descriptive
de.scrip.tive \-'skrip-tiv\ aj 1: serving to describe {a ~ account} 2:
referring to, constituting, or grounded in matters of observation or ex
perience of a modifying word 3a: expressing the quality, kind, or
condition of what is denoted by the m odified term {hot in "hot water" is a
~ adjective} 3b: NONRESTRICTIVE 4: of, relating to, or dealing with the
structure of a language at a parti cular time usu. with exclusion of
historical and comparative data {~ linguistics} - de.scrip.tive.ly av