| ADVENTITIOUS | • adventitious adj. From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign. • adventitious adj. Accidental, additional, appearing casually. • adventitious adj. (Genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired. |
| ANTITUSSIVES | • antitussives n. Plural of antitussive. • ANTITUSSIVE n. an agent which relieves coughing. |
| CONSTITUTIVE | • constitutive adj. Having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something. • constitutive adj. Having the power or authority to appoint someone to office. • constitutive adj. Extremely important, essential. |
| CONTINUATIVE | • continuative adj. Of or pertaining to continuation. • continuative adj. (Linguistics) durative. • continuative n. Something that causes a continuation. |
| CONTRIBUTIVE | • contributive adj. Tending to contribute; making a contribution. • CONTRIBUTIVE adj. relating to contribution. |
| EVOLUTIONIST | • evolutionist n. A proponent or supporter of evolutionism. • EVOLUTIONIST n. one who believes in evolution. |
| INTERRUPTIVE | • interruptive adj. Acting or tending to interrupt. • INTERRUPTIVE adj. serving to interrupt. |
| INTRODUCTIVE | • introductive adj. Of, pertaining to, or serving as an introduction. • INTRODUCTIVE adj. serving to introduce, also INTRODUCTORY. |
| INVESTITURES | • investitures n. Plural of investiture. • INVESTITURE n. the act of establishing in office or ratifying. |
| MULTIVOLTINE | • multivoltine adj. (Biology) Having several broods or generations in a year. • multivoltine n. (Biology) A multivoltine organism. • MULTIVOLTINE adj. having several broods in one season. |
| NONINTUITIVE | • nonintuitive adj. Not intuitive. • NONINTUITIVE adj. not intuitive. |
| NONNUTRITIVE | • nonnutritive adj. Not nutritive. • NONNUTRITIVE adj. not nutritive. |
| QUANTITATIVE | • quantitative adj. Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality. • quantitative adj. (Chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample. • QUANTITATIVE adj. estimable according to quantity, also QUANTITIVE. |
| QUANTITIVELY | • quantitively adv. Quantitatively. • QUANTITIVE adv. estimable according to quantity, also QUANTITATIVE. |
| VITUPERATING | • vituperating v. Present participle of vituperate. • VITUPERATE v. to abuse or censure severely or abusively. |
| VITUPERATION | • vituperation n. The act of vituperating; severely blaming or censuring. • vituperation n. Criticism or invective that is sustained and overly harsh; abuse, severe blame or censure. • VITUPERATION n. abuse, rejection. |