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Definition: Cable |
CableNoun1. A telegram sent abroad. 2. A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power. 3. A very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire. 4. A nautical unit of depth. 5. Television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver. 6. A television system transmitted over cables. Verb1. Send cables, wires, or telegrams. 2. Fasten with a cable; "cable trees". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cable" was first used: 12th century. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a cable, foretells the undertaking of a decidedly hazardous work, which, if successfully carried to completion, will abound in riches and honor to you. To dream of receiving cablegrams, denotes that a message of importance will reach you soon, and will cause disagreeable comments. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Mining | A. A heavy multiple-strand steel rope used in cable-tool drilling as the line between the tools and the walking beam. Syn:drilling cabl b. A term used loosely to signify a wire line. See also:wire lin c. A fiber cable consists of three hawsers laid up left-handed. See also:wire rope; cable-laid rope d. A ropelike, usually stranded assembly of electrical conductors or of groups of two or more conductors insulated from each other but laid up together usually by being twisted around a central core, the whole usually heavily insulated by outside wrappings; specif., a submarine cable e. A steel rope for hoisting or for aerial trams f. A flexible rope composed of many steel wires or hemp fibers in groups, first twisted to form strands, several of which are again twisted together to form a rope. Also called wire cable; wire line; wire rope; steel cable. See also:wire-line cable g. See:armored cable; electric cable. h. A single concentration of steel wire intended for prestressing i. A nautical unit of horizontal distance, equal to 600 ft (100 fathoms;182.9 m) and approx. 0.1 nmi (0.18 km). (references) |
Post & Telecom | The assembly of conductors, insulated from one another and enclosed in a common binding or sheathing, and having some degree of flexibility. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | A transmission line or group of transmission lines mechanically assembled in compact flexible form. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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A cable is two or more wires bound together. May be protected by a sheath which covers all the wires. Cables can also act as carriers for other media, including optical fibers.A bowden cable is a type of flexible sheathed cable used to transmit mechanical force.
See also: rope, cable modem, DOCSIS
Types of cable
The term cable is sometimes used for the cable length, unit of measure. Cable is also used in reference to cable television. Cable (comics) is a comic book superhero in the fictional Marvel Universe.
- coaxial cable
- twisted pair cable
- fiber optic cable
- bowden cable
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cable."
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The devices known as Cable Modems transfer data, typically Internet services, generally over a cable television infrastructure. The term Cable Internet (or simply cable) refers to the overall system where an Internet service provider (ISP) uses these devices. The modem part of a cable modem device transfers digital information over an analogue network. Many cable modems have additional advanced functions such as routing, virtual private networking and firewalling.Cable modems have the primary function of bringing high-speed Internet access to consumers. They can take advantage of the existing high bandwidth available on the cable-television network that providers have rolled out to the majority of urban residences in many developed countries. Prior to the availability of such cabling systems, standard Internet access involved relatively slow dial-up access via the public switched telephone network.
Users in a single locality share the available bandwidth provided by the single coaxial cable in the neighborhood. Therefore, depending on the usage of the service (known as contention) Internet connection speeds can vary from blisteringly fast to dead slow. Note however that uncertainty affects any measurements of internet speed, as bottlenecks can occur anywhere outside a user's or an ISP's control.
Because of the high speeds offered, cable Internet, along with ADSL, has acquired the name broadband.
Cable modems most commonly use DOCSIS standard (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification).
Cable modem manufacturers include:
- Nortel
- Ericcson
- 3Com
- Cisco
External links
- DOCSIS standard
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cable modem."
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Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to 'cable') refers to television, FM radio programming and other services that are provided to consumers via fixed coaxial cables, rather than by the older and more widespread radio broadcasting (over-the-air) method. It is most common in Canada, the United States and Europe, though it is present in many other countries.
Technically, both cable TV and CATV involve distributing a number of television channels collected at a central location (called a head end or headend) throughout a community by means of a network of optical fibers and/or coaxial cables and broadband amplifiers.
Like in the case of radio broadcasting, the use of different frequencies allows many channels to be distributed through the same cable, without separate wires for each. The tuner of the TV, VCR or radio selects from this mixed signal one channel.
The same program is often simultaneously radio broadcast and distributed by cable, usually at different frequencies.
History of U.S. cable TV and its regulation
During the television licensing freeze of the late 1940s, the demand for television increased. Since new television licences were not being issued, the only way the demand was met was by Community Antenna Television. The first commercial CATV System was developed in 1948 by John Walson. He had interest in an appliance store that began to carry televisions. A major problem in selling televisions in Mahoney City, Pennsylvania was that the stations which were available were received very poorly. Walson built an antenna on the top of a nearby mountain and strung a wire from it to his shop. A neighbor asked for the wire to be connected to his house and Walson connected it to his own house. He said he would extend the wire to anyone who would buy one of his television receivers, and in 1949 he started charging for the service.
