abatable | (adjective) capable of being abated | - |
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abdicable | (adjective) capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished | - |
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abele | (noun) a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces | Synonyms: aspen poplar, Populus alba, silver-leaved poplar, white aspen, white poplar |
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able | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something | - |
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(adjective) having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity | - |
(adjective) have the skills and qualifications to do things well | Synonyms: capable |
(adjective) having a strong healthy body | Synonyms: able-bodied |
abolishable | (adjective) capable of being abolished | - |
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abominable | (adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
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(adjective) unequivocally detestable | Synonyms: detestable, execrable, odious |
absorbable | (adjective) capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface | - |
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acceptable | (adjective) worthy of acceptance or satisfactory | - |
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(adjective) adequate for the purpose | - |
(adjective) meeting requirements | Synonyms: decent, satisfactory |
(adjective) judged to be in conformity with approved usage | - |
accessible | (adjective) capable of being reached | - |
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(adjective) easy to get along with or talk to; friendly | - |
(adjective) easily obtained | - |
(adjective) capable of being read with comprehension | Synonyms: approachable |
accomplishable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: achievable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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accountable | (adjective) liable to account for one's actions | Synonyms: answerable |
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achievable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: accomplishable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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acidophile | (noun) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment | Synonyms: acidophil |
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acknowledgeable | (adjective) capable of being acknowledged | - |
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acquirable | (adjective) capable of being acquired | - |
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acrylonitrile | (noun) a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene | Synonyms: propenonitrile, vinyl cyanide |
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actable | (adjective) capable of being acted; suitable for the stage | - |
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actionable | (adjective) affording grounds for legal action | - |
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adaptable | (adjective) capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use | - |
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addable | (adjective) capable of being added or added to | Synonyms: addible |
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addible | (adjective) capable of being added or added to | Synonyms: addable |
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addle | (verb) become rotten | - |
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(verb) mix up or confuse | Synonyms: muddle, puddle |
addressable | (adjective) capable of being addressed | - |
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adjustable | (adjective) capable of being changed so as to match or fit | - |
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(adjective) capable of being regulated | - |
administrable | (adjective) capable of being administered or managed | - |
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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 |
admissible | (adjective) deserving to be admitted | - |
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admittable | (adjective) deserving to be allowed to enter | Synonyms: admittible |
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admittible | (adjective) deserving to be allowed to enter | Synonyms: admittable |
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adoptable | (adjective) suitable or eligible for adoption | - |
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adorable | (adjective) lovable especially in a childlike or naive way | Synonyms: endearing, lovely |
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adsorbable | (adjective) capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid | Synonyms: adsorbate |
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advisable | (adjective) worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise | - |
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aerophile | (noun) a lover of aviation | - |
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afebrile | (adjective) having no fever | - |
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affable | (adjective) diffusing warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: amiable, cordial, genial |
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affirmable | (adjective) capable of being affirmed or asserted | Synonyms: assertable |
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affordable | (adjective) that you have the financial means for | Synonyms: low-cost, low-priced |
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agile | (adjective) moving quickly and lightly | Synonyms: nimble, quick, spry |
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(adjective) mentally quick | Synonyms: nimble |
agreeable | (adjective) conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature | - |
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(adjective) prepared to agree or consent | - |
(adjective) in keeping | Synonyms: accordant, concordant, conformable, consonant |
aisle | (noun) passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores | Synonyms: gangway |
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(noun) part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns | - |
(noun) a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods) | - |
ale | (noun) a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume | - |
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alienable | (adjective) transferable to another owner | - |
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allele | (noun) (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character | Synonyms: allelomorph |
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allocable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocatable, apportionable |
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allocatable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, apportionable |
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allowable | (adjective) that may be permitted especially as according to rule | Synonyms: permissible |
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(adjective) deserving to be allowed or considered | - |
(adjective) deductible according to the tax laws | - |
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 | - |
amarelle | (noun) pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice | - |
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(noun) any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice | Synonyms: Prunus cerasus caproniana |
amble | (noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) | Synonyms: perambulation, promenade, saunter, stroll |
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(verb) walk leisurely | Synonyms: mosey |
amenable | (adjective) disposed or willing to conform | Synonyms: conformable |
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(adjective) liable to answer to a higher authority | - |
(adjective) responsive to suggestions and influences | Synonyms: tractable |
(adjective) open to being acted upon in a certain way | - |
