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12-letter words that end in ive

  • reverse dive — any dive in which the diver leaves the board facing the water, then rotates in the air to enter the water facing the board.
  • seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
  • seropositive — showing a significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, indicating previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
  • seventy-five — a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.
  • sex-positive — explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement.
  • stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
  • sub-additive — something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint.
  • subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • substitutive — serving as or capable of serving as a substitute.
  • supermassive — (of a black hole or star) having a mass in the range of millions or billions of times that of the sun
  • sustentative — maintenance in being or activity; the sustaining of life through vital processes.
  • swallow dive — swan dive.
  • thermomotive — pertaining to motion produced by heat.
  • time to live — (TTL) A field in the Internet Protocol header which indicates how many more hops this packet should be allowed to make before being discarded or returned.
  • transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
  • transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
  • transumptive — of or relating to transumption
  • unaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • unapplausive — not giving applause; not expressing praise
  • unattractive — providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
  • unconclusive — inconclusive
  • unconductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
  • undefinitive — most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
  • unexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
  • unexpressive — not expressive; lacking in expression of meaning, feeling, etc.: a bland and unexpressive person.
  • unimpressive — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
  • uninitiative — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
  • uninnovative — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
  • unoppressive — not cruel or harsh
  • unperceptive — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
  • unpersuasive — not capable of persuading
  • unpredictive — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
  • unproductive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • unprotective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
  • unredemptive — serving to redeem.
  • unreflective — not reflective; thoughtless; lacking in due deliberation; heedless; rash: a sweeping, unreflective pessimism.
  • unrepetitive — pertaining to or characterized by repetition.
  • unrespective — not attentive; unheeding
  • unresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
  • unsubjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
  • unsubmissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
  • unsuccessive — not successive; not following or coming in a sequence; not involving succession
  • unsupportive — giving support.
  • vituperative — characterized by or of the nature of vituperation: vituperative remarks.
  • xenoreactive — (immunology) That generates a reaction to material from another species.
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