8-Letter Words Ending With VE

Here's the list of all the 157 8-Letter Words Ending With VE in the English Language.

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positive
1. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
2. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
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creative
1. promoting construction or creation
2. having the ability or power to create
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negative
1. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
2. a reply of denial
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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)
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preserve
1. a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone
2. a reservation where animals are protected
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retrieve
1. get or find back; recover the use of
2. go for and bring back
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adaptive
1. having a capacity for adaptation
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inactive
1. (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
2. (military) not involved in military operations
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adhesive
1. tending to adhere
2. a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
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elective
1. a course that the student can select from among alternatives
2. optional
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invasive
1. involving invasion or aggressive attack
2. gradually intrusive without right or permission
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putative
1. purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds
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reactive
1. reacting to a stimulus
2. participating readily in reactions
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perceive
1. to become aware of through the senses
2. become conscious of
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additive
1. designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
2. characterized or produced by addition
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decisive
1. determining or having the power to determine an outcome
2. characterized by decision and firmness
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conserve
1. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
2. keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change
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punitive
1. inflicting punishment
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dissolve
1. grow less and less substantial until it disappears
2. cause to go into a solution
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conceive
1. have the idea for
2. judge or regard; look upon; judge
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abrasive
1. causing abrasion
2. sharply disagreeable; rigorous
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fugitive
1. someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
2. someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
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adoptive
1. of parents and children; related by adoption
2. acquired as your own by free choice
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cohesive
1. causing cohesion
2. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
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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
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coercive
1. serving or intended to coerce
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divisive
1. dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
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incisive
1. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
2. suitable for cutting or piercing
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curative
1. tending to cure or restore to health
2. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
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sedative
1. tending to soothe or tranquilize
2. a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
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disprove
1. prove to be false
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laxative
1. stimulating evacuation of feces
2. a mild cathartic
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reprieve
1. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
2. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
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conclave
1. a confidential or secret meeting
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abortive
1. failing to accomplish an intended result
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genitive
1. serving to express or indicate possession
2. the case expressing ownership
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foxglove
1. any of several plants of the genus Digitalis
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sportive
1. relating to or interested in sports
2. given to merry frolicking
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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.
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illusive
1. based on or having the nature of an illusion
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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
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eruptive
1. producing or characterized by eruptions
2. produced by the action of fire or intense heat
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8-Letter Words Ending With VE