(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
assumptiveness
campbellsville
comparativeness
comparativeness
noun
The state or quality of being comparative.
comparatives
comparatives
noun
plural of comparative
comparativist
comparativist
noun
Alternative form of comparatist
compassive
compassivity
compensative
compensative
adj
that compensates for something; compensatory
noun
(obsolete) compensation
compensatively
compensatively
adv
In a compensative manner; compensatorily
compensativeness
compensativeness
noun
The quality of being compensative.
complaintiveness
complaintiveness
noun
The quality of being complaintive.
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
contemplativeness
contemplativeness
noun
The state or quality of being contemplative.
corporativism
corporativism
noun
Synonym of corporatism
cryptovolcanism
depravements
depravements
noun
plural of depravement
developmentalist
developmentalist
adj
Of, or related to developmentalism.
noun
A follower or proponent of developmentalism.
epididymovasostomy
epididymovasostomy
noun
(surgery) Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
galvanotropism
galvanotropism
noun
(biology) Any movement or alignment of an organism with respect to an electric field
hyperconservatism
hyperconservatism
noun
The quality of being hyperconservative.
hyperovarianism
hyperovarism
hypervitaminosis
hypervitaminosis
noun
Any medical condition resulting from excessive intake of vitamins.
hypovitaminosis
hypovitaminosis
noun
(biology, medicine) vitamin deficiency: insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body. Specific forms are labeled with the vitamin identifier: hypovitaminosis A, hypovitaminosis D, and so on, although those forms are more often called vitamin A deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and so on.
impassive
impassive
adj
Having, or revealing, no emotion.
Still or motionless.
impassively
impassively
adv
In an impassive manner.
impassiveness
impassiveness
noun
The state of being impassive.
impassivities
impassivities
noun
plural of impassivity
impassivity
impassivity
Noun
The state of being impassive.
imperativeness
imperativeness
noun
The state or condition of being imperative.
imperatives
imperatives
noun
plural of imperative
imperceivableness
imperceivableness
noun
The quality of being imperceivable.
imperseverant
imperseverant
adj
(obsolete) Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.
impersonative
impervestigable
imperviableness
implicativeness
implicativeness
noun
The quality of being implicative.
improvableness
improvableness
noun
Quality of being improvable; capability of improvement.
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
improvisation
improvisation
noun
Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.
That which is improvised; an impromptu.
The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead
The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
improvisational
improvisational
adj
Having the nature of an improvisation.
improvisations
improvisations
noun
plural of improvisation
improvisatize
improvisatize
verb
(rare, obsolete) To improvise; to extemporize.
improvisator
improvisator
noun
An improvvisatore.
improvisatore
improvisatore
noun
(poetry) An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
improvisatorial
improvisatorial
adj
improvisatory
improvisatorially
improvisatorially
adv
By improvisation.
improvisatorize
improvisatory
improvisatory
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of improvisation
improvisatrice
improvisatrice
noun
A female improvisatore.
improvvisatore
improvvisatore
noun
Alternative form of improvisatore
improvvisatori
improvvisatori
noun
plural of improvvisatore
imputativeness
imputativeness
noun
The quality of being imputative.
kampsville
maplesville
mappsville
mediopassive
mediopassive
adj
(grammar) Pertaining to a voice of a transitive verb that is both middle voice and passive voice or reflexive and passive voice.
noun
(grammar) A mediopassive construction; a phrase that uses the mediopassive voice.
mesatipelvic
misappreciative
misappreciative
adj
Failing to appreciate properly.
misapprehensive
misapprehensive
adj
Of or pertaining to misapprehension.
misapprehensively
misapprehensively
adv
By, or with, misapprehension.
misapprehensiveness
misapprehensiveness
noun
The quality of being misapprehensive.
misrepresentative
misrepresentative
adj
Purporting to be representative without actually being so.
multiplicatives
multiplicatives
noun
plural of multiplicative
nonassumptive
noncompensative
noncontemplativeness
nonimperativeness
nonimputativeness
omnirepresentative
omnirepresentativeness
ovariosalpingectomy
ovariosalpingectomy
noun
Surgical removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.
