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detective9
3 nounn
noun

• a police officer who investigates crimes

• an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

collective10
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• forming a whole or aggregate

noun

• members of a cooperative enterprise

adjective satellite

• done by or characteristic of individuals acting together

• set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government

objective9
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena

• serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes

noun

• the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

• the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed

adjective satellite

• emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation

• belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events

perspective11
3 nounn
noun

• a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

• the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

reflective10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• capable of physically reflecting light or sound

adjective satellite

• deeply or seriously thoughtful

• devoted to matters of the mind

defective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having a defect

• markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior

• not working properly

respective10
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• considered individually

protective10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind

adjective satellite

• showing care

• (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful

invective9
3 nounn
noun

• abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will

elective8
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• subject to popular election

noun

• a course that the student can select from among alternatives

adjective satellite

• optional

directive9
3 nounn
noun

• a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity

adjective satellite

• showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

prospective11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or concerned with or related to the future

ineffective11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• not producing an intended effect

adjective satellite

• lacking in power or forcefulness

• lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate

retrospective13
4 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• concerned with or related to the past

noun

• an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work

affective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• characterized by emotion

connective10
3 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

• an instrumentality that connects

adjective satellite

• connecting or tending to connect

corrective10
3 adjectiveadj
noun

• a device for treating injury or disease

adjective satellite

• designed to promote discipline

• tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition

effective9
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect

adjective satellite

• able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively

• works well as a means or remedy

• exerting force or influence

• existing in fact; not theoretical; real

• ready for service

projective10
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
noun

• An assessment test that presents subjects with some sort of stimulus to which they react by projecting or imagining details.

• A projective member of a category.

• A statement about a conditional or potential state of affairs, as opposed to one about a situation that actually exists or existed.

adjective

• Projecting outward

• Of, relating to, or caused by a projection

• Describing those properties of a figure that are invariant upon projection

introspective13
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

subjective10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias

• of a mental act performed entirely within the mind

overprotective14
5 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• overly protective

irrespective12
4 adverbadv
adverb

• in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

advective9
3 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• of or relating to advection

deflective10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)

infective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• able to cause disease

• caused by infection or capable of causing infection

rejective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• rejecting or tending to reject

bijective9
3 adjectiveadj
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erective8
3
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inflective10
3 adjectiveadj
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injective9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• Of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic

inspective10
3
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surjective10
3 adjectiveadj
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imperfective12
4 adjectiveadj
noun

• aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb

nonelective11
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• filled by appointment rather than by election

nonobjective12
4 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

nonsubjective13
4 adjectiveadj
adjective

• undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena

unreflective12
4 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought

antireflective14
5 adjectiveadj
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convective10
3 adjectiveadj
No meanings yet for this word...
intellective12
4 verb, adjectivev, adj
No meanings yet for this word...
intersubjective15
5 adjectiveadj
adjective

• Involving or occurring between separate conscious minds.

• Accessible to or capable of being established for two or more subjects.

nondirective12
4 adjectiveadj
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noninfective12
4 adjectiveadj
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radioprotective15
6 adjectiveadj
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retroreflective15
5 adjectiveadj
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supereffective14
5 adjectiveadj
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expensive9
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• high in price or charging high prices

active6
2 adjectiveadj
adjective

• tending to become more severe or wider in scope

• disposed to take action or effectuate change

• characterized by energetic activity

• exerting influence or producing a change or effect

• full of activity or engaged in continuous activity

• (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions

• expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:

• (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being

• (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting

• (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt

• engaged in full-time work

noun

• chemical agent capable of activity

• the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb

• a person who is a participating member of an organization

adjective satellite

• engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

• taking part in an activity

• in operation

attractive10
3 adjectiveadj
adjective

• pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm

• having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull

adjective satellite

• having power to arouse interest

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