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Constructive

Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.

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Creative 84% connected

Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation.

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Creative 84% connected

Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation.

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Formative 84% connected

Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.

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Formative 84% connected

Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.

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Inferential 84% connected

Deduced or deducible by inference.

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Inferential 84% connected

Deduced or deducible by inference.

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Plastic 84% connected

Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.

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Plastic 84% connected

Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.

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Positive 84% connected

Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.

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Positive 84% connected

Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.

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Reconstructive 84% connected

Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy.

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Reconstructive 84% connected

Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy.

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Shaping 84% connected

of Shape

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Shaping 84% connected

of Shape

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Structural 84% connected

Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.

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Structural 84% connected

Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.

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Positive 66% connected

Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.

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Positive 66% connected

Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.

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Good 84% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

formal alternatives to good 55% interchangeable

Useful in helping something improve.

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Destructive 94% connected

Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- ofte…

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Destructive 94% connected

Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- ofte…

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