Anagrams of: RETRACTIVE

• participating readily in reactions

• reacting to a stimulus

• exerting traction and serving to pull

• 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

• 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

• engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

• taking part in an activity

• in operation

• makes decorative wooden panels

• United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943)

• an artist who creates sculptures

• someone who carves the meat

• form by carving

• engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface

• cut to pieces

• a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman

• (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel

• (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish

• have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

• plead or ask for earnestly