words that we use

nar•ra•tive

Pronunciation: (nar'u-tiv), [key]
—n.
1. a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
2. a book, literary work, etc., containing such a story.
3. the art, technique, or process of narrating: Somerset Maugham was a master of narrative.

—adj.
1. consisting of or being a narrative: a narrative poem.
2. of or pertaining to narration: narrative skill.
3. Fine Arts.representing stories or events pictorially or sculpturally: narrative painting. Cf. anecdotal (def. 2).

ex•per•i•ment

Pronunciation: (
—n.ik-sper'u-munt;
—v.ek-sper'u-ment"), [key]
—n.
1. a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.: a chemical experiment; a teaching experiment; an experiment in living.
2. the conducting of such operations; experimentation: a product that is the result of long experiment.
3. Obs.experience.

—v.i.
to try or test, esp. in order to discover or prove something: to experiment with a new procedure.

ex•per•i•men•tal

Pronunciation: (ik-sper"u-men'tl), [key]
—adj.
1. pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
2. of the nature of an experiment; tentative: The new program is still in an experimental stage.
3. functioning as an experiment or used for experimentation: an experimental airplane.
4. based on or derived from experience; empirical: experimental knowledge.

—n.
something that is experimental.