| ACQUISITIVE | • acquisitive adj. (Obsolete) Acquired. • acquisitive adj. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring. • acquisitive adj. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information. |
| APPOSITIVES | • appositives n. Plural of appositive. • APPOSITIVE n. a clause in apposition. |
| COMPOSITIVE | • compositive adj. Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. • COMPOSITIVE adj. relating to a composite. |
| DIAPOSITIVE | • diapositive n. (Photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images). • DIAPOSITIVE n. a transparent photographic positive; a slide. |
| DISPOSITIVE | • dispositive adj. Intending to or resulting in or capable of disposition (disposing of or settling a matter). • dispositive adj. (Obsolete) By natural disposition, having such an inclination. • dispositive adj. (Euro-English or non-native speakers’ English) Being a statutory provision not mandatory to the parties… |
| INQUISITIVE | • inquisitive adj. Eager to acquire knowledge. • inquisitive adj. Too curious; overly interested; nosy. • INQUISITIVE adj. given to examination or investigation. |
| INSENSITIVE | • insensitive adj. Expressing or feeling little or no concern, care, compassion, or consideration for the feelings, emotions… • insensitive adj. Not expressing normal physical feeling… • insensitive adj. Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic. |
| INTENSITIVE | • intensitive adj. Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive. • INTENSITIVE adj. giving force or emphasis. • INTENSITIVE n. a word giving emphasis, also INTENSATIVE. |
| POSITIVISMS | • positivisms n. Plural of positivism. • POSITIVISM n. the doctrine that that which is not observable is not knowable. |
| POSITIVISTS | • positivists n. Plural of positivist. • POSITIVIST n. a believer in positivism. |
| PREPOSITIVE | • prepositive adj. Put before; prefixed. • prepositive n. A prepositive word. • PREPOSITIVE adj. placed before. |
| SENSITIVELY | • sensitively adv. In a sensitive manner; with sensitivity. • SENSITIVE adv. having the power of sensation. |
| SENSITIVITY | • sensitivity n. The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness. • sensitivity n. (Biology) The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli. • sensitivity n. (Statistics) The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified. |
| SUPPOSITIVE | • suppositive adj. Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed. • suppositive n. A word denoting or implying supposition. • SUPPOSITIVE adj. suppositional. |
| TRANSITIVES | • transitives n. Plural of transitive. • TRANSITIVE n. a verb taking a direct object. |
| UNSENSITIVE | • unsensitive adj. Synonym of insensitive. • UNSENSITIVE adj. not sensitive, also INSENSITIVE. |