10-letter words that end in ive
- obstrusive — Misspelling of obtrusive.
- occupative — relating to work or profession
- opiniative — Archaic form of opinionative.
- oppilative — obstructive; blocking
- oppositive — Expressing contrariety.
- oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- ordinative — Tending to ordain; directing; giving orders.
- overactive — exceptionally or excessively active; too active.
- palliative — serving to palliate.
- pejorative — having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
- pendentive — any of several spandrels, in the form of spherical triangles, forming a transition between the circular plan of a dome and the polygonal plan of the supporting masonry.
- perceptive — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- percussive — of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.
- perfective — tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection.
- permeative — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- permissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- persistive — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- persuasive — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- perversive — tending to pervert.
- possessive — jealously opposed to the personal independence of, or to any influence other than one's own upon, a child, spouse, etc.
- power dive — a steep dive by an aircraft with its engines at high power
- power-dive — a dive, especially a steep dive, by an aircraft in which the engine or engines are delivering thrust at or near full power.
- preceptive — of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precursive — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- predictive — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- preemptive — of or relating to preemption.
- prepensive — premeditated
- presentive — notional (def 7).
- pretensive — pretentious
- preventive — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- pro-active — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- processive — advancing or going forward; progressive: the processive quality of language.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- projective — of or relating to projection.
- promissive — implying promise
- propulsive — the act or process of propelling.
- protective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protensive — extended in dimension or extended in time.
- protestive — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protrusive — projecting or protuberant; thrusting forward, upward, or outward.
- quantitive — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- quiddative — Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing.
- recitative — of the nature of or resembling recitation or declamation.
- reconceive — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- recreative — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- redemptive — serving to redeem.
- redressive — having a tendency to redress
- reflective — that reflects; reflecting.
- refractive — of or relating to refraction.