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Abductive Aberrative Abessive Abjective Ablative Abortive Abrasive Absolutive Absorbative Absorptive Abstersive Abstractive Abusive Accelerative Acceptive Accommodative Accretive Acculturative Accumulative Accusative Accusive Acetylative Acquisitive Active Adamantive Adaptative Adaptive Addictive Additive Adequative Adessive Adhesive Adive Adjective Adjudicative Adjunctive Adjustive Administrative Admirative Admissive Adoptive Adscriptive Adsorptive Adumbrative Advancive Advective Adventive Adversative Adversive Advocative Aebleskive Aeroderivative Affective Affiliative Affinitive Affirmative Afflictive Afformative Affricative Affrontive Agentive Agglomerative Agglutinative Aggregative Aggressive Agitative Alimentative Alive Allative Alliterative Allocative Allusive Alternative Amalgamative Amative Ameliorative Ampliative Amusive Annexive Annihilative Annotative Anoxidative Anticipative Anticompetitive Anticonvulsive Anticorrosive Antiderivative Antihypertensive Antireflective Antiresorptive Antispeculative Antisubversive Antitussive Appellative Apperceive Apperceptive Appetitive Applausive Applicative Appointive Appositive
Appraisive Appreciative Apprehensive Approbative Appropriative Approximative Arbitrative Archconservative Archive Argive Argumentative Argumentive Arrestive Arrive Articulative Ascensive Ascriptive Assaultive Assertative Assertive Asseverative Assimilative Assistive Associative Assortative Assuasive Assumptive Astrictive Attentive Attestative Attestive Attractive Attributive Attritive Auditive Augmentative Authoritative Automotive Autosuggestive Autoxidative Aversive
Babblative Beehive Belive Benedictive Benefactive Bijective Bioaccumulative Bioactive Bionegative Biopositive Bisociative
Calculative Calmative Capacitive Captive Cardioprotective Caressive Caritative Caritive Carminative Castrative Catenative Causative Celebrative Censive Cessative Chemopreventive Chemoreceptive Chive Chylifactive Cicatrisive Circulative Circumspective Cirrocumulative Cirrostrative Cive Clive Coactive Coadunative Coagulative Coalternative Codrive Coemptive Coercive Coextensive Cogitative Cognitive Cognoscitive Cohesive Cohortative Collaborative Collative Collective Colligative Collocative Collusive Colorative Colourative Combative Combinative
Combustive Comitative Commemorative Commentative Commiserative Commissive Communicative Commutative Comparative Compassive Compensative Competitive Complaintive Completive Compositive Comprehensive Compressive Compulsative Compulsive Computative Conative Conceive Concentrative Conceptive Concessive Conciliative Conclusive Concoctive Concretive Concussive Condensative Conducive Conductive Confederative Configurative Confirmative Conflictive Confutative Congelative Congestive Conglomerative Congregative Conjugative Conjunctive Connative Connective Connexive Connive Connotative Consecrative Consecutive Conservative Considerative Consignificative Consociative Conspirative Constative Constitutive Constrictive Constructive Consultative Consultive Consummative Consumptive Contaminative Contemplative Continuative Contortive Contraceptive Contractive Contradictive Contradistinctive Contrapositive Contrastive Contributive Contrive Convective Conversative Conversive Convertive Convictive Convive Convulsive Cooperative Coordinative Copulative Corporative Corrasive Corrective Correlative Corresponsive Corroborative Corrosive Corruptive Corsive Costive Cotentive Counteractive Counteradaptive Counterincentive Counterintuitive
Counternarrative Counteroffensive Counterproductive Creative Crescive Criminative Cruive Cryoprotective Cumulative Cunctative Curative Cursive
Dative Debilitative Deceive Deceptive Decisive Declarative Decoctive Decongestive Deconstructive Decorative Decretive Decursive Dedicative Deductive Deerdrive Defective Defensive Definitive Deflative Deflective Deformative Defunctive Degenerative Degradative Degressive Delative Deliberative Delimitative Delineative Delocutive Delusive Demarcative Demonstrative Denigrative Denominative Denotative Denotive Denudative Denunciative Depletive Deprecative Depreciative Depressive Deprive Deputative Derisive Derivative Derive Derogative Descensive Descriptive Descrive Desiccative Desiderative Designative Desitive Destructive Detective Detentive Deteriorative Determinative Detersive Detonative Detractive Detrusive Devastative Deverbative Deviative Diapositive Dictative Didactive Diffusive Digestive Digressive Dilatative Dilative Dilutive Dimensive Diminutive Directive Disaggregative Disapprobative Discoursive Discretive Discriminative Discursive Discussive Disillusive Disincentive
