| ANTIDEVELOPMENT | • antidevelopment adj. (Politics) Opposed to development, particularly the development of neighborhoods or land. • ANTIDEVELOPMENT adj. opposed to development. |
| COMPROVINCIAL | • comprovincial adj. Being part of the same province. • comprovincial n. One who comes from the same province. • COMPROVINCIAL adj. belonging to the same province. |
| CONTEMPLATIVE | • contemplative adj. Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative. • contemplative adj. Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties. • contemplative adj. Relating to, or having the power of, contemplation. |
| CONTEMPLATIVELY | • contemplatively adv. In a contemplative manner. • CONTEMPLATIVE adv. related to contemplation. |
| CONTEMPLATIVES | • contemplatives n. Plural of contemplative. • CONTEMPLATIVE n. a person who practices contemplation. |
| GALVANOTROPISM | • galvanotropism n. (Biology) Any movement or alignment of an organism with respect to an electric field. • GALVANOTROPISM n. the directional growth of an organism, esp. a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus. |
| GALVANOTROPISMS | • GALVANOTROPISM n. the directional growth of an organism, esp. a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus. |
| IMPERVIABLENESS | • imperviableness n. The quality of being imperviable. • IMPERVIABLE n. not able to be penetrated, also IMPERVIOUS. |
| IMPLICATIVENESS | • implicativeness n. The quality of being implicative. • IMPLICATIVE n. tending to implicate. |
| IMPROVABLENESS | • improvableness n. Quality of being improvable; capability of improvement. • IMPROVABLE n. capable of being improved. |
| IMPROVISATIONAL | • improvisational adj. Having the nature of an improvisation. • IMPROVISATIONAL adj. relating to improvisation. |
| MANIPULATIVE | • manipulative adj. Using manipulation purposefully. • manipulative adj. Tending to manipulate. • manipulative adj. (Derogatory) Reaching one’s goals at the expense of other people by using them. |
| MANIPULATIVELY | • manipulatively adv. In a manipulative manner. • MANIPULATIVE adv. relating to manipulation. |
| MANIPULATIVES | • manipulatives n. Plural of manipulative. • MANIPULATIVE n. one who engages in manipulation. |
| OVERCOMPLIANCE | • overcompliance n. Compliance beyond what is necessary. • OVERCOMPLIANCE n. excessive compliance. |
| OVERCOMPLIANCES | • OVERCOMPLIANCE n. excessive compliance. |
| PREVAILMENT | • prevailment n. (Obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy. • PREVAILMENT n. (Shakespeare) the power of overcoming. |
| PREVAILMENTS | • prevailments n. Plural of prevailment. • PREVAILMENT n. (Shakespeare) the power of overcoming. |
| PROVINCIALISM | • provincialism n. The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners. • provincialism n. (Linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district. • provincialism n. (Politics) Synonym of regionalism: belief in the superiority of one’s regional government; the belief… |
| PROVINCIALISMS | • provincialisms n. Plural of provincialism. • PROVINCIALISM n. a dialectal or local word, phrase, or idiom. |