Another system in Mahoney City was founded by Jerrold Electronics Corp. which served the other side of town. Both were originally three-channel systems and were upgraded to five. Other systems were built: some conceived the idea independently, others didn't, and others laid claim to the title of first.
On August 1, 1949 T.J. Slowie, a secretary of the Federal Communications Commission, sent a letter to a CATV pioneer in Astoria, Oregon, L.E. Parsons, requesting he "furnish the Commission full information with respect to the nature of the system you may have developed and may be operating." He did. This is the first known involvement of the FCC in CATV. An FCC lawyer, E. Stratford Smith, determined the Commission could exercise common carrier jurisdiction over CATV. The FCC didn't act on this opinion and Smith later changed his mind after working in the cable industry for some time and testifying in Senate committee hearings. Senator and future Federal Communications Commissioner Kenneth A. Cox attended and participated in these hearings. He prepared a report entitled the Cox Report for the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. This report was against CATV and supported the FCC policy of a television station in every community.
In 1959 and 1961 bills were introduced in Congress that would have determined the role of the FCC in CATV policy. The 1959 bill, which actually made it to the floor of the Senate, would have limited FCC jurisdiction to CATV systems within the contours, i.e. the broadcast range, of a single station. It was defeated. The 1961 bill proposed by the FCC would have given the Commission authority over CATV as CATV, and not as a common carrier or broadcaster. The Commission could then adopt rules and regulations "in the public interest" to govern CATV in any area covered both by CATV and broadcast television. No action was ever taken on this bill.
More important than Congressional action in determining Federal Communications Commission CATV policy were court cases and FCC hearings. Frontier Broadcasting Co. v. Collier was a hearing in which broadcasters tried to get the FCC to exercise common carrier authority over 288 CATV systems in 36 states. The broadcasters maintained that CATV went against the FCC's Sixth Report and Order, which advocated at least one television station in every community. The FCC, in 1958, decided that CATV was not really a common carrier since the subscriber did not determine the programming. Carter Mountain Transmission Corp., a common carrier that already transmitted television signals by microwave to CATV systems in several Wyoming towns, wanted to add a second signal to two of the towns and add two signals to a previously unserved town. A television station in one town opposed this and protested to the FCC on the grounds of economic damage. A hearing examiner supported Carter Mountain but the Commission supported the television station. The case was appealed, as most are, and the Federal Communications Commission won. "The fact that no broadcaster has actually gone off the air due to CATV competition at the time the government moved to expand its authority (nor have any since) did not stay the momentum for the expansion of regulatory authority. That some economic impact was merely plausible sufficed as the basis for government concern and government action." The FCC overruled a hearing examiner in favor of broadcasters again in the "San Diego Case". The CATV systems in San Diego, California wanted to import stations from Los Angeles, some of which could be seen in San Diego; the television stations in San Diego didn't want the signals imported. The television stations won, not allowing the signals on future cable lines in San Diego and its environs. The FCC's reasoning was to protect the present and future UHF stations in San Diego.
In the First Report and Order by the Federal Communications Commission on CATV the FCC gave itself the power to regulate CATV. This Report and Order was designed to protect small town television stations. It did this by imposing two rules, which in slightly altered form still stand: one requires that a CATV system carry all local stations in which the CATV system is in the "A" (best reception) contour of the station. The second prohibits the importation of programs from a non-local station that duplicates programming on a local station if the duplication is shown either 15 days before or 15 days after its local airing. This 1965 report reasoning is as follows: 1) CATV should carry local stations because CATV supplements, not replaces, local stations and the non-carriage of local stations gives distant stations an advantage since people will not change from the cable to the antenna to see a local station; 2) non-carriage is "inherently contrary to the public interest"; 3) CATV duplication of local programming via distant signals is unfair since broadcasters and CATV do not compete for programs on an equal footing; the FCC recommends "a reasonable measure of exclusivity".
The 1966 Second Report and Order made some minor changes in the First Report and Order and added a major regulation. This was designed to protect UHF stations in large cities. The new rule disallowed the importation of distant signals into the top 100 markets, thus making CATV profitable only in cities with poor reception. In 1968 the Supreme Court upheld the FCC's right to make rules and regulations concerning CATV. In its decision on United States v. Southwestern Cable, the "San Diego Case", it said "the Commissions authority over 'all interstate ... communications by wire or radio' permits the regulation of CATV systems."
In 1969 the FCC issued rules requiring all CATV systems with over 3500 subscribers to have facilities for local origination of programming by April 1, 1971. The date was later suspended. Dean Burch, in 1972, steered the FCC into a new area of regulation. It lifted its restrictions on CATV in large cities, but now put the burden of more local programming on CATV operators. New systems now had to have 20 channels and all systems with over 3500 subscribers had to have free public access, free government, and free education channels.
