| APPLAUSIVE | • applausive adj. Conveying applause. • APPLAUSIVE adj. expressing applause. |
| ASSUMPTIVE | • assumptive adj. Held as true or valid without evidence. • assumptive adj. Forward or presumptuous. • assumptive adj. (Heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in… |
| COPULATIVE | • copulative adj. Of or pertaining to copulation. • copulative adj. (Grammar) That acts as a copula. • copulative adj. (Grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement. |
| DEPURATIVE | • depurative adj. (Medicine) Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory. • depurative n. Any depurative remedy or agent. • depurative n. Any disease that is depurative. |
| IMPUTATIVE | • imputative adj. Of, related, or pertaining to imputation. • IMPUTATIVE adj. transferred by imputation; that may be imputed. |
| OCCUPATIVE | • occupative adj. Occupational; relating to one’s occupation or employment. • OCCUPATIVE adj. held by tenure based on occupation. |
| PERSUASIVE | • persuasive adj. Able to persuade; convincing. • persuasive n. That which persuades; incitement. • PERSUASIVE adj. tending to persuade. |
| PREVALUING | • PREVALUE v. to value beforehand. |
| PULVINATED | • pulvinated adj. Pulvinate. • PULVINATED adj. cushion-like; bulging; pillowy, also PULVINATE. |
| PURGATIVES | • purgatives n. Plural of purgative. • PURGATIVE n. a medicine that empties the intestines. |
| PUTATIVELY | • putatively adv. According to belief. • PUTATIVE adv. supposed or reputed. |
| REPUTATIVE | • reputative adj. Reputed; putative. • REPUTATIVE adj. reputed, putative. |
| SUPERVISAL | • supervisal n. (Dated) supervision. • SUPERVISAL n. supervision. |
| UNPLAUSIVE | • unplausive adj. (Obsolete) disapproving. • UNPLAUSIVE adj. not approving; disapproving. |
| UNPURVAIDE | • UNPURVAIDE adj. (Spenser) not purveyed, not provided with, also UNPURVEYED. |
| USURPATIVE | • usurpative adj. That usurps. • USURPATIVE adj. relating to usurpation. |
| VAPOURIEST | • VAPOURY adj. full of vapour; affected with the vapours, also VAPORY. |
| VITUPERATE | • vituperate v. (Transitive). • vituperate v. (Intransitive) To use abusive or harsh words. • vituperate adj. Of, characterized by, or relating to abusive or harsh criticism. |