Words Containing PTIVE

116 words contain PTIVE anywhere. Scores range up to 28 points (CHEMORECEPTIVE), averaging 20.2 points with standard English tile values. Every entry below shows its point value, US and UK dictionary validity, and a definition where available.

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Able to absorb liquids or energy.

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The quality of being absorptive.

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Willing to accept or receive.

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Able to change or adjust to new conditions.

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In a manner that shows adaptation; flexibly.

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The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adjust.

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Plural of ADAPTIVENESS.

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Related through adoption.

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By means of adoption.

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Having capacity or tendency to adsorb.

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Inhibiting resorption.

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Relating to the process of understanding new experiences in terms of past ones.

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Relating to the act of ascribing or attributing.

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Held as true without evidence.

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In a way that presumes or takes for granted.

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A person or animal held in confinement.

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Past tense of CAPTIVE.

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Plural of CAPTIVE.

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Sensitive to chemical stimuli.

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That marks out or limits a boundary.

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Able to conceive or relate to conception.

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Tending to waste or use up resources.

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In a manner relating to consumption or wasting away.

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The condition of being wasting or diseased.

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Plural of CONSUMPTIVE.

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A device or drug used to prevent pregnancy.

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Plural of CONTRACEPTIVE.

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Tending to cause corruption.

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In a manner that causes corruption.

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Relating to counteradaptation; opposing adaptation.

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Likely to mislead or deceive.

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In a way that misleads; misleadingly.

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The quality of being deceptive.

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Plural of DECEPTIVENESS.

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Serving to describe or characterize.

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In a manner that describes rather than prescribes.

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The quality of being descriptive.

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Tending to separate or disunite parts.

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Causing disturbance or major change.

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In a way that causes disruption or disturbance.

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The quality of causing disturbance or interruption.

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Able to cause or characterized by eruptions.

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In a sudden or explosive manner.

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The quality of being eruptive or tending to erupt.

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Plural of ERUPTIVENESS.

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Plural of ERUPTIVE.

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Relating to exaptation, the co-option of a trait for a new function.

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Involving or making an exception.

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Serving to grant exemption.

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Responding to stimuli from outside the body.

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Not able to perceive or notice things.

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In a way that is not easily noticed.

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Not able to adapt to changing conditions.

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Relating to the beginning of something.

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In an inceptive manner.

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Plural of INCEPTIVE.

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Not subject to decay or corruption.

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Relating to or bearing an inscription.

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By means of or in the manner of an inscription.

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Not susceptible or receptive.

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How many words containing ptive are there?

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What is the highest-scoring word contain PTIVE anywhere?

CHEMORECEPTIVE scores 28 points, the highest in this list using standard English tile values.