| COMPLETIVE | • completive adj. Making complete. • completive n. (Grammar) A construction denoting completion. • COMPLETIVE adj. making complete, also COMPLETORY. |
| CONCEPTIVE | • conceptive adj. Relating to conception (in all senses). • CONCEPTIVE adj. capable of conceiving, also CONCEPTIONAL. |
| DEPOSITIVE | • depositive adj. Involving or relating to the process of depositing. • depositive adj. (Medicine) Describing a condition in which lymph is exuded into the derma, forming papules. • DEPOSITIVE adj. relating to deposition. |
| EVAPORITES | • evaporites n. Plural of evaporite. • EVAPORITE n. a sedimentary rock formed by the evaporation of salt water e.g. halite. |
| EXPLOITIVE | • exploitive adj. Exploitative: taking advantage of someone. • EXPLOITIVE adj. serving to exploit, also EXPLOITATIVE. |
| EXPOSITIVE | • expositive adj. That explains; expository. • EXPOSITIVE adj. serving to explain. |
| OPERATIVES | • operatives n. Plural of operative. • OPERATIVE n. a worker, esp. one with special skills. |
| OVERTIPPED | • overtipped v. Simple past tense and past participle of overtip. • OVERTIP v. to tip more than is normal. |
| PEJORATIVE | • pejorative adj. Disparaging, belittling or derogatory. • pejorative n. A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression. • PEJORATIVE adj. implying or imputing evil. |
| PEROVSKITE | • perovskite n. (Mineralogy) A minor accessory mineral, CaTiO3, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals. • PEROVSKITE n. a mineral form of calcium titanate. |
| PLOVERIEST | • PLOVERY adj. abounding in plovers. |
| PREVENTION | • prevention n. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. • prevention n. (Medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (Such as information campaigns, vaccination… • prevention n. (Obsolete) The act of going, or state of being, before. |
| PROJECTIVE | • projective adj. Projecting outward. • projective adj. Of, relating to, or caused by a projection. • projective adj. (Mathematics) describing those properties of a figure that are invariant upon projection. |
| PROTECTIVE | • protective adj. Serving or intended to protect. • protective adj. Wishing to protect; defensive of somebody or something. • protective n. (Britain) Something that protects. |
| PROTENSIVE | • protensive adj. Drawn out; extended. • PROTENSIVE adj. extensive in time or length. |
| RESORPTIVE | • resorptive adj. Of, pertaining to, or caused by resorption. • RESORPTIVE adj. relating to resorption. |
| STOVEPIPES | • stovepipes n. Plural of stovepipe. • stovepipes n. Synonym of stovepipe trousers. • STOVEPIPE n. a man's tall cylindrical (usually silk) hat. |
| VIDEOTAPED | • videotaped v. Simple past tense and past participle of videotape. • videotaped adj. Having been recorded on videotape. • VIDEOTAPE v. to record on videotape. |
| VIDEOTAPES | • videotapes n. Plural of videotape. • VIDEOTAPE v. to record on videotape. |