Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 11 compound words that contain descriptive. The most common are listed below. Open descriptive in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- descriptive statisticsA branch of statistics dealing with summarization and description of collections of data—data sets, including the concepts of arithmetic mean, median, mode, and quantile.
- descriptive geometryA graphical protocol which creates three-dimensional virtual space on a two-dimensional plane.
- descriptive ethicsThe study of people's beliefs about morality, in contrast to normative ethics and metaethics.
- non-descriptiveNot descriptive; failing to provide a description.
- descriptive adjectiveAn adjective that describes a noun.
- descriptive adjectivesplural of descriptive adjective: An adjective that describes a noun.
- descriptive geometriesplural of descriptive geometry: A graphical protocol which creates three-dimensional virtual space on a two-dimensional plane.
- auctorial descriptiveAn adjective based on an authors' name.
Compound words 11
- descriptivismThe practice of describing realistic forms, as opposed to prescribing idealistic norms, of linguistic usage.
- indescriptiveNot descriptive.
- undescriptiveNot descriptive.
- autodescriptiveself-describing
- descriptivityThe quality or state of being descriptive.
- metadescriptiveRelating to metadescription.
- overdescriptiveExcessively descriptive.
- descriptivenessThe characteristic of being descriptive.
- locodescriptiveDescribing a place.
- misdescriptiveIn United States trademark law, tending to mislead consumers about the qualities of the product represented by the mark.