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ACCEPTABLENESS n.
The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
ACCEPTABLY adv.
In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
ACCLIMATABLE a.
Capable of being acclimated.
ACCOMPTABLE a.
See Accountable.
ACCOSTABLE a.
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.
ACETABLE n.
An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [Obs.] Holland.
ACETABULAR a.
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.
ACQUAINTABLE a.
Easy to be acquainted with; affable. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
ACTABLE a.
Capable of being acted. Tennyson.
ADAPTABILITY; ADAPTABLENESS n.
The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. "General adaptability for every purpose." Farrar.
ADAPTABLE a.
Capable of being adapted.
ADJUSTABLE a.
Capable of being adjusted.
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