amendable | (adjective) capable of being corrected by additions | Synonyms: correctable |
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amerciable | (adjective) of a crime or misdemeanor; punishable by a fine set by a judge | - |
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amiable | (adjective) diffusing warmth and friendliness | Synonyms: affable, cordial, genial |
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(adjective) disposed to please | Synonyms: good-humored, good-humoured |
amicable | (adjective) characterized by friendship and good will | - |
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amphibole | (noun) a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group | - |
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amphiprostyle | (adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure | Synonyms: amphiprostylar, amphistylar, porticoed |
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ample | (adjective) more than enough in size or scope or capacity | - |
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(adjective) affording an abundant supply | Synonyms: copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich |
(adjective) fairly large in size | Synonyms: sizable, sizeable |
ampoule | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampul, ampule, phial, vial |
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ampule | (noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | Synonyms: ampoule, ampul, phial, vial |
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analyzable | (adjective) capable of being partitioned | Synonyms: decomposable |
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anele | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anoint, embrocate, inunct, oil |
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anethole | (noun) an organic compound that is widely used as a flavoring substance. | Synonyms: anise camphor |
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angle | (noun) a biased way of looking at or presenting something | Synonyms: slant |
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(noun) the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians | - |
(verb) present with a bias | Synonyms: slant, weight |
(verb) fish with a hook | - |
(verb) seek indirectly | Synonyms: fish |
(verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position | Synonyms: lean, slant, tilt, tip |
(verb) move or proceed at an angle | - |
anglophile | (noun) an admirer of England and things English | Synonyms: anglophil |
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anile | (adjective) of or like a feeble old woman | - |
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animalcule | (noun) microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium | Synonyms: animalculum |
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ankle | (noun) a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus | Synonyms: ankle joint, articulatio talocruralis, mortise joint |
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anole | (noun) small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color | Synonyms: American chameleon, Anolis carolinensis |
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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 |
antiparticle | (noun) a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy | - |
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apostle | (noun) an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform | - |
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appealable | (adjective) capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal | - |
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appeasable | (adjective) capable of being pacified | Synonyms: conciliable |
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appendicle | (noun) a small appendage | - |
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applaudable | (adjective) worthy of high praise | Synonyms: commendable, laudable, praiseworthy |
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apple | (noun) fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh | - |
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(noun) native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits | Synonyms: Malus pumila, orchard apple tree |
applicable | (adjective) capable of being applied; having relevance | - |
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apportionable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, allocatable |
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apposable | (adjective) capable of being placed opposite to something | Synonyms: opposable |
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appreciable | (adjective) enough to be estimated or measured | - |
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apprehensible | (adjective) capable of being apprehended or understood | Synonyms: graspable, intelligible, perceivable, understandable |
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approachable | (adjective) easy to meet or converse or do business with | - |
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(adjective) easily approached | Synonyms: reachable |
(adjective) capable of being read with comprehension | Synonyms: accessible |
appropriable | (adjective) that can be appropriated | - |
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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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arguable | (adjective) open to argument or debate | Synonyms: debatable, disputable, moot |
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(adjective) capable of being supported by argument | - |
argyle | (noun) a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design | Synonyms: argyll |
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(noun) a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland | Synonyms: argyll |
(noun) a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm | Synonyms: argyll |
armhole | (noun) a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached | - |
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arsehole | (noun) vulgar slang for anus | Synonyms: arse, asshole, bunghole |
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arteriole | (noun) one of the small thin-walled arteries that end in capillaries | Synonyms: arteriola, capillary artery |
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article | (noun) one of a class of artifacts | - |
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(noun) nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication | - |
(noun) (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase | - |
(noun) a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) | Synonyms: clause |
(verb) bind by a contract; especially for a training period | - |
ascendable | (adjective) capable of being ascended | Synonyms: ascendible, climbable |
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ascendible | (adjective) capable of being ascended | Synonyms: ascendable, climbable |
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ascertainable | (adjective) capable of being ascertained or found out | Synonyms: discoverable |
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ascribable | (adjective) capable of being assigned or credited to | Synonyms: due, imputable, referable |
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assailable | (adjective) not defended or capable of being defended | Synonyms: open, undefendable, undefended |
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assemble | (verb) create by putting components or members together | Synonyms: piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together |
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(verb) collect in one place | Synonyms: foregather, forgather, gather, meet |
(verb) get people together | Synonyms: gather, get together |
assertable | (adjective) capable of being affirmed or asserted | Synonyms: affirmable |
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assessable | (adjective) capable of being considered carefully | - |
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(adjective) capable of being assessed especially for the purpose of taxation | - |