| ATTRITIVE | • attritive adj. Causing attrition. • ATTRITIVE adj. tending to attrite, wear down. |
| ESTIVATOR | • estivator n. (Biology) Any animal that estivates. • ESTIVATOR n. an animal that aestivates, also AESTIVATOR. |
| GRAVITATE | • gravitate v. (Intransitive, astrophysics) To move under the force of gravity. • gravitate v. (Intransitive, figuratively) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity. • GRAVITATE v. to move under the influence of gravitation. |
| HORTATIVE | • hortative adj. (Comparable) Urging, exhorting, or encouraging. • hortative adj. (Grammar, not comparable) Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong… • hortative n. (Grammar) A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement. |
| ITERATIVE | • iterative adj. Of a procedure that involves repetition of steps (iteration) to achieve the desired outcome; in computing… • iterative adj. (Grammar) Expressive of an action that is repeated with frequency. • iterative n. (Grammar) A verb showing the iterative aspect. |
| LEVITATOR | • levitator n. One who, or that which, levitates. • LEVITATOR n. one who levitates. |
| PARTITIVE | • partitive adj. That divides something into parts. • partitive adj. (Grammar) Indicating a part rather than the whole of something. • partitive n. (Grammar) A partitive word, phrase or case. |
| PORTATIVE | • portative adj. (Now rare) Portable. • portative adj. (Obsolete) Capable of holding up or carrying. • portative n. (Now chiefly historical) A portative organ. |
| PRIVATEST | • privatest adj. Superlative form of private: most private. • PRIVATE adj. secluded from the sight, presence or intrusion of others. |
| RAVIGOTTE | • RAVIGOTTE n. (French) vinegar sauce, minced onion, capers, and herbs, also RAVIGOTE. |
| TRADITIVE | • traditive adj. Transmitted or transmissible from parent to child, or from older to younger, by oral communication; traditional. • TRADITIVE adj. traditional. |
| TRAVERTIN | • travertin n. Alternative form of travertine. • TRAVERTIN n. (Italian) a pale limestone deposited from solution, e.g. from springs, also TRAVERTINE. |
| TRIVALENT | • trivalent adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Having a valence of three. • trivalent adj. (Of a vaccine) Protecting against three different (usually flu) viruses. • trivalent n. (Genetics) Any trivalent chromosome. |
| VAPORETTI | • vaporetti n. Plural of vaporetto. • VAPORETTO n. (Italian) a motorboat serving as a canal bus in Venice. |
| VERITATES | • veritates n. Plural of veritas. • VERITAS n. (Latin) truth. |
| WRITATIVE | • writative adj. (Archaic) Inclined to much writing. • WRITATIVE adj. characterized by an inclination to write. |