13-letter words that end in ve
- reverberative — reverberating or tending to reverberate
- reverse curve — an S -shaped curve, as on highways and railroad tracks, produced by the joining of two curves that turn in opposite directions.
- ride the wave — to enjoy a period of success and good fortune
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- russian olive — oleaster.
- sciatic nerve — either of a pair of nerves, the largest in the body, that originate in the sacral plexus of the lower back and extend down the buttocks to the back of the knees, where they divide into other nerves: the sciatic nerve and its branches innervate large areas of the pelvis, leg, and foot.
- self-adhesive — having a side or surface coated with an adhesive substance to permit sticking without glue, paste, or the like: a self-adhesive label; self-adhesive ceramic tiles.
- self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- set-in sleeve — a sleeve joined to the body of a garment at the shoulder and having a seam at that juncture.
- significative — serving to signify.
- slow dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another over a period of about three of four seconds
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
- subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- taffeta weave — plain weave.
- tax incentive — measure to encourage activity
- tet offensive — an offensive by Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces against South Vietnamese and U.S. positions in South Vietnam, beginning on Jan. 31, 1968, the start of Tet.
- the narrative — the part of a literary work that relates events
- the offensive — an attitude or position of aggression
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- to 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.
- touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
- tractor drive — a mechanism that feeds paper through a printer, using studs on a rotating wheel that engage with holes along the side of the paper
- transgressive — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- transmutative — the act or process of transmuting.
- un-indicative — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- uncompetitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- unconjunctive — unable to be joined
- unconsecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- undescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- undistinctive — not distinctive; bland
- unimaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- uninformative — not educational
- uninquisitive — given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious: an inquisitive mind.
- uninstructive — not conveying information or serving to instruct
- unobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unprogressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- unprovocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
- unsubstantive — a noun.
- women in love — a novel (1920) by D. H. Lawrence.