tensive
adjective
ten·sive ˈten(t)-siv 
: of, relating to, or causing tension
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin tensīvus, from Latin tensus tense entry 1 + -īvus -ive
First Known Use
1702, in the meaning defined above
- resurge
- resurged
- resurgence
- resurgences
- resurgency
- resurgent
- resurgent water
- resurges
- resurging
- resurrect
- resurrected
- resurrecting
- resurrection
- resurrection body
- resurrection fern
- resurrection plant
- resurrection woman
- resurrectional
- resurrectionary
- resurrectioner
- resurrectionise
- resurrectionised
- resurrectionises
- resurrectionising
- resurrectionism