| ANTICOMPETITIVE | • anticompetitive adj. (Economics, business) Acting to hinder or obstruct competition. • anti-competitive adj. Alternative form of anticompetitive. • ANTICOMPETITIVE adj. tending to reduce or discourage competition. |
| ANTIDEVELOPMENT | • antidevelopment adj. (Politics) Opposed to development, particularly the development of neighborhoods or land. • ANTIDEVELOPMENT adj. opposed to development. |
| COMPARATIVIST | • comparativist n. Alternative form of comparatist. • COMPARATIVIST n. one who conducts a comparative study. |
| COMPARATIVISTS | • comparativists n. Plural of comparativist. • COMPARATIVIST n. one who conducts a comparative study. |
| COMPUTATIVE | • computative adj. Of or relating to computation, computational. • computative adj. Calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning. • COMPUTATIVE adj. of or relating to computation. |
| 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. |
| EXPERIMENTATIVE | • experimentative adj. Experimental; of the nature of experiment. • EXPERIMENTATIVE adj. related to experiment. |
| IMPETRATIVE | • impetrative adj. (Obsolete) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty. • IMPETRATIVE adj. relating to impetration, also IMPETRATORY. |
| IMPUTATIVE | • imputative adj. Of, related, or pertaining to imputation. • IMPUTATIVE adj. transferred by imputation; that may be imputed. |
| IMPUTATIVELY | • imputatively adv. In an imputative fashion or manner. • IMPUTATIVE adv. transferred by imputation; that may be imputed. |
| MULTIPLICATIVE | • multiplicative adj. Of or pertaining to multiplication. • multiplicative adj. (Mathematics, of a function, etc.) Distributive over multiplication. • multiplicative adj. (Algebra) Having multiplication as an operator. |
| PREMEDITATIVE | • premeditative adj. Involving premeditation. • PREMEDITATIVE adj. given to or characterized by premeditation. |
| SEPTEMVIRATE | • septemvirate n. A group of seven people, especially (politics) a council of seven men who share office or rule. • SEPTEMVIRATE n. government by, or group of, seven men. |
| SEPTEMVIRATES | • septemvirates n. Plural of septemvirate. • SEPTEMVIRATE n. government by, or group of, seven men. |
| TEMPERATIVE | • temperative adj. Having the power to temper something. • TEMPERATIVE adj. having a moderating influence. |
| TRANSUMPTIVE | • transumptive adj. Metaphorical. • transumptive adj. Transferred from one to another. • TRANSUMPTIVE adj. transferred; metaphorical. |