Programming
There are several features of cable programming that distinguish it from broadcast television. These features stem from the fact that cable television can carry more bandwidth and that it is much more able to control who can or cannot receive a signal than broadcast television.
There is much less of a restriction on adult-oriented content such as nudity and strong language, because the signals are not transmitted over the airwaves where anyone with a television set (including children) can receive them. Audience numbers tend to be smaller, so more specialized programming (such as minority sports) is acceptable. Greater bandwidth is available than with broadcast, so there are 10 to 20 times as many channels. Cable imposes a charge for service, depending on the number and perceived quality of the channels available. This has a positive side, as advertisement breaks on cable are either absent or their number and duration are far lower than on broadcast, where ads make up around 25% of programming in the US. By coding signals and having decoding equipment in the homes it also enables subscription based channels and pay-per-view services.
Starting in the late 1990s, advances in digital signal compression (primarily Motorola's DigiCipher 2 technology in North America) technology have given rise to wider implementation of digital cable services. Digital cable provides many more television channels over the same available bandwidth, usually for a higher monthly subscription fee. The downside to digital compression is its tendency to soften the quality of the television picture.
In the United States, cable companies typically receive exclusive rights to serve a region as a result of a franchise agreement with a local government.
Other cable based services
Since coaxial cables enable bi-directional carriage of signals, it is possible for cable companies such as AT&T and Time Warner to provide Internet access, which broadcast television networks cannot. However, although the same cables are used, providing this access requires still a large amount of infrastructure cost since many of the switches are uni-directional.
Cable companies have recently expanded their service to provide broadband internet services through their cables, using cable modems, as opposed to ADSL through the telephone cable. It is unclear as of the end of 2001 whether this service can become profitable for the cable companies in its current form. There are relatively few households willing to pay the fees for cable internet, so the investment in infrastructure has to be defrayed across a small user base. On the other hand much of the infrastructure is in place already (in the cables that supply the TV signals). The lack of popularity of broadband internet is also due in part to the reluctance of content providers to provide video over internet networks, out of fear that this content would be copied and resold.
A chart showing the North American cable television bandplan can be found here.
Cable television is facing increasing competition from satellite television.
References
- Mary Alice Mayer Philips, CATV: a history of community antenna television (Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1972)
- Martin H. Seiden, Cable Television U.S.A.: An Analysis of Government Policy (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1972)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cable television."
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Cable is a town located in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 836.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 185.0 km² (71.4 mi²). 179.3 km² (69.2 mi²) of it is land and 5.6 km² (2.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 3.05% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 836 people, 381 households, and 230 families residing in the town. The population density is 4.7/km² (12.1/mi²). There are 697 housing units at an average density of 3.9/km² (10.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.16% White, 0.00% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.24% from other races, and 0.24% from two or more races. 0.12% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 381 households out of which 24.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.9% are married couples living together, 6.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 39.4% are non-families. 32.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.19 and the average family size is 2.76. In the town the population is spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 104.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 104.1 males. The median income for a household in the town is $31,250, and the median income for a family is $36,250. Males have a median income of $26,645 versus $16,484 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,985. 11.8% of the population and 8.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 16.3% are under the age of 18 and 13.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cable, Wisconsin."
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An optical fiber (or fibre in British English) is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. Fiber optics is the branch of science and engineering concerned with optical fibers.
The optical fiber can be used as a medium for telecommunication and networking because it is flexible and can be bundled as cables. Although fibers can be made out of either plastic or glass, the fibers used in long-distance telecommunications applications are always glass, because of the lower optical absorption of glass. The light transmitted through the fiber is confined due to total internal reflection within the material. This is an important property that eliminates signal crosstalk between fibers within the cable and allows the routing of the cable with twists and turns. In telecommunications applications, the light used is typically infrared light, at wavelengths near to the minimum absorption wavelength of the fiber in use.
Fibers are generally used in pairs, with one fiber of the pair carrying a signal in each direction.
Fibers, like waveguides, can have various transmission modes. The fibers used for long-distance communication are known as single mode fibers, as they have only one strong propagation mode. This results in superior performance compared to other, multi-mode fibers, where light transmitted in the different modes arrives at different times, resulting in dispersion of the transmitted signal.
Because of the remarkably low loss and excellent linearity and dispersion behavior of single-mode optical fiber, data rates of up to 40 Gbit/s are possible in real-world use on a single wavelength. Wavelength division multiplexing can then be used to allow many wavelengths to be used at once on a single fiber, allowing a single fiber to bear an aggregate bandwidth measured in terabits per second.
Modern fiber cables can contain up to a thousand fibers in a single cable, so the performance of optical networks easily accommodate even today's demands for bandwidth on a point-to-point basis. However, unused point-to-point potential bandwidth does not translate to operating profits, and it is estimated that no more than 1% of the optical fibre buried in recent years is actually 'lit'.
