These are the meanings of the letters AFECTIVO when you unscramble them.
- Active (a.)
Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
- Active (a.)
Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- Active (a.)
Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Active (a.)
Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
- Active (a.)
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
- 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.
- Active (a.)
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
- Active (a.)
Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
- Active (a.)
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
- Active (a.)
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
- Active (a.)
Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
- Avocet (n.)
Alt. of Avoset
- Octave (a.)
Consisting of eight; eight.
- Octave (n.)
A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
- Octave (n.)
The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.
- Octave (n.)
The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.
- Octave (n.)
The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
- Octave (n.)
The whole diatonic scale itself.