(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.
advect
advect
verb
(transitive) To transport (something) by advection.
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.
(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
A shady retreat.
avance
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.
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
chivey
chivey
verb
Archaic form of chivvy.
civets
civets
noun
plural of civet
civies
civies
noun
Alternative spelling of civvies
plural of civie
civile
civite
clavae
clavel
claver
claver
noun
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter.
Obsolete form of clover.
verb
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To gossip or chit-chat.
claves
claves
noun
(music) A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.
plural of clavis
cleave
cleave
noun
(technology) Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
verb
(intransitive) To split.
(intransitive, mineralogy) Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
(intransitive, rare) Followed by to or unto: to adhere, cling, or stick fast to something.
(transitive) To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
(transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
(transitive, chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
(transitive, mineralogy) To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
clever
clever
adj
(UK, colloquial) Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.
(US, dated) Good-natured; obliging.
(anthropology, of an Aboriginal Australian) Possessing magical abilities.
(obsolete) Fit; suitable; having propriety.
(obsolete) Well-shaped; handsome.
(of objects or actions) Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.
Mentally quick and resourceful.
Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept.
Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
Skilled at achieving what one wants, especially via unusual methods.
Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.
cleves
cleves
noun
plural of cleve
clevey
clevie
clevis
clevis
noun
A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.
cliver
cliver
adj
(obsolete or dialectal) clever
cloven
cloven
adj
Split, sundered, or divided.
verb
past participle of cleave
clover
clover
noun
(cartomancy) The second Lenormand card, representing hope, optimism and short-term luck.
A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.
cloves
cloves
noun
plural of clove
coeval
coeval
adj
Of the same age; contemporary.
noun
Somebody of the same age.
Something of the same era.
colove
colver
convex
convex
adj
(functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph that is a convex set.
(geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
(mathematics, not comparable, of a set in Euclidean space) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.
Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
noun
(gambling) A playing card made convex for use in cheating.
(gambling) A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.
Any convex body or surface.
convey
convey
verb
(dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.
(law) To transfer legal rights (to).
(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
(obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
To move (something) from one place to another.
corved
corvee
corvee
noun
Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes.
Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
corven
corver
corver
noun
(mining, historical) A person who makes corves, or coal baskets.
corves
corves
noun
plural of corf
corvet
corvet
noun
(nautical) Archaic form of corvette.
Archaic form of curvet.
covell
covelo
covena
covens
covens
noun
plural of coven
covent
covent
noun
(obsolete) Convent.
covers
covers
noun
(cricket) The area of the field near cover and extra cover.
(cricket) The tarpaulins or other devices used to cover the wicket during rain, in order to prevent it getting wet.
(plural only) The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc.
plural of cover
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cover
(ornithology) A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.
A covering.
A disguise.
Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
covets
covets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of covet
coveys
coveys
noun
plural of covey
covine
covite
craved
craved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crave
craven
craven
adj
Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.
noun
A coward.
verb
To make craven.
craver
craver
noun
Someone who craves something.
craves
craves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crave
crevet
crevet
noun
A cruet (small container for holding a condiment, or for holding water or wine for the Eucharist).
crevis
crevis
noun
(UK, dialect) The crayfish.
cruive
cruive
noun
(Scotland) A hovel.
(Scotland) A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon.
cuervo
culver
culver
noun
(now UK, south and east dialect or poetic) A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon.
curved
curved
adj
Having a curve or curves.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curve
curver
curves
curves
noun
plural of curve
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curve
curvet
curvet
noun
A particular leap in which a horse raises both forelegs at once, equally advanced, and, as the forelegs are falling, raises the hind legs, so that all the legs are in the air at once.
A prank; a frolic.
verb
(figuratively) (of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.
(figuratively) (of an object) To jump, skip, shake.
(intransitive) Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
(of a bird) To fly or swim with darting movements.
(transitive) To cause to leap about, dart or jump.
curvey
curvle
cuvage
cuvier
cuvier
noun
(oenology) Fermenting room of a winery
cuvies
device
device
noun
(Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
(archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
(computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
(law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
(obsolete) A spectacle or show.
(obsolete) Opinion; decision.
(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
ecevit
encave
encave
verb
(transitive) To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess.
evacue
evicke
evicts
evicts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evict
evince
evince
verb
(transitive) To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
excave
excave
verb
(obsolete) To excavate.
incave
incave
verb
(intransitive) To cave inward.
invect
invect
verb
(transitive) To import or introduce.
(transitive) To subject to invective; to censure or rail against.
kvetch
kvetch
noun
A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.
An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine.
verb
To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
mcevoy
nocive
nocive
adj
(archaic) Hurtful, injurious.
novice
novice
noun
(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation.
A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
octave
octave
adj
(obsolete) Consisting of eight; eight in number.
noun
(Christianity) An eight-day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
(Christianity) The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
(astrology) The subjective vibration of a planet.
(fencing) The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level.
(mathematics, obsolete) An octonion.
(music) A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave)
(music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
(music) The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
(poetry) A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.
(signal processing) Any of a number of coherent-noise functions of differing frequency that are added together to form Perlin noise.
verb
Alternative form of octavate
pelvic
pelvic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis
noun
a pelvic examination
pelvic fin
revloc
scavel
scever
scevor
scovel
scovel
noun
(dialect) A mop for sweeping ovens.
screve
scrive
scrive
verb
To describe; to draw a line with a pointed tool.
secnav
suevic
suevic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Suevi or Suebi, an ancient group of Germanic peoples.
uncave
vacate
vacate
verb
(law) To have a court judgement set aside; to annul.
To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.
To leave an office or position.
To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.
vachel
varech
varech
noun
Alternative form of varec
vareck
vaunce
vaunce
verb
(obsolete) To advance.
vcechy
vceskd
vectis
vector
vector
noun
(aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
(computer graphics, attributive) A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
(computing, operating systems) A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.
(epidemiology) A carrier of a disease-causing agent.
(mathematics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
(mathematics) An ordered tuple representing such.
(mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
(molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.
(programming) A one-dimensional array.
(psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
(sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
The way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text. The trail that a book cover can encourage the eyes to follow from certain objects to others.
verb
(computing) To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.
To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.
vedaic
vehmic
vehmic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the a Westphalian "proto-vigilante" tribunal system during the Middle Ages.
velcro
velcro
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Velcro
velick
veloce
veloce
adv
(music) (To be played) with great rapidity.
venice
venice
Proper noun
A maritime city and associated province in the Veneto, Italy.
The historical maritime empire of Venice.
A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
vesica
vesica
noun
(anatomy) A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
(art) The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting.