Words Ending in VE and Containing TE

Browse 116 verified English words ending in VE and containing TE, including Alternative, Extensive, Interactive, Detective, Protective, Intensive and Tentative. Validated against official game lexicons for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, and daily writing, explore definitions and letter counts below.

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Starts with A
9 words
alternative
attentive
aftershave
antihypertensive
alliterative
alterative
abstersive
attestative
altercative
Starts with C
14 words
contemplative
counterproductive
counterintuitive
counteroffensive
counternarrative
countermove
coextensive
counteractive
cryoprotective
catenative
counteradaptive
counterattractive
coalternative
counterinvective
Starts with D
7 words
detective
determinative
disintegrative
deteriorative
detersive
distensive
detentive
Starts with E
6 words
extensive
exterminative
extenuative
exteroceptive
extersive
extratensive
Starts with H
4 words
hypertensive
heteronormative
hypotensive
heterofermentative
Starts with I
24 words
interactive
intensive
interpretive
iterative
integrative
interrogative
inattentive
interweave
interpretative
interleave
intersubjective
interruptive
interpolative
interoceptive
intellective
intercalative
internegative
interceptive
interfluve
intentive
intercommunicative
interdictive
interoperative
intervolve
Starts with N
9 words
noninteractive
neuroprotective
normotensive
noninterpretative
noninterpolative
noncontemplative
nondeterminative
nonexterminative
noncounteractive
Starts with O
4 words
overprotective
ostensive
obliterative
overattentive
Starts with P
8 words
protective
pretensive
preteritive
protensive
preinterpretative
posteruptive
predeterminative
patercove
Starts with R
5 words
retentive
reiterative
reintegrative
radioprotective
redintegrative
Starts with S
7 words
sterndrive
stereoselective
steeve
sternutative
sustentative
sustentive
subtersuperlative
Starts with T
6 words
tentative
tensive
terminative
temperative
tempestive
terremotive
Starts with U
2 words
uninterpretative
unretentive
Starts with W
1 words
waterdrive
Starts with Y
1 words
yestereve

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