re·stric·tive

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• re|stric´tive|ly — re|stric|tive «rih STRIHK tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. restricting; limiting: »Some laws are prohibitive; some are only restrictive. –n. a restrictive word or expression: »In English, what thickens the confusion, is the indeterminate character… …   Useful english dictionary

• re|stric|tive — «rih STRIHK tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. restricting; limiting: »Some laws are prohibitive; some are only restrictive. –n. a restrictive word or expression: »In English, what thickens the confusion, is the indeterminate character of the… …   Useful english dictionary

• con|stric´tive|ly — con|stric|tive «kuhn STRIHK tihv», adjective. drawing together; contracting; compressing. –con|stric´tive|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• con|stric|tive — «kuhn STRIHK tihv», adjective. drawing together; contracting; compressing. –con|stric´tive|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• re|stric´tive|ness — re|stric|tive «rih STRIHK tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. restricting; limiting: »Some laws are prohibitive; some are only restrictive. –n. a restrictive word or expression: »In English, what thickens the confusion, is the indeterminate character… …   Useful english dictionary

• mag|ne|to|stric|tive — «mag NEE tuh STRIHK tihv», adjective. of, having to do with, or utilizing magnetostriction …   Useful english dictionary

• non|re|stric|tive — «NON rih STRIHK tihv», adjective. 1. Grammar. adding descriptive detail that is not an essential part of the sentence. Modifiers which do not limit the meaning of a noun but add a descriptive detail are nonrestrictive modifiers. 2. not… …   Useful english dictionary

• vas|o|con|stric|tive — «VAS oh kuhn STRIHK tihv», adjective. serving to constrict blood vessels; vasoconstrictor: »a vasoconstrictive drug, a vasoconstrictive nerve …   Useful english dictionary

• tive — ab·duc·tive; ab·duc·tive·ly; ab·er·ra·tive; ab·re·ac·tive; ab·sorp·tive; ab·strac·tive; ac·cel·er·a·tive; ac·com·mo·da·tive; ac·cre·tive; ac·cul·tur·a·tive; ac·cu·mu·la·tive; ac·quis·i·tive; ac·quis·i·tive·ness; adapt·a·tive; ad·duc·tive;… …   English syllables

• stric — ab·stric·tion; con·stric·tion; con·stric·tor; re·stric·tion; re·stric·tion·ary; re·stric·tion·ism; stric·ti; stric·tis·si·mi; stric·tum; stric·ture; con·stric·tive; re·stric·tion·ist; re·stric·tive; elec·tro·stric·tive; re·stric·tive·ly;… …   English syllables