Disinfective Disintegrative Disjunctive Dismissive Dismutative Disoperative Dispensative Dispersive Displacive Disportive Dispositive Disputative Disquisitive Disrespective Disruptive Dissective Dissentive Dissertative Dissimulative Dissipative Dissociative Dissolutive Dissuasive Distensive Distinctive Distortive Distractive Distributive Ditentive Ditransitive Dive Divertive Divestitive Divisive Divulsive Domesticative Dominative Donative Dormitive Drive Dubitative Duplicative Durative
Educative Eductive Effective Effusive Egestive Egressive Ejaculative Ejective Elaborative Elative Elective Electroconductive Electroconvulsive Electromotive Electronegative Electropositive Eliminative Elucidative Elusive Emanative Embracive Emissive Emotive Emulative Encaptive Endive Enforcive Enhancive Enlive Entitative Enumerative Enunciative Equative Eradicative Ergative Erosive Eructative Eruptive Essive Estimative Evacuative Evaluative Evaporative Evasive Evincive Evocative Evolutive Exaggerative Exceptive Excessive Excitative Exclamative Exclusive Excogitative Excommunicative Excursive Excusive Execrative
Executive Exemplificative Exemptive Exertive Exfoliative Exhaustive Exhibitive Exhilarative Exhortative Exonerative Expansive Expectative Expeditive Expensive Experimentative Expiative Explanative Expletive Explicative Exploitative Exploitive Explorative Explosive Expositive Expressive Expulsive Extensive Extenuative Exterminative Exteroceptive Extinctive Extorsive Extortive Extractive Extrapolative Extratensive Extravertive Extrospective Extrovertive Extrusive Exudative
Fabricative Facilitative Factitive Facultative Fecundative Federative Fermentative Festive Fictive Figurative Finitive Fissive Five Fixative Flexive Floatative Flotative Fluxive Forcive Foreconceive Forgetive Forgive Formative Formulative Frequentative Fricative Frigefactive Fructificative Fruitive Frustrative Fugitive Furtive
Geminative Gemmative Generative Genitive Geonegative Geopositive Germinative Gerundive Gestative Gesticulative Give Glaive Gravitative Gubernative Gustative
Habituative Hective Hesitative Heteronormative Hive Hortative Humiliative Hydronegative Hydropositive Hyperactive Hyperaggressive Hypercompetitive Hyperdrive
Hyperproductive Hyperreactive Hyperresponsive Hypersensitive Hypertensive Hypotensive
Ideative Illative Illuminative Illusive Illustrative Imaginative Imitative Immersive Immotive Immunoreactive Immunosuppressive Impactive Impassive Impeditive Imperative Imperceptive Imperfective Impetrative Implicative Implosive Impressive Improbative Improgressive Impulsive Imputative Inactive Inadaptive Inappreciative Inattentive Incentive Inceptive Inchoative Incipiative Incisive Incitive Inclusive Incogitative Incohesive Incommunicative Incomprehensive Inconclusive Inconducive Inconsecutive Incooperative Incorporative Increative Incubative Incursive Indecisive Indefective Indefinitive Indicative Indigestive Indiscriminative Indistinctive Inducive Inductive Indurative Ineffective Inessive Inexhaustive Inexpensive Inexplosive Inexpressive Inextensive Infective Infestive Infiltrative Infinitive Inflammative Inflective Inflexive Inflictive Influencive Informative Infusive Ingestive Ingressive Inhibitive Initiative Injective Injunctive Innative Innovative Inobtrusive Inoculative Inoffensive Inoperative Inquisitive Inscriptive Insensitive Insertive Insignificative Insinuative Insistive
Inspective Inspirative Instigative Instinctive Institutive Instructive Insubmissive Insulative Insuppressive Integrative Intellective Intempestive Intensive Intentive Interactive Interceptive Intercessive Interdictive Intermissive Internecive Internegative Interoceptive Interoperative Interpenetrative Interpolative Interpretative Interpretive Interrogative Interruptive Intersubjective Intoxicative Intransitive Introceptive Introductive Introgressive Intromissive Introspective Introversive Introvertive Intrusive Intuitive Intussusceptive Invasive Invective Inventive Inversive Investigative Investitive Invocative Irradiative Irreceptive Irreflective Irreflexive Irrelative Irremissive Irrepressive Irrespective Irresponsive Irresultive Irretentive Irrigative Irritative Irruptive Isolative Iterative
