centile | (noun) (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total | Synonyms: percentile |
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chrysotile | (noun) a grey or green fibrous mineral; an important source of commercial asbestos | - |
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contractile | (adjective) capable of contracting or being contracted | - |
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ductile | (adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | Synonyms: malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile |
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(adjective) easily influenced | Synonyms: malleable |
erectile | (adjective) capable of being raised to an upright position | - |
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(adjective) filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood | Synonyms: cavernous |
fertile | (adjective) capable of reproducing | - |
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(adjective) marked by great fruitfulness | Synonyms: fat, productive, rich |
(adjective) bearing in abundance especially offspring | Synonyms: prolific |
(adjective) intellectually productive | Synonyms: fecund, prolific |
fictile | (adjective) of or relating to the craft of pottery | - |
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(adjective) capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material) | Synonyms: moldable, plastic |
(adjective) susceptible to being led or directed | Synonyms: pliable |
futile | (adjective) unproductive of success | Synonyms: bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain |
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(adjective) producing no result or effect | Synonyms: ineffectual, meaningless, otiose, unavailing |
gentile | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples | - |
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(noun) a Christian as contrasted with a Jew | Synonyms: goy, non-Jew |
(noun) a person who does not acknowledge your god | Synonyms: heathen, infidel, pagan |
(noun) a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus | - |
(noun) a Christian | - |
hostile | (adjective) characterized by enmity or ill will | - |
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(adjective) not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally | - |
(adjective) unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business) | - |
(adjective) very unfavorable to life or growth | Synonyms: uncongenial, unfriendly |
(adjective) impossible to bring into friendly accord | - |
(noun) troops belonging to the enemy's military forces | - |
immotile | (adjective) (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement | Synonyms: nonmotile |
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infantile | (adjective) of or relating to infants or infancy | - |
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(adjective) indicating a lack of maturity | Synonyms: childish |
(adjective) being or befitting or characteristic of an infant | - |
infertile | (adjective) incapable of reproducing | Synonyms: sterile, unfertile |
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inutile | (adjective) not worth using | - |
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mercantile | (adjective) of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism | - |
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(adjective) relating to or characteristic of trade or traders | - |
(adjective) profit oriented | Synonyms: commercial, mercenary, moneymaking |
motile | (adjective) (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement | - |
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(noun) one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action | - |
nonmotile | (adjective) (of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement | Synonyms: immotile |
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nonprotractile | (adjective) not extensile | Synonyms: inextensible, nonextensile |
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nonretractile | (adjective) not capable of being retracted | Synonyms: nonretractable |
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nonvolatile | (adjective) not volatilizing readily | Synonyms: nonvolatilisable, nonvolatilizable |
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pantile | (noun) a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap | - |
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percentile | (noun) (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total | Synonyms: centile |
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projectile | (adjective) impelling or impelled forward | - |
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(noun) a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled | Synonyms: missile |
(noun) any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine | Synonyms: rocket |
protractile | (adjective) able to be extended | Synonyms: protractible |
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quartile | (noun) (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores | - |
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refractile | (adjective) of or relating to or capable of refraction | Synonyms: refractive |
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reptile | (noun) any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms | Synonyms: reptilian |
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retractile | (adjective) capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back | - |
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rutile | (noun) a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form; occurs in metamorphic and plutonic rocks and is a major source of titanium | - |
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saxatile | (adjective) growing on or living among rocks | Synonyms: saxicoline, saxicolous |
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stile | (noun) an upright that is a member in a door or window frame | - |
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tactile | (adjective) of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch | Synonyms: haptic, tactual |
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(adjective) producing a sensation of touch | Synonyms: tactual |
textile | (adjective) of or relating to fabrics or fabric making | - |
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(noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | Synonyms: cloth, fabric, material |
tile | (noun) a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces | - |
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(noun) game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc. | - |
(noun) a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing | Synonyms: roofing tile |
(verb) cover with tiles | - |
tractile | (adjective) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | Synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile |
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turnstile | (noun) a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering | - |
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unfertile | (adjective) incapable of reproducing | Synonyms: infertile, sterile |
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utile | (adjective) being of use or service | Synonyms: useful |
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versatile | (adjective) able to move freely in all directions | - |
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(adjective) competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another | - |
(adjective) changeable or inconstant | - |
(adjective) having great diversity or variety | Synonyms: various |
volatile | (adjective) evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures | - |
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(adjective) tending to vary often or widely | - |
(adjective) marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments | Synonyms: fickle |
(adjective) liable to lead to sudden change or violence | Synonyms: explosive |
(noun) a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor | - |