(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.
archvampire
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.
depravement
depravement
noun
(archaic) Depravity; corruption.
impartivity
imperatival
imperatival
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
imperatives
imperatives
noun
plural of imperative
imperviable
imperviable
adj
impervious
impetrative
impetrative
adj
(obsolete) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
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.
overamplify
overamplify
verb
To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal
To amplify to an extent that is undesirably loud.
overpayment
overpayment
noun
Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
overprogram
overprogram
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To include too much in a program, scheme or schedule.
overtrample
overtrample
verb
(transitive) To trample over.
ovispermary
palaverment
palaverment
noun
Talk or chatter; palaver.
palminerved
palminerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having the venation arranged like the fingers of an open hand.
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
parvanimity
parvanimity
noun
(now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness.
premedieval
premedieval
adj
Before the Middle Ages.
premutative
premutative
adj
Prior to mutation.
prepavement
prevailment
prevailment
noun
(obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy
primevalism
primevarous
provitamins
provitamins
noun
plural of provitamin
semiprivacy
semiprivacy
noun
Partial privacy.
semiprivate
semiprivate
adj
More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients.
septemviral
septemviral
adj
Of or belonging to the septemviri or the septemvirate.
spermatovum
spermatovum
noun
(biology) A fecundated ovum.
temperative
temperative
adj
Having the power to temper something.
vagotropism
vaporimeter
vaporimeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the volume or tension of any vapor.
vermiparous
vermiparous
adj
Producing or breeding worms or grubs, such as various insects.
vermiphobia
vermiphobia
noun
An abnormal or irrational fear of worms or being infected by worms.