| ACCELERATIVE | • accelerative adj. Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. • ACCELERATIVE adj. tending to cause acceleration, also ACCELERATORY. |
| ALLITERATIVE | • alliterative adj. In the form or style of alliteration. • ALLITERATIVE adj. of, relating to, or marked by alliteration. |
| ASSEVERATIVE | • asseverative adj. Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively. • ASSEVERATIVE adj. relating to asseveration. |
| DEGENERATIVE | • degenerative adj. Characterized by or causing degeneration. • DEGENERATIVE adj. of, relating to, involving, or causing degeneration. |
| DELIBERATIVE | • deliberative adj. That deliberates, considers carefully. • deliberative n. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined. • deliberative n. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade… |
| DESIDERATIVE | • desiderative adj. Having or indicating wish or desire. • desiderative adj. (Grammar) Of a verb expressing a wish. • desiderative n. (Linguistics, grammar) A verbal mood that has the meaning of “wanting to do something”, found in languages… |
| EXAGGERATIVE | • exaggerative adj. Marked by exaggeration. • EXAGGERATIVE adj. tending to exaggerate. |
| EXASPERATIVE | • exasperative adj. (Archaic) exasperating; causing annoyance. • EXASPERATIVE adj. causing exasperation. |
| NONOPERATIVE | • nonoperative adj. Not requiring or involving a medical operation or surgery. • nonoperative adj. Not operative, not operational; inoperative. • nonoperative n. (Uncommon) One who is not an operative (“employee or worker”). |
| OBLITERATIVE | • obliterative adj. Tending or serving to obliterate. • OBLITERATIVE adj. inducing or characterized by obliteration. |
| PREOPERATIVE | • preoperative adj. Prior to surgery. • preoperative n. A transgender person who has not yet undergone gender reassignment surgery. • PREOPERATIVE adj. occurring before a surgical operation. |
| RECUPERATIVE | • recuperative adj. In the way of recuperation. • recuperative n. Any remedy that aids recuperation. • RECUPERATIVE adj. of or relating to recuperation. |
| REGENERATIVE | • regenerative adj. That serves to regenerate. • regenerative adj. Being a kind of circuit, much used in radio receivers, that allows an electronic signal to be amplified… • REGENERATIVE adj. serving to regenerate. |
| REMUNERATIVE | • remunerative adj. Offering compensation, usually financial; rewarding; lucrative. • REMUNERATIVE adj. serving to remunerate. |
| VITUPERATIVE | • vituperative adj. Marked by harsh, spoken, or written abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing. • VITUPERATIVE adj. uttering or given to censure, also VITUPERATORY. |