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Attractive :: Attractive (a.) Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies..

Slatterpouch :: Slatterpouch (n.) A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise..

Quicken :: Quicken (a.) To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed..

Wimble :: Wimble (a.) Active; nimble.

Sedentary :: Sedentary (a.) Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil..

Active :: Active (a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.

Prolific :: Prolific (a.) Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil..

Valeric :: Valeric (a.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese..

Extractive :: Extractive (n.) Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue..

Nicotine :: Nicotine (n.) An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous..

Stiacciato :: Sthenic (a.) Strong; active; -- said especially of morbid states attended with excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, and characterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervous system; as, a sthenic fever..

Subtrahend :: Subtractive (a.) Having the negative sign, or sign minus..

Dioptre :: Dioptre (n.) A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whose principal focal distance is one meter.

Energetical :: Energetical (a.) Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active.

Vigor :: Vigor (n.) Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy..

Antihypochondriac :: Antihypochondriac (a.) Counteractive of hypochondria.

Putredinous :: Putredinous (a.) Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten..

Spirit :: Spirit (n.) Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities..

Exert :: Exert (v. t.) To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice..

Kakapo :: Kakapo (n.) A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at night. It resembles an owl in its colors and general appearance. It has large wings, but can fly only a short distance. Called also owl parrot, night parrot, and night kaka..

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