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arable
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adj 1: (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively [syn:
arable, cultivable, cultivatable, tillable]
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barbell
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n 1: a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used
in weightlifting
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bearable
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adj 1: capable of being borne though unpleasant; "sufferable
punishment" [syn: bearable, endurable, sufferable,
supportable]
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bell
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n 1: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound
when struck
2: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or
buzzing signal when pushed [syn: doorbell, bell,
buzzer]
3: the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she
heard the distant toll of church bells" [syn: bell, toll]
4: (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time
signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals
4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. [syn:
bell, ship's bell]
5: the shape of a bell [syn: bell, bell shape, campana]
6: a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
[syn: Bell, Melville Bell, Alexander Melville Bell]
7: English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member
of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961) [syn: Bell, Vanessa
Bell, Vanessa Stephen]
8: United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone
(1847-1922) [syn: Bell, Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham
Bell]
9: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells
that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral
instrument [syn: chime, bell, gong]
10: the flared opening of a tubular device
v 1: attach a bell to; "bell cows"
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belle
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n 1: a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of
several rivals; "she was the belle of the ball"
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bluebell
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n 1: sometimes placed in genus Scilla [syn: wild hyacinth,
wood hyacinth, bluebell, harebell, Hyacinthoides
nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta]
2: one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large
erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies
and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New
Mexico and Texas [syn: prairie gentian, tulip gentian,
bluebell, Eustoma grandiflorum]
3: perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-
shaped blue flowers [syn: harebell, bluebell, Campanula
rotundifolia]
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comparable
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adj 1: able to be compared or worthy of comparison [ant:
incomparable, uncomparable]
2: conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding
dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year" [syn:
comparable, corresponding, like]
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cowbell
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n 1: a bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be
easily located
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decibel
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n 1: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the
logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some
reference intensity [syn: decibel, dB]
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declarable
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adj 1: that must be declared; "declarable income"
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doorbell
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n 1: a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or
buzzing signal when pushed [syn: doorbell, bell,
buzzer]
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harebell
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n 1: sometimes placed in genus Scilla [syn: wild hyacinth,
wood hyacinth, bluebell, harebell, Hyacinthoides
nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta]
2: perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-
shaped blue flowers [syn: harebell, bluebell, Campanula
rotundifolia]
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inerrable
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adj 1: not liable to error; "the Church was...theoretically
inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton; "lack an
inerrant literary sense"; "an unerring marksman" [syn:
inerrable, inerrant, unerring]
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parable
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n 1: a short moral story (often with animal characters) [syn:
fable, parable, allegory, apologue]
2: (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey
his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son"
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rebel
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n 1: `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers
by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War;
`greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
[syn: Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback]
2: a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the
constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving
conditions) [syn: insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom
fighter, rebel]
3: someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
[syn: maverick, rebel]
v 1: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
[syn: rebel, arise, rise, rise up]
2: break with established customs [syn: rebel, renegade]
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terrible
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adj 1: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an
awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so
direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of
the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease
it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling";
"horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible
curse" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a),
dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome,
frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible]
2: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste";
"abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful
manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting";
"an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [syn:
atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful,
terrible, unspeakable]
3: intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or
quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible
cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked
cough" [syn: severe, terrible, wicked]
4: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a
frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" [syn:
frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous]
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unbearable
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adj 1: incapable of being put up with; "an intolerable degree of
sentimentality" [syn: intolerable, unbearable,
unendurable] [ant: tolerable]
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wearable
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adj 1: suitable for wear or able to be worn; "wearable evening
clothes"; "a wearable hearing aid" [ant: unwearable]
n 1: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn:
clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear,
wearable, habiliment]
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bel
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n 1: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
[syn: Bel, B]
2: Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad
including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil
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nobel
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n 1: Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite
and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes
(1833-1896) [syn: Nobel, Alfred Nobel, Alfred Bernhard
Nobel]
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jezebel
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n 1: wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old
Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the
worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets
of Israel (9th century BC)
2: a shameless impudent scheming woman
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unwearable
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adj 1: not suitable for wear or able to be worn; "shoes so
dilapidated as to be unwearable" [ant: wearable]
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handbell
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n 1: a bell that is held in the hand
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clearable
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inenarrable
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repairable
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shareable
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beal
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beall
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behl
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mirabelle
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bael
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gabelle
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annabel
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arabel
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boscobel
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christabel
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claribel
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isabel
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pachelbel
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marable
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sparable
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