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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
careful, conservational, conservationist, conservative, conservatory, conserving, covering, custodial, defending, defensive, fostering, guardian, guarding, heedful, immunizing, jealous, keeping, parental, possessive, preservative, preservatory, preserving, preventative, preventive, prophylactic, protecting, safeguarding, saving, screening, self-defensive, self-preservative, self-protective, sheltering, shielding, tutelary, vigilant, watchful
Dictionary Results for protective:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
protective
    adj 1: intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a
           protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and
           equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken
           sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective
           coloring"; "protective tariffs" [ant: unprotective]
    2: showing care; "a protective mother"
    3: (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful;
       "protective of his reputation"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Protective \Pro*tect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. protectif.]
   Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. " The favor of a
   protective Providence." --Feltham.
   [1913 Webster]

   Protective coloring (Zool.), coloring which serves for the
      concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf.
      Mimicry. --Wallace.

   Protective tariff (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to
      secure protection (see Protection, 4.), as distinguished
      from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See Tariff, and
      Protection, 4.
      [1913 Webster]

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