receptive
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definition
adjective
Exfoliation removes dead skin cells, embedded dirt and toxins, and stimulates the skin, making it receptive to the nutrient-rich facial mask that should follow.
able or willing to receive something, especially signals or stimuli.
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When a 'receptive' female comes along, however, it's every bull for himself.
Thus, downwind males could be located higher in the vegetation to increase their chances of intercepting a pheromone plume and locating a 'receptive' female.
On the afternoon of estrus, the resident male appeared to actively defend the 'receptive' female on his territory.
Considerable flowering asynchrony among fig trees in any population increases the likelihood that a fig wasp emerging at any time of year will be able to locate a 'receptive' fig.
His ideas found a 'receptive' audience in literate circles from Lisbon to Moscow, and they supply a convenient starting place for an examination of European political systems.
So far the government has proved 'receptive' to the idea.
In females, estrogens and progestins activate female 'receptive' behaviors and parental care.
Infants may seem to be sleeping most of the time, but they're far more intelligent and 'receptive' than most adults imagine.
In most mammals the female is only 'receptive' to sex at certain times (when she is most likely to get pregnant).
We watched both 'receptive' and unreceptive females.
Estrus is the period when the female is sexually 'receptive' and breeding can occur.
He attempts to settle his mother into the nursing home, but finds that her old friends aren't quite so 'receptive' to the idea.
Even those who were most 'receptive' to foreign ideas adapted them in line with traditional Russian concerns, interests and attitudes.
If other group members appraise him as a creative type, they are likely to be a 'receptive' audience for his ideas, and he should fit into the group harmoniously.
During the mating season, males drum while wandering around the habitat searching for 'receptive' females, which are more stationary than are males.
Our President, it is said, simply wasn't 'receptive' to this idea.
They must be open and 'receptive' to the ideas of others.
Clearly the recent rains had left their mark as fairways were still wet and greens very 'receptive' and the scores were good, though not brilliant.
We have sought to respond to their concerns and have been 'receptive' to new ideas and theories put forward by them.
Sometimes, even if you think you're being totally reasonable, your mom may not be 'receptive' to your suggestions.
By blocking or scrambling messages from females, he may be keeping competing males from realizing that a 'receptive' female is nearby.
I think it helps them become better musicians because they are more 'receptive' to different musical ideas.
They were both extremely interested and 'receptive' to my ideas.
Some ministers are known to be 'receptive' to the idea of tolls, provided they are only applied to new roads.
Sensory isolation creates an alert and 'receptive' state of mind, so floatation works well combined with hypnotherapy to treat smoking and weight problems
To his credit, he has had an excellent rapport with the selectors, who find him quite 'receptive' to ideas and suggestions from various quarters.
In the study, male meadow voles were paired with sexually 'receptive' females in two cages.
During the breeding season, male foxes may closely follow sexually 'receptive' females for several days, although this is not always the case.
Adult females become 'receptive' to male advances only in years when they have stored enough body fat to bear a litter.
You are 'receptive' to new ideas and intuitive in relationships.
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