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— English words —

• preventive adj. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
• preventive adj. Carried out to deter military aggression.
• preventive adj. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
• preventive adj. (Obsolete) Going before; preceding.
• preventive n. (Dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
• preventive n. (Nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
• preventive n. A contraceptive, especially a condom.

— English word, defined in French —

• preventive adj. Préventif.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• preventive agg. Preventivo.

— In French —

• préventive n.f. (Droit) Détention préventive d’un prévenu.
• préventive adj. Féminin singulier de préventif.

— In Italian —

• preventive agg. Femminile plurale di preventivo.

32 English words from 7 English definitions

acting acts aggression before Carried Carried␣out condom contraceptive Dated deter development especially Going hindering hinders illness military Nonstandard Obsolete obstacle of␣an out out␣to preceding Preventing prevents prophylactic Slowing slows that the thing

1 English word from 5 foreign definitions

Droit

10 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Détention Détention␣préventive Féminin Femminile plurale préventif préventive preventivo prévenu singulier

7 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

preventives preventively preventive␣war preventiveness preventive␣wars preventive␣service preventive␣services

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

chemopreventives

9 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unpreventive nonpreventive renopreventive angiopreventive chemopreventive pathopreventive chemiopreventive immunopreventive photochemopreventive

35 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ent ENT -ent ent- eve Eve EVE even Even even- event eventive ive Ive -ive I've pre pre- prev preve prevent rev Rev rev. Rev. Tiv -tive ven ven- Ven. vent Vent venti Venti ventive

18 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ERP eve Eve EVE ever ITN neV Nev NEV Nev. neve Neve névé never ver ver. VIT vit.

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

preventives

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

perievent

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

presentive

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