Jive Judicative Jumpdrive Jurisdictive Jussive Justificative
Lacerative Lambitive Lascive Lative Laudative Laxative Legative Legislative Lenitive Levitative Ligative Limitative Liquefactive Live Locative Locodescriptive Locomotive Lubricative Lucrative
Magnetoresistive Magnetostrictive Maladaptive Maladive Maladjustive Maledictive Manifestative Manipulative
Manuductive Manumotive Massive Mechanoreceptive Mediative Medicative Mediopassive Meditative Meliorative Memorative Mensurative Microaggressive Migrative Misapprehensive Misconceive Miscreative Misdescriptive Misgive Misinformative Misperceive Misrepresentative Missive Mitigative Modificative Motivative Motive Multiplicative Musive Mutative Mutilative Myeloproliferative
Naive Narrative Native Negative Neglective Neive Neoconservative Neuroactive Neurodegenerative Neuroinvasive Neuroprotective Nociceptive Nociperceptive Nocive Nomenclative Nominative Nonabrasive Nonabsorptive Nonacquisitive Nonadaptive Nonaddictive Nonadditive Nonadhesive Nonadjustive Nonadministrative Nonaggressive Nonassertive Nonattributive Nonautomotive Noncoercive Noncognitive Noncombative Noncommunicative Noncommutative Noncompetitive Nonconclusive Nonconductive Nonconsecutive Nonconservative Nonconstructive Nonconsumptive Noncontraceptive Noncooperative Noncorrosive Noncreative Noncumulative Nondeceptive Nondeductive Nonderivative Nondescriptive Nondestructive Nondeteriorative Nondirective Nondiscursive Nondispersive Nondisruptive Nondistinctive Noneffective Nonelective Nonentitative Nonentitive Noneruptive Nonevaluative Nonexclusive Nonexecutive Nonexploitative Nonexploitive Nonexplosive Nonfigurative Nonimitative
Noninductive Noninfective Noninteractive Nonintrusive Nonintuitive Noninvasive Nonlegislative Nonnarrative Nonnative Nonnegative Nonnormative Nonnutritive Nonobjective Nonoperative Nonpassive Nonpermissive Nonpositive Nonproductive Nonprogressive Nonpsychoactive Nonpunitive Nonpurposive Nonquantitative Nonradioactive Nonreactive Nonreflective Nonreflexive Nonrelative Nonrepresentative Nonreproductive Nonresponsive Nonrestrictive Nonretroactive Nonselective Nonsensitive Nonspeculative Nonsubjective Normative Normotensive Nosedive Notative Numerative Nuncupative Nutritive
Objective Objurgative Obligative Obliterative Obscurative Observative Obsessive Obstructive Obtrusive Obviative Occlusive Occupative Offensive Ogive Olfactive Olive Omissive Oosorptive Operative Opinative Opiniative Opinionative Oppilative Oppositive Oppressive Optative Optive Originative Orthoselective Ostensive Ostentative Ostentive Outdrive Outlive Overactive Overaggressive Overassertive Overattentive Overconservative Overdrive Overimaginative Overlive Overprotective Oversensitive Overtalkative Oxidative
Paleoconservative Palliative Participative Partitive Passive Pedomotive Pejorative Pendentive Penetrative Pensive Perceive
Perceptive Percolative Percussive Perfective Performative Perioperative Perlative Permansive Permeative Permissive Permselective Perorative Persecutive Perseverative Persistive Personative Personificative Perspective Perspirative Persuasive Perturbative Pervasive Perversive Petrifactive Philoprogenitive Phosphorylative Photoconductive Photoemissive Photoinductive Photonegative Photooxidative Photopositive Photoreceptive Photorefractive Photoresistive Photosensitive Pignorative Pive Placative Plaintive Plausive Plosive Pollutive Polyphiloprogenitive Ponderomotive Pontive Portative Portentive Positive Possessive Posteruptive Postoperative Postpositive Potestative Preadaptive Precative Preceptive Precipitative Precisive Preclusive Precognitive Precompetitive Preconceive Precursive Predative Predicative Predictive Predive Preemptive Prefigurative Preformative Prehensive Preinfective Prejudicative Prelusive Premeditative Preoperative Preparative Preperceive Preperceptive Prepositive Prerogative Prescriptive Prescrive Presentative Preservative Pressive Presumptive Pretensive Prevaricative Preventative Preventive Primitive Privative Proactive Probative Processive Proclive Procrastinative Procreative Procurative
