relieves 8 2 verb v verb • provide physical relief, as from pain
• free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
• lessen the intensity of or calm
• save from ruin, destruction, or harm
• relieve oneself of troubling information
• provide relief for
• free from a burden, evil, or distress
• take by stealing
• grant exemption or release to
• alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
leaves 6 1 verb, noun v, n noun • the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
• a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
• hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
verb • look through a book or other written material
• turn over pages
• produce leaves, of plants
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
thieves 7 1 noun n rives 5 1 verb v verb • tear or be torn violently
• separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
chives 6 1 noun n noun • perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning
• cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning
achieves 8 2 verb v verb • to gain with effort
deceives 8 2 verb v verb • be false to; be dishonest with
• cause someone to believe an untruth
receives 8 2 verb v verb • get something; come into possession of
• receive a specified treatment (abstract)
• register (perceptual input)
• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
• express willingness to have in one's home or environs
• accept as true or valid
• bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
• convert into sounds or pictures
• experience as a reaction
• have or give a reception
• receive as a retribution or punishment
• partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
• regard favorably or with disapproval
retrieves 9 2 verb v verb • get or find back; recover the use of
• go for and bring back
• run after, pick up, and bring to the master
• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
sieves 6 1 verb, noun v, n noun • a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
verb • examine in order to test suitability
• check and sort carefully
• separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements
• distinguish and separate out
eaves 5 1 noun n noun • the overhang at the lower edge of a roof
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
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
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
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
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
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
restrives 9 2
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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
strives 7 1 verb v verb • attempt by employing effort
• to exert much effort or energy
swives 6 1 verb v
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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
votives 7 2 noun n adjective satellite • dedicated in fulfillment of a vow
greaves 7 1 noun, adjective n, adj noun • the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
sheaves 7 1 noun n noun • A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
• Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.
• A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
• A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
• A sheave.
• An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets.
• A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
• A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.
calmatives 10 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun • A drug with calming effects.
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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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
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
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
cooperatives 12 4 noun n adjective • done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit
noun • a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
• an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
adjective satellite • involving the joint activity of two or more
• willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement
copulatives 11 4 noun n noun • an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence
adjective satellite • syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence
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