13-letter words containing ive
- negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- negative sign — bad omen
- nicoise olive — a small variety of olive with a rich, nutty flavor.
- nine-to-fiver — of, relating to, or during the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business: the nine-to-five grind.
- non-accretive — an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- non-assertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- non-causative — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- non-conducive — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
- non-corrosive — having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
- non-deceptive — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- non-deductive — based on deduction from accepted premises, as in deductive argument; deductive reasoning.
- non-defective — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
- non-defensive — serving to defend; protective: defensive armament.
- non-divergent — diverging; differing; deviating.
- non-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- non-executive — Someone who has a non-executive position in a company or organization gives advice but is not responsible for making decisions or ensuring that decisions are carried out.
- non-incentive — something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
- non-inductive — not inductive: a noninductive resistance.
- non-intrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- non-nutritive — serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
- non-offensive — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- non-receptive — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
- nonattractive — Not attractive.
- nonautomotive — Not automotive; not relating to automobiles.
- nonconductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
- noncumulative — of or relating to preferred stock the dividends of which are skipped and not accrued.
- nondefinitive — Not definitive.
- nonderivative — Not derivative.
- nondiscursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- nondispersive — not dispersive
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonevaluative — not evaluative or involving subjective judgement
- nonexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- noninvasively — In a noninvasive manner.
- nonpejorative — Not pejorative.
- nonpermissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
- nonreflective — Not reflective.
- nonresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- nonsubjective — Not subjective.
- nonsuccessive — Not successive; not part of a succession.
- nontransitive — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- nonuniversity — distinct from university, not university-based
- normativeness — The quality or state of being normative.