Phrase Hound found 87 phrases and 59 compound words that contain active. The most common are listed below. Open active in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
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- active dutyA state in which person in the military performs military duties on a full-time basis, as opposed to reserve, where one only occasionally performs military duties.
- active matrixA form of liquid crystal display with a grid of transistors and capacitors that can hold a charge for a limited period of time, contrasted with passive matrix.
- active ingredientThe specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity.
- active voiceThe form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action.
- active learningA method of learning in which students actively take part in devising the learning process.
- Active Member
- active serviceFull-time occupation in the military.
- active ingredientsplural of active ingredient: The specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity.
- active powerThe real component of the power of an alternating current circuit; the product of the voltage and that part of the current that is in phase with the voltage
- Active site
- Active Users
- Sexually active
- active transportMovement of ions or molecules across a cell membrane into a region of higher concentration, assisted by enzymes and requiring energy.
- radio-activeDated spelling of radioactive: Exhibiting radioactivity.
- Physically active
- active listeningThe process of attending carefully to what a speaker is saying, involving such techniques as accurately paraphrasing the speaker's remarks.
- Biologically active
- active directorya directory service of Microsoft for Windows domain networks.
- active frontThe boundary between two different air masses, or a portion thereof, which produces appreciable cloudiness and precipitation and is usually accompanied by significant shifts in wind direction.
- active rockA commercial radio format combining modern hard rock and older classic rock.
- active travelAny form of travel that involves human physical activity, such as walking or cycling.
- active vocabularyThe collection of words and phrases that someone commonly uses in speech and writing.
- active volcanoA volcano that has erupted in the last 10,000 years, although not necessarily venting lava or gases now.
- surface-activecapable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid
- active participleA participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the active voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the agent of the action denoted by the verb.
Compound words 59
- activityThe state or quality of being active; activeness.
- activelyIn an active manner.
- radioactiveExhibiting radioactivity.
- proactiveActing in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty.
- retroactiveExtending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions
- psychoactiveAffecting the mind or mental processes.
- overactiveExcessively active.
- vasoactiveActive on vessel walls, that is, causing either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel, thus affecting hemodynamics (blood flow). Vasoactive substances may be endogenous (for example, endogenous angiotensin, vasopressin, or …
- underactiveLess than normally active.
- mucoactiveActing against mucus.