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Word Meanings - ARABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.

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  • 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.
  • APPLICATIVE
    Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
  • PLOWFOOT; PLOUGHFOOT
    An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow. Piers Plowman.
  • APPLICANCY
    The quality or state of being applicable.
  • APPLICABILITY
    The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
  • PLOWGATE; PLOUGHGATE
    The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland. Not having one plowgate of land. Sir W. Scott.
  • APPLICATORILY
    By way of application.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • TILLOW
    See TILLER
  • PLOWTAIL; PLOUGHTAIL
    The hind part or handle of a plow.
  • PLOWLAND; PLOUGLAND
    the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide. (more info) 1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.
  • TILLER
    One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
  • TILLODONT
    One of the Tillodontia.
  • OFTENNESS
    Frequency. Hooker.
  • TILLEY; TILLEY SEED
    The seeds of a small tree common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • PLOWWRIGHT; PLOUGHWRIGHT
    One who makes or repairs plows.
  • OFTEN
    Frequently; many times; not seldom.
  • TILLODONTIA
    An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta.
  • PLOWGANG; PLOUGHGANG
    See PLOWGATE
  • STILLY
    Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
  • SCINTILLOUSLY
    In a scintillant manner.
  • SNOWPLOW; SNOWPLOUGH
    An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.
  • ARTILLERIST
    A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.
  • TRENCH-PLOW; TRENCH-PLOUGH
    To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.
  • INSTILL
    To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
  • PISTILLIFEROUS
    Pistillate.
  • UNAPPLIABLE
    Inapplicable. Milton.
  • STILLBIRTH
    The birth of a dead fetus.
  • OCTILLION
    According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight
  • REAPPLICATION
    The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
  • HEREHENCE
    From hence.
  • BERTILLON SYSTEM
    A system for the identification of persons by a physical description based upon anthropometric measurements, notes of markings, deformities, color, impression of thumb lines, etc.
  • ARTILLERY
    fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm, prob. from L. ars, artis,
  • WHENCEFORTH
    From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
  • DISTILLABLE
    Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
  • DISTILLATION
    The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
  • FINESTILLER
    One who finestills.

 

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