11-Letter Words Ending With IVE

Here's the list of all the 268 11-Letter Words Ending With IVE in the English Language.

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alternative
1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
2. serving or used in place of another
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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)
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competitive
1. involving competition or competitiveness
2. subscribing to capitalistic competition
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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
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legislative
1. relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature
2. of or relating to or created by legislation
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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
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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
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prospective
1. of or concerned with or related to the future
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comparative
1. relating to or based on or involving comparison
2. estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
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consecutive
1. one after the other
2. in regular succession without gaps
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informative
1. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
2. serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
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inexpensive
1. relatively low in price or charging low prices
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distinctive
1. of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
2. capable of being classified
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qualitative
1. involving distinctions based on qualities
2. relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities
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descriptive
1. serving to describe or inform or characterized by description
2. of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage
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affirmative
1. a reply of affirmation
2. expecting the best
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radioactive
1. exhibiting or caused by radioactivity
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destructive
1. causing destruction or much damage
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substantive
1. any word or group of words functioning as a noun
2. of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something
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restrictive
1. serving to restrict
2. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
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ineffective
1. not producing an intended effect
2. lacking in power or forcefulness
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imaginative
1. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
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speculative
1. not financially safe or secure
2. not based on fact or investigation
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provocative
1. serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
2. intentionally arousing sexual desire
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insensitive
1. not responsive to physical stimuli
2. deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
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integrative
1. combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole
2. tending to consolidate
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restorative
1. tending to impart new life and vigor to
2. promoting recuperation
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associative
1. characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
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obstructive
1. preventing movement
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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
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instructive
1. serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
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declarative
1. relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
2. relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
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prerogative
1. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
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commutative
1. (of a binary operation) independent of order; as in e.g. "a x b = b x a"
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prohibitive
1. tending to discourage (especially of prices)
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evaporative
1. relating to or causing or being caused by evaporation
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inquisitive
1. showing curiosity
2. inquiring or appearing to inquire
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instinctive
1. unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
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hyperactive
1. more active than normal
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unobtrusive
1. not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable
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presumptive
1. having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance
2. affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance
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superlative
1. an exaggerated expression (usually of praise)
2. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
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noninvasive
1. relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity
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nonnegative
1. either positive or zero
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inoperative
1. not working or taking effect
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inattentive
1. not showing due care or attention
2. showing a lack of attention or care
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consumptive
1. a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
2. tending to consume or use often wastefully
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suppressive
1. tending to suppress
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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
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disjunctive
1. serving or tending to divide or separate
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correlative
1. either of two or more related or complementary variables
2. mutually related
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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
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preparative
1. preceding and preparing for something
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coextensive
1. being of equal extent or scope or duration
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subtractive
1. constituting or involving subtraction
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inoffensive
1. not causing anger or annoyance
2. giving no offense
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facultative
1. of or relating to the mental faculties
2. able to exist under more than one set of conditions
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11-Letter Words Ending With IVE