motive
Webster Dictionary
causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move; as, a motive argument; motive power
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nuclear-powered ship
(nuclear-powered ship)
Princeton's WordNet
ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor
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automaton
(ɔˈtɒm əˌtɒn, -tn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot.
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animal
Webster Dictionary
an organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity
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spring
Webster Dictionary
any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive
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track
Webster Dictionary
to draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow
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battery
Webster Dictionary
a series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals
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volt
Webster Dictionary
the unit of electro-motive force; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampere. It is practically equivalent to / the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15¡ C.
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automaton
Webster Dictionary
a self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc
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potential
Webster Dictionary
the energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force
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traction
Webster Dictionary
specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug
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pretext
Webster Dictionary
ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise
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motiveless
Webster Dictionary
destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive
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superpower
(ˈsu pərˌpaʊ ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
power, esp. mechanical or electric power, on an extremely large scale secured by the linking together of a number of separate power systems.
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loss
(ɔs, lɒs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a measure of the power lost in an electrical system, as by conversion to heat, expressed as a relation between power input and power output, as the ratio of or difference between the two quantities.
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impulse
(urge, impulse)
Princeton's WordNet
an instinctive motive
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life
(life)
Princeton's WordNet
a motive for living
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urge
(urge, impulse)
Princeton's WordNet
an instinctive motive
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instance
(ˈɪn stəns)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Obs. an impelling motive.
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subject
(ʌbˈdʒeɪ sənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a motive, cause, or ground:
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theme
(theme)
Princeton's WordNet
provide with a particular theme or motive
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energising
(energizing, energising, kinetic)
Princeton's WordNet
supplying motive force
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concealed
(concealed)
Princeton's WordNet
hidden on any grounds for any motive
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energizing
(energizing, energising, kinetic)
Princeton's WordNet
supplying motive force
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kinetic
(energizing, energising, kinetic)
Princeton's WordNet
supplying motive force
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farad
Webster Dictionary
the standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equal to the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive force, passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which, charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive force of one volt
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wanton
(ˈwɒn tn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
deliberate and without motive; unprovoked:
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nothing
(ˈnʌθ ɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
for no apparent reason or motive.
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cause
(ɔz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the reason or motive for some action:
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motive
(ˈmoʊ tɪv)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
constituting a motive or motives.
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