| CONSUMPTIVE | • consumptive adj. Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful. • consumptive adj. Of, or relating to consumption. • consumptive adj. (Pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis. |
| COPULATIVES | • copulatives n. Plural of copulative. • COPULATIVE n. a conjunction that indicates combination e.g. 'and'. |
| DEPURATIVES | • depuratives n. Plural of depurative. • DEPURATIVE n. a purifying agent, also DEPURANT. |
| DISPUTATIVE | • disputative adj. Tending to dispute. • DISPUTATIVE adj. inclined to dispute. |
| EPROUVETTES | • eprouvettes n. Plural of eprouvette. • EPROUVETTE n. (French) an apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder. |
| PERSECUTIVE | • persecutive adj. Persecutory. • PERSECUTIVE adj. having the nature of persecution, also PERSECUTORY. |
| PRESUMPTIVE | • presumptive adj. Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief. • presumptive adj. Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not. • PRESUMPTIVE adj. based on probability or presumption. |
| PULSATIVELY | • PULSATIVE adv. of musical instruments, played by percussion, also PULSATILE. |
| SPECULATIVE | • speculative adj. Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation. • speculative adj. Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky. • speculative adj. Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade. |
| SPORULATIVE | • sporulative adj. Relating to sporulation. • SPORULATIVE adj. relating to sporulation. |
| SUBSUMPTIVE | • subsumptive adj. Relating to, or containing, a subsumption. • SUBSUMPTIVE adj. tending to subsume. |
| SUPERACTIVE | • superactive adj. Highly active. • SUPERACTIVE adj. extremely active. |
| SUPERLATIVE | • superlative n. The extreme (e.g. highest, lowest, deepest, farthest, etc) extent or degree of something. • superlative n. (Grammar) The form of an adjective that expresses which of several items has the highest degree of the… • superlative n. (Informal) An adjective used to praise something exceptional. |
| SUPEROCTAVE | • superoctave n. (Music) The octave above another. • superoctave n. (Music) A coupler in the organ by means of which is sounded an octave higher than the one struck. • superoctave n. (Music) An organ stop two octaves above the principal. |
| SUPERVOLUTE | • supervolute adj. (Botany) Having a plaited and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning glory. • SUPERVOLUTE adj. convolute. |
| SUPPLETIVES | • suppletives n. Plural of suppletive. • SUPPLETIVE n. something supplementary. |
| SUPPOSITIVE | • suppositive adj. Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed. • suppositive n. A word denoting or implying supposition. • SUPPOSITIVE adj. suppositional. |
| SUPPURATIVE | • suppurative adj. (Medicine, of a disease or medical condition) causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus. • suppurative n. A medicine that causes suppuration. • SUPPURATIVE adj. causing suppuration. |
| VITUPERATES | • vituperates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vituperate. • VITUPERATE v. to abuse or censure severely or abusively. |