Recent advances in fiber technology have reduced losses so far that no amplification of the optical signal is needed over distances of hundreds of kilometers. This has greatly reduced the cost of optical networking, particularly over undersea spans where the cost reliability of amplifiers is one of the key factors determining the performance of the whole cable system.
Longer-range systems still have to use optical amplifiers.
Advantages of optical fibres over wires
- low loss, so repeater-less transmission over long distances is possible
- large data-carrying capacity (thousands of times greater)
- immunity to electromagnetic interference, including nuclear electromagnetic pulses (but can be damaged by alpha and beta radiation)
- high electrical resistance, so safe to use near high-voltage equipment or between areas with different earth potentials
- light weight
- signals contain very little power
Disdvantages of optical fibres compared to wires
- higher cost
- need for more expensive optical transmitters and receivers
- more difficult and expensive to splice than wires
- cannot carry electrical power to operate terminal devices (Note: current telecommunication trends greatly reduce this concern: availability of cell phones and wireless PDAs; the routine inclusion of back-up batteries in communication devices; lack of real interest in hybrid metal-fiber cables; increased use of fiber-based intermediate systems)
History
In 1966, Charles Kao, born in China, in his PhD thesis estimates that glass fibers need to have an optic signal attenuation of less than 20 dB per kilometer to be useful for long distance communication. The first useful optical fiber was invented in 1970 by researchers Maurer, Keck, Schultz, and Zimar working for American glass maker Corning Glass Works (http://www.corning.com/). They manufactured a fiber with 17 dB optic attenuation per kilometer by doping silica glass with titanium.
The first transatlantic telephone cable to use optical fiber was TAT-8, which went into operation in 1988.
Other uses of optical fibers
- Fibers can be used as light guides in medical and other applications where bright light need to be brought to bear on a target without a clear line-of-sight path.
- In some high-tech buildings, optical fibers are used to route sunlight from the roof to other parts of the building.
Optical Fiber in Waveguides
Waveguides are silicon chips with extremely thin and extremely flexed optical fibers on them. Companies like JDSUniphase (http://www.JDSU.com) manufacture these waveguides for use in computers and in spliting boxes. A waveguide seperates the different colors of light, and allows it to have the same signal sent in many directions to put it simply (see waveguides)
See also:
- Glossary of fiber optic terms
- SDH
- Submarine communications cables
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Optical fiber."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CANTAT | English | Canadian Transatlantic Telephone Cable | Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CableSynonyms: cable length (n), cable system (n), cable television (n), cable television service (n), cablegram (n), cable's length (n), line (n), overseas telegram (n), transmission line (n), telegraph (v), wire (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Avoidance | Beat a retreat; turn tail, turn one's back; take to one's heels; runaway, run for one's life; cut and run; be off like a shot; fly, flee; fly away, flee away, run away from; take flight, take to flight; desert, elope; make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off; break away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from; slip cable, part company, turn one's heel; sneak out of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulate, cut one's stick, walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce; escape; go away; (depart); abandon; reject. |
Connection | Bond, tendon, tendril; fiber; cord, cordage; riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain; string; (filament). |
Haste | Adverb: with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed; in haste; Adjective: apace; (swiftly); amain; all at once; (instantaneously); at short notice; immediately; (early); posthaste; by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches. |
Messenger | Telegraph, telephone; cable, wire (electronic information transmission); carrier pigeon. |
News | Word, advice, aviso, message; dispatch, despatch; telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Tell him if he doesn't sign the bill lowering the cable rates, we will release the video of him with the cheerleader in the Chicago motel room (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) Ok, so I still live with my parents, which I admit is bogus and sad. However I do have a cable access show, and I still know how to party (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers) that's why I don't have cable in my house (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) The Simpsons have cable! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) The power cable generated an electrical field and confused their tiny metal minds (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) | |
