COMPENSATIVE | • compensative adj. That compensates for something; compensatory. • compensative n. (Obsolete) compensation. • COMPENSATIVE adj. relating to compensation, also COMPENSATIONAL. |
CONSUMPTIVES | • consumptives n. Plural of consumptive. • CONSUMPTIVE n. a person affected with consumption. |
DEPRIVEMENTS | • deprivements n. Plural of deprivement. • DEPRIVEMENT n. the act of depriving. |
DISIMPROVING | • disimproving v. Present participle of disimprove. • DISIMPROVE v. to make worse. |
EMANCIPATIVE | • emancipative adj. Emancipatory. • EMANCIPATIVE adj. serving to emancipate. |
IMPROVEMENTS | • improvements n. Plural of improvement. • IMPROVEMENT n. the act of improving. |
IMPROVIDENCE | • improvidence n. The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift. • IMPROVIDENCE n. the state of being improvident. |
INTEMPESTIVE | • intempestive adj. (Now rare) untimely, happening at an inappropriate moment. • INTEMPESTIVE adj. unseasonable; untimely; inopportune. |
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. |
MISIMPROVING | • misimproving v. Present participle of misimprove. • MISIMPROVE v. to make worse by would-be improvement. |
OVERTRUMPING | • overtrumping v. Present participle of overtrump. • OVERTRUMP v. to trump with a higher card than the trump already played. |
PREVAILMENTS | • prevailments n. Plural of prevailment. • PREVAILMENT n. (Shakespeare) the power of overcoming. |
TRANSUMPTIVE | • transumptive adj. Metaphorical. • transumptive adj. Transferred from one to another. • TRANSUMPTIVE adj. transferred; metaphorical. |
UNIMPRESSIVE | • unimpressive adj. Lacking the ability to impress, inability to produce an impression. • UNIMPRESSIVE adj. not impressive. |