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— English words —

• descriptive adj. Of, relating to, or providing a description.
• descriptive adj. (Grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
• descriptive adj. (Linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
• descriptive adj. (Sciences, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
• descriptive n. (Grammar) An adjective (or other descriptive word).

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• descriptive adj. Descriptivo.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• descriptive adj. Descritivo.

— In French —

• descriptive adj. Féminin singulier de descriptif.

33 English words from 5 English definitions

actual adjective and as␣opposed␣to associated attribute classify Describing description descriptive dictionary grammar heavy language Linguistics normative noun of␣a Of␣an opposed other philosophy prescriptive providing relating Sciences seeking stating structure the use vocabulary word

5 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

descriptif Descriptivo Descritivo Féminin singulier

9 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

descriptives descriptively descriptiveness descriptive␣ethics descriptive␣geometry descriptive␣adjective descriptive␣adjectives descriptive␣geometries descriptive␣statistics

5 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

undescriptively nondescriptively undescriptiveness misdescriptiveness auctorial␣descriptives

9 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

indescriptive undescriptive misdescriptive nondescriptive non-descriptive autodescriptive locodescriptive metadescriptive auctorial␣descriptive

28 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

crip Crip des dEs Des DEs DES des- descript Esc ESC escript ive Ive -ive I've PTI rip Rip RIP ript SCR scr. SCr. scrip script Tiv -tive

16 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CSE IRC IRCs IRC's ITP PIR RCs RCS R/Cs RCSE sed SED tpi TPI VIT vit.

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

discerptive predictives

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

descriptives predicatives

5 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

depictives directives discretive predictive previsited

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

rescriptive

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