Lyrics | I'm like the Cable Guy (Hey Leonardo (She likes me for me); performing artist: Blessid Union Of Souls) She sends a cable comin’ in from above (Radar Love; performing artist: Golden Earring) That's my house, I'll disconnect the cable and turn the lights out (Ms. Jackson; performing artist: Outkast) You call the cable, make a cozy home (Man (Opposable Thumb); performing artist: The Residents) To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco"; performing artist: Tony Bennett) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) Cable Car (2001) The Rogers' Cable (1998) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Setting up a Raydist tower Base plate with tower and cable - tower assembled from 10-foot aluminum sections Party off of wire drag vessels WAINWRIGHT and HILGARD Photograph #1 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Snarled anchor cable and current meter cables Sometimes things go seriously wrong Current studies in SE Alaska. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Ship has finished deploying net which is still attached by a cable. Prior to net closing, the small boat in photo makes noise to keep tuna herded into net. Credit: Fisheries. |  | A member of the Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group cuts holes to place cable in the logs. US Forest Service and Skagit Fisheries Enhancement members cabled all the jams into place. Then, volunteers played an essential role in the restoration by performing pre and post monitoring of the site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Skagit Fisheries Enhancement members secure the logs with cable. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Landing for submarine cable attached to submarine signaling bell buoy. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 10. W. F. Ewald's photometer. Vibration model activated by shaking the cable that the instrument was attached to. This model was invented by Wolfgang F. Ewald in 1910 and tested near the coast of Scotland. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 30. Samples of steel cable used by Prince Albert I of Monaco during his oceanographic studies. Various diameter cables were used with different types equipment at varying depths. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Shoots video of pulling cable through a system of pipelines. |  | Army Sgt. Chris Seaton videotapes a holiday greeting for release to hometown television and cable outlets across the United States. Seaton's Army/Air Force Hometown News Team recorded more than 3,400 holiday greetings during visits to Army and Air Force i. |
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| "My cable hell" by Nathan Jones Commentary: "Cable madness." | "USB Cable End" by Conor Tapp Commentary: "The USB end of a Canon S230's connection." |
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Horace Mann | Habit is a cable. We weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it. |
Robert Burton | No cord nor cable can so forcibly draw, or hold so fast, as love can do with a twined thread. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | For the purpose of this provision the pre-war rate of exchange shall be defined as the average cable transfer rate prevailing in the Allied or Associated country concerned during the month immediately preceding the outbreak of war between the said country concerned and Germany. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At hard work, at twisting a cable, or turning a windlass, Jean Valjean was equal to four men. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The cable was about as thick as packthread, and the bars of the length and size of a knitting needle |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | He used to make a cable for his anchor of strips of hickory bark tied together |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The spinal cord is, in part, like a living telephone cable. (references) | |
Business | They also had to operate cable television systems. (references) | |
It led to the acquisition of Home Cable and Smartcom. (references) | ||
Cable TV also has its share of new movers in the market. (references) | ||
Children | Iran | However, the Cable News Network reported in 1996 on the harsh conditions in an institution for children with mental retardation who had been abandoned by their parents. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Thailand | There is one cable television network. (references) |
Chad | A South African cable station also sells subscriptions. (references) | |
Economic History | Pakistan | A submarine cable links Pakistan with UAE. (references) |
Mexico | Cable TV penetration is estimated at 3 percent. (references) | |
Bulgaria | Bulgaria's broadcast and cable media are also expanding. (references) | |
Political Economy | ROMANIA | In a few cases, pirated films were broadcast on local cable television channels. (references) |
INDIA | The proliferation of unregulated cable television operators has led to pervasive cable piracy. (references) | |
HUNGARY | The Media Act revision would also limit any single cable provider to one-sixth of the household market. (references) | |
Trade | Canada | Under the Investment Canada Act and related regulations, Canada maintains laws and policies that restrict new or expanded foreign investment in the energy, publishing, telecommunications, transportation, film, music, broadcasting, and cable television sectors. (references) |
Travel | Belgium | CNN is also available on cable. (references) |
