Vocabulary : Passiontide to Passman
Passiontide : The last fortnight of Lent.Passive : Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene. ;; Receiving or enduring without either active sympathy or active resistance; without emotion or excitement; patient; not opposing; unresisting; as, passive obedience; passive submission. ;; Inactive; inert; not showing strong affinity; as, red phosphorus is comparatively passive. ;; Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues.
Passive balloon : Alt. of aeroplane
Passive flight : Flight, such as gliding and soaring, accomplished without the use of motive power.
Passively : In a passive manner; inertly; unresistingly. ;; As a passive verb; in the passive voice.
