Definition of able

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Able (superl.) Fit; adapted; suitable.

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Deathless :: Deathless (a.) Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame..
Immovability :: Immovability (n.) The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose..
Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. On this account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration..
Void :: Void (a.) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2..
Charity :: Charity (n.) A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity..
Abacus :: Abacus (n.) A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China..
Sauce :: Sauce (n.) Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.
Chargeable :: Chargeable (a.) Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder..
Extensible :: Extensible (a.) Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible..
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table..
Unbecoming :: Unbecoming (a.) Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.
Constablewick :: Constablewick (n.) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
Fair :: Fair (n.) A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object; as, a Grand Army fair..
Amylobacter :: Amylobacter (n.) A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.
Amenable :: Amenable (a.) Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law..
Inimaginable :: Inimaginable (a.) Unimaginable; inconceivable.
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage..
Labor :: Labor (n.) Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work..
Intolerable :: Intolerable (a.) Enormous.
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