| CONSUMPTIVE | • consumptive adj. Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful. • consumptive adj. Of, or relating to consumption. • consumptive adj. (Pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis. |
| DECEPTIVELY | • deceptively adv. In a deceptive manner; misleadingly. • deceptively adv. Actually but not apparently. • deceptively adv. Apparently but not actually. |
| DESCRIPTIVE | • descriptive adj. Of, relating to, or providing a description. • descriptive adj. (Grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary). • descriptive adj. (Linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language. |
| DISCERPTIVE | • discerptive adj. Tending to separate or disunite parts. • DISCERPTIVE adj. tending to discerp. |
| INCEPTIVELY | • inceptively adv. In an inceptive manner. • INCEPTIVE adv. marking the beginning or formation. |
| INSCRIPTIVE | • inscriptive adj. Bearing an inscription. • inscriptive adj. Of the character or nature of an inscription. • INSCRIPTIVE adj. relating to or constituting an inscription. |
| IRRECEPTIVE | • irreceptive adj. Not receiving; incapable of receiving. • IRRECEPTIVE adj. not receptive. |
| IRRUPTIVELY | • irruptively adv. In an irruptive manner. • IRRUPTIVE adv. rushing in or upon. |
| 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. |
| NOCICEPTIVE | • nociceptive adj. (Physiology) Relating to the perception or sensation of pain. • noci-ceptive adj. Alternative form of nociceptive. • NOCICEPTIVE adj. sensitive to pain; causing pain. |
| 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. |
| PRESUMPTIVE | • presumptive adj. Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief. • presumptive adj. Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not. • PRESUMPTIVE adj. based on probability or presumption. |
| RECEPTIVELY | • receptively adv. In a receptive manner. • RECEPTIVE adv. ready to receive. |
| SUBSUMPTIVE | • subsumptive adj. Relating to, or containing, a subsumption. • SUBSUMPTIVE adj. tending to subsume. |
| UNRECEPTIVE | • unreceptive adj. Not receptive. • UNRECEPTIVE adj. not receptive. |