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Contributory

Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive.

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Causative 84% connected

Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Causative 84% connected

Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.

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Lead 74% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lead 74% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Conducive 92% connected

Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Contributing 92% connected

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Contributive 92% connected

Contributing, or tending to contribute.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tributary 92% connected

Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peac…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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