Ghana | Underground cable connections may, however, cost about three times that of overhead cables. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Jordan | During the year, the Jordan Cable and Wire Company reinstated 220 workers that a labor court ruled were dismissed illegally in 1999. The GFJTU belongs to the Arab Labor organization, the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions, and to the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SABBATH, n. A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh. Among the Jews observance of the day was enforced by a Commandment of which this is the Christian version: "Remember the seventh day to make thy neighbor keep it wholly." To the Creator it seemed fit and expedient that the Sabbath should be the last day of the week, but the Early Fathers of the Church held other views. So great is the sanctity of the day that even where the Lord holds a doubtful and precarious jurisdiction over those who go down to (and down into) the sea it is reverently recognized, as is manifest in the following deep-water version of the Fourth Commandment: Six days shalt thou labor and do all thou art able, And on the seventh holystone the deck and scrape the cable. Decks are no longer holystoned, but the cable still supplies the captain with opportunity to attest a pious respect for the divine ordinance. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Conan O'Brien | Really, don't get me wrong. I'm very proud that I have a network special, but we still have to remember that cable is expanding and they've got some great channels, too. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Cable" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.14% of the time. "Cable" is used about 1,483 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.14% | 1,397 | 5,738 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.03% | 45 | 50,900 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.89% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.94% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,483 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cable" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cable | Last name | 4,000 | 3,200 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Cable & Wireless Optus Limited | Canada | Cable Satisfaction International Inc. |
| China | Chengdu Telecommunication Cable Company Limited | Hong Kong | Cable & Wireless HKT Limited |
| India | Cable Corporation Of India Limited | Indonesia | P.T. Jembo Cable Company Tbk |
| Japan | Hitachi Cable Ltd | South Korea | Dae Won Cable Co., Ltd. |
| Taiwan | China Wire & Cable Co. Ltd. | United Kingdom | Cable & Wireless Communications plc |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Cable, OH 2. Cable, WI |
Expressions using "cable": aerial cable ♦ aircraft arresting cable ♦ anchor cable ♦ armored cable ♦ armoured cable ♦ arresting cable ♦ arterial cable ♦ auxiliary carrier cable ♦ Bower cable ♦ brake cable ♦ Bridle cable ♦ broadband cable ♦ buried cable ♦ by cable ♦ cable address ♦ cable anchor ♦ cable armor ♦ cable armour ♦ cable box ♦ Cable buoy ♦ cable car ♦ cable channel ♦ cable chock ♦ cable distribution head ♦ cable end connection ♦ cable guy ♦ cable holder ♦ cable hose ♦ cable laid rope ♦ cable laying ♦ cable length ♦ cable lifter ♦ cable modem ♦ cable molding ♦ cable net ♦ cable network ♦ cable news network ♦ cable railway ♦ Cable road ♦ cable sheath ♦ cable splicing ♦ cable stitch ♦ cable system ♦ cable television ♦ cable television service ♦ Cable tier ♦ cable tramway ♦ cable trough ♦ cable tv ♦ cable welder ♦ cable yarn ♦ camera and audio cable conduits with chase ♦ Chain cable ♦ coax cable ♦ coaxial cable ♦ data Over Cable Service Interface Specification ♦ data Over Cable Systems Interface Specifications ♦ drop cable ♦ earthing cable ♦ Electric cable ♦ electric cable conduit ♦ electric cable pit ♦ electrical cable ♦ ethernet cable ♦ fiber cable ♦ fiber optic cable ♦ fibre cable ♦ fibre optic cable ♦ ground cable ♦ grounding cable ♦ guy cable ♦ haulage cable ♦ insulate a cable ♦ interface cable ♦ jumper cable ♦ lay a cable ♦ link up to the cable network ♦ magnetic leader cable ♦ main cable ♦ main carrying cable ♦ optical cable ♦ optical fiber cable ♦ optical fibre cable ♦ overhead cable ♦ paired cable ♦ part a cable ♦ plenum cable ♦ power cable ♦ power supply cable ♦ printer cable ♦ programme distribution by cable ♦ quad cable ♦ quadded cable ♦ quaded cable ♦ radiating cable communication system ♦ range of cable ♦ return cable ♦ sheathe a cable ♦ sheet cable ♦ shot of a cable ♦ SL cable. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cable": cable-car, cable-carred, cable-carrying, cable-connected, cable-controlled, cable-cord, cable-crane, cable-cutters, cable-drum, cable-franchise, cable-hauled, cable-hung, cable-knit, cable-layer, cable-laying, cable-like, cable-makers, cable-operated, cable-route, cable-station, cable-television, cable-tv, cable-way. | |
Ending with "cable": chain-cable, major-cable, satellite-to-cable, submarine-cable, tv-cable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cable | 7,567 | larry the cable guy | 798 |
time warner cable | 7,507 | cable wireless | 793 |
cable tv | 5,419 | cable company | 712 |
comcast cable | 3,705 | cable equipment | 705 |
cable modem | 3,569 | cable copper kit slice stranded | 689 |
cox cable | 2,993 | rogers cable | 651 |
cable descrambler | 2,962 | digital cable filter | 648 |
cable box | 2,675 | cable internet provider | 529 |
internet cable | 2,250 | cable service | 518 |
cable black box | 1,750 | cable descrambler box | 512 |
charter cable | 1,540 | network cable | 448 |
digital cable descrambler | 1,437 | usb cable | 425 |
porter cable | 1,314 | computer cable | 420 |
cable television | 1,273 | cable modem speed test | 379 |
adelphia cable | 1,065 | cable speed test | 378 |
shaw cable | 1,059 | fiber optic cable | 364 |
digital cable | 912 | s video cable | 364 |
monster cable | 901 | cable tv descrambler | 346 |
digital cable box | 866 | att cable | 344 |
crossover cable | 827 | insight cable | 340 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | telegrafoj (send a telegram, send a wire, Telegraph, wire), mesazh (despatch, dispatch, message), litar (halyard, hanging, lasher, lashing, line, rope, tack, tether), lidh me litar (lash), kavo (dragline, rope), kabllogramm, kabllo, kabëll (core), dërgoj (consign, delegate, deliver, despatch, detach, direct, dispatch, refer, relegate, send, send off, set forth, set off, transmit). (various references) | |
