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17 words match “PERISHABLE”

PERISHABLE a.
Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.
PERISHABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction. Locke.
IMPERISHABLE a.
Not perisha ble; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduringpermanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown. -- Im*per"ish*a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*per"ish*a*bly, adv.
UNPERISHABLE a.
Imperishable.
BONA PERITURA n.
Perishable goods. Bouvier.
CADUKE a.
Perishable; frail; transitory. [Obs.] Hickes. The caduke pleasures of his world. Bp. Fisher.
DEATHLESS a.
Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame.
DURABLE a.
Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness. Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. Prov. viii. 18. An interest which from its object and grounds must be so dur…
DYING a.
In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies.
EARTHLINESS n.
The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.
IMMORTAL a. 2 definitions
Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance. Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible. 1 Tim. i. 17. For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself Shak.
IMPERISHABILITY n.
The quality of being imperishable: indstructibility. "The imperishability of the universe." Milman.
PERISHABILITY n.
Perishableness.
PERISHABLY adv.
In a perishable degree or manner.
PRESERVATORY n.
A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay.
SLIGHT a.
n a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like. "At one slight bound." Milton. Sli…
UNDYING a.
Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men.