceptiveness
noun
The quality of being imperceptive.
imperseverant
imperseverant
adj
(obsolete) Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.
impersonative
implicativeness
implicativeness
noun
The quality of being implicative.
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.
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.
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
impunitive
impunitive
adj
Relating to impunity
imputativeness
imputativeness
noun
The quality of being imputative.
intempestive
intempestive
adj
(now rare) untimely, happening at an inappropriate moment
intempestively
intempestively
adv
(obsolete) unseasonably
intempestivity
intempestivity
noun
Unseasonability; untimeliness.
introspectivism
maldevelopment
maldevelopment
noun
The state of an organism or an organisation that did not develop in the "normal" way (used in medicine, e.g. "brain maldevelopment of a fetus").
Under the philosophy of sustainable development, poor economic, human or social development.
mancipative
mancipative
adj
Of or relating to mancipation.
manipulative
manipulative
adj
(derogatory) Reaching one's goals at the expense of other people by using them.
Tending to manipulate.
Using manipulation purposefully.
noun
(mathematics) A manipulable object designed to demonstrate a mathematical concept.
manipulatively
manipulatively
adv
In a manipulative manner.
mechanoreceptive
mechanoreceptive
adj
Responsive to mechanical stimuli such as sound and touch
misimprovement
misimprovement
noun
Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.
misrepresentative
misrepresentative
adj
Purporting to be representative without actually being so.
nonassumptive
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.
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
nondevelopment
nondevelopment
noun
Lack of development, or failure to develop.
nondevelopmental
nondevelopmental
adj
Not developmental
nondevelopmentally
nonemancipative
nonimperative
nonimperative
adj
Not imperative.
nonimperatively
nonimperativeness
nonimplicative
nonimplicatively
nonimprovement
nonimprovement
noun
(countable) A change that is not an improvement.
(uncountable) Lack of improvement; failure to improve.
nonimputative
nonimputatively
nonimputativeness
nonmanipulative
nonmanipulative
adj
Not manipulative.
nonmultiplicative
nonmultiplicative
adj
Not multiplicative.
nonmultiplicatively
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
omnispective
omnispective
adj
Beholding everything; all-seeing.
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
overassumption
overbumptiousness
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
overcompetitiveness
overcompetitiveness
noun
The quality of being overcompetitive.
overcomplacent
overcomplacent
adj
Excessively complacent.
overcomplacently
overcomplacently
adv
Too complacently.
overcompliant
overcompliant
adj
Excessively compliant.
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