(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.
convertaplane
convertaplane
noun
Alternative form of convertiplane
convertiplane
convertiplane
noun
Any of several forms of aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing, and of normal forward flight; usually has variable geometry wings that can rotate
convertoplane
cooperatively
cooperatively
adv
In a cooperative manner; working with others on a task as part of a team.
corporatively
cryptovalence
cryptovalency
developedness
developedness
noun
The quality of being developed.
developmental
developmental
adj
Related to development.
noun
A trainee flight controller.
disapprovable
disapprovable
adj
Able or suitable to be disapproved.
dispositively
dispositively
adv
(obsolete) In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition.
evaporability
evaporability
noun
Capability of evaporating.
evaporatively
evaporatively
adv
In an evaporative manner
Regarding evaporation
exploratively
exploratively
adv
In an explorative way or fashion.
explosiveness
explosiveness
noun
The state of being explosive.
expostulative
expostulative
adj
Synonym of expostulatory
extrapolative
extrapolative
adj
That serves to extrapolate
flavopurpurin
flavopurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,2,6-trihydroxyanthraquinone
galvanoglyphy
galvanoglyphy
noun
glyphography
galvanography
galvanography
noun
A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.
The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy.
galvanoplasty
galvanoplasty
noun
The process of galvanizing, of coating with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.
galvanoscopic
galvanoscopic
adj
Of or pertaining to a galvanoscope.
galvanotropic
galvvanoscopy
hypervelocity
hypervelocity
adj
Having, or occurring at, extreme velocity.
noun
(astronomy) A velocity greater than escape velocity.
A hypersonic velocity.
A very high velocity.
idiorepulsive
improvability
improvability
noun
The condition of being improvable
improvidently
improvidently
adv
In an improvident manner.
interpolative
interpolative
adj
Of or pertaining to interpolation.
larviposition
larviposition
noun
(biology) The act or the result of larvipositing
napoleonville
noncompulsive
noncompulsive
adj
Not compulsive.
nondeprivable
nondeprivable
adj
Not deprivable.
nondeveloping
nonevaporable
nonevaporable
adj
Not evaporable.
nonexplosives
nonpalliative
nonpalliative
adj
Not palliative.
nonperversely
nonprevalence
nonprevalence
noun
Lack of prevalence.
nonprivileged
nonprivileged
adj
Not privileged.
nonprovincial
nonprovincial
adj
Not restricted to a small region; not done in isolation.
nonvaporously
omniprevalent
omniprevalent
adj
Prevalent everywhere or in all things.
overamplified
overamplified
adj
Excessively amplified
verb
past participle of overamplify
overamplifies
overamplifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overamplify
overappareled
overappraisal
overappraisal
noun
An appraisal that overvalues something.
overcompliant
overcompliant
adj
Excessively compliant.
overcopiously
overcopiously
adv
Too copiously.
overcorruptly
overdeveloped
overdeveloped
adj
(biology, medicine) Overgrown.
(photography, of film) Left too long in a chemical bath.
(real estate, land use) Overbuilt.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overdevelop
overempirical
overexplained
overexplained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overexplain
overexploited
overexploited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overexploit
overhelpfully
overpainfully
overpartially
overpenalized
overpenalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpenalize
overpensively
overpiteously
overplacement
overplacement
noun
Assignment to a placement requiring greater talent than the person has.
Extreme overconfidence.
Placement over or above others.
overplainness
overplausible
overplausible
adj
Excessively plausible.
overplausibly
overplenitude
overplenitude
noun
Excessive plenitude.
overplenteous
overplenteous
adj
Excessively plenteous.
overplentiful
overplentiful
adj
Excessively plentiful.
overplumpness
overplumpness
noun
Excessive plumpness.
overpolemical
overpolemical
adj
Excessively polemical.
overpolitical
overpollinate
overpopularly
overpopulated
overpopulated
adj
Having or consisting of a higher population than can be sustained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpopulate
overpopulates
overpopulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpopulate
overpotential
overpotential
noun
(physics) The difference between the electric potential of an electrode or cell under the passage of a current and the thermodynamic value of the electrode or cell potential in the absence of electrolysis
overprecisely
overprolixity
overpublicity
overpublicity
noun
Excessive publicity.
overpublicize
overpublicize
verb
(transitive) To publicize excessively.
overrepletion
overrepletion
noun
Excessive repletion.
oversceptical
oversceptical
adj
Alternative form of overskeptical
overscrupling
overskeptical
overskeptical
adj
Excessively skeptical.
oversparingly
oversparingly
adv
In an oversparing manner.
overspeculate
overspeculate
verb
(finance) To spend too much money in speculation.
To speculate excessively.
oversupplying
oversupplying
verb
present participle of oversupply
ovipositional
ovipositional
adj
Related to, or by means of, oviposition
palaeoatavism
paleovolcanic
paleovolcanic
adj
(geology) Relating to, or formed by a paleovolcano
parrottsville
perineovulvar
petropavlovsk
philogenitive
philogenitive
adj
(formal) Fond of children.
phytovitellin
plumbisolvent
plumbisolvent
adj
Alternative form of plumbosolvent
plumbosolvent
plumbosolvent
adj
Exhibiting plumbosolvency.
pluviographic
pluviographic
adj
Relating to pluviography.
pollenivorous
pollenivorous
adj
That feeds on pollen, pollenophagous
pollinivorous
pollinivorous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on pollen.
pollocksville
portervillios
postclavicula
postmediaeval
postvarioloid
postvertebral
postvertebral
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the vertebrae
predissolving
prepositively
prepositively
adv
In a prepositive position.
prerevelation
prerogatively
prerogatively
adv
By prerogative.
pretelevision
pretelevision
adj
Before the introduction of television.
prevocational
prevocational
adj
In preparation for a vocation.
prevolitional
prevolitional
adj
Before an act of the will.
proctorsville
progressively
progressively
adv
As part of a progression.
In a progressive manner.
prohibitively
prohibitively
adv
In a prohibitive manner.
To a prohibitive extent.
proliferative
proliferative
adj
(not comparable, cytology) of or pertaining to proliferation, especially of cells
proliferating; tending to proliferate
noun
Such a cell
proprovincial
prorevolution
proslaveryism
prospectively
prospectively
adv
In a prospective manner.
proventricule
proventriculi
proventriculi
noun
plural of proventriculus
proverbialism
proverbialism
noun
A proverbial phrase.
proverbialist
proverbialist
noun
One who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing.
proverbialize
proverbialize
verb
(intransitive) To speak in proverbs.
(transitive) To turn into a proverb.
proverbiology
proverbiology
noun
(rare) The study of proverbs; the collective lore of proverbs.
provincialate
provincialate
noun
The office of a provincial (monastic superior)
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.
provincialist
provincialist
noun
One who lives in a province; a provincial.
provinciality
provinciality
noun
The quality of being provincial.
provincialize
provincialize
verb
(transitive) To render provincial; to reduce or allot to provinces.
provisionally
provisionally
adv
In a provisional way; temporarily.
provisionless
provisionless
adj
Without provisions or supplies.
provocational
provocatively
provocatively
adv
In a provocative manner.
pseudalveolar
pseudoinvalid
pseudoservile
pseudovolcano
pulverisation
pulverisation
noun
Alternative spelling of pulverization
pulverization
pulverization
noun
The act of pulverizing.
redevelopment
redevelopment
noun
The demolition of old, redundant or unfashionable buildings or infrastructure and the construction of new ones on the same site.