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
fives 5 1 noun n noun • a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
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
olives 6 2 noun n noun • small ovoid fruit of the European olive tree; important food and source of oil
• evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
• hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork
• one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
• a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation
adjective satellite • of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive
chives 6 1 noun n noun • perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning
• cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning
actives 7 2 noun, adjective n, adj adjective • tending to become more severe or wider in scope
• disposed to take action or effectuate change
• characterized by energetic activity
• exerting influence or producing a change or effect
• full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
• (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
• expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
• (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being
• (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
• (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
• engaged in full-time work
noun • chemical agent capable of activity
• the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
• a person who is a participating member of an organization
adjective satellite • engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
• taking part in an activity
• in operation
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
codrives 8 2 verb, noun v, n
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connives 8 2 verb v verb • encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
• form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
creatives 9 2 noun n adjective • having the ability or power to create
adjective satellite • promoting construction or creation
cursives 8 2 verb v noun • rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
adjective satellite • having successive letters joined together
datives 7 2 noun n noun • the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
deprives 8 2 verb v verb • take away possessions from someone
• keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
• take away
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
endives 7 2 noun n noun • widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched
• variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
folklives 9 2 noun n
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forgives 8 2 verb v verb • stop blaming or grant forgiveness
• absolve from payment
gives 5 1 verb v noun • the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
verb • cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
• be the cause or source of
• transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
• convey or reveal information
• convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow
• organize or be responsible for
• convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
• give as a present; make a gift of
• cause to happen or be responsible for
• dedicate
• give or supply
• transmit (knowledge or skills)
• bring about
• leave with; give temporarily
• emit or utter
• endure the loss of
• place into the hands or custody of
• give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
• give (as medicine)
• give or convey physically
• bestow
• bestow, especially officially
• move in order to make room for someone for something
• give food to
• contribute to some cause
• break down, literally or metaphorically
• estimate the duration or outcome of something
• execute and deliver
• deliver in exchange or recompense
• afford access to
• present to view
• perform for an audience
• be flexible under stress of physical force
• propose
• accord by verdict
• manifest or show
• offer in good faith
• submit for consideration, judgment, or use
• guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion
• allow to have or take
• inflict as a punishment
• occur
• consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man
• proffer (a body part)
halflives 9 2 noun n
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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.
jives 5 1 verb v noun • a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
verb • dance to jive music; dance the jive
jussives 8 2 noun n
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lowlives 8 2 noun n
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midwives 8 2 noun n noun • a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
misdrives 9 2 verb, noun v, n
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misgives 8 2 verb v verb • suggest fear or doubt
mislives 8 2
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missives 8 2 noun n noun • a written message addressed to a person or organization
motives 7 2 noun n noun • the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
• a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
• a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
adjective satellite • causing or able to cause motion
• impelling to action
natives 7 2 noun n adjective • characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
• belonging to one by birth
• characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
noun • an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
• a person born in a particular place or country
• indigenous plants and animals
adjective satellite • as found in nature in the elemental form
nightlives 10 2 noun • the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion
• the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.)
ogives 6 2 noun n noun • front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere
outdrives 9 2 verb, noun v, n verb • To drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.
• To make a drive (stroke with a driver) farther or better than.
• To drive out; to repel.
outgives 8 2 verb v
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passives 8 2 noun n adjective • lacking in energy or will
• expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
noun • the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
adjective satellite • peacefully resistant in response to injustice
plosives 8 2 noun n noun • a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
prelives 8 2 verb, noun v, n
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regives 7 2
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relives 7 2 verb • experience again, often in the imagination
restrives 9 2
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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
scrives 7 1 verb v
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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.
shrives 7 1 verb, adverb v, adv verb • grant remission of a sin to
skives 6 1 verb v verb • remove the surface of
skydives 8 2 verb v verb • jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute
statives 8 2 noun n noun • (grammar) A construct asserting that a subject has a particular property.
swives 6 1 verb v
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unlives 7 2 verb v verb • live so as to annul some previous behavior
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