| EXPECTATIVE | • expectative adj. Of or pertaining to an expectation. • expectative adj. (Canon law) Of or pertaining to the reversion of a benefice. • expectative n. (Canon law) The anticipatory grant of an ecclesiastical benefice, not vacant at the moment but which… |
| EXTENUATIVE | • extenuative adj. Tending to extenuate. • EXTENUATIVE n. a medicine which causes thinness or emaciation. |
| IRRETENTIVE | • irretentive adj. Not retentive; not apt to retain. • IRRETENTIVE adj. incapable of retention. |
| PENETRATIVE | • penetrative adj. That can or does physically penetrate something; piercing, penetrating. • penetrative adj. Displaying insight or discrimination; acute; penetrating. • penetrative adj. (Sports) That can penetrate opposition defences. |
| PRETERITIVE | • preteritive adj. (Grammar) Used only or chiefly in the preterite or past tenses. • PRETERITIVE adj. used only in the preterite. |
| REITERATIVE | • reiterative adj. That involves reiteration. • reiterative n. (Grammar) A word signifying repeated action. • REITERATIVE adj. repeating. |
| RETENTIVELY | • retentively adv. In a retentive manner. • RETENTIVE adv. tending to retain. |
| SEVENTIETHS | • seventieths n. Plural of seventieth. • SEVENTIETH n. a seventieth part of. |
| TELEVERITES | • TELEVERITE n. the televising of scenes from actual life to give a sense of heightened realism. |
| TEMPERATIVE | • temperative adj. Having the power to temper something. • TEMPERATIVE adj. having a moderating influence. |
| TERREMOTIVE | • TERREMOTIVE adj. related to an earthquake. |
| UNRETENTIVE | • unretentive adj. Not retentive. • UNRETENTIVE adj. not retentive. |
| VINEGARETTE | • vinegarette n. Archaic form of vinaigrette. • VINEGARETTE n. a bottle for aromatic vinegar or smelling salts, also VINAIGRETTE, VINEGARRETTE. |