Arabic | كابل, مرسة, مرساة مزودة بحبل, قلس, حزمة أسلاك, حبل غليظ, سلك (bear, behave, comport, conduct oneself, corps, deport, deport oneself, get along, pursue, service), طول الفلس, ثبت (affirm, anchor, assure, aver, belay, belt, bend, bite, bolt, bolt on, brace, catch, chock, confirm, corroborate, countersign, demonstrate, display, endure, establish, evince, fastening, fix, lash, last, pin down, plant, prove, reinforce, secure, set, spike, stabilize, stay, steady, stick, strengthen, substantiate, testify, validate, verify, warrant), برقية (cablegram, despatch, dispatch, telegram, telegraph, wire), برق (flamboyance, flamboyancy, fulgurite, glimmer, lightning, mail, shimmer, telegram, telegraph, thunderbolt, wire). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | усукан като въже орнамент, телеграфирам (wire), кабел, каблограма (cablegram), привързвам с въже, дебело въже (rope-end). (various references) | |
Catalan | cable. (various references) | |
Chinese | 電纜 , 電報 (telegram, telegraph), 缆绳, 有線 (wired). (various references) | |
Czech | kabel (flex). (various references) | |
Danish | kabel (chain, fairing, rope, strand, wire rope). (various references) | |
Dutch | kabel (conductor, conduit), tros (cluster, train). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kablo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | trossi, kaðal. (various references) | |
Farsi | تلگراف کردن (Telegram), سیم کشی کردن (Wire), سیم تلگراف (Wire), طناب سیمی ضخیم , شاه سیم . (various references) | |
Finnish | kaapeli (hawser). (various references) | |
French | câble. (various references) | |
German | Kabel (cablegram, cables, cabling, cord, flex, lead, wire), Seil (cord, high-wire, rope, string, tightrope, wire), kabeln (wire). (various references) | |
Greek | καλώδιο (flex, guy, hawser, wire). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מברק (cablegram, telegram), עבות (cord, dense, interwoven, rope, shaggy, thick, tie), כבל (bond, chain). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vezeték (canal, conduit, duct, line, passage, wire, wiring), kábel (cablegram, hawser), távirat (cablegram, dispatch, telegram, Telegraph, telegraph message, tg, wire), sodronykötél, sürgöny (despatch, dispatch, telegram, telegraph message). (various references) | |
Icelandic | sími (telegraph, telephone, wire). (various references) | |
Indonesian | telegram (telegram), kabel (cord). (various references) | |
Italian | cavo (cabel, concave, hawser, hollow, robe, rope, sunken, tightrope, trunk, wire), fune (line, rope, tether). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鉄索. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さくじょう (rope), こうさく (blending, complication, construction, cultivation, farming, handicraft, maneuvering, mixture, steel wire rope, work), ケーブル , てっさく (cableway, iron railing or fence, wire rope). (various references) | |
Korean | 케이블. (various references) | |
Manx | cur caabyl hug, caabyl (cablegram, hawser, lead), caabley. (various references) | |
Norwegian | kabel (hawser). (various references) | |
Papiamen | kabel. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ablecay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cabo (bight, cape, cord, corporal, end, flex, foreland, gripe, guy, hand, handle, helve, hilt, hokum, hook, hub, knob, leg pull, naze, non-com, non-commissioned officer, preventer, stock, tail). (various references) | |
Romanian | cablu submarin, cablu (wire), cablogramã (cablegram), telegramã (dispatch, telegram, wire), telegrafia (wire), parâmã (hawser, lashing, line, rope, tow-line rope), odgon (rope), lanţ de ancorã, lanţ (bands, catena, catenation, chain, concatenation, fetters, link, range, ridge, series, string, succession, train), frânghie (cord, line, rope), fixa cu un cablu, ancablurã. (various references) | |
Russian | трос (hawser, rope, tow), телеграфировать (message), телеграмма (cablegram, telegram), канат (hawser, rope, tightrope, tow), кабель (powerline). (various references) | |
Scottish | taod (a halter, binding, hair rope, halter). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uže (rope, strop, tack, trace, twine), sajla (cord), poslati telegram (wire), kabl, dužina kabla, žica (chord, cord, string, wire). (various references) | |
Spanish | cable (cord, flex, hawser, lead). (various references) | |
Swedish | kabel (interface, lead, line, rope, wire). (various references) | |
Thai | โทรเลข (telegram), ส่งโทรเลข (telegraph), สายเคเบิ้ล. (various references) | |
Turkish | telgraf çekmek (dispatch, wire), telgraf (cablegram, radio, telegram, Telegraph, tellotype, wire), palamar (hawser, lashing, moorings, moors, warp), kablolu yayın yapmak (cablecast), kablolu yayın (cable tv, cablecast, piped tv), kablo ile bağlamak, kablo döşemek (lay a cable, wire, wire to), kablo (lead, line). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tanap (rope). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | якірний ланцюг, трос (hawser, wire), телеграфувати (wire), телеграма (cablegram, telegram, wire), кручений орнамент, канат (rope, sling), кабельтов, кабель, каблограма (cablegram), закріпляти канатом, прів'язувати тросом, прикрашати крученим орнаментом. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | capere, fune, funem, funes, funibus, funis, mitra, mitram, mitras. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | capulum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cable": cabled, cablegram, cablegrams, cables, cablet, cablets, cableway, cableways. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cable": abdicable, allocable, amicable, applicable, cascable, communicable, confiscable, despicable, educable, eradicable, evocable, explicable, extricable, immedicable, impeccable, implacable, impracticable, inapplicable, incommunicable, ineducable, ineradicable, inexplicable, inextricable, irradicable, irrevocable, medicable, peccable, placable, practicable, predicable, replicable, revocable, trafficable, uncommunicable, uneducable, vindicable, vocable. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cable": amicableness, amicablenesses, cascables, communicableness, communicablenesses, despicableness, despicablenesses, educables, inexplicableness, inexplicablenesses, irrevocableness, irrevocablenesses, practicableness, practicablenesses, predicables, vocables. (additional references) | |
