(computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
(electronics) Not passive.
(gay sexual slang) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
(specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
Brisk; lively.
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
Implying or producing rapid action.
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
Requiring or implying action or exertion
noun
(electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
admove
admove
verb
(obsolete) To move or conduct to or toward.
advect
advect
verb
(transitive) To transport (something) by advection.
advena
advene
advene
verb
(rare) To accede or to come to; to be superadded to, to be added to something or become a part of it, though inessential.
advent
advent
noun
arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears
adverb
adverb
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
(modifying a verb)
(programming) In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
verb
(rare) To make into or become an adverb.
advert
advert
noun
(Britain, informal) An advertisement, an ad.
verb
(intransitive) To call attention, refer (to).
(intransitive) To take notice, to pay attention (to).
(obsolete, transitive) To turn attention to, to take notice of (something).
advice
advice
noun
(archaic, commonly in plural) Information or news given; intelligence
(countable) In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.
(countable, law) A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions
(countable, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.
(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
(uncountable) In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange
(uncountable, law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
(uncountable, law) Counseling to perform a specific legal act.
(Scotland, law) To deliver judgment after a case has been reserved for further consideration.
(intransitive) To consider, to deliberate.
(obsolete, intransitive) To consult (with).
(obsolete, transitive) To look at, watch; to see.
(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
(transitive) To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated.
(transitive) To recommend; to offer as advice.
advoke
advoke
verb
To summon or call (to a higher tribunal).
agaves
agaves
noun
plural of agave
aivers
alcove
alcove
noun
(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
A shady retreat.
alevin
alevin
noun
Newly hatched fish, especially salmon.
alives
alleve
alvera
alveta
alveus
alveus
noun
(construction, law) The bed or channel of a river, specifically that followed by the river flowing in its natural or ordinary course.
(neuroanatomy) A thin layer of medullary nerve fibers on the ventricular surface of the hippocampus.
alvine
alvine
adj
Of or pertaining to the belly or intestines.
alvite
alvite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate of hafnium, thorium and zirconium
ameiva
ameiva
noun
Any of the genus Ameiva of jungle-runners.
amieva
amoved
amoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amove
andevo
anteva
anvers
argive
arrive
arrive
verb
(intransitive) To come; said of time.
(intransitive) To happen or occur.
(intransitive) To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.
(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.
(intransitive, obsolete) To bring to shore.
(transitive, archaic) To reach; to come to.
arvell
aseyev
asweve
asweve
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To stupefy.
(obsolete, poetic) To put to sleep.
atveen
avance
aveiro
avelin
avella
aveloz
aveloz
noun
The African tree Euphorbia tirucalli.
avenal
avenel
avener
avener
noun
(historical) An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses.
avenge
avenge
noun
(archaic) An act of vengeance; a revenge.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take vengeance.
(reflexive) To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
(transitive, archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
avenin
avenin
noun
(biochemistry) A prolamine that is the minor protein of oats.
avenue
avenue
noun
A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
A method or means by which something may be accomplished.
A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit.
The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.
averah
averia
averil
averin
averir
averno
averse
averse
adj
(heraldry) Turned so as to show the back, as of a right hand.
(obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to or from).
Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
Turned away or backward.
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To turn away.
averts
averts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avert
averyl
avesta
avesta
Proper noun
The sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language.
Adjective
Avestan language.
aviate
aviate
verb
To operate an aircraft.
avives
avocet
avocet
noun
Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.
avonne
avoset
avoset
noun
Alternative form of avocet
avoure
avowed
avowed
adj
asserted under oath, or vow
openly acknowledged
positively stated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avow
avower
avower
noun
A person who avows
avoyer
avoyer
noun
(obsolete or historical) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
avulse
avulse
verb
(medicine) To tear off forcibly.
barvel
beaver
beaver
noun
(Canada, US) Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value.
(US, offensive) A woman, especially one who is sexually attractive.
(chiefly Canada, US) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.
(countable) A beard or a bearded person.
(countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.
(countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet.
(countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
(uncountable, historical) A game, in which points are scored by spotting beards.
A brown colour, like that of a beaver.
Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”).
Alternative spelling of bevor (“part of a helmet”).
Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woollen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
Butter.
The fur of the beaver.
verb
(backgammon) After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
(logging, slang) To cut a continuous ring around a tree that one is felling.
To form a felt-like texture, similar to the way beaver fur is used for felt-making.
To spot a beard in a game of beaver.
To work hard.
beeves
beeves
noun
(archaic or humorous) plural of beef: cows, bulls, or steers.
behave
behave
verb
(intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way.
(intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
(obsolete, transitive) To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
(reflexive) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.
behove
behove
verb
(intransitive, formal) To be needful, meet or becoming.
(transitive, formal) To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
(transitive, formal) To be necessary for (someone).
(transitive, formal) To befit, to suit.
beleve
belive
belive
adv
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Soon, presently, before long; by and by; anon
(obsolete outside Scotland) Quickly, forthwith.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete outside dialects) To remain, stay.
belove
belove
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To please.
(transitive, stative, obsolete) To be pleased with; like.
(transitive, stative, obsolete) To love.
simple past tense of belive
belovo
belvia
belvue
bervie
bevash
beveil
beveil
verb
(transitive) To cover or furnish with a veil.
bevels
bevels
noun
plural of bevel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bevel
bevers
bevers
noun
plural of bever
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bever
beveto
bevier
bevies
bevies
noun
plural of bevy
bevors
bevors
noun
plural of bevor
bileve
bivane
bivane
noun
A vane that is doubly jointed so as to indicate both horizontal and vertical components of a fluid's flow
biverb
blaver
bovate
bovate
noun
(historical) Synonym of oxgang
bovine
bovine
adj
(not comparable) Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison.
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.
Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
noun
An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.
bovver
bovver
noun
(Britain, slang) Violence, especially that associated with youth gangs.
Pronunciation spelling of bother.
braved
braved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brave
braver
braver
adj
comparative form of brave: more brave
noun
One who braves something.
braves
braves
noun
plural of brave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brave
breves
breves
noun
plural of breve
brevet
brevet
noun
(by extension) An authoritative grant or mark of recognition; a seal of approval.
A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay.
A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity, as in France.
An organized, long-distance bicycle ride — not a race, but a test of endurance — which follows a designated but unmarked route passing through check points.
verb
(military) To promote by brevet.
brevis
brevit
brieve
brieve
noun
Alternative form of breve used in Scots law
calved
calved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calve
calver
calver
adj
Of salmon: freshly caught.
noun
A cow that produces young.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered.
(obsolete, transitive) To cut into slices and pickle.
calves
calves
noun
plural of calf
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calve
caneva
carved
carved
adj
Of an object, made by carving.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carve
carvel
carvel
noun
(nautical, historical) Synonym of caravel (“a light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship”)
The sea blubber (Cyanea capillata); (obsolete) A jellyfish (Medusozoa).
carven
carven
adj
Made by carving, especially when intricately or artistically done.
verb
(archaic) past participle of carve.
carver
carver
noun
(dated) A butcher.
(dated) A carving knife.
(skiing) A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.
An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
carves
carves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carve
carvey
casave
cavate
cavate
noun
(archaeology) Cliff-side dwelling made in the living rock by humans.
caveae
caveat
caveat
noun
(law) A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
(law) A formal objection.
(law) A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.
A qualification or exemption.
A warning.
verb
(transitive, law) To formally object to something.
(transitive, law, dated) To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
(transitive, law, specifically) To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
(transitive, obsolete) To warn or caution against some event.
(transitive, regarded by some as nonstandard) To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
cavell
cavern
cavern
noun
A large cave.
A large, dark place or space.
An underground chamber.
verb
(transitive) To form a cavern or deep depression in.
(transitive) To put into a cavern.
cavers
cavers
noun
plural of caver
cavies
cavies
noun
plural of cavie
plural of cavy
cavite
ceevah
ceevee
cervid
cervid
noun
(zoology) Any animal (such as the deer) of the family Cervidae
cervin
cervix
cervix
noun
(anatomy) The neck
The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb.
cervus
cevdet
cevian
cevian
noun
(geometry) A line from the vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side
cevine
chauve
chavel
chavel
noun
(obsolete) The jaw, especially of an animal.
verb
(transitive, UK, dialectal) To chew.
chaver
chaver
noun
(Jewish) A friend or comrade; a member of a chevra.
chaves
chavey
chavez
chevak
cheval
cheval
noun
(obsolete) Only in compounds : a horse; hence, a support or frame.
chevee
cheven
cheven
noun
(archaic, dialectal) A river fish, the chub.
verb
To do the work of a chevener, embroidering hosiery.
cheves
chevet
chevet
noun
(architecture) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.
chevin
chevin
Noun
A chub
chevon
chevon
noun
The meat of a goat.
chevre
chevre
noun
Alternative spelling of chèvre
chevvy
chiave
chieve
chiver
chives
chives
noun
plural of chive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chive