| DEFECTIVES | • defectives n. Plural of defective. • DEFECTIVE n. a person who is subnormal in physical or mental powers. |
| DEFLECTIVE | • deflective adj. Capable of causing deflection. • DEFLECTIVE adj. causing deflection. |
| DETECTIVES | • detectives n. Plural of detective. • DETECTIVE n. a policeman, usually not in uniform, or other person (private detective) who investigates cases of crime. |
| DETERSIVES | • detersives n. Plural of detersive. • DETERSIVE n. a detergent. |
| EXPEDITIVE | • expeditive adj. (Obsolete) Performing with speed. • EXPEDITIVE adj. performing with speed. |
| FEDERATIVE | • federative adj. Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy, a federation; federal. • FEDERATIVE adj. uniting in a confederacy; federal. |
| INTERVENED | • intervened v. Simple past tense and past participle of intervene. • INTERVENE v. to come or be between. |
| OVEREDITED | • overedited v. Simple past tense and past participle of overedit. • OVEREDIT v. to edit more than necessary. |
| PENDENTIVE | • pendentive n. (Architecture) The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome… • PENDENTIVE n. one of four spherical triangles formed by a dome springing from a square base. |
| REDEMPTIVE | • redemptive adj. Causing, or relating to, redemption or saving; redeeming. • REDEMPTIVE adj. serving to redeem. |
| REINVENTED | • reinvented v. Simple past tense and past participle of reinvent. • REINVENT v. to invent again. |
| REINVESTED | • reinvested v. Simple past tense and past participle of reinvest. • REINVEST v. to invest again. |
| TELEVIEWED | • televiewed v. Simple past tense and past participle of teleview. • TELEVIEW v. to observe by means of television. |
| VIDEOTEXES | • videotexes n. Plural of videotex. • VIDEOTEX n. an electronic system for transmitting data. |