13-letter words containing ive
- tentativeness — of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental: a tentative report on her findings.
- tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- terminatively — in a finalizing manner
- tet offensive — an offensive by Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces against South Vietnamese and U.S. positions in South Vietnam, beginning on Jan. 31, 1968, the start of Tet.
- the hué river — a river in central Vietnam that crosses the port of Hué
- the narrative — the part of a literary work that relates events
- the offensive — an attitude or position of aggression
- to come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- to live a lie — If you say that someone is living a lie, you mean that in every part of their life they are hiding the truth about themselves from other people.
- tractor drive — a mechanism that feeds paper through a printer, using studs on a rotating wheel that engage with holes along the side of the paper
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- transgressive — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- transmutative — the act or process of transmuting.
- un-indicative — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- unassertively — in an unassertive manner
- uncompetitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- unconjunctive — unable to be joined
- unconsecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- undeliverable — capable of delivery.
- undescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- undistinctive — not distinctive; bland
- undiversified — distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects: diversified activity.
- unexclusively — in an unexclusive manner
- unimaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- uninformative — not educational
- uninquisitive — given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious: an inquisitive mind.
- uninstructive — not conveying information or serving to instruct
- unintrusively — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- unintuitively — perceiving directly by intuition without rational thought, as a person or the mind.
- universal set — the set of all objects or elements considered in a given problem
- universalness — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
- unobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unobtrusively — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- unperceivedly — without being perceived; so as not to be perceived
- unprogressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- unprovocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- unselectively — in an unselective manner
- unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
- unsubstantive — a noun.
- votive candle — religion: candle lit in prayer
- well-received — generally or traditionally accepted; conventional; standard: a received moral idea.
- white-livered — lacking courage; cowardly; lily-livered.
- wide receiver — an offensive player positioned wide of the formation, as a split end, used primarily as a pass receiver.