COMPLUVIUMS | • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
COMPULSIVES | • compulsives n. Plural of compulsive. • COMPULSIVE n. one driven by an ungovernable impulse. |
COMPUTATIVE | • computative adj. Of or relating to computation, computational. • computative adj. Calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning. • COMPUTATIVE adj. of or relating to computation. |
CONSUMPTIVE | • consumptive adj. Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful. • consumptive adj. Of, or relating to consumption. • consumptive adj. (Pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis. |
IMPULSIVELY | • impulsively adv. In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse. • IMPULSIVE adv. given to acting on impulse. |
IMPULSIVITY | • impulsivity n. The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought. • IMPULSIVITY n. the state of being impulsive. |
OVERJUMPING | • overjumping v. Present participle of overjump. • OVERJUMP v. to jump too far. |
OVERPUMPING | • overpumping v. Present participle of overpump. • OVERPUMP v. to pump to excess. |
OVERTRUMPED | • overtrumped v. Simple past tense and past participle of overtrump. • OVERTRUMP v. to trump with a higher card than the trump already played. |
PLUVIOMETER | • pluviometer n. (Meteorology) A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall. • PLUVIOMETER n. a device for recording rainfall. |
PLUVIOMETRY | • pluviometry n. The scientific measurement of rainfall. • PLUVIOMETRY n. the measurement of rain. |
PRESUMPTIVE | • presumptive adj. Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief. • presumptive adj. Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not. • PRESUMPTIVE adj. based on probability or presumption. |
SEMPERVIVUM | • sempervivum n. Any of the genus Sempervivum of succulent plants, the houseleeks or liveforevers. • Sempervivum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae – the houseleeks etc. • SEMPERVIVUM n. a plant, the houseleek. |
SUBSUMPTIVE | • subsumptive adj. Relating to, or containing, a subsumption. • SUBSUMPTIVE adj. tending to subsume. |