| ACTIVE | • active adj. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed… • active adj. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble. • active adj. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force. |
| ADVECT | • advect v. (Transitive) To transport (something) by advection. • ADVECT v. to transport by the flow of a fluid. |
| ATAVIC | • atavic adj. Ancestral, atavistic. • ATAVIC adj. pertaining to a remote ancestor. |
| AVOCET | • avocet n. Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with… • AVOCET n. a wading bird with a long bill bent upwards towards the tip, also AVOSET. |
| CAVEAT | • caveat n. A warning. • caveat n. A qualification or exemption. • caveat n. (Law) A formal objection. |
| CAVITY | • cavity n. A hole or hollow depression in a solid object. • cavity n. (Dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the… • CAVITY n. an unfilled space within a mass. |
| CAVORT | • cavort v. (Originally intransitive, of horses) To prance, frolic, gambol. • cavort v. (Intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously. • cavort v. (Informal) To engage in extravagant pursuits, especially of a sexual nature. |
| CRAVAT | • cravat n. A wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in front. • cravat n. (Historical) A decorative fabric band or scarf worn around the neck by women. • cravat n. (Surgery) A bandage resembling a cravat, particularly a triangular bandage folded into a strip. |
| OCTAVE | • octave n. (Music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a… • octave n. (Music) The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch. • octave n. (Music) A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of… |
| OCTAVO | • octavo n. (Paper, printing) A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11… • octavo n. (Printing) A book of octavo pages. • OCTAVO n. (Latin) a page size, also EIGHTVO. |
| VACANT | • vacant adj. Not occupied; empty. • vacant adj. Showing no intelligence or interest. • VACANT adj. empty. |
| VACATE | • vacate v. To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction. • vacate v. To leave an office or position. • vacate v. (Law) To have a court judgement set aside; to annul. |
| VIATIC | • viatic adj. Of or pertaining to traveling or a journey. • VIATIC adj. pertaining to travelling, also VIATICAL. |