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1,883 words match “RAB”

UNPEERABLE a.
Incapable of having a peer, or equal.
UNPENETRABLE a.
Impenetrable.
UNSEPARABLE a.
Inseparable. [Obs.] "In love unseparable." Shak.
UNSUFFERABLE a.
Insufferable. [Obs.] Hooker. -- Un*suf"fer*a*bly, adv. [Obs.]
UNTOLERABLE a.
Intolerable. [Obs.]
UNUTTERABLE a.
Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish. Sighed and looked unutterable things. Thomson. -- Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*ut"ter*a*bly, adv.
UNVULNERABLE a.
Invulnerable. [Obs.]
UTTERABLE a.
Capable of being uttered.
VAPORABILITY n.
The quality or state of being vaporable.
VAPORABLE a.
Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of heat; vaporizable.
VENERABILITY n.
The quality or state of being venerable; venerableness. Dr. H. More.
VENERABLE a. 2 definitions
verence; deserving of honor and respect; -- generally implying an advanced age; as, a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent. He was a man of eternal self-sacrifice, and that is always venerable. De Quincey. Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. D. Webster.
VITUPERABLE a.
Liable to, or deserving, vituperation, or severe censure.
VULNERABILITY n.
The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerableness.
VULNERABLE a. 2 definitions
Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body. Achilles was vulnerable in his heel; and there will be wanting a Paris to infix the dart. Dr. T. Dwight.
VULNERABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being vulnerable; vulnerability.
WATER RABBIT n.
See Water hare.
WEARABLE a.
Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.
A- n.
on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French à (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek…
ABACUS n.
, an ancient diagram showing the structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument. Crabb.
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