Words that rhyme with babel
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able
adj 1: (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; "able to swim"; "she was able to program her computer"; "we were at last able to buy a car"; "able to get a grant for the project" [ant: unable] 2: have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable" [syn: able, capable] 3: having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings" 4: having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able- bodied young man served in the army" [syn: able, able- bodied] -
apple
n 1: fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh 2: native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits [syn: apple, orchard apple tree, Malus pumila] -
astraddle
adv 1: with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" [syn: astride, astraddle] -
babble
n 1: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble, babbling, lallation] v 1: utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention" 2: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" [syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither] 3: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" [syn: ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle] 4: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth] -
bedraggle
v 1: make wet and dirty, as from rain [syn: bedraggle, draggle] -
cable
n 1: a telegram sent abroad [syn: cable, cablegram, overseas telegram] 2: a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power [syn: cable, line, transmission line] 3: a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire 4: a nautical unit of depth [syn: cable, cable length, cable's length] 5: television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver [syn: cable television, cable] 6: a television system that transmits over cables [syn: cable, cable television, cable system, cable television service] v 1: send cables, wires, or telegrams [syn: cable, telegraph, wire] 2: fasten with a cable; "cable trees" -
dabble
v 1: dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid 2: play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn: dabble, paddle, splash around] 3: work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" [syn: dabble, smatter, play around] 4: bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water; "dabbling ducks" -
disable
v 1: make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer" [syn: disable, disenable, incapacitate] [ant: enable] 2: injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" [syn: disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap] -
disenable
v 1: make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer" [syn: disable, disenable, incapacitate] [ant: enable] -
enable
v 1: render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain" [ant: disable, disenable, incapacitate] -
fable
n 1: a deliberately false or improbable account [syn: fabrication, fiction, fable] 2: a short moral story (often with animal characters) [syn: fable, parable, allegory, apologue] 3: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events [syn: legend, fable] -
gabble
n 1: rapid and indistinct speech [syn: jabber, jabbering, gabble] v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble] -
gable
n 1: the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof [syn: gable, gable end, gable wall] 2: United States film actor (1901-1960) [syn: Gable, Clark Gable, William Clark Gable] -
label
n 1: a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture" 2: trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent" [syn: label, recording label] 3: a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction 4: an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object v 1: assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'" 2: attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles" [syn: tag, label, mark] 3: pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here" [syn: pronounce, label, judge] 4: distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom 5: distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions -
labile
adj 1: (chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown 2: liable to change; "an emotionally labile person" -
rabble
n 1: a disorderly crowd of people [syn: mob, rabble, rout] 2: disparaging terms for the common people [syn: rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail] -
sable
adj 1: of a dark somewhat brownish black n 1: an artist's brush made of sable hairs [syn: sable, sable brush, sable's hair pencil] 2: the expensive dark brown fur of the marten 3: a very dark black [syn: coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black] 4: a scarf (or trimming) made of sable 5: marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur [syn: sable, Martes zibellina] -
scrabble
n 1: an aimless drawing [syn: scribble, scrabble, doodle] 2: a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game v 1: feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark" [syn: grope for, scrabble] 2: write down quickly without much attention to detail [syn: scribble, scrabble] -
stable
adj 1: resistant to change of position or condition; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices" [ant: unstable] 2: firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; "the economy is stable" 3: not taking part readily in chemical change 4: maintaining equilibrium 5: showing little if any change; "a static population" [syn: static, stable, unchanging] n 1: a farm building for housing horses or other livestock [syn: stable, stalls, horse barn] v 1: shelter in a stable; "stable horses" -
table
n 1: a set of data arranged in rows and columns; "see table 1" [syn: table, tabular array] 2: a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table" 3: a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant" 4: flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water" [syn: mesa, table] 5: a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game; "he entertained the whole table with his witty remarks" 6: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: board, table] v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off] 2: arrange or enter in tabular form [syn: table, tabularize, tabularise, tabulate] -
timetable
n 1: a schedule listing events and the times at which they will take place 2: a schedule of times of arrivals and departures -
turntable
n 1: a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played 2: a revolving tray placed on a dining table [syn: turntable, lazy Susan] 3: a rotatable platform with a track; used to turn locomotives and cars -
unable
adj 1: (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how; "unable to get to town without a car"; "unable to obtain funds" [ant: able] 2: (usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability; "dyslexics are unable to learn to read adequately"; "the sun was unable to melt enough snow" 3: lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" [syn: ineffective, ineffectual, unable] -
unstable
adj 1: lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy" [ant: stable] 2: highly or violently reactive; "sensitive and highly unstable compounds" 3: affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce" [syn: precarious, unstable] 4: suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind" [syn: mentally ill, unsound, unstable] 5: disposed to psychological variability; "his rather unstable religious convictions" 6: subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup" [syn: fluid, unstable] -
abel
n 1: Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829) [syn: Abel, Niels Abel, Niels Henrik Abel] 2: (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain -
metastable
adj 1: (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium -
brabble
v 1: argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies" [syn: quibble, niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble] -
schnabel
n 1: United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951) [syn: Schnabel, Artur Schnabel] -
psychobabble
n 1: using language loaded with psychological terminology -
abele
n 1: a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces [syn: white poplar, white aspen, abele, aspen poplar, silver-leaved poplar, Populus alba] -
drabble
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grabble
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mislabel
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crable
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frable
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grable
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graybeal
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schaible
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relabel
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intercable
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abell
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mabel
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bebel
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astable
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bistable
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retable
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thermostable
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crabill
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fabel
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grabel
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habel
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kabel
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krabill
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rabel
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schabel
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vrabel
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beall
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