passive

1. Chemistry Unreactive except under special or extreme conditions; inert.

2. Electronics Exhibiting no gain or contributing no energy: a passive circuit element.

3. Existing, conducted, or experienced without active or concerted effort: "Although tick paralysis is a reportable disease in Washington, surveillance is passive, and only 10 cases were reported during 1987-1995” ( U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). "[Many parents believe] that computers are educational and, at the least, less passive than television” ( Tamar Lewin).

4. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a verb form or voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject is the object of the action or the effect of the verb. For example, in the sentence They were impressed by his manner, were impressed is in the passive voice.

5. Of, relating to, or being a solar heating or cooling system that uses no external mechanical power.

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1. Grammar A verb or construction in the passive voice.

2. Grammar The passive voice.

3. One that is submissive or inactive. Often used in the plural: "And the rest of us, we passives of the world, proceeded . . . as if nothing untoward had happened” ( Martin Gottfried).

4. A verb form whose grammatical subject is subjected to or affected by the action represented by that verb a passive verb form.

5. The passive voice of a language.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
passive	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ai	2
pi	4
pe	4
pa	4
is	2
es	2
ae	2
as	2
si	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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psi	5
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pea	5
pas	5
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ais	3
ape	5
asp	5
ass	3
ave	6
vas	6

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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pass	6
pave	9
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pias	6
psis	6
vise	7
visa	7
vies	7
vape	9

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
vises	8
vapes	10
vases	8
visas	8
spivs	10
spies	7
sipes	7
apses	7
apsis	7
aspis	7
paise	7
pases	7
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paves	10
pavis	10
saves	8
sepia	7
spaes	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
pavise	11
spavie	11
sepias	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
passive	12
pavises	12
pavisse	12
spavies	12