13-letter words containing ive
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- chicken liver — the liver of chicken, considered as food
- chopped liver — cooked liver chopped with onions and hard-boiled eggs and seasoned.
- cod-liver oil — Cod liver oil is a thick yellow oil which is given as a medicine, especially to children, because it is full of vitamins A and D.
- coextensively — To the same extent.
- cognitive map — a mental map of one's environment
- cohesive soil — sticky soil such as clay or clayey silt whose strength depends on the surface tension of capillary water
- collaborative — A collaborative piece of work is done by two or more people or groups working together.
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- commemorative — A commemorative object or event is intended to make people remember a particular event or person.
- commiserative — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- communicative — Someone who is communicative talks to people, for example about their feelings, and tells people things.
- commutatively — of or relating to commutation, exchange, substitution, or interchange.
- comparatively — in a comparative manner
- competitively — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- comprehensive — Something that is comprehensive includes everything that is needed or relevant.
- concatenative — Linked in a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; successive.
- concentrative — tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration
- conduciveness — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
- confederative — of confederates or a confederation
- configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
- confrontative — tending toward or ready for confrontation: They came to the meeting with a confrontational attitude.
- conjunctively — serving to connect; connective: conjunctive tissue.
- connotatively — the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”. the act of connoting; the suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning.
- consecutively — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- conservatives — Plural form of conservative.
- considerative — considerate
- consolidative — Tending or having power to consolidate.
- consumptively — In a consumptive manner.
- contaminative — That contaminates.
- contemplative — Someone who is contemplative thinks deeply, or is thinking in a serious and calm way.
- continuatives — Plural form of continuative.
- contraceptive — A contraceptive method or device is a method or a device which a woman uses to prevent herself from becoming pregnant.
- contradictive — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- contrafactive — Denoting a verb that assigns to its object (normally a clausal object) the status of not being true, e.g., pretend and wish.
- contragestive — able to prevent gestation
- contrastively — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- cooperatively — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- copy negative — master (def 21).
- correlatively — so related that each implies or complements the other.
- corresponsive — corresponding
- corroborative — Corroborative evidence or information supports an idea, account, or argument.
- corrosiveness — having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
- counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- darling river — a river in SE Australia, rising in the Eastern Highlands and flowing southwest to the Murray River. Length: 2740 km (1702 miles)
- deceptiveness — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- declaratively — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- defectiveness — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
- defensiveness — serving to defend; protective: defensive armament.