| EXPEDITIVE | • expeditive adj. (Obsolete) Performing with speed. • EXPEDITIVE adj. performing with speed. |
| EXPLETIVES | • expletives n. Plural of expletive. • EXPLETIVE n. a swearword. |
| PELVIMETER | • pelvimeter n. An instrument for measuring the pelvis. • PELVIMETER n. an instrument for measuring the pelvis. |
| 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. |
| PERCEPTIVE | • perceptive adj. Having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition. • PERCEPTIVE adj. responsive to sensory stimuli. |
| PERFECTIVE | • perfective adj. (Grammar) Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect. • perfective adj. (Obsolete) Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection. • perfective n. (Grammar) a perfective verb form. |
| PERMEATIVE | • permeative adj. Tending to permeate. • PERMEATIVE adj. that permeates. |
| PRECEPTIVE | • preceptive adj. (Law) Of, pertaining to, or based on precepts. • preceptive adj. Instructive; didactic. • PRECEPTIVE adj. concerning rules of conduct, laws or precepts, also PRECEPTIAL. |
| PREEMPTIVE | • preemptive adj. Of or relating to preemption. • preemptive adj. Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation. • preemptive adj. (Bridge, of a high-level bid) Intended to interfere with an opponent’s bidding. |
| PRESENTIVE | • presentive adj. Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination. • PRESENTIVE n. a word that presents an object to the mind. |
| PRETENSIVE | • pretensive adj. (Now rare) Pretended; feigned. • pretensive adj. (Chiefly US) Pretentious. • PRETENSIVE adj. pretentious. |
| PREVENIENT | • prevenient adj. Relating to prevenience; anticipatory. • PREVENIENT adj. antecedent, anticipatory. |
| PREVENTIVE | • preventive adj. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to. • preventive adj. Carried out to deter military aggression. • preventive adj. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic. |
| REDEMPTIVE | • redemptive adj. Causing, or relating to, redemption or saving; redeeming. • REDEMPTIVE adj. serving to redeem. |
| REPETITIVE | • repetitive adj. Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating. • REPETITIVE adj. showing repetition. |
| RESPECTIVE | • respective adj. Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own. • respective adj. (Obsolete) Noticing with attention; careful; wary. • respective adj. (Obsolete) Looking toward; having reference to; relative, not absolute. |
| TEMPESTIVE | • tempestive adj. (Obsolete) seasonable; timely. • TEMPESTIVE adj. timely; seasonable. |
| VESPERTINE | • vespertine adj. (Poetic) Of or related to the evening; that occurs in the evening. • vespertine adj. (Astrology, of a planet or star) That sets after the sun. • vespertine adj. (Zoology, of an animal) That is principally active at dusk. |