| FESTIVE | • festive adj. Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration. • festive adj. In the mood to celebrate. • FESTIVE adj. befitting a festival. |
| RESTIVE | • restive adj. Impatient under delay, duress, or control. • restive adj. Resistant to control; stubborn. • restive adj. Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction. |
| EGESTIVE | • egestive adj. Of or pertaining to egestion. • EGESTIVE adj. able to be egested. |
| ARRESTIVE | • arrestive adj. Tending to arrest. • ARRESTIVE adj. tending to arrest. |
| DIGESTIVE | • digestive adj. Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion. • digestive adj. That causes or promotes digestion. • digestive n. A substance that aids digestion. |
| INGESTIVE | • ingestive adj. Of or pertaining to ingestion. • INGESTIVE adj. relating to ingestion, the act of taking e.g. food into the body. |
| CONGESTIVE | • congestive adj. Characterized by congestion. • CONGESTIVE adj. indicating congestion or tending to become congested. |
| SUGGESTIVE | • suggestive adj. Tending to suggest or imply. • suggestive adj. Suggesting romance, sex, etc.; risqué. • suggestive adj. Relating to hypnotic suggestion. |
| TEMPESTIVE | • tempestive adj. (Obsolete) seasonable; timely. • TEMPESTIVE adj. timely; seasonable. |
| INDIGESTIVE | • indigestive adj. Having or relating to indigestion; dyspeptic. • INDIGESTIVE adj. dyspeptic. |
| LOCORESTIVE | • locorestive adj. (Rare) Staying in one place. • LOCORESTIVE adj. (Lamb) staying in one place. |
| DECONGESTIVE | • decongestive adj. Serving to decongest. • decongestive n. A decongestant. • DECONGEST adj. to relieve or end the congestion of. |
| INTEMPESTIVE | • intempestive adj. (Now rare) untimely, happening at an inappropriate moment. • INTEMPESTIVE adj. unseasonable; untimely; inopportune. |
| AERODIGESTIVE | • aerodigestive adj. (Biology) Pertaining to the airway and digestive tract. • AERODIGESTIVE adj. of or relating to the organs and tissues of the respiratory tract and the upper part of the digestive tract. |
| CONTRAGESTIVE | • contragestive adj. Acting to prevent implantation of a blastocyst. • contragestive n. A substance or device that acts to prevent implantation of a blastocyst. • CONTRAGESTIVE adj. relating to contragestion, a form of birth control that is effective after fertilization of the ovum has taken place. |
| AUTOSUGGESTIVE | • autosuggestive adj. Employing autosuggestion. • AUTOSUGGEST adj. to influence one's own actions by self-suggestion. |