| DECRETIVE | • decretive adj. Having the authority of a decree. • DECRETIVE adj. relating to or having the force of a decree, also DECRETORY. |
| DETERSIVE | • detersive adj. Having cleansing abilities. • detersive n. A cleansing agent; a detergent. • DETERSIVE adj. cleansing. |
| EXCRETIVE | • excretive adj. Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion. • EXCRETIVE adj. having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion. |
| INTERVENE | • intervene v. (Intransitive) To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action. • intervene v. (Intransitive) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events. • intervene v. (Intransitive) To occur or act as an obstacle or delay. |
| RECEPTIVE | • receptive adj. Capable of receiving something. • receptive adj. Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas. • receptive adj. (Botany) Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile. |
| REFECTIVE | • refective n. That which refreshes. • refective adj. Refreshing; restoring. • REFECTIVE adj. relating to refection. |
| REJECTIVE | • rejective adj. Tending to reject. • REJECTIVE adj. rejecting, or tending to reject. |
| RESENTIVE | • resentive adj. (Rare) Resentful. • RESENTIVE adj. feeling resentment, also RESENTFUL. |
| RETENTIVE | • retentive adj. Having power to retain. • retentive adj. (Slang, apocope) anal-retentive. • retentive n. (Obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint. |
| RETRIEVED | • retrieved v. Simple past tense and past participle of retrieve. • RETRIEVE v. to get back. |
| RETRIEVER | • retriever n. One who retrieves something. • retriever n. A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter. • retriever n. (Surgery) A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation. |
| RETRIEVES | • retrieves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retrieve. • RETRIEVE v. to get back. |
| REVERTIVE | • revertive adj. Reverting, or tending to revert; returning. • REVERTIVE adj. reverting, or tending to revert. |
| SECRETIVE | • secretive adj. Having an inclination to secrecy. • secretive adj. Relating to secretion. • SECRETIVE adj. inclined to or fond of secrecy. |
| SERVIETTE | • serviette n. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A table napkin, now especially a paper one. • serviette n. (Obsolete) a lazy Susan. • SERVIETTE n. (French) a table-napkin, esp. a paper one. |
| TELEVISER | • televiser n. Alternative form of televisor. • TELEVISER n. one who televises. |
| VELVETIER | • velvetier adj. Comparative form of velvety: more velvety. • VELVETY adj. having the plush of velvet. |