10-letter words that end in tive
- occupative — relating to work or profession
- opiniative — Archaic form of opinionative.
- oppilative — obstructive; blocking
- oppositive — Expressing contrariety.
- 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.
- perfective — tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection.
- permeative — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- 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.
- preceptive — of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
- predictive — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- preemptive — of or relating to preemption.
- presentive — notional (def 7).
- 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.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- projective — of or relating to projection.
- protective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- 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.
- 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.
- recreative — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- redemptive — serving to redeem.
- reflective — that reflects; reflecting.
- refractive — of or relating to refraction.
- refutative — tending to refute; pertaining to refutation: refutative evidence.
- regulative — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- relaxative — a medication or activity that promotes relaxation
- renovative — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- reparative — tending to repair; repairing; mending.
- repetitive — pertaining to or characterized by repetition.
- reputative — reputed, putative, regarded as such
- resolutive — having the ability to dissolve or terminate.
- respective — pertaining individually or severally to each of a number of persons, things, etc.; particular: I will now discuss the respective merits of the candidates.
- resumptive — that summarizes: a resumptive statement.
- retractive — tending or serving to retract.
- ruminative — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- semblative — resembling
- separative — tending to separate.
- similative — implying likeness
- simulative — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- splenative — relating to the spleen or spleenful
- spoliative — blood-diminishing
- subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- suggestive — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.