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7,129 words match “ABLE”

AFFILIABLE a.
Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.
AFFIRMABLE a.
Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.
AFFORDABLE a.
That may be afforded.
AGGRANDIZABLE a.
Capable of being aggrandized.
AGITABLE a.
Capable of being agitated, or easily moved. [R.]
AGREEABLE a. 4 definitions
Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste. A train of agreeable reveries. Goldsmith.
AGREEABLENESS n. 3 definitions
The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope.
ALARMABLE a.
Easily alarmed or disturbed.
ALIENABLE a.
Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.
ALKALIFIABLE a.
Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
ALLEGEABLE a.
Capable of being alleged or affirmed. The most authentic examples allegeable in the case. South.
ALLIABLE a.
Able to enter into alliance.
ALLOTTABLE a.
Capable of being allotted.
ALLOWABLE a. 2 definitions
Praiseworthy; laudable. [Obs.] Hacket.
ALLOWABLENESS n.
The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.
ALTERABLE a.
Capable of being altered. Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by a thousand accidents. Rogers.
ALTERABLENESS n.
The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability.
AMASSABLE a.
Capable of being amassed.
AMELIORABLE a.
Capable of being ameliorated.
AMENABLE a. 4 definitions
Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs.] Jacob.
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