10 Letter Words for Explosives
explosives
9 Letter Words for Explosives
explosive
8 Letter Words for Explosives
isolexes, pelvises, plosives, silvexes
7 Letter Words for Explosives
elopses, epoxies, exposes, exsolve, lessive, lexises, oxslips, pelisse, pieless, plosive, poesies, silexes, slieves, solives
6 Letter Words for Explosives
eisels, elopes, eposes, esiles, espies, essive, exiles, exolve, expels, expose, ilexes, isolex, lesvos, levies, olives, oxlips, oxslip, pelvis, pilose, pixels, plisse, poesie, poesis, poises, poleis, polies, posies, possie, psovie, selves, sepose, seseli, sieves, silvex, sleeps, slieve, slipes, slives, slopes, solive, solves, speels, speils, speise, spiels, spiles, spoils, vessel, vexils, voiles, voxels
5 Letter Words for Explosives
eisel, elope, elops, elses, elves, elvis, esile, evils, evoes, exies, exile, expel, expos, isles, leeps, leiss, leses, lexes, lexis, lieve, lipse, lisps, lives, loess, loipe, lopes, loses, lovee, loves, olive, olpes, ovile, oxlip, peels, peles, pesos, piles, pisos, pixel, pixes, pleis, plies, pliss, poils, poise, poles, polis, poses, posse, poxes, seels, seeps, seils, seise, seles, sexes, sieve, siles, silex, silos, sipes, sixes, sleep, slipe, slips, slive, sloes, slope, slops, slove, soils, solei, soles, solve, sosie, speel, speil, speos, spiel, spies, spile, spise, spivs, spoil, spole, veeps, veils, veles, vepse, vexes, vexil, viols, vises, vleis, vlies, voile, voles, voxel
4 Letter Words for Explosives
eels, elev, elix, else, elve, eole, epil, epos, eses, esop, esox, esse, eves, evil, evoe, exes, expo, ilex, ipse, ipso, isle, isls, isos, leep, lees, leis, leos, leps, lese, less, leve, levi, levo, lies, lipe, lips, lisp, liss, live, lope, lops, lose, loss, love, oils, oles, olpe, opes, oses, osse, ovis, oxes, peel, pees, pele, peso, pess, pies, pile, pise, piso, piss, plex, plie, poil, pois, pole, pols, pose, poss, psis, seel, seep, sees, seil, seis, sele, sels, seps, sese, seve, sile, silo, siol, sipe, sips, sise, slee, slip, sloe, slop, soil, sole, sols, solv, sope, sops, sovs, spex, spie, spiv, veep, vees, veil, vele, velo, veps, vese, vesp, vies, vile, viol, vips, vise, viss, vlei, vlsi, voes, vole, vols
3 Letter Words for Explosives
eel, eli, els, eos, epi, ese, esp, ess, 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, sis, six, sle, sol, sop, sov, spl, sps, sse, ssp, vee, vei, vel, vex, vie, vil, vip, vis, voe, vol, vox, vss, xis, xiv, xvi
Definitions for Explosives
[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 Explosives
explosivemeteoric, frenzied, stormy, touchy, hazardous, ugly, violent, tense, fiery, unstable, uncontrollable, bomb, mine, missile, powder, ammunition, detonator, dynamite, gunpowder
Words nearby Explosives
explosiveexplosible, explosimeter, explosion, explosion shot, explosion welding, explosive, explosive d, explosive forming, explosive rivet, explosive welding, expo
Origin of Explosives
First recorded in 1660–70; explos(ion) + -ive
Other words from Explosives
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 Explosives
ammunition, bomb, booby trap, detonator, dynamite, gunpowder, mine, missile, munition, powder, TNT, charge, fireworks, grease, grenade, mulligan, nitroglycerin, pineapple, propellant, shell, shot, soup
