13-letter words containing ive
- inexpensively — In an inexpensive manner.
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- inobtrusively — in an unobtrusive manner
- inoffensively — In an inoffensive manner.
- inquisitively — given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious: an inquisitive mind.
- insensitively — In an insensitive manner.
- instinctively — of, relating to, or of the nature of instinct.
- instructively — In an instructive manner.
- intensiveness — of, relating to, or characterized by intensity: intensive questioning.
- intentiveness — (obsolete) Closeness of attention; attentiveness; concentration.
- interactively — acting one upon or with the other.
- internegative — a color negative of a color transparency, made for purposes of duplication.
- interoceptive — pertaining to interoceptors, the stimuli acting upon them, or the nerve impulses initiated by them.
- interpolative — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interrogative — of, relating to, or conveying a question.
- introgressive — Producing introgression.
- introspective — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- intrusiveness — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- intuitiveness — perceiving directly by intuition without rational thought, as a person or the mind.
- invectiveness — The quality of being invective.
- inventiveness — apt at inventing, devising, or contriving.
- investigative — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- justificative — Justificatory.
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- licking river — a river in E Kentucky, flowing NW to the Ohio River. 320 miles (515 km) long.
- live together — cohabit
- liver extract — an extract of mammalian liver, especially hog or beef, for treating pernicious anemia.
- liver sausage — liverwurst.
- livery colors — the principal tinctures of a coat of arms, usually one color and one metal, used for liveries, standards, etc.
- livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
- low explosive — a relatively slow-burning explosive, usually set off by heat or friction, used for propelling charges in guns or for ordinary blasting.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- magnetomotive — (physics) capable of producing magnetic flux.
- manifestative — manifesting; showing clearly or conclusively.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- metacognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- metanarrative — A narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge; a grand story that is self-legitimizing.
- miscegenative — (rare) Miscegenous.
- modus vivendi — manner of living; way of life; lifestyle.
- mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
- myeloablative — Of, pertaining to, or causing myeloablation.
- naive realism — the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is.
- native states — the former 562 semi-independent states of India, ruled by Indians but subject to varying degrees of British authority: merged with provinces by 1948; largest states were Hyderabad, Gwalior, Baroda, Mysore, Cochin, Jammu and Kashmir, Travancore, Sikkim, and Indore
- native tongue — first language
- necessitative — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- negative flag — the letter N in the International Code of Signals, signifying “no” when flown by itself: a square flag having four rows of alternate blue and white squares.
- negative glow — the luminous region between the Crookes dark space and the Faraday dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- negative lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.