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"Cable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aable, bacle, Cabble, cabe, cabee, cabel, cabell, Cabello, Cabelo, Cabeo, cabey, cabie, cabler, Cabul, cadle, caeli, Cakle, calb, calbe, caleb, calee, callee, caloe, camblet, Caple, Casle, Cawla, Cawle, cayle, cbl, cebe, celje, cibe, cibie, cible, clabe, Clabecq, cobel, colbe, Colbea, comble, crable, icable, Jable, kabe, Kabyle, Kabylie, Kaibel, pable, Ucabel, zable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cable" (pronounced kā"bul) |
| 4 | -ā" b u l | able, disable, enable, fable, gable, Stabile, stable, table, label, mislabel, relabel, sable, unable, unstable. |
| 3 | -b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amble, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, assemble, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, babble, Babel, bankable, bauble, bearable, believable, bible, billable, biodegradable, bramble, breakable, bubble, buildable, Bumble, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, cobble, coble, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, corbel, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, crumble, culpable, curable, cymbal, dabble, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, Dibble, digestible, disagreeable, disassemble, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, dissemble, distinguishable, divisible, doable, double, Drabble, dribble, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ennoble, ensemble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fumble, fungible, fusible, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, gullible, habitable, hardscrabble, harvestable, herbal, heritable, hobble, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, humble, identifiable, ignoble, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immeasurable, immiscible, immobile, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, squabble, stubble, stumble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, symbol, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intertribal, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, jumble, justifiable, kibble, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, libel, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marble, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mobile, moldable, movable, mumble, navigable, negligible, negotiable, nibble, nimble, noble, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, nonverbal, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, pebble, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, preamble, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, psychobabble, punishable, questionable, quibble, quotable, rabble, ramble, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, reassemble, rebel, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redouble, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resemble, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, salable, saleable, salvageable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, shamble, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, thimble, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, tunable, turntable, typeable, umbel, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unscramble, unserviceable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, valuable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verbal, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, wamble, washable, wearable, winnable, wobble, workable. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-l" | |
-1 letter: able, alec, bale, blae, lace. | |
-2 letters: ace, alb, ale, bal, bel, cab, cel, lab, lac, lea. | |
-3 letters: ab, ae, al, ba, be, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-l" | |
+1 letter: becalm, bleach, cabled, cables, cablet. | |
+2 letters: actable, alembic, balance, bascule, becalms, bechalk, beclasp, becloak, becrawl, belaced, blacked, blacken, blacker, bluecap, bullace, cablets, caliber, calibre, capable, cembali, cembalo, citable, clabber, clamber, codable, curable, debacle, placebo, scabble, vocable. | |
+3 letters: abjectly, albacore, albicore, alembics, amicable, arbuscle, bachelor, backless, baculine, balanced, balancer, balances, balletic, barbicel, barleduc, barnacle, bascules, becalmed, bechalks, bechamel, beclamor, beclasps, becloaks, becrawls, berascal, biacetyl, binnacle, bioclean, blackens, blackest, blackleg, blanched, blancher, blanches, bleached, bleacher, bleaches, blockade, blockage, bluecaps, bluecoat, bluejack, boldface, bootlace, bracelet, braciole, bracteal, bractlet, breccial, brocatel, brucella, bullaces, caballed, cableway, caboodle, cabriole, calibers, calibred, calibres, callable, capabler, cartable, cascabel, cascable, cashable, castable, causable, celibacy, celibate, cembalos, cerebral, chasuble, chewable, citeable, clabbers, clambake, clambers, closable, clubable, coinable, cookable, culpable, curbable, cuttable, cymbaler, debacles, educable, evocable, faceable, kickable, lambency, lockable, mockable, obstacle, packable, peccable, placable, placebos, scabbled, scabbles, scablike, scalable, scrabble, scramble, sociable, subscale, vocables. | |
| 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. | |
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