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Est. 1828
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'defensive'
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Rhymes with
defensive
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extensive
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x/x
Adjective
expensive
100
x/x
Adjective
offensive
100
x/x
Adjective, Noun
apprehensive
100
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
pensive
100
/x
Adjective
comprehensive
100
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
intensive
100
x/x
Adjective, Noun
inexpensive
100
xx/x
Adjective
hypertensive
100
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
antihypertensive
100
xxxx/x
Adjective, Noun
hypotensive
100
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
inoffensive
100
xx/x
Adjective
counteroffensive
100
xxx/x
Noun, Adjective
aggressive
92
x/x
Adjective, Noun
incentive
92
x/x
Noun, Adjective
progressive
92
x/x
Adjective, Noun
excessive
92
x/x
Adjective
impressive
92
x/x
Adjective
successive
92
x/x
Adjective
preventive
92
x/x
Noun, Adjective
expressive
92
x/x
Adjective, Noun
depressive
92
x/x
Noun, Adjective
oppressive
92
x/x
Adjective
attentive
92
x/x
Adjective
reflexive
92
x/x
Adjective, Noun
obsessive
92
x/x
Adjective, Noun
compressive
92
x/x
Adjective
repressive
92
x/x
Adjective
possessive
92
x/x
Adjective, Noun
recessive
92
x/x
Adjective, Noun
inventive
92
x/x
Adjective
regressive
92
x/x
Adjective
transgressive
92
x/x
Adjective, Noun
suppressive
92
x/x
Adjective
inattentive
92
xx/x
Adjective
disincentive
92
xx/x
Noun
offensives
92
x/x
Noun
The Progressive
92
xx/x
Name, Noun
unimpressive
92
xx/x
Adjective
agentive
92
x/x
Adjective, Noun
retentive
92
x/x
Adjective, Noun
endive
92
/x
Noun
antihypertensives
92
xxxx/x
Noun
the possessive
92
xx/x
Phrase
in defense of
88
xx//
Phrase
senses
86
/x
Adjective
sensing
86
/x
Noun
Forensic
86
x/x
Adjective
offenses
86
x/x
Noun
defenses
86
x/x
Noun
commencing
86
x/x
Verb
fencing
86
/x
Noun
angiotensin
86
xxx/x
Noun
dispensing
86
x/x
Noun
tenses
86
/x
Noun
condensing
86
x/x
Noun
stencil
86
/x
Noun, Verb
menses
86
/x
Noun
tensing
86
/x
Noun
pretenses
86
x/x
Noun
condenses
86
x/x
Verb
dispenses
86
x/x
Verb
expensing
86
x/x
Verb, Noun
lensing
86
/x
Noun
effective
84
x/x
Adjective, Noun
perspective
84
x/x
Noun, Adjective
objective
84
x/x
Noun, Adjective
collective
84
x/x
Adjective, Noun
respective
84
x/x
Adjective
protective
84
x/x
Adjective, Noun
subjective
84
x/x
Adjective
selective
84
x/x
Adjective
incentives
84
x/x
Noun
directive
84
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Noun, Adjective
prospective
84
x/x
Adjective, Noun
detective
84
x/x
Noun, Adjective
responsive
84
x/x
Adjective
reflective
84
x/x
Adjective
affective
84
x/x
Adjective
ineffective
84
xx/x
Adjective
defective
84
x/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
corrective
84
x/x
Adjective, Noun
irrespective
84
xx/x
Adjective
suggestive
84
x/x
Adjective
digestive
84
x/x
Adjective, Noun
receptive
84
x/x
Adjective
expansive
84
x/x
Adjective
connective
84
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Adjective, Noun
deceptive
84
x/x
Adjective
elective
84
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Adjective, Noun
projective
84
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Adjective, Noun
contraceptive
84
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
festive
84
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Adjective
perceptive
84
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Adjective
congestive
84
x/x
Adjective
convective
84
x/x
Adjective
unresponsive
84
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Adjective
infective
84
x/x
Adjective, Noun
progressives
84
x/x
Noun
intersubjective
84
xxx/x
Adjective
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