8 Letter Words for Abortive
abortive, bravoite, overbait
7 Letter Words for Abortive
evirato, obviate, overbit, vibrate, vibrato, vrbaite
6 Letter Words for Abortive
areito, baiter, barite, birota, bitore, boater, boatie, borate, bovate, brevit, obiter, obvert, orbate, orbita, orbite, ortive, rebait, rebato, taiver, terbia, tobira, viator
5 Letter Words for Abortive
abore, abort, abote, above, abret, aiver, ariot, arite, avert, avoir, baret, barie, barit, baroi, bater, beati, beira, berat, bevor, biota, biter, boart, boite, brave, bravi, bravo, breva, brevi, brite, erato, erbia, ibota, irate, oater, orate, orbit, orvet, ovate, overt, rabot, ratio, rebit, retia, ribat, rivet, roate, rovet, taber, tabor, tarie, tarve, taver, terai, tiber, tirve, tiver, torve, tovar, trave, tribe, trove, vaire, vario, vireo, vitae, vitra, vitro, voter
4 Letter Words for Abortive
abet, abir, abit, abor, abri, aero, aire, airt, aivr, aret, arte, arvo, aver, avie, bait, bare, bari, bart, bate, bear, beat, beta, bier, biro, birt, bite, bito, boar, boat, boer, bora, bore, bori, bort, bota, bote, boti, bove, brae, brat, brei, bret, brev, brie, brio, brit, brot, ebro, eira, erat, eria, iare, iota, iter, obia, obit, orae, over, rabi, rait, raob, rate, rato, rave, reit, ribe, riot, rita, rite, riva, rive, rivo, robe, roit, rota, rote, roti, rove, tabi, tare, tari, taro, tave, tear, tera, tiao, tiar, tier, tire, tobe, toea, tore, tori, trav, trib, trie, trio, vair, vare, vari, vera, verb, veri, vert, veta, veto, vibe, vier, vita, vite, voar, voet, vota, vote
3 Letter Words for Abortive
abo, abr, abt, abv, aer, air, ait, aob, aor, arb, are, art, ate, ave, avo, bae, bai, bar, bat, ber, bet, bio, bit, boa, boe, bor, bot, bra, bro, bvt, ear, eat, eir, era, ert, eta, iao, iba, ira, ire, ita, iva, ive, oar, oat, oba, obe, obi, obv, oer, oie, ora, orb, ore, ort, ova, rab, rai, rat, rbi, rea, reb, rei, rev, ria, rib, rie, rio, rit, riv, rob, roe, roi, rot, rte, rti, tab, tai, tao, tar, tav, tea, ter, tib, tie, toa, tob, toe, toi, tor, tov, tra, tri, vae, var, vat, vei, ver, vet, via, vie, voe, vor
Definitions for Abortive
[1] failing to succeed; unsuccessful: an abortive rebellion; an abortive scheme.
[2] born prematurely.
[3] imperfectly developed; rudimentary.
[4] Medicine/Medical . producing or intended to produce abortion; abortifacient. acting to halt progress of a disease.
[5] Pathology . (of the course of a disease) short and mild without the usual, pronounced clinical symptoms.
[6] Botany . (of seeds or pollen grains) imperfect; unable to germinate.
[7] failing to achieve a purpose; fruitless
[8] (of organisms) imperfectly developed; rudimentary
[9] causing abortion; abortifacient
Words related to Abortive
fruitless, futile, unsuccessful, failed, failing, ineffective, ineffectual, unavailing, unproductive, useless, vain, worthless
Words nearby Abortive
abortigenic, abortion, abortion pill, abortion-on-demand, abortionist, abortive, abortive transduction, abortus, abortus bang ring test, aboudikro, abought
Origin of Abortive
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word abortīvus. See abort, -ive
Other words from Abortive
a·bor·tive·ly , adverb
a·bor·tive·ness , noun
non·a·bort·ive , adjective
non·a·bort·ive·ly , adverb
non·a·bort·ive·ness , noun
un·a·bor·tive , adjective
un·a·bor·tive·ly , adverb
un·a·bor·tive·ness , noun
a•bor′ tive•ly adv.
Synonyms for Abortive
failed, fruitless, futile, unsuccessful, failing, ineffective, ineffectual, miscarried, unavailing, unproductive, useless, vain, worthless
