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15,442 words match “AB”

ACIDIFIABLE a.
Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.
ACQUAINTABLE a.
Easy to be acquainted with; affable. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
ACQUIRABILITY n.
The quality of being acquirable; attainableness. [R.] Paley.
ACQUIRABLE a.
Capable of being acquired.
ACREABLE a.
Of an acre; per acre; as, the acreable produce.
ACTABLE a.
Capable of being acted. Tennyson.
ACTIONABLE a.
That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.
ACTIONABLY adv.
In an actionable manner.
ADAPTABILITY; ADAPTABLENESS n.
The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. "General adaptability for every purpose." Farrar.
ADAPTABLE a.
Capable of being adapted.
ADDABLE a.
Addible.
ADIABATIC a.
Not giving out or receiving heat. -- Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly, adv. Adiabatic line or curve, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. Rankine.
ADJUSTABLE a.
Capable of being adjusted.
ADMINISTRABLE a.
Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law.
ADMIRABILITY n.
Admirableness. [R.] Johnson.
ADMIRABLE a. 2 definitions
Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous. [Obs.] In man there is nothing admirable but his ignorance and weakness. Jer. Taylor.
ADMIRABLENESS n.
The quality of being admirable; wonderful excellence.
ADMIRABLY adv.
In an admirable manner.
ADMITTABLE a.
Admissible. Sir T. Browne.
ADOPTABLE a.
Capable of being adopted.
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