avancé (fast)
amphibious
Asian
asked
Australian
arterial
alto
auxiliary
adjusted
asymmetric
accepted
astragal
anterior
American
arctic
approved
atomic
Absolute
absent
apprentice
absorbance; absorbancy
accusative case
amphibian
attack
August
author
automobile
application
Amos, the book of
adjutant
accumulator
acre; acres
Angstrom
ana; anna
April
anode
answer
artificer
air branch
atomic weight
associate; association
academy; academician
age; aged
airman
assault, as on a badge
air
administration
admiral
alfa
amateur
aqua
annus (a year)
Artillery
amplitude
absolute temperature
address
adult
acid
aircraft; airplane
article
Atlantic
arctic
army
accommodation
America; Americanization
ambassador
alto
Americanize
admit
ante (before)
at
after
annō (in the year)
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
Brisk; lively.
Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
(of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
Requiring or implying action or exertion
Not passive.
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
Implying or producing rapid action.
Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).