Productive Profusive Progenitive Prognosticative Progressive Prohibitive Projective Prolative Proliferative Promotive Promptive Pronunciative Propagative Propitiative Proprioceptive Propulsive Proscriptive Prospective Protective Protensive Protocooperative Protractive Protrusive Provocative Psychoactive Pulsative Pulsive Punctuative Pungitive Punitive Purgative Purposive Pursive Putative Putrefactive
Qualificative Qualitative Quantitative Quantitive Quiddative Quidditative Quidditive Quietive Quotative
Radiative Radioactive Radioprotective Radiosensitive Rarefactive Ratiocinative Reactive Reassociative Rebarbative Recapitulative Receive Receptive Recessive Reciprocative Recitative Reclusive Recognitive Recollective Recompensive Reconceive Reconstructive Recordative Recreative Recriminative Recuperative Recursive Redemptive Redintegrative Redistributive Reductive Reduplicative Reeducative Refective Reflective Reflexive Reformative Refractive Refrigerative Refutative Regenerative Regressive Regulative Rehabilitative Reintegrative Reiterative Reive Rejective Relative Relaxative Relive Remissive Remonstrative Remotive Remunerative Renovative Renunciative Reparative
Repercussive Repetitive Replacive Repletive Replicative Reprehensive Representative Repressive Reprobative Reproductive Repulsive Reputative Rescriptive Resentive Resistive Resolutive Resorptive Respective Responsive Restive Restorative Restrictive Resultative Resumptive Resurrective Resuscitative Retaliative Retardative Retentive Retributive Retroactive Retrocessive Retrocognitive Retrodictive Retroductive Retrogressive Retroreflective Retrospective Revelative Reverberative Reversive Revertive Revive Revocative Revulsive Rive Rotative Ruminative
Sanative Sanctionative Sative Schizoaffective Scive Screwdrive Scribblative Scrive Seclusive Secretive Sedative Seductive Segregative Selective Semblative Semelfactive Semiconservative Semicursive Seminative Semiocclusive Semiquantitative Semirotative Sensitive Sensive Separative Seronegative Seropositive Shive Shrive Siccative Significative Similative Simulative Skive Skydive Slive Sociative Solutive Sophisticative Sorptive Specificative Speculative Splenative Splenetive Sportive Sporulative Spurtive Stative Stimulative Stive Strive Stupefactive Suasive
Subcurative Subderivative Subdisjunctive Subeffective Subindicative Subjective Subjunctive Sublative Sublimative Submissive Submotive Subordinative Subrisive Substantiative Substantive Substitutive Substrative Subsultive Subsumptive Subtractive Subversive Successive Succussive Suffocative Suffusive Suggestive Summative Supercompetitive Superconductive Superconservative Supereffective Supererogative Superessive Superexpensive Superjective Superlative Supermassive Superregenerative Supersensitive Supersessive Suppletive Supportive Suppositive Suppressive Suppurative Surjective Survive Susceptive Suspensive Sustentative Swive Syncopative
Talkative Tananarive Teleobjective Tempestive Tensive Tentative Terminative Thermomotive Thermosensitive Thrive Titillative Tolerative Tonalitive Tortive Tractive Traditive Traductive Transcriptive Transformative Transgressive Transitive Translative Transmissive Transmutative Transportive Transsubjective Transumptive Tussive
Ulcerative Ultracompetitive Ultraconservative Ultraexclusive Ultraexpensive Ultraprogressive Ultrasensitive Unactive Unaggressive Unalive Unappreciative Unapprehensive Unargumentative Unassertive Unattentive Unattractive Unauthoritative Uncoercive Uncombative Uncommunicative Uncompetitive
Uncomprehensive Unconstructive Uncooperative Uncreative Undeceive Undecisive Undecorative Undemonstrative Underactive Underdrive Underhive Underivative Underproductive Undescriptive Undistinctive Unexclusive Unexpansive Unexpensive Unexpressive Unfestive Ungive Unhive Unimaginative Unimpressive Unincisive Uninformative Uninstructive Uninventive Unitive Unlive Unlucrative Unobjective Unobtrusive Unoffensive Unoperative Unoppressive Unoriginative Unperceptive Unpermissive Unpersuasive Unprimitive Unproductive Unprogressive Unprovocative Unreactive Unreceptive Unreflective Unrelative Unremunerative Unrepresentative Unrespective Unresponsive Unrestrictive Unretentive Unselective Unsensitive Unspeculative Unsuccessive Unsuggestive Unsupportive Unvindictive Unwive Usurpative
Valuative Variative Vasifactive Vasoactive Vasoconstrictive Vasofactive Vegetative Vegetive Ventilative Vibrative Vindicative Vindictive Violative Visive Vituperative Vive Vocative Volitive Voluntative Votive
