9-Letter Adjectives Ending With E

Here's the list of all the 1182 9-Letter Adjectives Ending With E in the English Language.

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available
1. obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
2. not busy; not otherwise committed
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corporate
1. of or belonging to a corporation
2. possessing or existing in bodily form
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effective
1. producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
2. able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
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executive
1. having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.
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worldwide
1. spanning or extending throughout the entire world
2. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
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otherwise
1. other than as supposed or expected
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satellite
1. surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power
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wholesale
1. ignoring distinctions
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associate
1. having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
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exclusive
1. excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority
2. not divided or shared with others
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immediate
1. having no intervening medium
2. of the present time and place
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favourite
1. appealing to the general public
2. preferred above all others and treated with partiality
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printable
1. fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable
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objective
1. undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena
2. serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
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extensive
1. large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
2. broad in scope or content
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sensitive
1. responsive to physical stimuli
2. being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others
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expensive
1. high in price or charging high prices
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alternate
1. of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
2. every second one of a series
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inclusive
1. including much or everything; and especially including stated limits
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intensive
1. tending to give force or emphasis
2. of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
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offensive
1. violating or tending to violate or offend against
2. causing or able to cause nausea
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directive
1. showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on
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composite
1. of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
2. consisting of separate interconnected parts
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desperate
1. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
2. desperately determined
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aggregate
1. formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
2. composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets
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cognitive
1. of or being or relating to or involving cognition
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incentiveMore Definitions →
statewide
1. occurring or extending throughout a state
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freelance
1. working for yourself
2. serving for wages in a foreign army
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excessive
1. beyond normal limits
2. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
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narrative
1. consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
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invisible
1. impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
2. not prominent or readily noticeable
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miniature
1. being on a very small scale
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renewable
1. that can be renewed or extended
2. capable of being renewed; replaceable
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duplicate
1. identically copied from an original
2. being two identical
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desirable
1. worth having or seeking or achieving
2. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
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selective
1. tending to select; characterized by careful choice
2. characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
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removable
1. capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed
2. able to be obliterated completely
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defensive
1. attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
2. intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
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enjoyable
1. affording satisfaction or pleasure
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operative
1. being in force or having or exerting force
2. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
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versatile
1. having great diversity or variety
2. changeable or inconstant
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primitive
1. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
2. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
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memorable
1. worth remembering
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intuitive
1. spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
2. obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
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defective
1. having a defect
2. markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
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favorable
1. encouraging or approving or pleasing
2. (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate
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explosive
1. liable to lead to sudden change or violence
2. sudden and loud
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premature
1. too soon or too hasty
2. uncommonly early or before the expected time
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honorable
1. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
2. worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect
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elaborate
1. marked by complexity and richness of detail
2. developed or executed with care and in minute detail
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designate
1. appointed but not yet installed in office
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exquisite
1. intense or sharp
2. lavishly elegant and refined
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sophomore
1. used of the second year in United States high school or college
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fortunate
1. supremely favored
2. presaging good fortune
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equitable
1. fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
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proactive
1. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently
2. (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens
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digestive
1. relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion
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submarine
1. beneath the surface of the sea
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allowable
1. deductible according to the tax laws
2. deserving to be allowed or considered
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appellate
1. of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)
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tentative
1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
2. unsettled in mind or opinion
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recherche
1. lavishly elegant and refined
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addictive
1. causing or characterized by addiction
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requisite
1. necessary for relief or supply
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recursive
1. of or relating to a recursion
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reputable
1. having a good reputation
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miserable
1. very unhappy; full of misery
2. deserving or inciting pity
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backstage
1. concealed from public view or attention
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pervasive
1. spreading or spread throughout
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plausible
1. given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments
2. apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing
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endocrine
1. of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
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normative
1. relating to or dealing with norms
2. pertaining to giving directives or rules
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intricate
1. having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate
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assistive
1. giving assistance
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incapable
1. not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by `of')
2. not meeting requirements
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replicateMore Definitions →
advisable
1. worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise
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masculine
1. (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable
2. male (of grammatical gender)
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lucrative
1. producing a sizeable profit
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obsessive
1. characterized by or constituting an obsession
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disparate
1. fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
2. including markedly dissimilar elements
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affective
1. characterized by emotion
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flammable
1. easily ignited
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iterative
1. marked by iteration
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temperate
1. not extreme
2. (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate
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adjective
1. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
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clockwise
1. in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
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attentive
1. (often followed by `to') giving care or attention
2. taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention
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conducive
1. tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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deceptive
1. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
2. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
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expansive
1. of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
2. marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur
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seductive
1. tending to entice into a desired action or state
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oxidative
1. taking place in the presence of oxygen
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inductive
1. arising from inductance
2. of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion
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correlate
1. mutually related
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adaptable
1. capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use
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surrogate
1. providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
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conjugate
1. joined together especially in a pair or pairs
2. (of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets
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tangerine
1. of a strong reddish orange color
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intrusive
1. tending to intrude (especially upon privacy)
2. of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock
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receptive
1. ready or willing to receive favorably
2. open to arguments, ideas, or change
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formative
1. capable of forming new cells and tissues
2. forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
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irritable
