Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
A mass of type confusedly mixed or unsorted.
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Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
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One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant.
Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.
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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