| COMPETITIVELY | • competitively adv. In a competitive manner. • COMPETITIVE adv. relating to competition. |
| CONTEMPLATIVE | • contemplative adj. Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative. • contemplative adj. Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties. • contemplative adj. Relating to, or having the power of, contemplation. |
| DESTRUCTIVELY | • destructively adv. In a destructive manner: in a way that causes destruction. • DESTRUCTIVE adv. causing destruction. |
| DETECTIVELIKE | • detectivelike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a detective. • DETECTIVELIKE adj. like a detective. |
| DIVERTICULATE | • diverticulate adj. Related to a diverticulum. • DIVERTICULATE adj. having diverticula, intestinal pouches, also DIVERTICULATED. |
| ELECTROACTIVE | • electroactive adj. (Physics, chemistry) describing any material (especially in a cell) that is electrically active or responsive. • electroactive adj. (Physics, chemistry) describing any polymer that changes shape in the presence of an electric field. • ELECTROACTIVE adj. as in electroactive polymers, polymers whose shape is modified when a voltage is applied to them. |
| ELECTROMOTIVE | • electromotive adj. (Physics) of, relating to, or producing the movement of electrons (an electric current). • ELECTROMOTIVE adj. pertaining to electric motion; causing electric current. |
| ENCULTURATIVE | • ENCULTURATIVE adj. relating to enculturation. |
| GESTICULATIVE | • gesticulative adj. Of, relating to, or using gesticulation. • GESTICULATIVE adj. relating to gesticulation. |
| INTERACTIVELY | • interactively adv. In an interactive manner. • INTERACTIVE adv. mutually or reciprocally active. |
| INTERCALATIVE | • intercalative adj. That leads to intercalation. • INTERCALATIVE adj. relating to intercalation, an insertion or interposing, as of a word between other words in a sentence. |
| RELUCTIVITIES | • reluctivities n. Plural of reluctivity. • RELUCTIVITY n. a specific or relative reluctance of a magnetic material. |
| RESTRICTIVELY | • restrictively adv. In a restrictive manner. • RESTRICTIVE adv. of or relating to restriction. |
| RETROACTIVELY | • retroactively adv. Done after the fact; applying to events that have previously transpired. • RETROACTIVE adv. taking effect as from a previous date. |
| SELECTIVITIES | • selectivities n. Plural of selectivity. • SELECTIVITY n. the state of being selective. |
| VERTICALITIES | • verticalities n. Plural of verticality. • VERTICALITY n. the state of being vertical. |
| VERTICILLATED | • verticillated adj. Alternative form of verticillate. • VERTICILLATED adj. whorled, also VERTICILLATE. |