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Extractive :: Extractive (a.) Tending or serving to extract or draw out.

Arnicin :: Arnicin (n.) An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin.

Retrospective :: Retrospective (a.) Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law..

Chilopoda :: Chilopoda (n. pl.) One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot..

Passive :: Passive (a.) Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission..

Attrahent :: Attrahent (v. t.) Attracting; drawing; attractive.

Inactivity :: Inactivity (n.) The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter..

Retroactively :: Retroactively (adv.) In a retroactive manner.

Inactive :: Inactive (a.) Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive..

Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man

Demobilization :: Demobilization (n.) The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing.

Attractive :: Attractive (n.) That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.

Counteractive :: Counteractive (n.) One who, or that which, counteracts..

Nicotine :: Nicotine (n.) An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous..

Actually :: Actually (adv.) Actively.

Light-footed :: Light-footed (a.) Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris..

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

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

Congestion :: Congestion (n.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyper/mia, active or passive; as, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs..

Retire :: Retire (v. t.) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer..

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