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There are 14 words containing APTIVE

ADAPTIVE• adaptive adj. Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
• adaptive adj. Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
• adaptive adj. (Psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.
ADAPTIVELY• adaptively adv. In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner.
• ADAPTIVE adv. able to be adapted.
ADAPTIVENESS• adaptiveness n. The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
• ADAPTIVENESS n. the quality of being adaptive.
ADAPTIVENESSES• adaptivenesses n. Plural of adaptiveness.
• ADAPTIVENESS n. the quality of being adaptive.
CAPTIVE• captive n. One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
• captive n. One held prisoner.
• captive n. (Figurative) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
CAPTIVED• captived v. Simple past tense and past participle of captive.
• captived adj. (Obsolete) Captured; captive.
• CAPTIVE v. to make a prisoner.
CAPTIVES• captives n. Plural of captive.
• CAPTIVE v. to make a prisoner.
COUNTERADAPTIVE• counteradaptive adj. Relating to counteradaptation.
EXAPTIVE• exaptive adj. Relating to exaptation.
• EXAPTIVE adj. of a biological feature, having a function differing from that for which it was originally evolved e.g. feathers evolved originally for warmth, also EXAPTED.
INADAPTIVE• inadaptive adj. Not adaptive.
• INADAPTIVE adj. not adaptive.
MALADAPTIVE• maladaptive adj. (Psychology, chiefly of behaviour) Showing inadequate or counterproductive mental and behavioral adaptation…
• maladaptive adj. (Evolution, of anatomy, physiology, or behavior) Showing inadequate or counterproductive evolutionary…
• MALADAPTIVE adj. marked by poor or inadequate adaptation.
MALADAPTIVELY• maladaptively adv. In a maladaptive manner.
• MALADAPTIVE adv. marked by poor or inadequate adaptation.
NONADAPTIVE• nonadaptive adj. Not adaptive; unable to adapt.
• NONADAPTIVE adj. not adaptive.
PREADAPTIVE• preadaptive adj. Serving as an adaptation for something to occur in the future.
• PREADAPTIVE adj. of, relating to, or characterized by preadaptation.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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