Definitions for contraceptive

contraceptive con·tra·cep·tive

Spelling: [kon-truh-sep-tiv]
IPA: /ˌkɒn trəˈsɛp tɪv/

Contraceptive is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 22 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 27 points.

You can make 1542 anagrams from letters in contraceptive (acceeinoprttv).

Definitions for contraceptive

noun

  1. a contraceptive device, drug, foam, etc.

adjective

  1. tending or serving to prevent conception or impregnation.
  2. pertaining to contraception.

Origin of contraceptive

First recorded in 1890-95; contra-1 + (con)ceptive

Examples for contraceptive

Inaccurate label notwithstanding, Plan B is classified by the FDA as a contraceptive.

But the remedy is simple: give her full instruction in the use of contraceptive measures.

Those four lawsuits are regarded as longer shots than the challenges to the contraceptive mandate.

In what way has society been injured by this couple obtaining the contraceptive knowledge?

There was similar opposition to birth control, the morning-after pill—every contraceptive.

The advantage and disadvantage of this or that contraceptive is a technical matter for the doctors to determine.

The four contraceptive methods at issue are abortofacients.

The notoriously "unsafe" character of the contraceptive measures has only diminished this fear, not completely allayed it.

But contraceptive knowledge, etc., has now become so general that to regulate sex activity is no longer to regulate reproduction.

In a best-case scenario they cover the mechanics of reproduction, STD awareness, and contraceptive use.

Word Value for contraceptive
Scrable

22

Words with friends

27

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