| deaden |
to make less active or lively. [1/3 definitions] |
| default |
in computing, selected automatically by a program or device in the absence of an active selection by the user. [1/14 definitions] |
| demobilize |
to disband (a military unit) or remove (ships or the like) from active status. [1/2 definitions] |
| depress |
to cause to be less forceful or active; weaken. [1/4 definitions] |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. (Cf. nocturnal.) [1/2 definitions] |
| double-blind |
of or designating a method of testing in which both the experimenter and the subjects are ignorant of which subjects are receiving the active treatment. |
| driving |
aggressively forward-moving; highly active; exciting. [1/2 definitions] |
| embedded |
of journalists, stationed and traveling with a designated active military unit for the purpose of wartime reporting. |
| energetic |
full of or displaying energy; active; vigorous. [1/2 definitions] |
| energize |
to inspire, make active, or infuse with energy. [1/3 definitions] |
| extinct |
no longer alive or active, as a volcano or fire. [1/3 definitions] |
| force |
active power, energy, or physical strength. [1/14 definitions] |
| full of beans |
(informal) vigorous or energetic; active. [1/2 definitions] |
| Golgi body |
an organelle consisting of a series of flattened saccules, vesicles, and vacuoles that is active in the modification and transport of proteins. |
| grid |
in electrical storage cells or batteries, a perforated or corrugated conducting plate supporting the active material. [1/5 definitions] |
| hands-on |
of or pertaining to active participation, as distinguished from mere observation or study. |
| hyperactive |
abnormally active or overstimulated. |
| idle |
not active or in use; not working or scheduled to work; unemployed; unoccupied. [1/10 definitions] |
| imaginative |
having or showing an active or creative imagination. [1/3 definitions] |
| in effect |
in active operation. [1/2 definitions] |
| in mothballs |
out of active use; in long-term storage. |