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Idle :: Idle (superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours..

Operative :: Operative (a.) Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive..

Enterprising :: Enterprising (a.) Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm..

Bloom :: Bloom (n.) The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow..

Contemplative :: Contemplative (n.) A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity..

Tractive :: Tractive (a.) Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power..

Saltcat :: Saltcat (n.) A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons..

Do-nothing :: Do-nothing (a.) Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy..

Laving :: Laving (v. i.) Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle..

Active :: Active (a.) In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano..

Stonechat :: Stonechat (n.) A small, active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith..

Adjuvant :: Adjuvant (n.) A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient.

Extract :: Extract (n.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle.

Efficient :: Efficient (n.) Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power..

Wrest :: Wrest (n.) Active or moving power.

Putrefactive :: Putrefactive (a.) Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction..

Remedy :: Remedy (n.) That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to..

Hypermetropy :: Hypermetropy (n.) A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia..

Gild :: Gild (v. t.) To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.

Dead :: Dead (a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight..

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