lives 5 1 verb, noun v, n adjective • actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
• exerting force or containing energy
• possessing life
adjective satellite • highly reverberant
• charged with an explosive
• elastic; rebounds readily
• abounding with life and energy
• in current use or ready for use
• of current relevance
• charged or energized with electricity
• capable of erupting
verb • be an inhabitant of or reside in
• lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
• continue to live and avoid dying
• support oneself
• have life, be alive
• have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
• pursue a positive and satisfying existence
knives 6 1 noun n noun • edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
• a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
• any long thin projection that is transient
wives 5 1 noun n verb • take (someone) as a wife
• marry a woman, take a wife
• provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife
archives 8 2 noun n noun • collection of records especially about an institution
hives 5 1 noun n noun • an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
fives 5 1 noun n noun • a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
dives 5 1 verb v noun • a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
• a headlong plunge into water
• a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
verb • drop steeply
• plunge into water
• swim under water
arrives 7 2 verb v verb • reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
• succeed in a big way; get to the top
drives 6 1 verb v noun • the act of applying force to propel something
• a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
• a road leading up to a private house
• the trait of being highly motivated
• hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
• the act of driving a herd of animals overland
• a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
• a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
• (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
• a wide scenic road planted with trees
• (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
verb • operate or control a vehicle
• travel or be transported in a vehicle
• cause someone or something to move by driving
• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
• to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
• cause to move back by force or influence
• compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
• push, propel, or press with force
• cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
• strive and make an effort to reach a goal
• move into a desired direction of discourse
• have certain properties when driven
• work as a driver
• move by being propelled by a force
• urge forward
• proceed along in a vehicle
• strike with a driver, as in teeing off
• hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
• excavate horizontally
• cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
• (hunting) search for game
• (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
strives 7 1 verb v verb • attempt by employing effort
• to exert much effort or energy
survives 8 2 verb v verb • continue to live and avoid dying
• continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
• support oneself
• live longer than
chives 6 1 noun n noun • perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning
• cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning
deprives 8 2 verb v verb • take away possessions from someone
• keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
• take away
derives 7 2 verb v verb • reason by deduction; establish by deduction
• obtain
• obtain from a particular source
• develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
• come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
revives 7 2 verb v verb • cause to regain consciousness
• give new life or energy to
• be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength
• restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
• return to consciousness
rives 5 1 verb v verb • tear or be torn violently
• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
shives 6 1 verb, noun v, n noun • A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
• A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.
• A slice, especially of bread.
• A sheave.
• A beam or plank of split wood.
• A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.
• A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching
• A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.
• A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.
• (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.
thrives 7 1 verb v verb • grow vigorously
• make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
afterlives 10 3 noun, adjective n, adj alewives 8 3 noun n noun • A woman who keeps an alehouse.
• A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.
• Any of several species similar in appearance.
housewives 10 3 noun n noun • a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
midwives 8 2 noun n noun • a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
vives 5 1 verb v
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maldives 8 2 noun n noun • a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965
• a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean
jackknives 10 2 verb, noun v, n noun • A compact folding knife.
• The front-dive pike, in which the body folds and unfolds.
• A semi-trailer truck accident in which the vehicle mimics the closing of a jack-knife.
• A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
charles ives 11 3 noun n noun • United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)
giant hives 10 3 noun n noun • recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs
james ives 9 3 noun n noun • United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895)
james merritt ives 16 5 noun • United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895)
parallel lives 13 4 noun n noun • a collection of biographies of famous pairs of Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch; used by Shakespeare in writing some of his plays
calmatives 10 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun • A drug with calming effects.
captives 8 2 noun n noun • a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
• an animal that is confined
• a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
adjective satellite • being in captivity
• giving or marked by complete attention to
carminatives 12 4 noun n noun • medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing
adjective satellite • relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping)
causatives 10 3 noun n adjective • producing an effect
coderives 9 3 verb v
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codrives 8 2 verb, noun v, n
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collaboratives 14 5 adjective adj
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collectives 11 3 noun n adjective • forming a whole or aggregate
noun • members of a cooperative enterprise
adjective satellite • done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
• set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government
commemoratives 14 5 noun n adjective • intended as a commemoration
noun • an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person
comparatives 12 4 noun n adjective • relating to or based on or involving comparison
• estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
noun • the comparative form of an adjective or adverb
conjunctives 12 3 noun n adjective • serving or tending to connect
noun • an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
adjective satellite • involving the joint activity of two or more
connectives 11 3 noun n noun • an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
• an instrumentality that connects
adjective satellite • connecting or tending to connect
connives 8 2 verb v verb • encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
• form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
conservatives 13 4 noun n adjective • resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion
noun • a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
• a member of a Conservative Party
adjective satellite • having social or political views favoring conservatism
• avoiding excess
• unimaginatively conventional
• conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
constatives 11 3 noun n noun • An utterance relaying information and likely to be regarded as true or false.
consumptives 12 3 noun, adjective n, adj adjective • tending to consume or use often wastefully
noun • a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
adjective satellite • afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
contemplatives 14 4 noun n noun • a person devoted to the contemplative life
adjective satellite • deeply or seriously thoughtful
contraceptives 14 4 noun n noun • an agent or device intended to prevent conception
adjective satellite • capable of preventing conception or impregnation
contrapositives 15 5 noun n
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contrives 9 2 verb v verb • make or work out a plan for; devise
• come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
• put or send forth
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