Nouns Ending With VE
Here's the list of all the 495 Nouns Ending With VE in the English Language.
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| have | 1. a person who possesses great material wealth More Definitions → |
| love | 1. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection 2. any object of warm affection or devotion More Definitions → |
| save | 1. (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring More Definitions → |
| above | 1. an earlier section of a written text More Definitions → |
| give | 1. the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length More Definitions → |
| archive | 1. a depository containing historical records and documents More Definitions → |
| drive | 1. the act of applying force to propel something 2. a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine More Definitions → |
| five | 1. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one 2. a team that plays basketball More Definitions → |
| active | 1. chemical agent capable of activity 2. the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb More Definitions → |
| effective | More Definitions → |
| executive | 1. a person responsible for the administration of a business 2. persons who administer the law More Definitions → |
| leave | 1. the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty 2. permission to do something More Definitions → |
| move | 1. the act of deciding to do something 2. the act of changing your residence or place of business More Definitions → |
| improve | More Definitions → |
| positive | 1. the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution 2. a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject More Definitions → |
| alternative | 1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen More Definitions → |
| remove | 1. degree of figurative distance or separation More Definitions → |
| creative | More Definitions → |
| comprehensive | 1. an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge More Definitions → |
| serve | 1. (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play More Definitions → |
| reserve | 1. formality and propriety of manner 2. something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose More Definitions → |
| native | 1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place 2. a person born in a particular place or country More Definitions → |
| negative | 1. a reply of denial 2. a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed More Definitions → |
| representative | 1. a person who represents others 2. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose More Definitions → |
| exclusive | 1. a news report that is reported first by one news organization More Definitions → |
| relative | 1. a person related by blood or marriage 2. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) More Definitions → |
| wave | 1. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) 2. a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon More Definitions → |
| objective | 1. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) 2. the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed More Definitions → |
| initiative | 1. readiness to embark on bold new ventures 2. the first of a series of actions More Definitions → |
| perspective | 1. a way of regarding situations or topics etc. 2. the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer More Definitions → |
| massive | More Definitions → |
| sensitive | 1. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead More Definitions → |
| legislative | More Definitions → |
| progressive | 1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going 2. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties More Definitions → |
| grove | 1. a small growth of trees without underbrush 2. garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth More Definitions → |
| conservative | 1. a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas More Definitions → |
| eve | 1. the day before 2. the period immediately before something More Definitions → |
| collective | 1. members of a cooperative enterprise More Definitions → |
| cooperative | 1. a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners 2. an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it More Definitions → |
| sleeve | 1. the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm 2. small case into which an object fits More Definitions → |
| valve | 1. a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it 2. device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone More Definitions → |
| twelve | 1. the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one More Definitions → |
| curve | 1. the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes 2. a line on a graph representing data More Definitions → |
| protective | More Definitions → |
| slave | 1. a person who is owned by someone 2. someone who works as hard as a slave More Definitions → |
| prospective | More Definitions → |
| resolve | 1. the trait of being resolute 2. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote More Definitions → |
| comparative | 1. the comparative form of an adjective or adverb More Definitions → |
| collaborative | More Definitions → |
| intensive | 1. a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies More Definitions → |
| offensive | 1. the action of attacking an enemy More Definitions → |
| directive | 1. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity More Definitions → |
| olive | 1. small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil 2. evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits More Definitions → |
| microwave | 1. a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data 2. kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food More Definitions → |
| preserve | 1. a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone 2. a reservation where animals are protected More Definitions → |
| dive | 1. a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall 2. a headlong plunge into water More Definitions → |
| incentive | 1. a positive motivational influence 2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output More Definitions → |
| cave | 1. a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea More Definitions → |
| grave | 1. death of a person 2. a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) More Definitions → |
| narrative | 1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program More Definitions → |
| nerve | 1. any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body 2. the courage to carry on More Definitions → |
| retrieve | More Definitions → |
| passive | 1. the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb More Definitions → |
| cove | 1. a small inlet 2. small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain More Definitions → |
| reproductive | More Definitions → |
| drove | 1. a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together 2. a moving crowd More Definitions → |
