formative

formative has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• a.. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.
• a.. Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
• a.. Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
• n.. That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.
• n.. A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.
• n.. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
• a.. forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"
• a.. capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone"