| COLLUSIVE | • collusive adj. Secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose. • COLLUSIVE adj. characterized by collusion. |
| CONTUSIVE | • contusive adj. Relating to, or causing contusion. • CONTUSIVE adj. tending to bruise. |
| DIFFUSIVE | • diffusive adj. That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people. • diffusive adj. Involving or employing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded. • diffusive adj. That diffuses something; disseminating. |
| EXCLUSIVE | • exclusive adj. (Literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions. • exclusive adj. (Figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown… • exclusive adj. Exclusionary. |
| EXTRUSIVE | • extrusive adj. Jutting out; extruding. • extrusive adj. (Geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, on to the Earth’s surface to lie atop… • extrusive n. (Geology) Rock which has been formed through volcanic extrusion. |
| INCLUSIVE | • inclusive adj. Including (almost) everything within its scope. • inclusive adj. Including the extremes as well as the area between. • inclusive adj. (Linguistics) Of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed. |
| INTRUSIVE | • intrusive adj. Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission… • intrusive adj. (Geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks… • intrusive adj. (Linguistics) epenthetic. |
| OBTRUSIVE | • obtrusive adj. Sticking out; protruding. • obtrusive adj. Noticeable; prominent, especially in a displeasing way. • obtrusive adj. Pushy. |
| OCCLUSIVE | • occlusive adj. That tends to occlude. • occlusive n. (Phonetics) A phoneme produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract, but not necessarily in the nasal tract. • occlusive n. (Cosmetics) A product that forms a protective film and traps moisture against the skin. |
| PERFUSIVE | • perfusive adj. Tending to flow over, or to spread through. • PERFUSIVE adj. of a nature to flow over, or to spread through. |
| PRELUSIVE | • prelusive adj. Acting as a prelude; preliminary. • PRELUSIVE adj. introductory, also PRELUSORY. |
| PROFUSIVE | • profusive adj. (Obsolete) profuse; lavish; prodigal. • PROFUSIVE adj. profuse, also PROFUSE. |
| RECLUSIVE | • reclusive adj. Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded. • RECLUSIVE adj. solitary by nature. |
| SECLUSIVE | • seclusive adj. Serving or tending to seclude (oneself); affecting seclusion. • seclusive n. A person who stays in seclusion; a recluse. • SECLUSIVE adj. tending to seclude. |
| SUFFUSIVE | • suffusive adj. Of or relating to suffusion. • SUFFUSIVE adj. relating to suffusion. |
| UNABUSIVE | • unabusive adj. Not abusive. • UNABUSIVE adj. not abusive. |