| defensive | 1. an attitude of defensiveness More Definitions → |
| groove | 1. a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) 2. a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape More Definitions → |
| detective | 1. a police officer who investigates crimes 2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public More Definitions → |
| brave | 1. a North American Indian warrior 2. people who are brave More Definitions → |
| subjective | More Definitions → |
| distinctive | More Definitions → |
| operative | 1. a person secretly employed in espionage for a government 2. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations More Definitions → |
| derivative | 1. the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx 2. a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound More Definitions → |
| glove | 1. the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball 2. handwear: covers the hand and wrist More Definitions → |
| definitive | More Definitions → |
| primitive | 1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization 2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived More Definitions → |
| adhesive | 1. a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together More Definitions → |
| defective | More Definitions → |
| elective | 1. a course that the student can select from among alternatives More Definitions → |
| affirmative | 1. a reply of affirmation More Definitions → |
| preventive | 1. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease 2. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome More Definitions → |
| stove | 1. a kitchen appliance used for cooking food 2. any heating apparatus More Definitions → |
| explosive | 1. a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck More Definitions → |
| dove | 1. any of numerous small pigeons 2. someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations More Definitions → |
| destructive | More Definitions → |
| corrective | 1. a device for treating injury or disease More Definitions → |
| substantive | 1. any word or group of words functioning as a noun More Definitions → |
| digestive | 1. any substance that promotes digestion More Definitions → |
| rave | 1. a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played 2. an extravagantly enthusiastic review More Definitions → |
| imperative | 1. a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior 2. some duty that is essential and urgent More Definitions → |
| shave | 1. the act of removing hair with a razor More Definitions → |
| tentative | More Definitions → |
| indicative | 1. a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact More Definitions → |
| restrictive | More Definitions → |
| captive | 1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war 2. an animal that is confined More Definitions → |
| retrospective | 1. an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work More Definitions → |
| octave | 1. a feast day and the seven days following it 2. a musical interval of eight tones More Definitions → |
| motive | 1. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior 2. a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music More Definitions → |
| additive | 1. something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine More Definitions → |
| rove | More Definitions → |
| weave | 1. pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric More Definitions → |
| jive | 1. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz More Definitions → |
| naive | More Definitions → |
| overdrive | 1. the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration 2. a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power More Definitions → |
| conserve | 1. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar More Definitions → |
| commemorative | 1. an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person More Definitions → |
| locomotive | 1. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks More Definitions → |
| persuasive | More Definitions → |
| palliative | 1. remedy that alleviates pain without curing More Definitions → |
| compulsive | 1. a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things More Definitions → |
| provocative | More Definitions → |
| dissolve | 1. (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out More Definitions → |
| obsessive | 1. a person who has obsessions More Definitions → |
| affective | More Definitions → |
| contraceptive | 1. an agent or device intended to prevent conception More Definitions → |
| iterative | 1. the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action More Definitions → |
| pave | 1. a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows More Definitions → |
| abrasive | 1. a substance that abrades or wears down More Definitions → |
| fugitive | 1. someone who flees from an uncongenial situation 2. someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice More Definitions → |
| verve | 1. an energetic style More Definitions → |
| preventative | 1. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease 2. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome More Definitions → |
| adjective | 1. a word that expresses an attribute of something 2. the word class that qualifies nouns More Definitions → |
| intrusive | More Definitions → |
| depressive | 1. someone suffering psychological depression More Definitions → |
| restorative | 1. a medicine that strengthens and invigorates 2. a device for treating injury or disease More Definitions → |
| formative | 1. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function More Definitions → |
| hive | 1. a teeming multitude 2. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees More Definitions → |
| beehive | 1. any workplace where people are very busy 2. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree More Definitions → |
| sieve | 1. a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles More Definitions → |
| shove | 1. the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something) More Definitions → |
| corrosive | 1. a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali) More Definitions → |
| connective | 1. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences 2. an instrumentality that connects More Definitions → |
| obstructive | More Definitions → |
| reeve | 1. female ruff More Definitions → |
| mangrove | 1. a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building More Definitions → |
| disapprove | More Definitions → |
| votive | More Definitions → |
| trove | 1. treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth) More Definitions → |
| clove | 1. aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice 2. moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves More Definitions → |
| enclave | 1. an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it More Definitions → |
