| abrasive | (noun) a substance that abrades or wears down | Synonyms: abradant, abrasive material |
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| adhesive | (noun) a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together | Synonyms: adhesive agent, adhesive material |
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| antihypertensive | (noun) a drug that reduces high blood pressure | Synonyms: antihypertensive drug |
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| antitussive | (noun) any medicine used to suppress or relieve coughing | - |
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| comprehensive | (noun) an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge | Synonyms: comp, comprehensive examination |
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| compulsive | (noun) a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things | - |
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| corrosive | (noun) a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali) | - |
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| counteroffensive | (noun) a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force | - |
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| cursive | (noun) rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper | Synonyms: cursive script, longhand, running hand |
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| defensive | (noun) an attitude of defensiveness | Synonyms: defensive attitude |
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| depressive | (noun) someone suffering psychological depression | - |
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| exclusive | (noun) a news report that is reported first by one news organization | Synonyms: scoop |
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| explosive | (noun) a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck | - |
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| hypertensive | (noun) a person who has abnormally high blood pressure | - |
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| hypotensive | (noun) a person who has abnormally low blood pressure | - |
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| immunosuppressive | (noun) a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response | Synonyms: immune suppressant drug, immunosuppressant, immunosuppressive drug, immunosuppressor |
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| ingressive | (noun) a speech sound by which the airstream flows inward through the mouth or nose. | - |
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| intensive | (noun) a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies | Synonyms: intensifier |
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| missive | (noun) a written message addressed to a person or organization | Synonyms: letter |
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| obsessive | (noun) a person who has obsessions | - |
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| occlusive | (noun) a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | Synonyms: plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant |
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| offensive | (noun) the action of attacking an enemy | Synonyms: offence, offense |
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| passive | (noun) the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb | Synonyms: passive voice |
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| plosive | (noun) a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | Synonyms: occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant |
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| possessive | (noun) the case expressing ownership | Synonyms: genitive, genitive case, possessive case |
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| progressive | (noun) a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties | Synonyms: liberal, liberalist |
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| (noun) a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going | Synonyms: continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive tense |
| recessive | (noun) an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical | Synonyms: recessive allele |
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| subversive | (noun) a radical supporter of political or social revolution | Synonyms: revolutionary, revolutionist, subverter |
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