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(modal v.) to be able to (v.) to fire someone from a job (UK: sack) (n.) toilet (slang), jail (n.) buttocks [29] canteen (n.) food service location usually at a work place or institution (US: cafeteria) a box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc. a military mess kit water bottle, typically used for military or camping ...
An animation of the anadrome of wolf and flow.. An anadrome [1] [2] [3] [4] [a] is a word or phrase whose letters can be reversed to spell a different word or phrase ...
Able-bodied: There is an implied value judgement comparing a person with a disability versus one without [10] Abnormal [11] Addict [12] Afflicted [10] Attention-seeking Used of people who are suffering emotionally [13] Autistic: Or Autism, when used as an insult [14]
These words are sometimes confused; venal means "corrupt", "able to be bribed", or "for sale"; venial means "pardonable, not serious". [46] [119] Standard: According to Catholic doctrine, eating meat on a Friday during Lent is a venial sin, but murder is a mortal sin. Standard: All ages have examples of venal politicians.
Various terms within the semantic field of the term "ability" are sometimes used as synonyms but have slightly different connotations. Dispositions, for example, are often equated with powers and differ from abilities in the sense that they are not necessarily linked to agents and actions.
Able (surname) ABLE account, a U.S. savings plan for people with disabilities; Able UK, British ship breaking and recycling company; Able, Colorado, a community in the United States; Association for Better Living and Education, a non-profit Church of Scientology organization; Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, a.k.a. Able ...
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym, with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.