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: Pâ Pæ Pè Pé Pœ P- P. P/ P< Pa Pb Pc Pd Pe Pf Ph Pi Pj Pk Pl Pm Pn Po Pp Pr Ps Pt Pu Pv Pw Px Py
protective embankment |
protective fold |
protective garment |
protective tariff |
protectively |
protectiveness
| protector
| protector of boundaries
| protectoral
| protectorate
| protectorial
protectiveness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun protectiveness has 2 senses
- protectiveness(n = noun.feeling) Array - a feeling of protective affection; Array is a kind of affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness
- protectiveness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the quality of providing protection; "statistical evidence for the protectiveness of vaccination" is a kind of quality
Derived form adjective protective2
Derived forms adjective protective3, adjective protective1
CIDE DICTIONARY
protectiveness, n.
The quality or state of being protective. W. Pater. [1913 Webster]
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