overamplifies
overamplifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overamplify
overassumption
overassumptive
overassumptively
overcompensate
overcompensate
verb
(intransitive) To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
(transitive) To provide with excessive pay or reward for work performed.
overcompensated
overcompensated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overcompensate
overcompensates
overcompensates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate
overcompensating
overcompensating
verb
present participle of overcompensate
overcompensation
overcompensation
noun
An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
Excessive pay or reward provided for work performed.
overcompensations
overcompensations
noun
plural of overcompensation
overcompensators
overcompensators
noun
plural of overcompensator
overcompensatory
overcompensatory
adj
Tending to overcompensate; providing excessive compensation.
overcomplicates
overcomplicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcomplicate
overemphases
overemphases
noun
plural of overemphasis
overemphasis
overemphasis
noun
Excessive emphasis.
overemphasize
overemphasize
verb
To place too much emphasis on; to overstate the importance of.
overemphasized
overemphasized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize
overemphasizes
overemphasizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize
overemphasizing
overemphasizing
verb
present participle of overemphasize
overemphaticalness
overemphaticness
overimpressionability
overimpressionable
overimpressionableness
overimpressionably
overoptimistically
overoptimistically
adv
In an overoptimistic manner.
overpatriotism
overpayments
overpayments
noun
plural of overpayment
overpessimistically
overpolemicalness
overprograms
overprograms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overprogram
oversimplification
oversimplification
noun
An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
The process of making such an explanation.
oversimplifications
oversimplifications
noun
plural of oversimplification
ovispermary
ovoplasm
ovoplasmic
ovoviviparism
ovoviviparism
noun
The quality of being ovoviviparous.
palaeoatavism
paleoatavism
palmersville
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
paramyxovirus
paramyxovirus
noun
(virology) Any member of the Paramyxoviridae family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses responsible for a number of human and animal diseases.
parvenuism
parvenuism
noun
The practices or characteristics of a social climber.
passivism
passivism
noun
The quality or principle of being passive.
pavements
pavements
noun
plural of pavement
permansive
permansive
adj
(linguistics, of an aspect) permanent, stative, maintaining the same state
plumsteadville
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
noun
(nonce word) A disease of the lungs, allegedly caused by inhaling microscopic silicate particles originating from the eruption of a volcano.
postdevelopmental
postdevelopmental
adj
That follows development
postmediaeval
postmedieval
postmedieval
adj
After the Middle Ages.
postmutative
postvagotomy
postvagotomy
adj
(medicine) After a vagotomy.
preadministrative
preadvertisement
preadvertisement
noun
advertisement in advance
predemonstrative
premedievalism
primaveras
primaveras
noun
plural of primavera
primevalism
primevarous
primulaveroside
privateersman
privateersman
noun
(nautical) The captain or member of the crew of a privateer.
privatism
privatism
noun
Concern only with issues inasmuch as they affect one as an individual; self-interest.
proslaveryism
prostatovesiculectomy
prostatovesiculectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of prostate and seminal vesicles
proverbialism
proverbialism
noun
A proverbial phrase.
providentialism
provincialism
provincialism
noun
(linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
(politics) Synonym of regionalism: belief in the superiority of one's regional government; the belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.
The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
provincialisms
provincialisms
noun
plural of provincialism
provitamins
provitamins
noun
plural of provitamin
pseudomedieval
pseudomedieval
adj
Seemingly, but not actually, medieval; resembling the Middle Ages, or something from that era.
pseudomedievally
psychogalvanometer
psychogalvanometer
noun
A device that makes psychogalvanic measurements (typically of the skin)
revampers
revampers
noun
plural of revamper
revamps
revamps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revamp
scampavia
scampavia
noun
(historical) A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the 19th century.
semioviparous
semioviparous
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Imperfectly viviparous; giving birth to immature young that finish developing outside the mother's body.