| ABSTRACTIVE | • abstractive adj. Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. • abstractive adj. Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction. • ABSTRACTIVE adj. able or tending to abstract. |
| ARBITRATIVE | • arbitrative adj. Of or relating to arbitration. • ARBITRATIVE adj. relating to arbitration, also ARBITRATIONAL. |
| ATTRIBUTIVE | • attributive adj. (Grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase. • attributive adj. Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution. • attributive n. (Grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive. |
| OBJECTIVATE | • objectivate v. (Transitive) To objectify. • OBJECTIVATE v. to render objective. |
| OBJECTIVIST | • objectivist adj. Of or pertaining to objectivism. • objectivist n. An advocate of objectivism. • OBJECTIVIST n. a believer in objectivism, the doctrine that reality is real. |
| OBJECTIVITY | • objectivity n. The state of being objective, just, unbiased and not influenced by emotions or personal prejudices. • objectivity n. The world as it really is; reality. • OBJECTIVITY n. the state of being objective. |
| OBSTRUCTIVE | • obstructive adj. Causing obstructions. • obstructive n. One who obstructs something. • OBSTRUCTIVE adj. serving to obstruct. |
| OVERBETTING | • overbetting v. Present participle of overbet. • OVERBETTING n. betting to excess. |
| RETRIBUTIVE | • retributive adj. Relating to retribution; retaliatory. • RETRIBUTIVE adj. relating to retribution. |
| SUBSTANTIVE | • substantive adj. Of the essence or essential element of a thing. • substantive adj. Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial. • substantive adj. (Law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right. |
| SUBSTRATIVE | • SUBSTRATIVE adj. relating to a substratum. |
| SUBTRACTIVE | • subtractive adj. Of or pertaining to subtraction. • subtractive adj. Of a colour: from which some wavelengths have been removed. • SUBTRACTIVE adj. tending to subtract. |
| VERTEBRATED | • vertebrated adj. Vertebrate; having vertebrae. • VERTEBRATED adj. having a backbone. |
| VERTEBRATES | • vertebrates n. Plural of vertebrate. • VERTEBRATE n. a backboned animal, one belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata, including fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. |