| MATURATIVE | • maturative n. (Medicine, obsolete) A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant. • maturative adj. (Obsolete) Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration. • MATURATIVE adj. conducing to ripeness or maturity. |
| ALIMENTATIVE | • alimentative adj. Relating to aliment. • alimentative adj. Nutritious, nourishing. • ALIMENTATIVE adj. nourishing. |
| AUGMENTATIVE | • augmentative adj. Growing, enlarging, increasing. • augmentative n. (Grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority. • AUGMENTATIVE adj. serving to augment. |
| MULTIVARIATE | • multivariate adj. Having or involving multiple variables. • multivariate n. (Mathematics) A vector, each of whose elements is a variate. • MULTIVARIATE adj. having or involving a number of independent mathematical or statistical variables. |
| ARGUMENTATIVE | • argumentative adj. Of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning; argumentive… • argumentative adj. Prone to argue or dispute. • ARGUMENTATIVE adj. given to argument, also ARGUMENTIVE. |
| AUGMENTATIVES | • augmentatives n. Plural of augmentative. • AUGMENTATIVE n. an augmentative word or affix. |
| CONTAMINATIVE | • contaminative adj. That contaminates. • CONTAMINATIVE adj. tending to contaminate. |
| MANIFESTATIVE | • manifestative adj. Relating to manifestation. • MANIFESTATIVE adj. serving to manifest. |
| METANARRATIVE | • metanarrative n. (Critical theory) A narrative which concerns narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge… • METANARRATIVE n. (in postmodernist literary theory) a narrative about a narrative or narratives. |
| TRANSMUTATIVE | • transmutative adj. Causing or involving transmutation; transformative. • TRANSMUTATIVE adj. having power to transmute. |
| ADMINISTRATIVE | • administrative adj. Of or relating to administering or administration. • ADMINISTRATIVE adj. of or relating to administration. |
| AUGMENTATIVELY | • augmentatively adv. In an augmentative fashion. • AUGMENTATIVE adv. serving to augment. |
| MEGAVERTEBRATE | • megavertebrate n. (Biology) A relatively large vertebrate. • MEGAVERTEBRATE n. a very large vertebrate. |
| METANARRATIVES | • metanarratives n. Plural of metanarrative. • METANARRATIVE n. (in postmodernist literary theory) a narrative about a narrative or narratives. |
| TRANSFORMATIVE | • transformative adj. That causes a transformation; causing a notable and lasting change. • transformative adj. (Linguistics) Chiefly in transformative-generative: of or relating to a theory of generative grammar… • TRANSFORMATIVE adj. having the power to transform. |
| TRANSMIGRATIVE | • transmigrative adj. Relating to transmigration. • TRANSMIGRATIVE adj. passing from one body or place into another. |
| ARGUMENTATIVELY | • argumentatively adv. In an argumentative manner. • ARGUMENTATIVE adv. given to argument, also ARGUMENTIVE. |
| DECONTAMINATIVE | • DECONTAMINATIVE adj. related to decontamination. |
| MEGAVERTEBRATES | • megavertebrates n. Plural of megavertebrate. • MEGAVERTEBRATE n. a very large vertebrate. |