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Definition: PASSIBLE |
PASSIBLEAdjective1. Susceptible of feeling or suffering, or of impressions from external agents. |
Date "PASSIBLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Etymology: Passible \Pas"si*ble\, adjective. [Latin expression passibilis, from pati, to suffer: compare to the French expression passible. See Passion.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: PASSIBLE |
| English words defined with "PASSIBLE": Passibility. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PASSIBLE": Impassible. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "PASSIBLE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (liable to). |
| Language | Translations for "PASSIBLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | способен да страда, способен да чувствува. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευπαθήσ (delicate, frail, ticklish), ευεπηρέαστοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | assiblepay simţitor (feeling, sensible, sentient, tender), sensibil (appreciably, considerable, considerably, delicate, feeling, impressible, impressionable, marked, noticeably, painful, palpable, responsive, scrupulous, sensible, sensitive, sentient, susceptible, tangible, tender, thin-skinned, touchy), capabil sã sufere. (various references) способный чувствовать или страдать. (various references) dễ xúc động chịu đựng được đau khổ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | passibilis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "PASSIBLE": impassible. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "PASSIBLE" (pronounced 'Pas"si*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable, Affirmable, Affordable, Aggrandizable, Agible, Agitable, Agreeable, Alarmable, Alible, Alienable, Alkalifiable, Allegeable, Alliable, Allottable, Allowable, Alterable, Amassable, Ameliorable, Amenable, Amendable, Amerceable, Amiable, Amicable, Amissible, Amortizable, Amovable, Amusable, Analyzable, Anchorable, Annihilable, Annullable, Annunciable, Answerable, Appealable, Appeasable, Appellable, Appetible, Applausable, Appliable, Applicable, Appointable, Apposable, Appraisable, Appreciable, Apprehensible, Approachable, Appropriable, Approvable, Aptable, Arbitrable, Arguable, Argumentable, Ascendable, Ascendible, Ascertainable, Ascribable, Aspectable, Assailable, Assaultable, Assayable, Assessable, Assignable, Assimilable, Associable, Assumable, Atonable, Attachable, Attackable, Attainable, Attemptable, Attractable, Attributable, Augmentable, Authorizable, Available, Avertible, Avoidable, Avouchable, Avowable, Bailable, Balanceable, Bankable, Baptizable, Batable, Battable, Bauble, Bawble, Bearable, Bedabble, Bedrabble, Bedribble, Beggable, Behoovable, Bejumble, Believable, Bendable, Bequeathable, Bescribble, Betumble, Bewailable, Bibble-babble, bible, Biddable, Bipartible, Blamable, Boardable, Boatable, Borable, Bowable, Breakable, Breathable, Bribable, Burnable, Calcinable, Calculable, Capable, Carriable, Carriageable, Catchable, Causable, Censurable, Cessible, Challengeable, Chanceable, Changeable, Chargeable, Charitable, Chasable, Chastisable, Chasuble, Cheatable, Circulable, Circumnavigable, Circumscribable, Circumscriptible, Circumstantiable, Citable, Civilizable, Claimable, Classible, Classifiable, Cleansable, Cleavable, Clergyable, Climbable, Clubbable, Coagulable, Coctible, Coercible, Cogitable, Cognizable, Cognoscible, Cohesible, Collatable, Collectible, Colliquable, Colorable, Combatable, Combinable, Commandable, Commeasurable, Commemorable, Commendable, Commensurable, Commiserable, Committable, Committible, Commonable, Communicable, Commutable, Compactible, Companable, Companiable, Companionable, Comparable, Compassable, Compassionable, Compatible, Compellable, Competible, Complainable, Compliable, Comportable, Compossible, Compoundable, Comprehensible, Compressible, Comptible, Computable, Concealable, Conceivable, Conceptible, Conclusible, Concordable, Concrescible, Concupiscible, Condemnable, Condensable, Condensible, Conducible, Conductible, Conferrable, Confinable, Confirmable, Confiscable, Confluxible, Conformable, Confusable, Confutable, Congeable, Congealable, Conjecturable, Conquerable, Conscionable, Conservable, Considerable, Consolable, Consortable, Constable, Constrainable, Consumable, Containable, Contaminable, Contemptible, Conterminable, Contestable, Continuable, Contractible, Contradictable, Contributable, Contrivble, Controllable, Controvertible, Conusable, Conversable, Conversible, Convertible, Conveyable, Convict1ible, Convincible, Corbel-table, Correlatable, Corrigible, Corrodible, Corrosible, Corrumpable, Counselable, countable, Countermandable, Coupable, Covenable, Covetable, Creable, Creatable, Credible, Creditable, Criticisable, Crucible, Crummable, Crystallizable, Cullible, Culpable, Cultivable, Cultivatable, Culturable, Curable, Customable, Damageable, Damnable, Datable, Debatable, Deceivable, Deceptible, Decerptible, decidable, Decipherable, Declarable, Declinable, Decoctible, Decomposable, Decompoundable, Decreeable, Deducible, Deductible, Defatigable, Defeasible, Defectible, Defendable, Defensible, Definable, Deflagrable, Deflectable, Deleble, Delectable, Delightable, Delineable, Delitable, Deliverable, Deludable, Demandable, Demisable, Demonstrable, Demountable, Demurrable, Deniable, Denominable, Denotable, Departable, Depectible, Dependable, Depertible, Deplorable, Deposable, Deprecable, Depredable, Deprehensible, Deprivable, Deputable, Derivable, Descendible, Describable, Desiderable, Designable, Desirable, Despicable, Despisable, Destinable, Destroyable, Destructible, Detachable, Determinable, Detestable, Developable, Devisable, Devitable, Devourable, Diffusible, Digestible, Diggable, Dilatable, Dimble, Diminishable, Dirigible, Disadvantageable, Disagreeable, Disallowable, Discernible, Disciplinable, Discomfortable, Discommendable, Disconformable. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-p-s-s" | |
-1 letter: abseils, espials, lapises, lipases, palsies. | |
-2 letters: abseil, aisles, basils, biases, espial, lapses, lassie, lipase, passel, pibals, plisse, sables, saleps, sepals, sepias, slipes, spails, spales, speils, spiels, spiles. | |
-3 letters: ables, aisle, apses, apsis, aspis, bails, bales, bases, basil, basis, bassi, biles, bises, blase, bless, blips, bliss, isbas, isles, lapis, lapse, lases, leaps, lisps, pails, paise, pales, pases, passe, peals, pibal, pilea, piles, pleas, plebs, plies, sabes, sable, sails, salep, sales, salps, seals, sepal, sepia, sials, sipes, sisal, slabs, slaps, slipe, slips, spaes, spail, spale, speil, spiel, spies, spile. | |
-4 letters: able, ails, albs, ales, alps, apes, apse, asps, bail, bale, bals, baps, base, bass, bels, bias, bile, bise, blae, blip, ilea, isba, isle, labs, laps, lase, lass, leap, leas, leis, less, libs, lies, lipa, lipe, lips, lisp, pail, pale, pals, pase, pass, peal, peas, pial, pias, pies, pile, piss, plea, pleb, plie, psis, sabe, sabs, sail, sale, salp, sals, saps, seal, seas, seis, sels, sial, sibs, sipe, sips, slab, slap, slip, spae, spas. | |
-5 letters: abs, ail, ais, alb, ale, alp, als, ape, asp, ass, bal, bap, bas, bel, bis, els, ess, lab, lap, las, lea, lei, lib, lie, lip, lis, pal, pas, pea, pes, pia, pie, pis, psi, sab, sae, sal, sap, sea, sei, sel, sib, sip, sis, spa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-p-s-s" | |
+1 letter: epiblasts. | |
+2 letters: basophiles, disposable, impassable, impassible. | |
+3 letters: battleships, bipedalisms, blasphemies, dispensable, disposables, perishables, persuasible, pliableness. | |
+4 letters: inseparables, pitiableness, plebeianisms, preestablish, subspecialty. | |
+5 letters: imperishables, incapableness, indispensable, indispensably, plausibleness, pliablenesses, presbyterials, subspecialist, subspecialize. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 41 53 53 49 42 4C 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- ... ... .. -... .-.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000001 01010011 01010011 01001001 01000010 01001100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P A S S I B L E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0041 0053 0053 0049 0042 004C 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5035535343364639 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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