acquirable | (adjective) capable of being acquired | - |
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administrable | (adjective) capable of being administered or managed | - |
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admirability | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirableness, wonderfulness |
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admirable | (adjective) inspiring admiration or approval | - |
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(adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: estimable, good, honorable, respectable |
admirableness | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirability, wonderfulness |
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admirably | (adverb) in an admirable manner | Synonyms: commendable, laudably, praiseworthily |
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adorability | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorableness |
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adorable | (adjective) lovable especially in a childlike or naive way | Synonyms: endearing, lovely |
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adorableness | (noun) extreme attractiveness | Synonyms: adorability |
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adorably | (adverb) in an adorable manner | Synonyms: endearingly |
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alterability | (noun) the quality of being alterable | - |
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alterable | (adjective) capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic | - |
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(adjective) (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe | - |
answerability | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerableness |
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answerable | (adjective) morally or legally responsible to a higher authority | - |
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(adjective) capable of being answered | - |
(adjective) liable to account for one's actions | Synonyms: accountable |
answerableness | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: accountability, answerability |
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arabesque | (noun) an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design | - |
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(noun) position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose | - |
arability | (noun) the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation | - |
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arable | (adjective) (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively | Synonyms: cultivable, cultivatable, tillable |
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arbitrable | (adjective) appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration | - |
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asarabacca | (noun) thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe | Synonyms: Asarum europaeum |
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atrabilious | (adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion | Synonyms: bilious, dyspeptic, liverish |
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bearable | (adjective) capable of being borne though unpleasant | Synonyms: endurable, sufferable, supportable |
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brabble | (verb) argue over petty things | Synonyms: bicker, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabble |
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carabao | (noun) water buffalo of the Philippines | - |
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carabineer | (noun) a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | Synonyms: carabinier, carbineer |
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carabiner | (noun) an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes | Synonyms: karabiner, snap ring |
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carabinier | (noun) a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | Synonyms: carabineer, carbineer |
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censurable | (adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious | Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameful, blameworthy, culpable |
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charabanc | (noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | Synonyms: autobus, bus, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle |
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commensurable | (adjective) capable of being measured by a common standard | - |
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comparability | (noun) qualities that are comparable | Synonyms: compare, comparison, equivalence |
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comparable | (adjective) able to be compared or worthy of comparison | - |
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(adjective) conforming in every respect | Synonyms: corresponding, like |
comparably | (adverb) in a comparable manner or to a comparable degree | - |
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conquerable | (adjective) subject to being conquered or overcome | - |
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(adjective) capable of being surmounted or excelled | Synonyms: superable |
considerable | (adjective) large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree | - |
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considerably | (adverb) to a great extent or degree | Synonyms: substantially, well |
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contraband | (adjective) distributed or sold illicitly | Synonyms: black-market, black, bootleg, smuggled |
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(noun) goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law | - |
contrabandist | (noun) someone who imports or exports without paying duties | Synonyms: moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler |
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contrabass | (adjective) pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range | Synonyms: double-bass |
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(noun) largest and lowest member of the violin family | Synonyms: bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, string bass |
contrabassoon | (noun) the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family | Synonyms: contrafagotto, double bassoon |
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crab | (noun) a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply | - |
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(noun) decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers | - |
(noun) a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body | Synonyms: crab louse, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse |
(noun) the edible flesh of any of various crabs | Synonyms: crabmeat |
(noun) a quarrelsome grouch | Synonyms: crabby person |
(verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
(verb) fish for crab | - |
(verb) scurry sideways like a crab | - |
(verb) direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind | - |
crabapple | (noun) small sour apple; suitable for preserving | Synonyms: crab apple |
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(noun) any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit | Synonyms: crab apple, wild apple |
(noun) any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms | Synonyms: crab apple, cultivated crab apple |
crabbed | (adjective) annoyed and irritable | Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered |
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crabbedness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbiness, crossness |
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crabbiness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbedness, crossness |
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crabby | (adjective) annoyed and irritable | Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered |
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crabgrass | (noun) grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns | Synonyms: crab grass, finger grass |
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crabmeat | (noun) the edible flesh of any of various crabs | Synonyms: crab |
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crabs | (noun) infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice | Synonyms: pediculosis pubis |
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crabwise | (adjective) (of movement) at an angle | Synonyms: sideways |
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curability | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curableness |
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curable | (adjective) able to be cured or healed | - |
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(adjective) capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent | - |
curableness | (noun) capability of being cured or healed | Synonyms: curability |
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decipherable | (adjective) easily deciphered | Synonyms: clear, readable |
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decipherably | (adverb) in a legible manner | Synonyms: legibly, readably |
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declarable | (adjective) that must be declared | - |
