9-Letter Nouns Ending With VE

Here's the list of all the 96 9-Letter Nouns Ending With VE in the English Language.

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executive
1. a person responsible for the administration of a business
2. persons who administer the law
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exclusive
1. a news report that is reported first by one news organization
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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
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sensitive
1. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
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intensive
1. a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
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offensive
1. the action of attacking an enemy
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directive
1. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity
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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
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incentive
1. a positive motivational influence
2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
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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
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defensive
1. an attitude of defensiveness
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detective
1. a police officer who investigates crimes
2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
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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
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primitive
1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
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explosive
1. a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
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digestive
1. any substance that promotes digestion
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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
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obsessive
1. a person who has obsessions
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iterative
1. the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action
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adjective
1. a word that expresses an attribute of something
2. the word class that qualifies nouns
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formative
1. minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
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corrosive
1. a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
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reflexive
1. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
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recessive
1. an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
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autoclave
1. a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
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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
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occlusive
1. a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
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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
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invective
1. abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
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9-Letter Nouns Ending With VE