(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
cevian
cevian
noun
(geometry) A line from the vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side
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.
chiave
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.
coeval
coeval
adj
Of the same age; contemporary.
noun
Somebody of the same age.
Something of the same era.
covena
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
cuvage
encave
encave
verb
(transitive) To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess.
evacue
excave
excave
verb
(obsolete) To excavate.
incave
incave
verb
(intransitive) To cave inward.
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
scavel
secnav
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.
vedaic
vesica
vesica
noun
(anatomy) A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
(art) The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting.
vivace
vivace
adj
(music) Played, or to be played, at a brisk, lively tempo.
adv
(music) At a brisk, lively tempo.
noun
(music) A piece to be played at a brisk, lively tempo.