| Extractive 1. (a.) Capable of being extracted. 2. (a.) Tending or serving to extract or draw out. 3. (n.) Anything extracted; an extract. 4. (n.) A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts. 5. (n.) Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue. Thesaurus Entries aggravation, agitation, animation, aphrodisiac, aphroditous, arousal, educible, eductive, electrification, elicitory, eradicative, eroticizing, evocative, exacerbation, exacting, exactive, exasperation, excitation, excitement, exhilaration, extortionary, extortionate, extortive, extractive, fomentation, galvanization, incitement, inflammation, infuriation, irritation, lathering up, perturbation, provocation, steaming up, stimulating, stimulation, stimulus, stirring, stirring up, uprooting, venereal, whipping up, working up |