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
avanters
aversant
aversant
adj
(heraldry) Turned to show the back: said of a right hand.
avestruz
aviarist
aviarist
noun
A person who keeps an aviary
aviators
aviators
noun
aviator sunglasses
plural of aviator
batsheva
bestarve
boastive
boastive
adj
(archaic) presumptuous
bonavist
bovarist
bowstave
bowstave
noun
The stave of a bow, to which the string is attached.
bratstva
bratstva
noun
plural of bratstvo
bratstvo
bratstvo
noun
(historical) A union of Eastern Orthodox citizens or lay brothers affiliated with individual churches in cities throughout the Ruthenian part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
captives
captives
noun
plural of captive
casavant
cavettos
cavities
cavities
noun
plural of cavity
centavos
centavos
noun
plural of centavo
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.
cistvaen
cistvaen
noun
Alternative form of kistvaen
davidist
daviston
devaster
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
elatives
elatives
noun
plural of elative
elevates
elevates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elevate
elvaston
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.
evanston
evanston
Proper noun
a suburb of South Australia.
a neighbourhood in Alberta, Canada.
a small community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
a neighbourhood in Ohio, USA.
a city in Illinois, USA.
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
a city in Wyoming, USA
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.
gavottes
gavottes
noun
plural of gavotte
gravitas
gravitas
noun
(figuratively) Substance, weight.
Seriousness in bearing or manner; dignity.
gustavus
gustavus
Proper noun
name, a Latinized form of Gustav.
harvests
harvests
noun
plural of harvest
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harvest
havartis
heaviest
heaviest
adj
superlative form of heavy: most heavy
heavyset
heavyset
adj
(of a person) Having a large, solid, imposing bodily appearance; overweight.
hrvatska
izvestia
jactivus
juventas
kalvesta
kistvaen
kistvaen
noun
(archaeology) A stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones.
kostival
latvians
leaviest
levators
levators
noun
plural of levator
maestive
mitsvahs
mitsvahs
noun
plural of mitsvah
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.
navasota
navettes
navettes
noun
plural of navette
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.
outraves
outraves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrave
outsavor
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
overacts
overacts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overact
overcast
overcast
adj
(figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
noun
(obsolete) An outcast.
A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon; cloudy.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.
(transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
(transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
(transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
(transitive, obsolete) To overthrow.
(transitive, obsolete) To transform.
overeats
overeats
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overeat
overfast
overfast
adj
Too quick.
adv
Too quickly.
overlast
overmast
overmast
verb
To furnish with a mast or masts overly tall or heavy.
overpast
overpast
adj
(archaic) ended; having passed over or passed by
oversalt
oversalt
verb
(cooking) To add too much salt to (something)
oversate
overstay
overstay
noun
The act of staying too long.
verb
(intransitive) To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time.
(transitive) To remain present beyond the limits of.
He overstayed his welcome.
overtask
overtask
verb
(transitive) To task too heavily; to give someone or something too many tasks; to overburden.
oviscapt
ovulates
ovulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ovulate
palstave
palstave
noun
A prehistoric bronze axe.
paviotso
postcava
postcava
noun
(anatomy) The inferior vena cava.
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
rotavist
rvulsant
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.
(pharmacology) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.
septleva
septleva
noun
(card games, obsolete) In the game of faro, the situation where a player gains seven times the number he or she laid down.
servants
servants
noun
plural of servant
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of servant
servotab
severate
shavuoth
shivaist
shivaite
slavelet
slavelet
noun
Synonym of slaveling
solvated
solvated
adj
(chemistry) Combined with molecules of a solvent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of solvate
solvates
solvates
noun
plural of solvate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of solvate
sovranty
sovranty
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of sovereignty
stanovoi
starvers
starvers
noun
plural of starver
starving
starving
noun
starvation
verb
present participle of starve
statives
statives
noun
plural of stative
statvolt
statvolt
noun
A unit of voltage and electrical potential in the CGS system, equivalent to 299.792458 volts.
stavable
stavrite
stayover
stayover
noun
A stopover.
stokavci
stovaine
stovaine
noun
Alternative form of stovain
stoveman
stravage
stravage
verb
(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) to wander aimlessly.
to gallivant.
stravaig
stravaig
verb
(Scotland) to stroll, meander
1946: Rebecca West, "Greenhouse with Cyclamens I," in A Train of Powder, p. 22.
1964: Mary Poppins (movie).
subovate
subovate
adj
Nearly ovate in shape.
suivante
suivante
noun
(now historical) A lady's maid.
svastika
svastika
noun
Alternative form of swastika
svetlana
sylvatic
sylvatic
adj
Of or pertaining to wild rather than domestic animals
Of or pertaining to woods or woodland organisms; sylvan
tavernas
tavernas
noun
plural of taverna
temesvar
tovarish
tovarish
noun
Comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR.
travails
travails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of travail
traverse
traverse
adj
Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
adv
athwart; across; crosswise
noun
(architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
(climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
(geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
(law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
(military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
(nautical) A traverse board.
(nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
(obsolete) A screen or partition.
(surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
Something that thwarts or obstructs.
verb
(carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
(climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
(engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
(intransitive, fencing) To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
(law) To deny formally.
(transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
(transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
(weaponry) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
travesty
travesty
noun
(colloquial, proscribed) An appalling version of something.
(derogatory) A grossly inferior imitation.
A parody or stylistic imitation.
An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation.
verb
(transitive) To make a travesty of; to parody.
travoise
tsarevna
tsarevna
noun
The daughter of a tsar.
unstaved
vagarist
vagarist
noun
One whose thought wanders in many directions.
vagrants
vagrants
noun
plural of vagrant
valdosta
valdosta
Proper noun
A city in Georgia, United States, population 43,724 (2000 U.S. Census)
valetism
valiants
valiants
noun
plural of valiant
valuates
valuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of valuate