Word Meanings - ARABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.
Related words: (words related to ARABLE)
- 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.