| APPELLATIVE | • appellative adj. (Grammar) Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun. • appellative adj. Of or pertaining to ascribing names. • appellative n. A common noun. |
| APPLICATIVE | • applicative adj. Having practical application; applicable. • applicative adj. (Computing) Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result. • applicative adj. Involving the application of an operator on an operand. |
| APPROBATIVE | • approbative adj. Expressing approval. • approbative adj. Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something. • approbative n. (Linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation… |
| CAPTIVANCES | • captivances n. Plural of captivance. • CAPTIVANCE n. (Spenser) captivity, also CAPTIVAUNCE. |
| CAPTIVAUNCE | • CAPTIVAUNCE n. (Spenser) captivity, also CAPTIVANCE. |
| COMPARATIVE | • comparative adj. Of or relating to comparison. • comparative adj. Using comparison as a method of study, or founded on something using it. • comparative adj. Approximated by comparison; relative. |
| DEPRAVATION | • depravation n. Detraction; depreciation. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • depravation n. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting. • depravation n. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. |
| EVAPORATING | • evaporating v. Present participle of evaporate. • EVAPORATE v. to change into vapour. |
| EVAPORATION | • evaporation n. The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state. • evaporation n. The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to… • evaporation n. (Archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor. |
| EVAPORATIVE | • evaporative adj. Of, pertaining to, producing, or produced by evaporation. • EVAPORATIVE adj. serving to evaporate. |
| EXPATIATIVE | • expatiative adj. Expatiatory; expansive; diffusive. • EXPATIATIVE adj. expansive, also EXPATIATORY. |
| EXPLANATIVE | • explanative adj. That serves to explain; explanatory. • EXPLANATIVE adj. serving to explain, also EXPLANATORY. |
| IMPERATIVAL | • imperatival adj. (Grammar) Of or pertaining to the imperative mood. • IMPERATIVAL adj. relating to the imperative. |
| MALADAPTIVE | • maladaptive adj. (Psychology, chiefly of behaviour) Showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation… • maladaptive adj. (Evolution, of anatomy, physiology, or behavior) Showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary… • MALADAPTIVE adj. marked by poor or inadequate adaptation. |
| NONADAPTIVE | • nonadaptive adj. Not adaptive; unable to adapt. • NONADAPTIVE adj. not adaptive. |
| PALLIATIVES | • palliatives n. Plural of palliative. • PALLIATIVE n. something that palliates. |
| PREADAPTIVE | • preadaptive adj. Serving as an adaptation for something to occur in the future. • PREADAPTIVE adj. of, relating to, or characterized by preadaptation. |
| PREPARATIVE | • preparative adj. That serves to prepare something. • preparative adj. Preliminary or preparatory. • preparative n. Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary. |
| PREVARICATE | • prevaricate v. (Transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from). • prevaricate v. (Intransitive) To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to deviate from the truth; to evade… • prevaricate v. (Intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution. |
| PROPAGATIVE | • propagative adj. Of, pertaining to, or produced by propagation. • PROPAGATIVE adj. serving to propagate. |