Definition of active

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Active (a.) Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal..

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Coactive :: Coactive (a.) Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
Vegetous :: Vegetous (a.) Vigorous; lively; active; vegete.
Unactiveness :: Unactiveness (n.) Inactivity.
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..
Peart :: Peart (a.) Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day..
Cytoblast :: Cytoblast (n.) The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place..
Retractive :: Retractive (a.) Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Lust :: Lust (n.) Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.
Kuklux :: Kuklux (n.) The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called also Kuklux Klan..
Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man
Contractive :: Contractive (a.) Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting.
Elegancy :: Elegancy (n.) That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive.
Mortification :: Mortification (n.) Destruction of active qualities; neutralization.
Enactive :: Enactive (a.) Having power to enact or establish as a law.
Petrifactive :: Petrifactive (a.) Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying.
Satisfactive :: Satisfactive (a.) Satisfactory.
Vigor :: Vigor (n.) Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy..
Rising :: Rising (a.) Growing; advancing to adult years and to the state of active life; as, the rising generation..
Resort :: Resort (n.) Active power or movement; spring.
Deutoplasm :: Deutoplasm (n.) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk..
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