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deliverable | (adjective) suitable for or ready for delivery | - |
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(noun) something that can be provided as the product of development | - |
demonstrability | (noun) capability of being demonstrated or logically proved | Synonyms: provability |
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demonstrable | (adjective) necessarily or demonstrably true | Synonyms: incontrovertible |
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(adjective) capable of being demonstrated or proved | Synonyms: provable |
demonstrably | (adverb) in an obvious and provable manner | Synonyms: incontrovertibly, provably |
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denumerable | (adjective) that can be counted | Synonyms: countable, enumerable, numerable |
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deplorable | (adjective) bad; unfortunate | Synonyms: distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry |
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(adjective) of very poor quality or condition | Synonyms: execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched |
(adjective) bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure | Synonyms: condemnable, criminal, reprehensible, vicious |
deplorably | (adverb) in an unfortunate or deplorable manner | Synonyms: lamentably, sadly, woefully |
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desirability | (noun) the quality of being worthy of desiring | Synonyms: desirableness |
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(noun) attractiveness to the opposite sex | Synonyms: desirableness, oomph, sex appeal |
desirable | (adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving | - |
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(adjective) worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse | Synonyms: suitable, worthy |
desirableness | (noun) the quality of being worthy of desiring | Synonyms: desirability |
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(noun) attractiveness to the opposite sex | Synonyms: desirability, oomph, sex appeal |
discoverable | (adjective) capable of being ascertained or found out | Synonyms: ascertainable |
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dishonorable | (adjective) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | Synonyms: dishonourable |
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(adjective) deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive | Synonyms: dishonest |
dishonorableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonourableness |
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dishonorably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonourably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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(adverb) with dishonor | - |
(adverb) in a dishonorable manner | - |
dishonourable | (adjective) lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor | Synonyms: dishonorable |
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dishonourableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonorableness |
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dishonourably | (adverb) in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree | Synonyms: discreditably, disgracefully, dishonorably, ignominiously, ingloriously, shamefully |
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disintegrable | (adjective) capable of melting | Synonyms: meltable |
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drab | (adjective) of a light brownish green color | Synonyms: olive-drab |
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(adjective) lacking brightness or color; dull | Synonyms: sober, somber, sombre |
(adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
(adjective) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise | Synonyms: dreary |
(noun) a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown | Synonyms: olive drab |
draba | (noun) any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems; fruit is a dehiscent oblong or linear silique | - |
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drably | (adverb) in a drab manner | - |
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drabness | (noun) having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance | Synonyms: dowdiness, homeliness |
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durability | (noun) permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force | Synonyms: enduringness, lastingness, strength |
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durable | (adjective) very long lasting | Synonyms: indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable |
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(adjective) existing for a long time | Synonyms: lasting, long-lasting, long-lived |
(adjective) capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay | Synonyms: long-wearing |
durables | (noun) consumer goods that are not destroyed by use | Synonyms: consumer durables, durable goods |
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endurable | (adjective) capable of being borne though unpleasant | Synonyms: bearable, sufferable, supportable |
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enumerable | (adjective) that can be counted | Synonyms: countable, denumerable, numerable |
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evaporable | (adjective) (used of substances) capable of being volatilized | Synonyms: vaporific, vaporizable, vapourific, vapourisable, volatilisable, volatilizable |
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execrable | (adjective) deserving to be execrated | Synonyms: damnable |
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(adjective) unequivocally detestable | Synonyms: abominable, detestable, odious |
(adjective) of very poor quality or condition | Synonyms: deplorable, miserable, woeful, wretched |
favorable | (adjective) (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate | Synonyms: favourable |
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(adjective) encouraging or approving or pleasing | Synonyms: favourable |
(adjective) giving an advantage | Synonyms: advantageous, favourable |
(adjective) presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | Synonyms: favourable, golden, lucky, prosperous |
favorableness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: advantageousness, favourableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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favorably | (adverb) showing approval | Synonyms: favourably |
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favourable | (adjective) (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate | Synonyms: favorable |
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(adjective) encouraging or approving or pleasing | Synonyms: favorable |
(adjective) giving an advantage | Synonyms: advantageous, favorable |
(adjective) presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome | Synonyms: favorable, golden, lucky, prosperous |
favourableness | (noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: advantageousness, favorableness, positiveness, positivity, profitableness |
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favourably | (adverb) showing approval | Synonyms: favorably |
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grab | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: catch, snap, snatch |
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(noun) a mechanical device for gripping an object | - |
(verb) capture the attention or imagination of | Synonyms: seize |
(verb) take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of | Synonyms: catch |
(verb) take or grasp suddenly | - |
(verb) make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand | - |
(verb) get hold of or seize quickly and easily | Synonyms: snaffle, snap up |
(verb) obtain illegally or unscrupulously | - |
grabber | (noun) an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately | - |
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grabby | (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grasping, greedy, prehensile |
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hardscrabble | (adjective) barely satisfying a lower standard | - |
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hearable | (adjective) heard or perceptible by the ear | Synonyms: audible |
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honorable | (adjective) worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect | Synonyms: honourable |
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(adjective) not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth | Synonyms: honest |
(adjective) deserving of esteem and respect | Synonyms: admirable, estimable, good, respectable |
(adjective) adhering to ethical and moral principles | Synonyms: ethical, honourable |
honorableness | (noun) the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor | Synonyms: honourableness |
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honorably | (adverb) with honor | Synonyms: honourably |
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(adverb) in an honorable manner | Synonyms: uprightly |
honourable | (adjective) worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect | Synonyms: honorable |
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(adjective) adhering to ethical and moral principles | Synonyms: ethical, honorable |