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15,442 words match “AB”

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.

See Accountable.

ACCORDABLE a. 2 definitions

Reconcilable; in accordance.

Approachable; affable. [R.] Hawthorne.

ACCOUNTABILITY n.

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness. "The awful idea of accountability." R. Hall.

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.

ACCOUNTABLY adv.

In an accountable manner.

Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.

ACCUSTOMABLE a.

Habitual; customary; wonted. "Accustomable goodness." Latimer.

ACCUSTOMABLY adv.

According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. Latimer.

An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [Obs.] Holland.

Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.

ACETABULIFERA n.

The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.

ACETABULIFEROUS a.

Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.

ACETABULIFORM a.

Shaped like a shallow; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx. Gray.

ACETABULUM n. 6 definitions

A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.

Capable of being achieved. Barrow.