| CALMATIVES | • calmatives n. Plural of calmative. • CALMATIVE n. a drug having a calming effect. |
| CAUSATIVES | • causatives n. Plural of causative. • CAUSATIVE n. a form or class of verb expressing causation. |
| FORMATIVES | • formatives n. Plural of formative. • FORMATIVE n. a formative element or agent. |
| FRICATIVES | • fricatives n. Plural of fricative. • FRICATIVE n. a sound produced by the forcing of air through a restricted passage, as with 'f'. |
| LAUDATIVES | • laudatives n. Plural of laudative. • LAUDATIVE n. a eulogy. |
| NARRATIVES | • narratives n. Plural of narrative. • NARRATIVE n. that which is narrated, a story. |
| NONNATIVES | • nonnatives n. Plural of nonnative. • non-natives n. Plural of non-native. • NONNATIVE n. one who is not a native. |
| OPERATIVES | • operatives n. Plural of operative. • OPERATIVE n. a worker, esp. one with special skills. |
| PORTATIVES | • portatives n. Plural of portative. • PORTATIVE n. a portable organ. |
| PRIVATIVES | • privatives n. Plural of privative. • PRIVATIVE n. a privative attribute, quality, proposition, or particle. |
| PURGATIVES | • purgatives n. Plural of purgative. • PURGATIVE n. a medicine that empties the intestines. |
| QUOTATIVES | • quotatives n. Plural of quotative. • QUOTATIVE n. a function word used in informal contexts to introduce a quotation. |
| SICCATIVES | • siccatives n. Plural of siccative. • SICCATIVE n. a drying agent. |
| TENTATIVES | • tentatives n. Plural of tentative. • TENTATIVE n. something done as an experiment or trial. |