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7,129 words match “ABLE”

ACCENTUABLE a.
Capable of being accented.
ACCEPTABLE a.
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
ACCEPTABLENESS n.
The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
ACCLIMATABLE a.
Capable of being acclimated.
ACCLIMATIZABLE a.
Capable of being acclimatized.
ACCOMMODABLE a.
That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree. [R.] I. Watts.
ACCOMMODABLENESS n.
The quality or condition of being accommodable. [R.] Todd.
ACCOMPANABLE a.
Sociable. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
ACCOMPLISHABLE a.
Capable of being accomplished; practicable. Carlyle.
ACCOMPTABLE a.
See Accountable.
ACCORDABLE a. 2 definitions
Reconcilable; in accordance.
ACCOSTABLE a.
Approachable; affable. [R.] Hawthorne.
ACCOUNTABLE a. 2 definitions
Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct.
ACCOUNTABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
ACCUSABLE a.
Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.
ACCUSTOMABLE a.
Habitual; customary; wonted. "Accustomable goodness." Latimer.
ACETABLE n.
An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [Obs.] Holland.
ACHIEVABLE a.
Capable of being achieved. Barrow.
ACIDIFIABLE a.
Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.
ACQUAINTABLE a.
Easy to be acquainted with; affable. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
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