Word Meanings - APPLIABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Applicable; also, compliant. Howell.

Related words: (words related to APPLIABLE)

• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• HOWELL
  The upper stage of a porcelian furnace.
• COMPLIANT
  Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive. "The compliant boughs." Milton.
• COMPLIANTLY
  In a compliant manner.
• UNAPPLICABLE
  Inapplicable.
• INCOMPLIANT
  Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn. -- In`com*pli"ant*ly, adv.
• INAPPLICABLE
  Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case. J. S. Mill. Syn. -- Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate; inapposite; irrelevant. -- In*ap"pli*ca*ble*ness,