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      additive
      noun
      something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
      adjective
      characterized or produced by addition
      designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
      Roots
      dodit- · Latin · give, put
      Synonyms for additive
      summationaladjadditionnadjuvantnadditamentnsummativeadjsupplementn
      Words related to additive
      nonadditiveadjadditivelyadvnonadditivitynadditivitynaddititiousadjaddableadjphytogenicadjsubtractiveadjmultiplicativeadjadmixturenantiknocknpreservativeadjmixtionnthickenernaddendnlinearadjexcipientadjemulsifiernplasticizerningredientnsuperadditionnpremixnsuperadditionalbiocidecompoundingncineringlycolnnigrosinamitroleaddedv

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