9-Letter Nouns Ending With IVE
Here's the list of all the 60 9-Letter Nouns Ending With IVE in the English Language.
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| Common Nouns (with Definitions and Examples) | |
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| effective | More Definitions → |
| executive | 1. a person responsible for the administration of a business 2. persons who administer the law More Definitions → |
| exclusive | 1. a news report that is reported first by one news organization 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 → |
| sensitive | 1. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead 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 → |
| incentive | 1. a positive motivational influence 2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output 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 → |
| defensive | 1. an attitude of defensiveness 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 → |
| 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 → |
| primitive | 1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization 2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived More Definitions → |
| defective | 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 → |
| digestive | 1. any substance that promotes digestion More Definitions → |
| tentative | 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 → |
| obsessive | 1. a person who has obsessions More Definitions → |
| affective | More Definitions → |
| iterative | 1. the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action More Definitions → |
| adjective | 1. a word that expresses an attribute of something 2. the word class that qualifies nouns More Definitions → |
| intrusive | More Definitions → |
| formative | 1. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function More Definitions → |
| corrosive | 1. a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali) More Definitions → |
| reflexive | 1. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent More Definitions → |
| recessive | 1. an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical More Definitions → |
| causative | More Definitions → |
| nutritive | More Definitions → |
| reductive | More Definitions → |
| occlusive | 1. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it 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 → |
| retentive | More Definitions → |
| invective | 1. abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will More Definitions → |
| nonnative | More Definitions → |