| DECORATIVE | • decorative adj. That serves to decorate. • decorative n. A plant, tile, etc. intended for use as decoration. • DECORATIVE adj. serving to decorate. |
| DETRACTIVE | • detractive adj. Tending to detract or draw. • detractive adj. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative. • DETRACTIVE adj. tending to detract, also DETRACTORY. |
| DIRECTIVES | • directives n. Plural of directive. • DIRECTIVE n. a general instruction. |
| DISCRETIVE | • discretive adj. Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive. • DISCRETIVE adj. marking distinction or separation. • DISCRETIVE n. a disjunctive conjunction or preposition. |
| DIVARICATE | • divaricate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off. • divaricate adj. (Botany) Having wide angles between the branches. • DIVARICATE adj. forking. |
| INCURVATED | • incurvated v. Simple past tense and past participle of incurvate. • INCURVATE v. to curve in, also INCURVE. |
| OVERDIRECT | • overdirect v. (Transitive) To take an excessive, overbearing role in directing (a play or film). • overdirect v. To provide too much direction, to be too controlling. • OVERDIRECT v. to direct excessively. |
| PREDICTIVE | • predictive adj. Useful in predicting. • predictive adj. (Computing) Describing a predictor. • predictive adj. (Medicine) Expressing the expected accuracy of a statistical measure or of a diagnostic test. |
| PRODUCTIVE | • productive adj. Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile. • productive adj. Yielding good or useful results; constructive. • productive adj. Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services. |
| RECIDIVIST | • recidivist n. One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits. • RECIDIVIST n. a habitual criminal (one who relapses). |
| REDUCTIVES | • reductives n. Plural of reductive. • REDUCTIVE n. a reducing agent. |
| TRADUCTIVE | • traductive adj. Capable of being deduced; derivable. • TRADUCTIVE adj. transmitted. |
| VECTORISED | • vectorised v. Simple past tense and past participle of vectorise. • VECTORISE v. to make into a vector, also VECTORIZE. |
| VECTORIZED | • vectorized v. Simple past tense and past participle of vectorize. • VECTORIZE v. to make into a vector, also VECTORISE. |
| VINDICATOR | • vindicator n. A person who vindicates. • VINDICATOR n. one who vindicates. |
| VISCERATED | • viscerated v. Simple past tense and past participle of viscerate. • VISCERATE v. to deprive of the viscera, or entrails, also EVISCERATE. |