effective
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～ exerting force or influence; "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)"
effective
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～ able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution"
effective
— Adjective
– English
～ producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law"
effective
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～ works well as a means or remedy; "an effective reprimand"; "a lotion that is effective in cases of prickly heat"
effective
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～ existing in fact; not theoretical; real; "a decline in the effective demand"; "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done"
effectual
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～ having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property"
effectual
— Adjective
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～ producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law"
effeminate
— Adjective
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～ having unsuitable feminine qualities
efferent
— Adjective
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～ of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; "efferent nerves and impulses"
effervescent
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～ used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water"
effervescent
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～ (of a liquid) giving off bubbles
effervescent
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～ marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
effervescing
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～ emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer"
effete
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～ deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective; "fundamentalism has flowered because it has concluded that liberalism is effete, ineffectual and impoverished"
effete
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～ affected, overrefined, and effeminate; "the young man spoke in effete, accented English"
efficacious
— Adjective
– English
～ producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law"
efficacious
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～ marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect; "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley; "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"
efficient
— Adjective
– English
～ able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution"
efficient
— Adjective
– English
～ being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas"
efflorescent
— Adjective
– English
～ bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees"