(pragmatics) Making a commitment, such as a promise or threat, by illocutionary means.
By commission; resulting from a positive act.
noun
(pragmatics) A speech act by which a commitment is made, such as a promise or threat.
commissively
commissively
adv
In a commissive manner.
commotive
commoving
commoving
verb
present participle of commove
commulative
communicative
communicative
adj
Eager to communicate; talkative.
communicatively
communicatively
adv
In a communicative manner.
communicativeness
communicativeness
noun
The state or quality of being communicative.
communitive
communitive
adj
Relating to community.
commutative
commutative
adj
(algebra, of an algebraic structure) Having a commutative operation.
(mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.
(mathematics, of a diagram of morphisms) Such that any two sequences of morphisms with the same initial and final positions compose to the same morphism.
Relating to exchange; interchangeable.
commutatively
commutatively
adv
In a commutative manner.
commutativity
commutativity
noun
(mathematics, physics) The state of being commutative.
comparatival
comparatival
adj
(grammar) Expressing or relating to a comparison.
comparative
comparative
adj
(obsolete) Comparable; bearing comparison.
Approximated by comparison; relative.
Of or relating to comparison.
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.
comparatively
comparatively
adv
In a comparative manner.
When compared to other entities.
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
compellative
compellative
noun
(grammar) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
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.
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.
competitively
competitively
adv
In a competitive manner.
competitiveness
competitiveness
noun
The state of being competitive.
complaintive
complaintive
adj
Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
complaintiveness
complaintiveness
noun
The quality of being complaintive.
complementative
completive
completive
adj
Making complete.
noun
(grammar) A construction denoting completion.
completively
completively
adv
In a completive manner.
complexive
complexively
complicative
complicative
adj
Having a tendency to complicate.
complimentative
complimentative
adj
(archaic) complimentary
compluvia
compluvia
noun
plural of compluvium
compluvium
compluvium
noun
(architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
compositive
compositive
adj
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
compositively
compositively
adv
In a compositive manner.
comprehensive
comprehensive
adj
Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
noun
(Britain) A comprehensive school.
comprehensively
comprehensively
adv
In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.
comprehensiveness
comprehensiveness
noun
The state of being comprehensive.
comprehensivenesses
comprehensives
comprehensives
noun
plural of comprehensive
compressive
compressive
adj
That compresses
compressively
compressively
adv
In a compressive way.
comprovincial
comprovincial
adj
Being part of the same province.
noun
One who comes from the same province.
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
compulsatively
compulsatively
Adverb
By compulsion.
compulsive
compulsive
adj
Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
noun
One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
compulsively
compulsively
adv
In a compulsive manner; obsessively.
compulsiveness
compulsiveness
noun
the state of being compulsive
compulsives
compulsives
noun
plural of compulsive
compulsivity
compulsivity
noun
compulsion
compunctive
compunctive
adj
(obsolete) Sensitive with regard to wrongdoing; conscientious.
computative
computative
adj
calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
of or relating to computation, computational
computatively
computativeness
computativeness
noun
The quality of being computative.
comvia
conditivium
confirmative
confirmative
adj
That serves to confirm
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
conglomerative
conglomerative
adj
Causing, or relating to, conglomeration.
connexivum
connexivum
noun
The banded or spotted border of the abdomen of various insects
conservationism
conservationism
noun
A movement that supports conservation, especially that of natural resources
conservatism
conservatism
noun
A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
A risk-averse attitude or approach.
conservatisms
conservatisms
noun
plural of conservatism
conservatorium
conservatorium
noun
(music) conservatory
constructivism
constructivism
noun
(art) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.
(mathematics) A philosophy that asserts the need to construct a mathematical object to prove it exists.
(philosophy, psychology) A psychological epistemology which argues that humans generate knowledge and meaning from their experiences.
consummative
consummative
adj
Serving to consummate or complete.
consummatively
consummativeness
consummativeness
noun
The quality of being consummative.
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.
consumptively
consumptively
adv
In a consumptive manner.
consumptiveness
consumptiveness
noun
The state of being consumptive.
consumptives
consumptives
noun
plural of consumptive
consumptivity
consumptivity
noun
The quality or degree of being consumptive.
contaminative
contaminative
adj
That contaminates
contemplative
contemplative
adj
(medicine, psychiatry) In a phase of mental activity in which one begins to recognize and acknowledge the maladaptiveness of someone's behavior (such as own's own, or that of a family member or friend); usually with reference to substance use.
Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.
Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties.
noun
Someone who has dedicated themselves to religious or philosophical contemplation.
contemplatively
contemplatively
adv
In a contemplative manner.
contemplativeness
contemplativeness
noun
The state or quality of being contemplative.
contrivement
contrivement
noun
(obsolete) contrivance; invention; arrangement or plan
controversialism
controversialism
noun
The tendency to engage in controversy.
controversionalism
convallamarin
convallamarin
noun
(organic chemistry) A poisonous glucoside extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
conventionalism
conventionalism
noun
(countable, obsolete) A conventional act or constraint.
(uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.
(uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions.
conventionism
conventionism
noun
Support for a convention or assembly.
conversationalism
conversationalism
noun
Synonym of conversationism
conversationism
conversationism
noun
A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloquialism.
conversionism
convertism
convictism
convictism
noun
The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
convictment
convincement
convincement
noun
The act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction.
convulsionism
convulsionism
noun
(historical) The practice of the convulsionists, going into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion.
corbovinum
corbovinum
noun
Alternative form of cor bovinum
corporativism
corporativism
noun
Synonym of corporatism
correlativism
corviform
corvillosum
corycavamine
costermansville
counterinvestment
counterinvestment
noun
Synonym of countercathexis
countermoving
countermoving
adj
That moves in opposition or retaliation
verb
present participle of countermove
criminative
criminative
adj
(archaic) Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
cristivomer
cryptovolcanism
culminative
cumulative
cumulative
adj
(finance) Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
(law) (of evidence, witnesses, etc.) Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.
(linguistics) Adding one statement to another.
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions.
That tends to accumulate.
cumulatively
cumulatively
adv
In a cumulative manner.
cumulativeness
cumulativeness
noun
The state or quality of being cumulative.
curviform
curviform
adj
Having a curved shape.
curvimeter
curvimeter
noun
A device for measuring the length of curves, such as on a map
cytomegalovirus
cytomegalovirus
noun
(virology) Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.
decemvii
decemvir
decemvir
noun
(historical) Any of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables.
Any member of a decemvirate, a council or ruling body of 10 people, as the Venetian Council of Ten.
decemviral
decemviral
adj
Pertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
decemvirate
decemvirate
noun
A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.
decemvirates
decemvirates
noun
plural of decemvirate
decemviri
decemvirs
decemvirs
noun
plural of decemvir
decemvirship
decemvirship
noun
The rank or position of decemvir.
decompressive
decompressive
adj
That decompresses.
decontaminative
demicivilized
demiculverin
demiculverin
noun
(now historical) A medium cannon, slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a culverin.
demivambrace
demivoice
dermovaccine
descriptivism
descriptivism
noun
(linguistics) The practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
destructivism
destructivism
noun
An art movement that involves destroying objects in front of spectators.
detectivism
discriminative
discriminative
adj
(of an element, feature, attribute, etc.) Which serves to distinguish its bearer.
Having or relating to the ability to discriminate between things.
discriminatively
discriminatively
adv
With discrimination or distinction.
discriminativeness
discriminativeness
noun
The condition of being discriminative
diverticulum
diverticulum
noun
(anatomy) A small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder.
divorcement
divorcement
noun
(figuratively, psychology) Complete detachment or disunion.
(obsolete) Divorce; dissolution of a marriage.
divorcements
divorcements
noun
plural of divorcement
domesticative
electivism
electromotiv
electromotive
electromotive
adj
(physics) of, relating to, or producing the movement of electrons (an electric current)
electromotivity
electromotivity
noun
The quality of being electromotive.
emancipative
emancipative
adj
emancipatory
emasculative
emasculative
adj
Tending to emasculate.
embracive
embracive
adj
(archaic) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
embraciveg
emotiovascular
evangelicalism
evangelicalism
noun
(Christianity) Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and in the belief in its inerrancy.
(Christianity, historical) Lutheranism and continental Calvinism.
(by analogy, Islam) Islamic movements which are based on preaching and proselytism (dawah).
(by extension, imprecise) Christian fundamentalism.
evangelicism
evangelicism
noun
evangelical principles; evangelism
evincement
evincement
noun
manifestation
exclamative
exclamative
adj
In the form of an exclamation; exclamatory.
exclamatively
exclamatively
adv
In an exclamative manner.
exclusivism
exclusivism
noun
(religion) The doctrine that one religion is the only true religion, or that one religious sect is the only true version of a larger religion.
The practice of being exclusive; a mentality or policy that excludes others.