10-letter words that end in ve
- bell curve — a curve resembling the outline of a flared bell, usually representing a normal distribution
- bell-curve — bell-shaped curve.
- belt drive — a transmission system using a flexible belt to transfer power
- bioreserve — an area preserving wildlife, landforms, and waterways while providing appropriate public use and enjoyment of a natural environment.
- blast wave — a violent propagating disturbance, produced by an explosion in air, that consists of an abrupt rise in pressure followed by a drop in pressure to or below atmospheric pressure.
- blue agave — a Mexican plant, Agave tequilana variant weber, with blue leaves, used in tequila.
- brain wave — any of the fluctuations of electrical potential in the brain as represented on an electroencephalogram. They vary in frequency from 1 to 30 hertz
- bromsgrove — a town in W central England, in N Worcestershire. Pop: 29 237 (2001)
- camp stove — a portable stove used for cooking or heating, especially outdoors.
- cap sleeve — a very short sleeve on a woman's dress, blouse, etc., fashioned by lengthening only the outer shoulder area of the garment to form a caplike extension
- capacitive — of electrical capacitance
- capitative — Per head; capitatim.
- caritative — charity.
- catenative — Denoting a verb that governs a nonfinite form of another verb, for example, like in I like swimming.
- cellosolve — an organic compound used as a solvent in the plastics industry; 2-ethoxyethan-1-ol. Formula: C2H5OCH2CH2OH
- coercitive — Obsolete form of coercive.
- cogitative — capable of thinking
- cohibitive — restrictive
- collective — Collective actions, situations, or feelings involve or are shared by every member of a group of people.
- combustive — the act or process of burning.
- come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- comitative — (of a case) expressing accompaniment
- commissive — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- completive — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- compu$erve — (Or "CompuSpend", "Compu$pend") A pejorative name for CompuServe Information Service (CI$) drawing attention to perceived high charges.
- compulsive — You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- compuserve — CompuServe Information Service
- conceptive — having the power of mental conception
- concessive — implying or involving concession; tending to concede
- conclusive — Conclusive evidence shows that something is certainly true.
- concoctive — Of or pertaining to digestion; digestive.
- concretive — constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
- concussive — Pathology. injury to the brain or spinal cord due to jarring from a blow, fall, or the like.
- conductive — A conductive substance is able to conduct things such as heat and electricity.
- congestive — A congestive disease is a medical condition where a part of the body becomes blocked.
- connective — A connective is the same as a conjunction.
- constative — (of a statement) able to be true or false
- consultive — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
- contentive — a content word or a morpheme that is the root of a content word. Compare functor (def 2).
- contortive — characterized by, tending toward, or causing contortions or twisting: contortive movements; contortive pain; contortive alleyways.
- convective — physics: transferring heat, etc.
- convictive — able or serving to convince or convict
- convulsive — A convulsive movement or action is sudden and cannot be controlled.
- cooptative — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- copulative — serving to join or unite
- corelative — correlative
- corrective — Corrective measures or techniques are intended to put right something that is wrong.
- corruptive — tending to corrupt or produce corruption
- crash dive — a sudden steep dive from the surface by a submarine
- crash-dive — a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, especially to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.