12-letter words that end in ve
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- jurisdictive — Jurisdictional.
- laffer curve — a relationship postulated between tax rates and tax receipts indicating that rates above a certain level actually produce less revenue because they discourage taxable endeavors and vice versa.
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- lascaux cave — a cave in Lascaux, France, discovered in 1940 and containing exceptionally fine Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings thought to date to Magdalenian times (c13,000–8500 b.c.).
- make believe — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- make-believe — pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- malternative — An alcoholic beverage that contains some malt alcohol, and may contain other types of alcohol, and that is an alternative to beer.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- median nerve — a nerve that carries impulses between a part of the body and the central nervous system
- mexican wave — If a crowd of people do a Mexican wave, each person in the crowd stands up and puts their arms in the air after the person to one side of them, creating a continuous wave-like motion through the crowd.
- ministrative — Serving to aid; ministering.
- mitral valve — the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart, consisting of two triangular flaps of tissue, that prevents the blood from flowing back into the atrium.
- mixing valve — a valve receiving water from both a hot-water and a cold-water line and controlling the relative amount of water admitted from each.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- morton grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- needle valve — a valve with a needlelike part, a fine adjustment, or a small opening, especially a valve in which the opening is controlled by a needlelike or conical point that fits into a conical seat.
- nine-to-five — of, relating to, or during the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business: the nine-to-five grind.
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- non-cohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- non-divisive — forming or expressing division or distribution.
- non-elective — pertaining to the principle of electing to an office, position, etc.
- non-invasive — not invading adjacent healthy cells, blood vessels, or tissues; localized: a noninvasive tumor.
- non-punitive — not involving or exerting punishment
- non-reactive — tending to react.
- nonaddictive — producing or tending to cause addiction: an addictive drug.
- nonaffective — of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional.
- nonassertive — Not assertive.
- nonattentive — Not attentive.
- noncausative — Not causative.
- noncognitive — of or relating to cognition; concerned with the act or process of knowing, perceiving, etc. : cognitive development; cognitive functioning.
- noncollusive — involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement: a collusive agreement to increase prices.
- noncombative — Not combative.
- nonconducive — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
- noncorrosive — That does not cause corrosion.
- nondeceptive — not deceptive
- nondeductive — not related to deduction or subtraction
- nondirective — Not directive.
- noneffective — not effective.
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- nonexecutive — a person or group of persons having administrative or supervisory authority in an organization.
- nonexplosive — tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.
- nonimitative — not tending to imitate, not involving imitation
- noninductive — not inductive: a noninductive resistance.
- nonintrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- nonintuitive — perceiving directly by intuition without rational thought, as a person or the mind.
- nonnarrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- nonnormative — Not normative.