| ADAPTIVELY | • adaptively adv. In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner. • ADAPTIVE adv. able to be adapted. |
| ADOPTIVELY | • adoptively adv. In a adoptive manner; by adoption. • ADOPTIVE adv. due to adoption; having the specified familial relation by adoption. |
| AMPLIATIVE | • ampliative adj. That broadens conceptual knowledge by adding new information. • AMPLIATIVE adj. amplifying (now chiefly in ampliative induction). |
| 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. |
| OPPILATIVE | • oppilative adj. (Obsolete) Obstructive. • oppilative n. (Obsolete) A medicine that obstructs, or closes the pores. • OPPILATIVE adj. obstructive. |
| OPTATIVELY | • optatively adv. In an optative way. • OPTATIVE adv. expressing a wish. |
| PALLIATIVE | • palliative adj. Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate. • palliative adj. (Medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as… • palliative n. (Medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine. |
| PULVINATED | • pulvinated adj. Pulvinate. • PULVINATED adj. cushion-like; bulging; pillowy, also PULVINATE. |
| PUTATIVELY | • putatively adv. According to belief. • PUTATIVE adv. supposed or reputed. |
| SPLENATIVE | • splenative adj. (Obsolete) pertaining to the spleen. • SPLENATIVE adj. (obsolete) hot-tempered. |
| SPOLIATIVE | • spoliative adj. Serving to take away, diminish, or rob. • SPOLIATIVE adj. tending to spoil, also SPOLIATORY. |
| SUPRAVITAL | • supravital adj. (Cytology, of a stain) Capable of staining living cells after their removal from a host. • SUPRAVITAL adj. relating to the staining of living tissues. |
| VAPULATING | • vapulating v. Present participle of vapulate. • VAPULATE v. to flog; to be flogged. |
| VAPULATION | • vapulation n. (Obsolete) The act of beating or whipping. • VAPULATION n. the act of beating or whipping. |