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282 words match “GIB”

GIBLETS n.
The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.
GIBRALTAR n. 2 definitions
A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; -- called, in full, Gibraltar rock.
GIBSTAFF n. 2 definitions
A staff to guage water, or to push a boat.
AGIBLE a.
Possible to be done; practicable. [Obs.] "Fit for agible things." Sir A. Sherley.
CORRIGIBILITY n.
Quality of being corrigible; capability of being corrected; corrigibleness.
CORRIGIBLE a. 4 definitions
Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.
CORRIGIBLENESS n.
The state or quality of being corrigible; corrigibility.
DIRIGIBLE a.
Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon.
ELIGIBILITY n.
The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage.
ELIGIBLE a. 2 definitions
Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house. The more eligible of the two evils. Burke.
ELIGIBLENESS n.
The quality worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness.
ELIGIBLY adv.
In an eligible manner.
ERIGIBLE a.
Capable of being erected. [Obs.]
EXIGIBLE a.
That may be exacted; repairable. [R.] A. Smith.
FLIBBERGIB n.
A sycophant. [Obs. & Humorous.] "Flatterers and flibbergibs." Latimer.
FLIBBERTIGIBBET n.
An imp. Shak.
FRANGIBILITY n.
The state or quality of being frangible. Fox.
FRANGIBLE a.
Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.
FUNGIBLES n. 2 definitions
e furnished or restored in kind, as distinguished from specific things; -- called also fungible things. Burrill.
ILLEGIBILITY n.
The state or quality of being illegible.
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