The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.
activist
activist
adj
Behaving as an activist.
noun
One who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.
One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.
adustive
aestival
aestival
adj
Alternative spelling of estival
aktivist
akvavits
akvavits
noun
plural of akvavit
alevitsa
aquavits
aquavits
noun
plural of aquavit
arrivist
atavisms
atavisms
noun
plural of atavism
atavists
atavists
noun
plural of atavist
aviarist
aviarist
noun
A person who keeps an aviary
aviators
aviators
noun
aviator sunglasses
plural of aviator
bevomits
bevomits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bevomit
boastive
boastive
adj
(archaic) presumptuous
bonavist
bovarist
captives
captives
noun
plural of captive
cavities
cavities
noun
plural of cavity
cessavit
cessavit
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
cheviots
cheviots
noun
plural of cheviot
cistvaen
cistvaen
noun
Alternative form of kistvaen
civilest
civilest
adj
superlative form of civil: most civil
civilist
civilist
noun
(obsolete) A statesman, politician, or student of the political sciences.
(obsolete) One who studies or works with the civil law.
(obsolete, theology) One who rejects the moral authority of Christ but who nevertheless adheres to a moral code in line with “civil righteousness” and “good citizenship”.
convicts
convicts
noun
plural of convict
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convict
covetise
covetise
noun
(obsolete) Covetousness; excessive desire for something, especially for acquiring wealth.
curviest
curviest
adj
superlative form of curvy: most curvy
davidist
daviston
desitive
desitive
adj
(obsolete) Final or conclusive.
noun
(obsolete, logic) An argument that leads to a conclusion.
deviants
deviants
noun
plural of deviant
deviates
deviates
noun
plural of deviate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deviate
distaves
distaves
noun
(obsolete) plural of distaff
divested
divested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of divest
divinest
divinest
adj
superlative form of divine: most divine
egestive
egestive
adj
Of or pertaining to egestion.
eightvos
elatives
elatives
noun
plural of elative
estivage
estivate
estivate
verb
(intransitive) To go into stasis or torpor in the summer months.
evansite
evansite
noun
(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
evictees
evictees
noun
plural of evictee
evictors
evictors
noun
plural of evictor
evillest
evillest
adj
superlative form of evil: most evil
evinston
fauvists
fauvists
noun
plural of fauvist
favosite
favosite
adj
(zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.
festival
festival
adj
Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
gravitas
gravitas
noun
(figuratively) Substance, weight.
Seriousness in bearing or manner; dignity.
guestive
havartis
heaviest
heaviest
adj
superlative form of heavy: most heavy
helvtius
invested
invested
verb
simple past tense and past participle of invest
investor
investor
noun
A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
invitees
invitees
noun
plural of invitee
inviters
inviters
noun
plural of inviter
izvestia
jactivus
jehovist
jehovist
Proper noun
The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist.
Noun
One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; opposed to adonist.
A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Anyone who uses the word "Jehovah" as the name of God in worship.
kistvaen
kistvaen
noun
(archaeology) A stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones.
kostival
latvians
leaviest
leventis
levities
levities
noun
plural of levity
levitism
maestive
miscovet
misevent
misevent
noun
A bad or unfortunate event.
mitsvahs
mitsvahs
noun
plural of mitsvah
mitsvoth
mitzvahs
naivetes
naivetes
noun
plural of naivete
nativism
nativism
noun
(chiefly US) A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
(linguistics) A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.
(philosophy) The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
nativist
nativist
adj
Related to nativism.
noun
An advocate of nativism.
navalist
navalist
noun
An advocate of the navy or of naval power.
nerviest
nerviest
adj
superlative form of nervy: most nervy
nivosity
novelist
novelist
noun
(obsolete) An innovator; one who introduces something new; one who favours novelty.
An author of novels.
obviates
obviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obviate
octavius
octavius
noun
(historical) The pint (eighth of a gallon) in the apothecaries' system.
oilstove
oilstove
noun
A stove or heater that burns kerosene.
oisivity
oisivity
noun
(obsolete, rare) indolence; idleness
outgives
outgives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgive
outlives
outlives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlive
ovaritis
ovaritis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the ovary
ovations
ovations
noun
plural of ovation
verb
(informal, rare) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ovation
overstir
overstir
verb
(transitive) To stir too much.
overtips
overtips
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overtip
oviducts
oviducts
noun
plural of oviduct
oviposit
oviposit
verb
(intransitive, formal) To lay eggs
oviscapt
paviotso
positive
positive
adj
(New Age jargon) Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
(chemistry) basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
(chemistry) electropositive
(chiefly philosophy) Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
(grammar) Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.
(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
(law) Formally laid down.
(mathematics) Of number, greater than zero.
(photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
(physics) Having more protons than electrons.
(slang) HIV positive.
Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.
Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
Fully assured in opinion.
Not negative or neutral.
Optimistic.
Overconfident, dogmatic.
Stated definitively and without qualification.
Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
noun
(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
(photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
A favourable point or characteristic.
A positive result of a test.
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
postdive
postdive
adj
After a dive.
postvide
previsit
previsit
adj
Prior to a visit.
noun
A prior visit.
verb
To visit beforehand.
privates
privates
noun
(informal) The genitalia; those body parts that are not normally displayed; private parts.
plural of private
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of private
priviest
priviest
adj
superlative form of privy: most privy
reinvest
reinvest
verb
To invest again, give another investment.
restrive
restrive
verb
(intransitive) To strive anew.
reverist
reverist
noun
One who has reveries; a dreamer.
revisits
revisits
noun
plural of revisit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revisit
revuists
revuists
noun
plural of revuist
riveters
riveters
noun
plural of riveter
rivulets
rivulets
noun
plural of rivulet
rotavist
salivant
salivant
adj
Producing salivation.
noun
A drug or agent that induces salivation.
salivate
salivate
verb
(intransitive) To produce saliva.
(intransitive) To show eager anticipation at the expectation of something.