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Agglutinative
Agglutinative Ag*glu"ti*na*tive, a. [Cf. F. agglutinatif.]
1. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having
power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
2. (Philol.) Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a
language or a compound.
In agglutinative languages the union of words may be
compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective
languages to chemical compounds. --R. Morris.
Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are
agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian,
Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative
languages. --R. Morris.
Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness
of their roots. --Max
M["u]ller.
Alternative
Alternative Al*ter"na*tive, a. [Cf. F. alternatif.]
1. Offering a choice of two things.
2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
3. Alternate; reciprocal. [Obs.] --Holland.
Alternatively
Alternatively Al*ter"na*tive*ly, adv.
In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of
one out of two things.
Alternativeness
Alternativeness Al*ter"na*tive*ness, n.
The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice
between two.
Australian or NativeSloth Sloth, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl?w?, fr. sl[=a]w
slow. See Slow.]
1. Slowness; tardiness.
These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This
dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. --Shak.
2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness;
idleness.
[They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and
sloth. --Milton.
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.
--Franklin.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of arboreal
edentates constituting the family Bradypodid[ae], and
the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and
long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth
(see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are
rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and
Mexico.
Note: The three-toed sloths belong to the genera Bradypus
and Arctopithecus, of which several species have been
described. They have three toes on each foot. The
best-known species are collared sloth (Bradypus
tridactylus), and the ai (Arctopitheus ai). The
two-toed sloths, consisting the genus Cholopus, have
two toes on each fore foot and three on each hind foot.
The best-known is the unau (Cholopus didactylus) of
South America. See Unau. Another species (C.
Hoffmanni) inhabits Central America. Various large
extinct terrestrial edentates, such as Megatherium and
Mylodon, are often called sloths.
Australian, or Native sloth (Zo["o]l.), the koala.
Sloth animalcule (Zo["o]l.), a tardigrade.
Sloth bear (Zo["o]l.), a black or brown long-haired bear
(Melursus ursinus, or labiatus), native of India and
Ceylon; -- called also aswail, labiated bear, and
jungle bear. It is easily tamed and can be taught many
tricks.
Sloth monkey (Zo["o]l.), a loris. Carminative
Carminative Car*min"ative, a. [NL. carminativus (1622), fr.
carminare to card, hence to cleanse, fr. carmen a card for
freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from
extraneous matter: cf. F. carminatif.]
Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic.
``Carminative hot seeds.' --Dunglison.
Carminative
Carminative Car*min"a*tive, n.
A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from
the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or
flatulence.
ConativeConative Co"na*tive (? or ?), a. [See Conatus.]
Of or pertaining to conation.
This division of mind into the three great classes of
the cognitive faculties, the feelings, . . . and the
exertive or conative powers, . . . was first
promulgated by Kant. --Sir W.
Hamilton. Conglutinative
Conglutinative Con*glu"ti*na"tive, a. [Cf. F. conglutinatif.]
Conglutinant.
Coordinative
Coordinative Co*["o]r"di*na*tive, a. (Gram.)
Expressing co["o]rdination. --J. W. Gibbs.
Criminative
Criminative Crim"i*na*tive (kr?m"?-n?-t?v), a.
Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. --R. North.
Denominative
Denominative De*nom`i*na"tive, n.
A denominative name or term; denominative verb. --Jer.
Taylor. Harkness.
Denominatively
Denominatively De*nom`i*na"tive*ly, adv.
By denomination.
Determinative
Determinative De*ter"mi*na*tive, n.
That which serves to determine.
Explanatory determinatives . . . were placed after
words phonetically expressed, in order to serve as an
aid to the reader in determining the meaning. --I.
Taylor (The
Alphabet).
Discriminative
Discriminative Dis*crim"i*na*tive, a.
1. Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive;
characteristic.
That peculiar and discriminative form of life.
--Johnson.
2. Observing distinctions; making differences;
discriminating. ``Discriminative censure.' --J. Foster.
``Discriminative Providence.' --Dr. H. More.
Discriminatively
Discriminatively Dis*crim"i*na*tive*ly, adv.
With discrimination or distinction. --J. Foster.
Disseminative
Disseminative Dis*sem"i*na*tive, a.
Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.
The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious
and disseminative. --Jer. Taylor.
Dominative
Dominative Dom"i*na*tive, a. [Cf. F. dominatif.]
Governing; ruling; imperious. --Sir E. Sandys.
DonativeDonative Don"a*tive, n. [L. donativum, fr. donare: cf. F.
donatif. See Donate.]
1. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present. ``The Romans
were entertained with shows and donatives.' --Dryden.
2. (Eccl. Law) A benefice conferred on a person by the
founder or patron, without either presentation or
institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders.
See the Note under Benefice, n., 3. Donative
Donative Don"a*tive, a.
Vested or vesting by donation; as, a donative advowson.
--Blackstone.
Eliminative
Eliminative E*lim"i*na*tive, a. (Physiol.)
Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.
Emanative
Emanative Em"a*na*tive, a.
Issuing forth; effluent.
Emanatively
Emanatively Em"a*na*tive*ly, adv.
By an emanation.
Explanative
Explanative Ex*plan"a*tive, a.
Explanatory.
Finative
Finative Fi"na*tive, a.
Conclusive; decisive; definitive; final. [Obs.] --Greene
(1593).
Glutinative
Glutinative Glu"ti*na*tive, a. [L. glutinativus: cf. F.
glutinatif.]
Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous;
glutinous.
Gubernative
Gubernative Gu"ber*na*tive, a.
Governing. [Obs.]
Meaning of Nativ from wikipedia
- Look up
nativism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Nativism may
refer to:
Nativism (politics),
ethnocentric beliefs relating to
immigration and nationalism...
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Nativ (Hebrew: נתיב—"path") may
refer to:
Nativ (conversion), a
Military Rabbinate program to help
Israeli Defense Forces soldiers convert to Judaism...
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Nativism is the
political policy of
promoting or
protecting the
interests of native-born or
indigenous people over
those of immigrants,
including the support...
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Nissan Nativ (Hebrew: ניסן נתיב) (originally Notowicz; 5.
November 1922 – 20
April 2008) was an
influential Israeli director,
actor and
acting teacher...
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Nativ (Hebrew: נתיב – path), or
officially Lishkat Hakesher or The
Liaison Bureau, is an
Israeli governmental liaison organization that
maintained contact...
- new band,
Nativ.
Material written for
Nativ began back in
September 2012,
which was
originally for
Attack Attack!'s
fourth studio album.
Nativ's band-members...
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Nativism in
Karnataka refers to the socio-political
movements and
policies aimed at
prioritising the
rights and
identity of the
native Kannada-speaking...
- In the
field of psychology,
nativism is the view that
certain skills or
abilities are "native" or hard-wired into the
brain at birth. This is in contrast...
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Nativ – the
National Center for
Identity and
Conversion (Hebrew: תיב - המרכז הלאומי לזהות וגיור) is a
program of the
Jewish Agency that
helps Israeli...
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Moshe Nativ (Hebrew: משה נתיב; born
Moise Vegh; June 22, 1932 –
September 20, 2008) was
Israel Defense Forces Major General and
former head of the Manpower...
