| ABSORPTIVE | • absorptive adj. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. • absorptive n. Any substance that absorbs. • ABSORPTIVE adj. capable of absorbing. |
| ADSORPTIVE | • adsorptive adj. Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption. • adsorptive n. Any substance that adsorbs. • ADSORPTIVE adj. relating to adsorption. |
| APERITIVES | • aperitives n. Plural of aperitive. • APERITIVE n. a laxative (medicine). |
| ASCRIPTIVE | • ascriptive adj. Ascribing; relating to ascription. • ascriptive n. The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work or other object… • ASCRIPTIVE adj. relating to ascription. |
| EVAPORITES | • evaporites n. Plural of evaporite. • EVAPORITE n. a sedimentary rock formed by the evaporation of salt water e.g. halite. |
| OPERATIVES | • operatives n. Plural of operative. • OPERATIVE n. a worker, esp. one with special skills. |
| OVERPAINTS | • overpaints v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpaint. • OVERPAINT v. to color or describe too strongly. |
| PARTITIVES | • partitives n. Plural of partitive. • PARTITIVE n. a word indicating a part of a larger whole. |
| PORTATIVES | • portatives n. Plural of portative. • PORTATIVE n. a portable organ. |
| PRIVATEERS | • privateers n. Plural of privateer. • privateers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privateer. • PRIVATEER v. to operate as a pirate. |
| PRIVATISED | • privatised v. Simple past tense and past participle of privatise. • PRIVATISE v. to transfer from ownership by the state into private ownership; to denationalize, also PRIVATIZE. |
| PRIVATISER | • privatiser n. Alternative spelling of privatizer. • PRIVATISER n. one who transfers to private ownership, denationalises, also PRIVATIZER. |
| PRIVATISES | • privatises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privatise. • PRIVATISE v. to transfer from ownership by the state into private ownership; to denationalize, also PRIVATIZE. |
| PRIVATIVES | • privatives n. Plural of privative. • PRIVATIVE n. a privative attribute, quality, proposition, or particle. |
| PRIVATIZES | • privatizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privatize. • PRIVATIZE v. to transfer from ownership by the state into private ownership; to denationalize, also PRIVATISE. |
| PURGATIVES | • purgatives n. Plural of purgative. • PURGATIVE n. a medicine that empties the intestines. |
| SEPARATIVE | • separative adj. Serving to separate. • separative adj. (Rare) Tending to keep oneself separate from others. • separative n. Something that serves to separate. |
| USURPATIVE | • usurpative adj. That usurps. • USURPATIVE adj. relating to usurpation. |
| VAPOURIEST | • VAPOURY adj. full of vapour; affected with the vapours, also VAPORY. |