| mauve | 1. a moderate purple More Definitions → |
| transitive | 1. a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical More Definitions → |
| subversive | 1. a radical supporter of political or social revolution More Definitions → |
| neve | 1. the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice More Definitions → |
| declarative | 1. a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact More Definitions → |
| manipulative | More Definitions → |
| preservative | 1. a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition More Definitions → |
| nave | 1. the central area of a church More Definitions → |
| prerogative | 1. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) More Definitions → |
| reflexive | 1. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent More Definitions → |
| hypertensive | 1. a person who has abnormally high blood pressure More Definitions → |
| distributive | More Definitions → |
| contemplative | 1. a person devoted to the contemplative life More Definitions → |
| recessive | 1. an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical More Definitions → |
| salve | 1. semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation 2. anything that remedies or heals or soothes More Definitions → |
| curative | 1. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain More Definitions → |
| cursive | 1. rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper More Definitions → |
| hyperactive | More Definitions → |
| stave | 1. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written 2. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket More Definitions → |
| superlative | 1. an exaggerated expression (usually of praise) 2. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development More Definitions → |
| immunosuppressive | 1. a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response More Definitions → |
| sedative | 1. a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person More Definitions → |
| causative | More Definitions → |
| diminutive | 1. a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness More Definitions → |
| agave | 1. tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber More Definitions → |
| laxative | 1. a mild cathartic More Definitions → |
| alcove | 1. a small recess opening off a larger room More Definitions → |
| antihypertensive | 1. a drug that reduces high blood pressure More Definitions → |
| heave | 1. an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling) 2. (geology) a horizontal dislocation More Definitions → |
| possessive | 1. the case expressing ownership More Definitions → |
| breve | 1. a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound More Definitions → |
| reprieve | 1. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort 2. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something More Definitions → |
| conclave | 1. a confidential or secret meeting More Definitions → |
| autoclave | 1. a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments More Definitions → |
| swerve | 1. the act of turning aside suddenly 2. an erratic deflection from an intended course More Definitions → |
| nutritive | More Definitions → |
| reductive | More Definitions → |
| peeve | 1. an annoyed or irritated mood More Definitions → |
| demonstrative | 1. a pronoun that points out an intended referent More Definitions → |
| brainwave | 1. (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph 2. the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation More Definitions → |
| airwave | 1. medium for radio and television broadcasting More Definitions → |
| infinitive | 1. the uninflected form of the verb More Definitions → |
| disincentive | 1. a negative motivational influence More Definitions → |
| consumptive | 1. a person with pulmonary tuberculosis More Definitions → |
| nominative | 1. the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb More Definitions → |
| occlusive | 1. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it More Definitions → |
| conjunctive | 1. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences More Definitions → |
| expletive | 1. profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger 2. a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line More Definitions → |
| genitive | 1. the case expressing ownership More Definitions → |
| disjunctive | More Definitions → |
| correlative | 1. either of two or more related or complementary variables More Definitions → |
| determinative | 1. one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases 2. a determining or causal element or factor More Definitions → |
| missive | 1. a written message addressed to a person or organization More Definitions → |
| foxglove | 1. any of several plants of the genus Digitalis More Definitions → |
| knave | 1. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel 2. one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince More Definitions → |
| accusative | 1. the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb More Definitions → |
| interrogative | 1. a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply 2. some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood More Definitions → |
| trave | 1. a horizontal beam that extends across something More Definitions → |
| retentive | More Definitions → |
| pejorative | More Definitions → |
| subjunctive | 1. a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible More Definitions → |
| disbelieve | More Definitions → |
| endive | 1. widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched 2. variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges More Definitions → |
| interleave | More Definitions → |
| neoconservative | 1. a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism More Definitions → |
| dative | 1. the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb More Definitions → |
| bivalve | 1. marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together More Definitions → |
| locative | 1. the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb 2. A case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein. More Definitions → |
| intransitive | 1. a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object More Definitions → |
| preparative | More Definitions → |
| invective | 1. abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will More Definitions → |
| augmentative | More Definitions → |
| chive | 1. perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning More Definitions → |
| fixative | 1. a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study 2. a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging More Definitions → |
| misbehave | More Definitions → |
| interweave | More Definitions → |
| eruptive | More Definitions → |
| nonnative | More Definitions → |
| turtledove | 1. small Australian dove 2. any of several Old World wild doves More Definitions → |
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