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Inoperative

Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

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Dead 84% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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Dead 84% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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Defunct 84% connected

Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.

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Defunct 84% connected

Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.

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Down 84% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Down 84% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Operative 94% connected

Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.

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Operative 94% connected

Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.

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Action noun · 78% connection

Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or t…

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Active adjective · 78% connection

In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities;…

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Activity noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing varie…

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Allopathy noun · 78% connection

That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produce…

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Ameliorative adjective · 78% connection

Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.

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Animosity verb · 78% connection

Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.

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Cybernetics noun · 78% connection

(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in…

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Disobey verb · 78% connection

Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authorit…

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Dynamical adjective · 78% connection

Relating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as, dynamical geology.

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Effective adjective · 78% connection

Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an ef…

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Effects noun · 78% connection

property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business; "she left some of her personal effects in the house"; "I w…

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Effectual noun · 78% connection

Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.

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Efficient noun · 78% connection

Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; cha…

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Electro-motive adjective · 78% connection

Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.

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Empirical adjective · 78% connection

Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, reme…

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Engraving noun · 78% connection

The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of pro…

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Excipient noun · 78% connection

An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents.

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Exert verb · 78% connection

To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as,…

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