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.
competitive
competitive
adj
(biochemistry) Inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it.
(economics) Capable of competing successfully.
(euphemistically, of prices) Cheap, especially used of quality products.
(of someone's character) Inclined to compete.
Of or pertaining to competition.
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
compressive
compressive
adj
That compresses
compulsives
compulsives
noun
plural of compulsive
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
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.
imperceived
imperceived
adj
(obsolete) Not perceived.
implicative
implicative
adj
Tending to implicate or to imply; pertaining to implication.
mancipative
mancipative
adj
Of or relating to mancipation.
misperceive
misperceive
verb
To perceive erroneously.
overcomplex
overcomplex
adj
Excessively complex.
pelvimetric
pelvimetric
adj
Relating to pelvimetry.
provinculum
semiprivacy
semiprivacy
noun
Partial privacy.
thymoprivic
volumescope
volumescope
noun
An instrument consisting of a glass tube with a graduated scale that shows the changes in volume of a gas or gaseous mixture.
