| ADAPTIVE | • adaptive adj. Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable. • adaptive adj. Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change. • adaptive adj. (Psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society. |
| ADOPTIVE | • adoptive adj. Related through adoption. • adoptive adj. Pertaining to adoption. • ADOPTIVE adj. due to adoption; having the specified familial relation by adoption. |
| CAPTIVED | • captived v. Simple past tense and past participle of captive. • captived adj. (Obsolete) Captured; captive. • CAPTIVE v. to make a prisoner. |
| CAPTIVES | • captives n. Plural of captive. • CAPTIVE v. to make a prisoner. |
| EXAPTIVE | • exaptive adj. Relating to exaptation. • EXAPTIVE adj. of a biological feature, having a function differing from that for which it was originally evolved e.g. feathers evolved originally for warmth, also EXAPTED. |
| LIVETRAP | • livetrap v. Alternative spelling of live-trap. • livetrap n. Alternative spelling of live-trap. • live-trap v. To catch live animals with traps. |
| OPTATIVE | • optative adj. Expressing a wish or a choice. • optative adj. (Grammar) Related or pertaining to the optative mood. • optative n. (Grammar) A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, and Ancient Greek, but… |
| PERVIATE | • PERVIATE v. to make a way through. |
| PRACTIVE | • practive adj. (Obsolete) Doing; active. • PRACTIVE adj. (obsolete) practical; concerned with practice. |
| PRIVATER | • privater adj. Comparative form of private: more private. • PRIVATE adj. secluded from the sight, presence or intrusion of others. |
| PRIVATES | • privates n. Plural of private. • privates n. (Informal) The genitalia; those body parts that are not normally displayed; private parts. • privates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of private. |
| PUTATIVE | • putative adj. (Derogatory) Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof. • PUTATIVE adj. supposed or reputed. |
| VAMPIEST | • vampiest adj. Superlative form of vampy: most vampy. • VAMPY adj. like a vamp, also VAMPISH. |
| VAPIDEST | • vapidest adj. Superlative form of vapid: most vapid. • VAPID adj. empty. |
| VARITYPE | • varitype n. (Printing, historical) A kind of advanced typewriter that could use various different typefaces. • varitype v. (Printing, historical) To prepare printed material using a machine of this kind. • VARITYPE v. to produce copy on a special typewriter. |