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… |
AUTOMOTIVE | • automotive adj. Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling. • automotive adj. Of, or relating to motor vehicles. • automotive n. A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts. |
CUMULATIVE | • cumulative adj. Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating. • cumulative adj. That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions. • cumulative adj. That tends to accumulate. |
DUUMVIRATE | • duumvirate n. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men. • duumvirate n. (Historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs. • DUUMVIRATE n. government or control by two people. |
IMPUTATIVE | • imputative adj. Of, related, or pertaining to imputation. • IMPUTATIVE adj. transferred by imputation; that may be imputed. |
MATURATIVE | • maturative n. (Medicine, obsolete) A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant. • maturative adj. (Obsolete) Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration. • MATURATIVE adj. conducing to ripeness or maturity. |
MODULATIVE | • modulative adj. Causing or relating to modulation. • MODULATIVE adj. relating to modulation. |
MULTIVALVE | • multivalve adj. Having or involving multiple valves (in any context); thus… • multivalve n. (Zoology) A multivalve mollusc. |
MULTIVOCAL | • multivocal adj. Having many different interpretations, meanings, or values. • MULTIVOCAL n. a word with many meanings. |
MUTILATIVE | • mutilative adj. Causing or relating to mutilation. • MUTILATIVE adj. causing mutilation. |
NUMERATIVE | • numerative adj. Of or pertaining to numeration. • NUMERATIVE adj. relating to numeration. |
RUMINATIVE | • ruminative adj. Causing rumination or prone to it; thoughtful. • RUMINATIVE adj. tending to ruminate. |
SIMULATIVE | • simulative adj. That simulates. • simulative n. (Grammar) A grammatical case expressing similarity. • SIMULATIVE adj. relating to simulation. |
TRIUMVIRAL | • triumviral adj. Of or belonging to the triumviri or the triumvirate. • TRIUMVIRAL adj. of a like a triumvir. |
VIRTUALISM | • virtualism n. Virtuality. • virtualism n. (Christianity) The view, believed to have been held by Calvin and other church reformers contrary to… • VIRTUALISM n. the doctrine of Christ's virtual presence in the Eucharist. |