COMPETITIVELY | • competitively adv. In a competitive manner. • COMPETITIVE adv. relating to competition. |
CONTEMPLATIVE | • contemplative adj. Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative. • contemplative adj. Pertaining to a religious contemplative, or a contemplative religious orders, especially the Roman Catholic varieties. • contemplative adj. Relating to, or having the power of, contemplation. |
CONTRACEPTIVE | • contraceptive adj. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse. • contraceptive n. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely. • CONTRACEPTIVE n. something intended to prevent conception. |
EXPECTORATIVE | • expectorative adj. Alternative form of expectorant. • expectorative n. Alternative form of expectorant. • EXPECTORATIVE n. an expectorant medicine. |
EXPOSTULATIVE | • expostulative adj. Synonym of expostulatory. • EXPOSTULATIVE adj. related to expostulation, also EXPOSTULATORY. |
EXTEROCEPTIVE | • exteroceptive adj. (Anatomy) That responds to external stimuli. • EXTEROCEPTIVE adj. relating to, being, or activated by stimuli received by an organism from outside. |
EXTRAPOLATIVE | • extrapolative adj. That serves to extrapolate. • EXTRAPOLATIVE adj. relating to extrapolation. |
INTEROCEPTIVE | • interoceptive adj. Of or pertaining to interoception or an interoceptor. • INTEROCEPTIVE adj. responding to stimuli arising within the body. |
INTERPOLATIVE | • interpolative adj. Of or pertaining to interpolation. • INTERPOLATIVE adj. relating to interpolation. |
INTROSPECTIVE | • introspective adj. Examining one’s own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself. • INTROSPECTIVE adj. relating to introspection, also INTROSPECTIONAL. |
OPERATIVITIES | • OPERATIVITY n. the state of being operative. |
OVERINTERPRET | • overinterpret v. To give an overinterpretation. • overinterpret v. To attach too much importance to an interpretation. |
OVERPROTECTED | • overprotected v. Simple past tense and past participle of overprotect. • OVERPROTECT v. to protect to excess. |
PHOTONEGATIVE | • photonegative adj. (Biology) having a negative phototropic or phototactic response; repelled by light. • PHOTONEGATIVE adj. exhibiting negative phototropism or phototaxis. |
PHOTOREACTIVE | • photoreactive adj. That participates in, or initiates a photoreaction. • PHOTOREACTIVE adj. reacting to light. |
POSTOPERATIVE | • postoperative adj. Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation. • postoperative n. A transgender person who has undergone gender reassignment surgery. • post-operative adj. Alternative spelling of postoperative. |
RETROSPECTIVE | • retrospective adj. Of, relating to, or contemplating the past. • retrospective adj. Looking backwards. • retrospective adj. Affecting or influencing past things; retroactive. |
UNCOMPETITIVE | • uncompetitive adj. That does not involve competition; not competitive. • UNCOMPETITIVE adj. not competitive. |