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Retractive :: Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.

#NAME? :: -ive () An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive..

Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..

Putrefactive :: Putrefactive (a.) Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction..

Attractivity :: Attractivity (n.) The quality or degree of attractive power.

Expectant :: Expectant (a.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment..

Spruntly :: Sprunt (a.) Active; lively; vigorous.

Subtrahend :: Subtractive (a.) Having the negative sign, or sign minus..

Humanitarian :: Humanitarian (n.) One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist.

Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.

Magnetical :: Magnetical (a.) Endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment.

Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament..

Zouave :: Zouave (n.) One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress..

Attraction :: Attraction (n.) The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence..

Dioptre :: Dioptre (n.) A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whose principal focal distance is one meter.

Actual :: Actual (a.) Involving or comprising action; active.

Retired :: Retired (a.) Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician..

Exertion :: Exertion (n.) The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day..

Actively :: Actively (adv.) In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively..

Elegancy :: Elegancy (n.) That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive.

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