(electricity, electrical engineering, dated) A unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10⁻⁸ volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
active
active
adj
(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.
adviso
adviso
noun
(obsolete) An advice boat or dispatch boat.
(obsolete) An advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
advisy
advoke
advoke
verb
To summon or call (to a higher tribunal).
agaves
agaves
noun
plural of agave
aivers
ajivas
ajivas
noun
plural of ajiva
akhziv
alcova
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
allvar
alvada
alvaro
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.
alvina
alvine
alvine
adj
Of or pertaining to the belly or intestines.
alvino
alvira
alviso
alviss
alvita
alvite
alvite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate of hafnium, thorium and zirconium
alvito
alvord
ameiva
ameiva
noun
Any of the genus Ameiva of jungle-runners.
amieva
amoved
amoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amove
analav
andevo
andvar
anteva
anvers
anvils
anvils
noun
plural of anvil
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anvil
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.
arvada
arvell
arvida
arvind
arzava
aseyev
asvins
asweve
asweve
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To stupefy.
(obsolete, poetic) To put to sleep.
atavic
atavic
adj
ancestral, atavistic
atavus
atveen
avails
avails
noun
plural of avail
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avail
avalon
avance
avania
avania
noun
(historical) A tax or fee imposed on foreigners under the Ottoman Empire, especially one considered to be irregular or extortionate.
avanti
avanyu
avaram
avaram
noun
A leguminous shrub with smooth cinnamon brown bark, Senna auriculata.
avaria
avatar
avatar
noun
(Hinduism) An incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.
(computing, video games) A simple and static or nearly static digital representation of a person or being in the form of a small digital object, used online as a simulacrum or token of a person or that person's online alter ego, in any digital environment but especially in non-virtual, non-metaversal ones.
(computing, video games, metaverse) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.
The embodiment of an idea or concept; an instantiation, especially a personification or incarnation.
avaunt
avaunt
intj
(archaic) Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
noun
(obsolete) A vaunt; a boast.
verb
(archaic) To vaunt; to boast.
(obsolete) To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
(obsolete) To depart; to move away.
avawam
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.
avians
avians
noun
plural of avian
aviary
aviary
noun
A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse.
aviate
aviate
verb
To operate an aircraft.
avichi
avidin
avidin
noun
(biology) A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs.
avidly
avidly
adv
In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly.
avidya
avidya
noun
(Buddhism, Hinduism) Ignorance or delusion.
avijja
avikom
avilla
avions
avisco
avisos
avisos
noun
plural of aviso
avital
avital
adj
Relating to a grandfather or ancestor.
avitic
avivah
avives
avlona
avocat
avocat
noun
An advocate, a lawyer
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.
avoids
avoids
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avoid
avonne
avoset
avoset
noun
Alternative form of avocet
avouch
avouch
noun
(obsolete) evidence; declaration
verb
To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
To declare freely and openly; to assert.
avoure
avowal
avowal
noun
An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge.
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
avowry
avowry
noun
(ecclesiastical) Advowson, the right to appoint to a benefice or office.
(historical) A form of medieval patronage in which colonial tenants, often from criminal backgrounds, were guaranteed protection by an English lord in exchange for the payment of a tax.
(law) The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
(obsolete) A protector, especially a patron saint.
(obsolete) Avowal (open affirmation or admission).
avoyer
avoyer
noun
(obsolete or historical) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
avruch
avshar
avulse
avulse
verb
(medicine) To tear off forcibly.
bacova
baniva
barvel
batavi
bavary
bavian
bavian
noun
(obsolete) A baboon.
bavius
bavoso
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.
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.
belvia
bevash
bhavan
bivane
bivane
noun
A vane that is doubly jointed so as to indicate both horizontal and vertical components of a fluid's flow
bivial
bivial
adj
Of or relating to the bivium.
blaver
bovard
bovate
bovate
noun
(historical) Synonym of oxgang
bovina
brasov
bravar
bravas
bravas
noun
plural of brava
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
bravin
bravos
bravos
noun
plural of bravo
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bravo