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64 words match “CHAB”

CHAB n.
The red-bellied wood pecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).
CHABASITE; CABAZITE n.
e to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also chabasie.
CHABLIS n.
A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France.
CHABOUK; CHABUK n.
A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment. Balfour.
APPROACHABILITY n.
The quality of being approachable; approachableness.
APPROACHABLE a.
Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.
APPROACHABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.
ATTACHABLE a.
Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.
AVOUCHABLE a.
Capable of being avouched.
CATCHABLE a.
Capable of being caught. [R.]
DETACHABLE a.
That can be detached.
IMMATCHABLE a.
Matchless; peerless. [Obs.] Holland.
IMPEACHABLE a.
iable to impeachment; chargeable with a crime. Owners of lands in fee simple are not impeachable for waste. Z. Swift.
INAPPROACHABLE a.
Not approachable; unapproachable; inaccessible; unequaled. -- In`ap*proach"a*bly, adv.
IRREPROACHABLE a.
Not reproachable; above reproach; not deserving reproach; blameless. He [Berkely] erred, -- and who is free from error -- but his intentions were irreproachable. Beattie.
IRREPROACHABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.
IRREPROACHABLY adv.
In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
LOCHABER AX; LOCHABER AXE n.
A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders.
MATCHABLE a.
g joined together; correspondent. -- Match"a*ble*ness, n. Sir Walter Raleigh . . . is matchable with the best of the ancients. Hakewill.
QUENCHABLE a.
Capable of being quenched.
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