descriptive

adj

1. Of, relating to, or providing a description.
2. Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
3. Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
4. Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.

   “He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.”

noun

1. An adjective (or other descriptive word)