| APPERCEPTIVE | • apperceptive adj. Perceptive. • APPERCEPTIVE adj. relating to apperception. |
| APPREHENSIVE | • apprehensive adj. Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt. • apprehensive adj. (Obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one’s intellect. • APPREHENSIVE adj. fearful. |
| BREVIPENNATE | • brevipennate adj. (Ornithology) short-winged; having short wings. • BREVIPENNATE adj. having short wings. |
| DEPRECIATIVE | • depreciative n. A statement with a tendency to deprecate. • depreciative adj. Tending to depreciate (In value etc.). • DEPRECIATIVE adj. tending to depreciate. |
| EVAPORIMETER | • evaporimeter n. An atmometer. • EVAPORIMETER n. an instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation, also EVAPOROMETER. |
| EXASPERATIVE | • exasperative adj. (Archaic) exasperating; causing annoyance. • EXASPERATIVE adj. causing exasperation. |
| EXPECTATIVES | • expectatives n. Plural of expectative. • EXPECTATIVE n. an anticipatory grant of a benefice not yet vacant. |
| PREOPERATIVE | • preoperative adj. Prior to surgery. • preoperative n. A transgender person who has not yet undergone gender reassignment surgery. • PREOPERATIVE adj. occurring before a surgical operation. |
| PRESENTATIVE | • presentative adj. Presenting, or able to represent, an idea in the mind. • presentative adj. (Ecclesiastical law) Of a benefice, or the advowsons, tithes, etc., associated with a benefice: that… • presentative adj. (Grammar) Serving to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor. |
| PRESERVATIVE | • preservative n. (Countable) Any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food. • preservative adj. Tending to preserve. • PRESERVATIVE adj. serving to preserve. |
| PREVALENCIES | • PREVALENCY n. the state of being prevalent, also PREVALENCE. |
| PREVENANCIES | • PREVENANCY n. courteous anticipation of others' wishes. |
| PREVENTATIVE | • preventative adj. Alternative form of preventive. • preventative n. Alternative form of preventive. • PREVENTATIVE adj. acting to prevent, also PREVENTIVE. |
| RECUPERATIVE | • recuperative adj. In the way of recuperation. • recuperative n. Any remedy that aids recuperation. • RECUPERATIVE adj. of or relating to recuperation. |
| REPLEVISABLE | • replevisable adj. Alternative form of repleviable. • REPLEVISABLE adj. subject to replevin, also REPLEVIABLE. |
| SEPTEMVIRATE | • septemvirate n. A group of seven people, especially (politics) a council of seven men who share office or rule. • SEPTEMVIRATE n. government by, or group of, seven men. |
| SUPERHEAVIES | • superheavies n. Plural of superheavy. • SUPERHEAVY n. a superheavy element. |
| VELOCIPEDEAN | • velocipedean n. Alternative form of velocipedian. • VELOCIPEDEAN n. one who rides a velocipede, an early form of bicycle, also VELOCIPEDER, VELOCIPEDIAN, VELOCIPEDIST. |