Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.
(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
(obsolete) An equal; a rival; a compeer.
(obsolete) One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
competitive
competitive
adj
(biochemistry) Inhibiting the action of an enzyme by binding with it.
(economics) Capable of competing successfully.
(euphemistically, of prices) Cheap, especially used of quality products.
(of someone's character) Inclined to compete.
Of or pertaining to competition.
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
compressive
compressive
adj
That compresses
compulsives
compulsives
noun
plural of compulsive
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
consumptive
consumptive
adj
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Of, or relating to consumption.
noun
A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
deprivement
deprivement
noun
deprivation
impartivity
impassively
impassively
adv
In an impassive manner.
impassivity
impassivity
Noun
The state of being impassive.
imperatival
imperatival
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
imperatives
imperatives
noun
plural of imperative
imperceived
imperceived
adj
(obsolete) Not perceived.
imperviable
imperviable
adj
impervious
impetrative
impetrative
adj
(obsolete) Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.
implicative
implicative
adj
Tending to implicate or to imply; pertaining to implication.
implosively
implosively
adv
In an implosive manner; by means of implosion.
imprevision
imprimitive
imprimitive
adj
(mathematics) not primitive
improbative
improbative
adj
Implying, or tending to, improbation; disapproving.
improvement
improvement
noun
(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
(in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
Something which is improved
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
improvident
improvident
adj
failing to provide for the future; reckless
incautious; prone to rashness
improvingly
improvingly
adv
In a manner that tends to improve (especially, (dated), to educate or morally better a person).
improvisate
improvisate
adj
unpremeditated; impromptu
verb
To improvise; to extemporize.
improvisers
improvisers
noun
plural of improviser
improvising
improvising
noun
improvisation
verb
present participle of improvise
improvision
improvision
noun
(obsolete) the lack of provision, a failure to provide something
the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
improvisors
improvisors
noun
plural of improvisor
impulsively
impulsively
adv
In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse.
impulsivity
impulsivity
noun
The quality of being impulsive, impulsiveness; inclination to act on impulse rather than thought.
maladaptive
maladaptive
adj
(evolution, of anatomy, physiology, or behavior) Showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary adaptation to an environment or its changes.
(psychology, chiefly of behaviour) Showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation to a new situation.
mancipative
mancipative
adj
Of or relating to mancipation.
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misdevelops
misdevelops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misdevelop
misimproved
misimproved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misimprove
misperceive
misperceive
verb
To perceive erroneously.
misprovoked
overamplify
overamplify
verb
To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal
To amplify to an extent that is undesirably loud.
overempired
overimposed
overimposed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overimpose
overimpress
overimpress
verb
(transitive) To impress too much.
overpromise
overpromise
verb
To promise more than is delivered.
overpumping
overpumping
verb
present participle of overpump
ovispermary
ovopyriform
palminerved
palminerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having the venation arranged like the fingers of an open hand.
palmiveined
palmivorous
palmivorous
adj
(zoology) That consumes palm trees.
parvanimity
parvanimity
noun
(now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness.
pelvimetric
pelvimetric
adj
Relating to pelvimetry.
pemberville
pervigilium
pervigilium
noun
(archaic) wakefulness; mild insomnia
plumerville
pluviometer
pluviometer
noun
(meteorology) A scientific instrument for measuring the amount of rainfall.
pluviometry
pluviometry
noun
The scientific measurement of rainfall.
positivisms
positivisms
noun
plural of positivism
preimproved
premedieval
premedieval
adj
Before the Middle Ages.
premonitive
premonitive
adj
premonitory
premutative
premutative
adj
Prior to mutation.
preremoving
presumptive
presumptive
adj
Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief.
Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not.
prevailment
prevailment
noun
(obsolete) prevalence; superior influence; efficacy
primevalism
primevarous
primeverose
primeverose
noun
(biochemistry) A disaccharide, consisting of xylose and glucose residues, that occurs as plant glycosides
primitively
primitively
adv
In a primitive manner.
primitivism
primitivism
noun
Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.
The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
The state or quality of being primitive.
primitivist
primitivist
adj
Exhibiting or practicing primitivism, the advocacy of primitive over refined forms
noun
A proponent of primitivism.
primitivity
primitivity
noun
The state of being primitive; primitiveness.
provinculum
provitamins
provitamins
noun
plural of provitamin
pulviniform
pulviniform
adj
pillow-shaped
purposivism
purposivism
noun
(law) Synonym of purposive approach
(philosophy, religion) philosophy, especially religious, that treats will or conscious intent as a basal fact
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semipassive
semiprivacy
semiprivacy
noun
Partial privacy.
semiprivate
semiprivate
adj
More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients.
sempervirid
sempervirid
adj
(obsolete) sempervirent; evergreen
sempervivum
sempervivum
noun
Any of the genus Sempervivum of succulent plants, the houseleeks or liveforevers.
septemvious
septemviral
septemviral
adj
Of or belonging to the septemviri or the septemvirate.
silverplume
subsumptive
subsumptive
adj
Relating to, or containing, a subsumption.
temperative
temperative
adj
Having the power to temper something.
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thymoprivic
unimproving
unimproving
adj
Not improving
unimpulsive
unimpulsive
adj
Not impulsive.
unprimitive
unprimitive
Adjective
Not primitive.
unpromotive
vagotropism
vaporimeter
vaporimeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the volume or tension of any vapor.
verminproof
verminproof
adj
Resistant to vermin.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to vermin.
vermiparous
vermiparous
adj
Producing or breeding worms or grubs, such as various insects.
vermiphobia
vermiphobia
noun
An abnormal or irrational fear of worms or being infected by worms.