COMPRESSIVE | • compressive adj. That compresses. • COMPRESSIVE adj. of or relating to compression. |
COMPULSIVES | • compulsives n. Plural of compulsive. • COMPULSIVE n. one driven by an ungovernable impulse. |
CONSUMPTIVES | • consumptives n. Plural of consumptive. • CONSUMPTIVE n. a person affected with consumption. |
COMPRESSIVELY | • compressively adv. In a compressive way. • COMPRESSIVE adv. of or relating to compression. |
DECOMPRESSIVE | • decompressive adj. That decompresses. • DECOMPRESS adj. to release from pressure or compression. |
COMPARATIVISTS | • comparativists n. Plural of comparativist. • COMPARATIVIST n. one who conducts a comparative study. |
COMPREHENSIVES | • comprehensives n. Plural of comprehensive. • COMPREHENSIVE n. a comprehensive school. |
COMPULSIVENESS | • compulsiveness n. The state of being compulsive. • COMPULSIVE n. driven by an ungovernable impulse. |
COMPULSIVITIES | • compulsivities n. Plural of compulsivity. • COMPULSIVITY n. the quality of being compulsive. |
CORPORATIVISMS | • corporativisms n. Plural of corporativism. • CORPORATIVISM n. the policy of control of a country's economy through the combined power of the trade unions, large businesses, etc., also CORPORATISM. |
OVERSIMPLISTIC | • oversimplistic adj. Too simplistic. • OVERSIMPLISTIC adj. excessively simplistic. |
PROVINCIALISMS | • provincialisms n. Plural of provincialism. • PROVINCIALISM n. a dialectal or local word, phrase, or idiom. |
COMPARATIVENESS | • comparativeness n. The state or quality of being comparative. • COMPARATIVE n. of the nature of comparison. |
COMPETITIVENESS | • competitiveness n. The state of being competitive. • COMPETITIVE n. relating to competition. |
COMPREHENSIVISE | • comprehensivise v. Alternative form of comprehensivize. • COMPREHENSIVISE v. to make comprehensive, also COMPREHENSIVIZE. |
CONSUMPTIVENESS | • consumptiveness n. The state of being consumptive. • CONSUMPTIVENESS n. the state of being consumptive. |
CONSUMPTIVITIES | • CONSUMPTIVITY n. the state of being consumptive. |
IMPROVISATRICES | • improvisatrices n. Plural of improvisatrice. • improvisatrices n. Plural of improvisatrix. • IMPROVISATRIX n. (archaic) a female improvisator, also IMPROVISATRICE. |
OVERCOMPRESSING | • overcompressing v. Present participle of overcompress. • OVERCOMPRESS v. to compress excessively. |
OVERPESSIMISTIC | • overpessimistic adj. More pessimistic than is warranted. • OVERPESSIMISTIC adj. excessively pessimistic. |