10-letter words that end in ive
- imputative — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- inadaptive — characterized by the failure to adapt
- inchoative — inceptive.
- incitative — an agent which incites or is capable of inciting or rousing; a stimulant
- incohesive — Not cohesive.
- incubative — Of or pertaining to incubation.
- indagative — (obsolete) Searching; exploring; investigating.
- indecisive — characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.
- indicative — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- indurative — the act of indurating.
- infinitive — a verb form found in many languages that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action or state without specifying the subject, as French venir “to come,” Latin esse “to be,” fuisse “to have been.”.
- inflective — to modulate (the voice).
- inflictive — Of, pertaining to or causing infliction.
- ingressive — of, relating to, or involving ingress.
- inhibitive — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- initiative — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
- injunctive — Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
- innovative — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- inspective — given to inspection; watchful; attentive.
- insulative — serving to protect or insulate: glassware shipped in insulative packing.
- invocative — invoke.
- irrelative — not relative; without relation (usually followed by to).
- irrigative — serving for or pertaining to irrigation.
- irritative — serving or tending to irritate.
- judicative — having ability to judge; judging: the judicative faculty.
- keep-alive — (communications) A short message sent periodically on a communication channel that would otherwise time out and close due to inactivity.
- lacerative — Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate.
- liberative — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- limitative — limiting; restrictive.
- line drive — a batted ball that travels low, fast, and straight.
- litigative — to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
- locomotive — a self-propelled, vehicular engine, powered by steam, a diesel, or electricity, for pulling or, sometimes, pushing a train or individual railroad cars.
- look alive — having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless.
- lucerative — Misspelling of lucrative.
- medicative — medicinal.
- meditative — given to, characterized by, or indicative of meditation; contemplative.
- memorative — (obsolete) commemorative.
- microdrive — a type of memory card that has moving parts and can store large amounts of data
- mitigative — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- motivative — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- mutilative — Causing or relating to mutilation.
- nauseative — causing nausea
- neglective — (archaic) neglectful.
- nominative — Grammar. (in certain inflected languages, as Sanskrit, Latin, and Russian) noting a case having as its function the indication of the subject of a finite verb, as in Latin Nauta bonus est “The sailor is good,” with nauta “sailor” in the nominative case. similar to such a case in function or meaning.
- non-native — of or relating to a language that is not the first language acquired by a person: It is harder to communicate in your nonnative language.
- nonevasive — Not evasive.
- nonpassive — not passive; active
- nonstative — (of a verb) expressing an action or process, as run or grow, and able to be used in either simple or progressive tenses: I run every day. I am running home now.
- numerative — an act or instance of or the process or result of numbering or counting.
- obligative — implying or involving obligation: an obligative commitment.