1. easily irritated or annoyed
2. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
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inventive
1. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
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lowercase
1. relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case
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venerable
1. impressive by reason of age
2. profoundly honored
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admirable
1. deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
2. inspiring admiration or approval
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agreeable
1. conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature
2. in keeping
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corrosive
1. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
2. spitefully sarcastic
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wholesome
1. conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
2. sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind
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uppercase
1. relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
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reachable
1. easily approached
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peregrine
1. migratory
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estuarine
1. of or relating to or found in estuaries
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navigable
1. able to be sailed on or through safely
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separable
1. capable of being divided or dissociated
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evocative
1. serving to bring to mind
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assertive
1. aggressively self-assured
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quadruple
1. having four units or components
2. four times as great or many
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grotesque
1. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
2. ludicrously odd
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unwelcome
1. not welcome
2. not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure
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permeable
1. allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
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reflexive
1. without volition or conscious control
2. referring back to itself
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insoluble
1. without hope of solution
2. (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
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inaudible
1. impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
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resistive
1. exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance
2. disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
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tolerable
1. about average; acceptable
2. capable of being borne or endured
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traceable
1. (usually followed by `to') able to be traced to
2. capable of being traced or tracked
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veritable
1. often used as intensifiers
2. not counterfeit or copied
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immutable
1. not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature
2. constant and unchanging
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incarnate
1. possessing or existing in bodily form
2. invested with a bodily form especially of a human body
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impulsive
1. proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus
2. without forethought
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secretive
1. inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
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definable
1. capable of being defined, limited, or explained
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recessive
1. of or pertaining to a recession
2. (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
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laughable
1. so unreasonable as to invite derision
2. arousing or provoking laughter
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repulsive
1. possessing the ability to repel
2. offensive to the mind
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destitute
1. poor enough to need help from others
2. completely wanting or lacking
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deductive
1. relating to logical deduction
2. involving inferences from general principles
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divisible
1. capable of being or liable to be divided or separated
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delineate
1. represented accurately or precisely
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infantile
1. of or relating to infants or infancy
2. indicating a lack of maturity
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proximate
1. closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects
2. very close in space or time
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debatable
1. open to doubt or debate
2. open to argument or debate
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countable
1. that can be counted
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palatable
1. acceptable to the taste or mind
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burlesque
1. relating to or characteristic of a burlesque
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infective
1. able to cause disease
2. caused by infection or capable of causing infection
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immovable
1. not able or intended to be moved
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inanimate
1. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
2. belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
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avoidable
1. capable of being avoided or warded off
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illegible
1. (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible
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causative
1. producing an effect
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incurable
1. incapable of being cured
2. unalterable in disposition or habits
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prostrate
1. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
2. lying face downward
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summative
1. of or relating to a summation or produced by summation
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indelible
1. cannot be removed or erased
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untenable
1. (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
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grandiose
1. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
2. affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty
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worrisome
1. not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
2. causing distress or worry or anxiety
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talkative
1. full of trivial conversation
2. unwisely talking too much
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imprecise
1. not precise
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habitable
1. fit for habitation
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infertile
1. incapable of reproducing
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erstwhile
1. belonging to some prior time
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cloisonne
1. (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired
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broadside
1. toward a full side
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revocable
1. capable of being revoked or annulled
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malleable
1. easily influenced
2. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
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childlike
1. befitting a young child
2. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
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bivariate
1. having two variables
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bipartite
1. divided into two portions almost to the base
2. involving two parts or elements
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libertine
1. unrestrained by convention or morality
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miniscule
1. extremely small
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repayable
1. subject to repayment
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tractable
1. easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)
2. responsive to suggestions and influences
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footloose
1. free to go or do as one pleases
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nutritive
1. of or providing nourishment
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opportune
1. suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
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reductive
1. characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment
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loathsome
1. causing or able to cause nausea
2. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
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insurable
1. capable of being insured or eligible to be insured
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obstinate
1. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
2. resistant to guidance or discipline
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reducible
1. capable of being reduced
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probative
1. tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation
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allocable
1. capable of being distributed
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combative
1. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
2. striving to overcome in argument
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peaceable
1. inclined or disposed to peace
2. disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature
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reclusive
1. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
2. providing privacy or seclusion
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superfine
1. of extremely fine size or texture
2. excessively delicate or refined
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minuscule
1. of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
2. lowercase
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adoptable
1. suitable or eligible for adoption
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diffusive
1. spreading by diffusion
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excitable
1. easily excited
2. capable of responding to stimuli
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occlusive
1. tending to occlude
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attenuate
1. reduced in strength
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intestate
1. having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will
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insincere
1. lacking sincerity
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ineffable
1. defying expression or description
2. too sacred to be uttered
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rotatable
1. capable of being rotated
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plaintive
1. expressing sorrow
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breakable
1. capable of being broken or damaged
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violative
1. violating or tending to violate or offend against
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severable
1. capable of being divided or dissociated
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retentive
1. good at remembering
2. having the capacity to retain something
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drinkable
1. suitable for drinking
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heritable
1. capable of being inherited
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hyperfine
1. extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components
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educative
1. resulting in education
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dreamlike
1. resembling a dream
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teachable
1. ready and willing to be taught
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excusable
1. easily excused or forgiven
2. capable of being overlooked
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trackable
1. capable of being traced or tracked
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obtrusive
1. sticking out; protruding
2. undesirably noticeable
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subalpine
1. growing at high altitudes
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nonnative
1. not being or composed of aborigines
2. of persons born in another area or country than that lived in
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imitative
1. marked by or given to imitation
2. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
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9-Letter Adjectives Ending With E