| ABSORPTIVE | • absorptive adj. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. • absorptive n. Any substance that absorbs. • ABSORPTIVE adj. capable of absorbing. |
| ADAPTIVELY | • adaptively adv. In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner. • ADAPTIVE adv. able to be adapted. |
| ADOPTIVELY | • adoptively adv. In a adoptive manner; by adoption. • ADOPTIVE adv. due to adoption; having the specified familial relation by adoption. |
| ADSORPTIVE | • adsorptive adj. Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption. • adsorptive n. Any substance that adsorbs. • ADSORPTIVE adj. relating to adsorption. |
| ASCRIPTIVE | • ascriptive adj. Ascribing; relating to ascription. • ascriptive n. The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work or other object… • ASCRIPTIVE adj. relating to ascription. |
| ASSUMPTIVE | • assumptive adj. Held as true or valid without evidence. • assumptive adj. Forward or presumptuous. • assumptive adj. (Heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in… |
| CONCEPTIVE | • conceptive adj. Relating to conception (in all senses). • CONCEPTIVE adj. capable of conceiving, also CONCEPTIONAL. |
| CORRUPTIVE | • corruptive adj. Tending to corrupt. • CORRUPTIVE adj. tending to corrupt. |
| DISRUPTIVE | • disruptive adj. Causing disruption or unrest. • disruptive adj. (Business) Causing major change, as in a market. • DISRUPTIVE adj. causing disruption. |
| ERUPTIVELY | • eruptively adv. In an eruptive manner. • ERUPTIVE adv. breaking out or bursting forth. |
| INADAPTIVE | • inadaptive adj. Not adaptive. • INADAPTIVE adj. not adaptive. |
| INCEPTIVES | • inceptives n. Plural of inceptive. • INCEPTIVE n. an inceptive verb. |
| PERCEPTIVE | • perceptive adj. Having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition. • PERCEPTIVE adj. responsive to sensory stimuli. |
| PRECEPTIVE | • preceptive adj. (Law) Of, pertaining to, or based on precepts. • preceptive adj. Instructive; didactic. • PRECEPTIVE adj. concerning rules of conduct, laws or precepts, also PRECEPTIAL. |
| PREEMPTIVE | • preemptive adj. Of or relating to preemption. • preemptive adj. Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation. • preemptive adj. (Bridge, of a high-level bid) Intended to interfere with an opponent’s bidding. |
| REDEMPTIVE | • redemptive adj. Causing, or relating to, redemption or saving; redeeming. • REDEMPTIVE adj. serving to redeem. |
| RESORPTIVE | • resorptive adj. Of, pertaining to, or caused by resorption. • RESORPTIVE adj. relating to resorption. |
| RESUMPTIVE | • resumptive adj. That is in the nature of resumption. • resumptive n. (Grammar) A resumptive pronoun. • resumptive n. (Archaic) A restorative medicine. |
| SUBREPTIVE | • subreptive adj. (Obsolete) surreptitious. • SUBREPTIVE adj. surreptitious. |
| SUSCEPTIVE | • susceptive adj. Susceptible. • susceptive adj. Receptive. • SUSCEPTIVE adj. susceptible. |