Words Ending With CTIVE
Here's the list of all the 195 Words Ending With CTIVE in the English Language.
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| 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 | 1. producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect 2. able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively More Definitions → |
| respective | 1. considered individually More Definitions → |
| interactive | 1. capable of acting on or influencing each other 2. used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more) More Definitions → |
| objective | 1. undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena 2. serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes 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 → |
| collective | 1. members of a cooperative enterprise 2. done by or characteristic of individuals acting together More Definitions → |
| attractive | 1. having power to arouse interest 2. pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm More Definitions → |
| protective | 1. showing care 2. (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful More Definitions → |
| prospective | 1. of or concerned with or related to the future More Definitions → |
| directive | 1. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity 2. showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on More Definitions → |
| productive | 1. yielding positive results 2. marked by great fruitfulness More Definitions → |
| reproductive | 1. producing new life or offspring More Definitions → |
| selective | 1. tending to select; characterized by careful choice 2. characterized by very careful or fastidious selection 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 → |
| subjective | 1. taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias 2. of a mental act performed entirely within the mind More Definitions → |
| distinctive | 1. of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing 2. capable of being classified More Definitions → |
| inactive | 1. (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly 2. (military) not involved in military operations More Definitions → |
| defective | 1. having a defect 2. markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior More Definitions → |
| elective | 1. a course that the student can select from among alternatives 2. optional More Definitions → |
| radioactive | 1. exhibiting or caused by radioactivity More Definitions → |
| reflective | 1. capable of physically reflecting light or sound 2. deeply or seriously thoughtful More Definitions → |
| constructive | 1. emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good 2. constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development More Definitions → |
| destructive | 1. causing destruction or much damage More Definitions → |
| reactive | 1. reacting to a stimulus 2. participating readily in reactions More Definitions → |
| corrective | 1. designed to promote discipline 2. tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition More Definitions → |
| proactive | 1. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently 2. (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens More Definitions → |
| restrictive | 1. serving to restrict 2. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports More Definitions → |
| predictive | 1. of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions More Definitions → |
| addictive | 1. causing or characterized by addiction More Definitions → |
| retrospective | 1. an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work 2. concerned with or related to the past More Definitions → |
| ineffective | 1. not producing an intended effect 2. lacking in power or forcefulness More Definitions → |
| irrespective | 1. in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks More Definitions → |
| affective | 1. characterized by emotion More Definitions → |
| adjective | 1. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective 2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law More Definitions → |
| conductive | 1. having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound; exhibiting conductivity More Definitions → |
| seductive | 1. tending to entice into a desired action or state More Definitions → |
| inductive | 1. arising from inductance 2. of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion More Definitions → |
| refractive | 1. of or relating to or capable of refraction 2. capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) 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 | 1. preventing movement More Definitions → |
| retroactive | 1. affecting things past 2. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously More Definitions → |
| instructive | 1. serving to instruct or enlighten or inform More Definitions → |
| reconstructive | 1. helping to restore to good condition More Definitions → |
| deductive | 1. relating to logical deduction 2. involving inferences from general principles More Definitions → |
| unattractive | 1. lacking power to arouse interest 2. not appealing to the senses More Definitions → |
| counterproductive | 1. tending to hinder the achievement of a goal More Definitions → |
| instinctive | 1. unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct More Definitions → |
| hyperactive | 1. more active than normal More Definitions → |
| introspective | 1. given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences More Definitions → |
| infective | 1. able to cause disease 2. caused by infection or capable of causing infection More Definitions → |
| unproductive | 1. not producing desired results 2. not producing or capable of producing More Definitions → |
| overactive | 1. more active than normal More Definitions → |
| psychoactive | 1. affecting the mind or mood or other mental processes More Definitions → |
| reductive | 1. characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment More Definitions → |
| vindictive | 1. disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge 2. showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite More Definitions → |
| conjunctive | 1. an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences 2. involving the joint activity of two or more More Definitions → |
| disjunctive | 1. serving or tending to divide or separate More Definitions → |
| subjunctive | 1. relating to a mood of verbs 2. a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible More Definitions → |
| adjunctive | 1. joining; forming an adjunct More Definitions → |
| invective | 1. abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will More Definitions → |
| subtractive | 1. constituting or involving subtraction More Definitions → |
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