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Showing words for EXPLOSIVE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Explosive

explosive

7 Letter Words for Explosive

epoxies, exsolve, plosive

6 Letter Words for Explosive

elopes, exiles, exolve, expels, expose, ilexes, isolex, levies, olives, oxlips, oxslip, pelvis, pilose, pixels, poesie, poleis, polies, psovie, silvex, slieve, solive, vexils, voiles, voxels

5 Letter Words for Explosive

eisel, elope, elops, elves, elvis, esile, evils, evoes, exies, exile, expel, expos, leeps, lexes, lexis, lieve, lipse, lives, loipe, lopes, lovee, loves, olive, olpes, ovile, oxlip, peels, peles, piles, pixel, pixes, pleis, plies, poils, poise, poles, polis, poxes, sieve, silex, sleep, slipe, slive, slope, slove, solei, solve, speel, speil, spiel, spile, spoil, spole, veeps, veils, veles, vepse, vexes, vexil, viols, vleis, vlies, voile, voles, voxel

4 Letter Words for Explosive

eels, elev, elix, else, elve, eole, epil, epos, esop, esox, eves, evil, evoe, exes, expo, ilex, ipse, ipso, isle, leep, lees, leis, leos, leps, lese, leve, levi, levo, lies, lipe, lips, lisp, live, lope, lops, lose, love, oils, oles, olpe, opes, ovis, oxes, peel, pees, pele, peso, pies, pile, pise, piso, plex, plie, poil, pois, pole, pols, pose, seel, seep, seil, sele, seve, sile, silo, siol, sipe, slee, slip, sloe, slop, soil, sole, solv, sope, spex, spie, spiv, veep, vees, veil, vele, velo, veps, vese, vesp, vies, vile, viol, vips, vise, vlei, vlsi, voes, vole, vols

3 Letter Words for Explosive

eel, eli, els, eos, epi, ese, esp, eve, exp, ile, ilo, ios, ipl, ipo, ips, ise, isl, iso, ive, lee, lei, leo, lep, les, lev, lex, lie, lip, lis, loe, lop, los, lox, oes, oie, oil, ois, ole, olp, ope, ops, opv, ose, osi, pee, pel, pes, pie, pil, pis, pix, pli, poi, pol, pos, pox, psi, see, sei, sel, sep, sex, sie, sil, sip, six, sle, sol, sop, sov, spl, vee, vei, vel, vex, vie, vil, vip, vis, voe, vol, vox, xis, xiv, xvi

Definitions for Explosive

[1] tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.
[2] pertaining to or of the nature of an explosion: explosive violence.
[3] likely to lead to violence or hostility: an explosive issue.
[4] Phonetics . plosive.
[5] an explosive agent or substance, as dynamite.
[6] Phonetics . plosive.
[7] of, involving, or characterized by an explosion or explosions
[8] capable of exploding or tending to explode
[9] potentially violent or hazardous; dangerous an explosive situation
[10] phonetics another word for plosive
[11] a substance that decomposes rapidly under certain conditions with the production of gases, which expand by the heat of the reaction. The energy released is used in firearms, blasting, and rocket propulsion
[12] a plosive consonant; stop

Words related to Explosive

meteoric, frenzied, stormy, touchy, hazardous, ugly, violent, tense, fiery, unstable, uncontrollable, bomb, mine, missile, powder, ammunition, detonator, dynamite, gunpowder

Words nearby Explosive

explosible, explosimeter, explosion, explosion shot, explosion welding, explosive, explosive d, explosive forming, explosive rivet, explosive welding, expo

Origin of Explosive

First recorded in 1660–70; explos(ion) + -ive

Other words from Explosive

ex·plo·sive·ly , adverb
ex·plo·sive·ness , noun
non·ex·plo·sive , adjective, noun
non·ex·plo·sive·ly , adverb
non·ex·plo·sive·ness , noun
un·ex·plo·sive , adjective
un·ex·plo·sive·ly , adverb
un·ex·plo·sive·ness , noun

Synonyms for Explosive

fiery, frenzied, hazardous, meteoric, stormy, tense, touchy, ugly, uncontrollable, unstable, violent, wild, at the boiling point, bursting, charged, consequential, convulsive, detonating, detonative, ebullient, eruptive, forceful, fulminant, fulminating, impetuous, overwrought, perilous, raging, rampant, vehement