14-letter words that end in ive
- intraoperative — Happening during surgery. Literally, within surgery.
- kalamata olive — a purplish-black, almond-shaped olive with a fruity flavor and meaty texture, often split and cured in brine and packed in vinegar.
- letter missive — a letter from an official source expressing a command, permission, invitation, etc.
- meta-cognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- missed'em-five — (operating system, abuse) (Or "SysVile" /sis-vi:l'/) A pejorative hackerism for AT&T System V Unix, generally used by BSD partisans in a bigoted mood. See software bloat, Berzerkeley.
- monodispersive — Monodisperse.
- monotransitive — In grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language.
- multiplicative — tending to multiply or increase.
- neurocognitive — Pertaining to cognitive functions that are linked to a particular area, pathway or network of the brain.
- non-aggressive — abstention from aggression, especially by a nation.
- non-assumptive — taken for granted.
- non-collective — formed by collection.
- non-conclusive — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- non-conductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
- non-convective — to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection.
- non-dispersive — serving or tending to disperse.
- non-disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- non-evaluative — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- non-expressive — full of expression; meaningful: an expressive shrug.
- non-extractive — capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.
- non-generative — capable of producing or creating.
- non-imperative — of the nature of or expressing a command; commanding.
- non-oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- non-reflective — not capable of or not designed to reflect light
- non-regressive — Biology. of, relating to, or effecting regression.
- non-repetitive — pertaining to or characterized by repetition.
- non-responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- non-subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- non-submissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- non-successive — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
- non-vegetative — growing or developing as or like plants; vegetating.
- nonacquisitive — not acquisitive
- noncommutative — of or relating to commutation, exchange, substitution, or interchange.
- noncompetitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- nonconsecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
- noncontrastive — not contrastive.
- noncooperative — Not cooperative; uncooperative.
- noncorrelative — Not correlative.
- nondeclarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
- nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
- nondistinctive — not serving to distinguish meanings: a nondistinctive difference in sound.
- noninteractive — acting one upon or with the other.
- nonlegislative — Not of a legislative character; not involved with or related to legislating.
- nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- nonprocreative — Not procreative.