15-letter words that end in ive
- non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- non-informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- non-instinctive — prompted by or resulting from or as if from instinct; natural; unlearned: an instinctive will to survive.
- non-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- non-penetrative — (of sexual activity) not involving penetration by the penis
- non-qualitative — pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.
- non-substantive — a noun.
- non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- nonadjudicative — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- nonanticipative — Not anticipative.
- nonconservative — Not conservative.
- nonconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
- nonexploitative — not exploitative
- nonfermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- nonprescriptive — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- nonquantitative — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- nonreproductive — Not able to reproduce; sterile.
- on the qui vive — on the qui vive, on the alert; watchful: Special guards were on the qui vive for trespassers.
- over-aggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- over-expressive — full of expression; meaningful: an expressive shrug.
- overimaginative — imaginative to a fault
- peace offensive — an active program, policy, propaganda campaign, etc., by a national government for the purpose of terminating a war or period of hostility, lessening international tensions, or promoting peaceful cooperation with other nations.
- phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
- photoconductive — of, relating to, or exhibiting photoconductivity.
- photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
- pre-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- price-sensitive — likely to affect the price of property, esp shares and securities
- procrastinative — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- quasi-objective — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- radioprotective — giving protection against the effects of radiation
- retro-operative — affecting or operating on past events; retroactive
- retroreflective — of or relating to a surface, material, or device (retroreflector) that reflects light or other radiation back to its source; reflective.
- rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
- rhesus positive — relating to blood containing Rhesus antigen D
- sales executive — a professional responsible for increasing and developing a company's sales
- self-expressive — the expression or assertion of one's own personality, as in conversation, behavior, poetry, or painting.
- self-initiative — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
- self-reflective — that reflects; reflecting.
- self-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
- self-subversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
- semi-figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- sinclair, clive — Clive Sinclair
- stick-at-it-ive — stick-to-it-ive.
- stick-to-it-ive — tenaciously resolute; persevering: Stick-to-it-ive people get ahead in life.
- store detective — A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- the affirmative — the side in a debate that supports the proposition