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adorable
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adj 1: lovable especially in a childlike or naive way [syn:
adorable, endearing, lovely]
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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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curable
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adj 1: curing or healing is possible; "curable diseases" [ant:
incurable]
2: capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent
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deplorable
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adj 1: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable
state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad
shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable,
distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry]
2: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]
3: bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal
waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery
is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife" [syn:
condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible,
vicious]
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desirable
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adj 1: worth having or seeking or achieving; "a desirable job";
"computer with many desirable features"; "a desirable
outcome" [ant: undesirable, unwanted]
2: worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents
found the girl suitable for their son" [syn: desirable,
suitable, worthy]
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durable
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adj 1: existing for a long time; "hopes for a durable peace"; "a
long-lasting friendship" [syn: durable, lasting,
long-lasting, long-lived]
2: capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay; "durable
denim jeans" [syn: durable, long-wearing]
3: very long lasting; "less durable rocks were gradually worn
away to form valleys"; "the perdurable granite of the ancient
Appalachian spine of the continent" [syn: durable,
indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable]
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endurable
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adj 1: capable of being borne though unpleasant; "sufferable
punishment" [syn: bearable, endurable, sufferable,
supportable]
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horrible
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adj 1: provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a
frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even
horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"-
Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound" [syn: atrocious,
frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]
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incurable
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adj 1: incapable of being cured; "an incurable disease"; "an
incurable addiction to smoking" [ant: curable]
2: unalterable in disposition or habits; "an incurable optimist"
n 1: a person whose disease is incurable
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insurable
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adj 1: capable of being insured or eligible to be insured
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perdurable
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adj 1: very long lasting; "less durable rocks were gradually
worn away to form valleys"; "the perdurable granite of
the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent" [syn:
durable, indestructible, perdurable,
undestroyable]
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procurable
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adj 1: capable of being obtained; "savings of up to 50 percent
are obtainable" [syn: gettable, getable,
obtainable, procurable]
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unendurable
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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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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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thurible
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n 1: a container for burning incense (especially one that is
swung on a chain in a religious ritual) [syn: censer,
thurible]
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uninsurable
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adj 1: not capable of being insured or not eligible to be
insured
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restorable
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storable
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orabelle
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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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