COMPLUVIA | • compluvia n. Plural of compluvium. • COMPLUVIUM n. (Latin) a space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. |
IMPLOSIVE | • implosive adj. Formed by implosion. • implosive n. (Phonetics) An implosive sound; an implodent. • IMPLOSIVE adj. of or relating to implosion. |
IMPROVERS | • improvers n. Plural of improver. • IMPROVER n. one who improves. |
IMPROVING | • improving adj. That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person). • improving v. Present participle of improve. • IMPROVE v. to make better. |
IMPROVISE | • improvise v. To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition… • IMPROVISE v. to compose and recite, or perform, without preparation. |
OVERJUMPS | • overjumps v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overjump. • OVERJUMP v. to jump too far. |
OVERPUMPS | • overpumps v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpump. • OVERPUMP v. to pump to excess. |
OVERTRUMP | • overtrump v. (Card games) To play a higher trump card than the previous one in a trick. • OVERTRUMP v. to trump with a higher card than the trump already played. |
PELVIFORM | • pelviform adj. Basin-shaped. • PELVIFORM adj. basin-shaped. |
PREMOVING | • premoving v. Present participle of premove. • PREMOVE v. to incite or prompt to action. |
PROMOTIVE | • promotive adj. Tending to promote. • PROMOTIVE adj. tending to advance, promote, or encourage. |
VASOSPASM | • vasospasm n. Spasm of the blood vessels, leading to vasoconstriction and potentially tissue ischemia and necrosis. • VASOSPASM n. a sharp and often persistent spasm of a blood vessel resulting in reduced caliber and flow. |