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IMPORTABLE

Definitions: IMPORTABLE

IMPORTABLE

Adjective

1. Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable.

2. Capable of being imported.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "IMPORTABLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Crosswords: IMPORTABLE

Non-English Usage: "IMPORTABLE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Spanish (importable).

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Non-Fiction Usage: IMPORTABLE

SubjectTopicQuote

Trade

India

Import of Gifts: Imports of gifts are permitted where such goods are otherwise freely importable under the Policy. (references)

Bangladesh

Non-fat dried milk is importable only in airtight containers, with the date of manufacture and expiration noted in Bangla or English. (references)

India

Samples of such items that are otherwise freely importable under the Policy may also be imported as part of passenger baggage without a license. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: IMPORTABLE

Language Translations for "IMPORTABLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i importuar (imported). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

внасящ, важен (consequential, dignified, fatal, grave, important, magisterial, major, material, mighty, necessitous, newsy, pompous, pontifical, portentous, prominent, sage, serious, significant, solemn, sounding, staple, substantial, top-line, weighty). (various references)

   

Czech

  

importabilní. (various references)

   

German

  

einführbar. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

יביא. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

importálható. (various references)

   

Manx

  

so-chionnaghey stiagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

importableay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

importável, tarifa de importação. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ввозимый. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

za uvoz. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

importable. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

införsel-, importerad (imported). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ithal edilebilir. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

увізний, імпортний. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

có thể nhập được. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: IMPORTABLE

Misspellings

"IMPORTABLE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: imoputable, imporbable, impotable, inportable. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: IMPORTABLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-m-o-p-r-t"

-2 letters: amitrole, laborite, partible, petiolar, portable, proemial, rolamite, temporal.

-3 letters: balmier, bimetal, bipolar, bloater, bromate, embroil, emporia, impaler, impearl, implore, lambert, lambier, lempira, librate, limbate, loamier, maltier, marlite, marplot, meropia, motlier, optimal, orbital, palmier, parboil, peloria, plaiter, platier, poitrel, politer, potable, preboil, premolt, primate, probate, problem, prolate, rampole, ropable, temblor, templar, timbale, timbral, timbrel, trample, triable.

-4 letters: albeit, albite, ambler, ampler, aplite, aplomb, armlet, armpit, bailer, bailor, baiter, barite, barmie, blamer, boatel, boater, boiler, boleti, bolter, borate, boreal, bromal, emboli, imaret, impale, impart, import, labret, lamber, lambie, librae, limber, limper, limpet, lipoma, lobate, loiter, mailer, maloti, marble, merlot, milter, mitral, mobile, moiler, molter, mopier, morale, mortal, motile, obelia, oblate, opiate, optima, optime, palier, palmer, palter, parole, patrol, pelota, permit, petrol, piolet, pirate, plater, polite, portal, prelim, primal, probit, protea, protei, ramble, ramtil, rebait, rebato, reboil, remail, replot, retail, retial, rialto, riblet, rimple, tailer, tailor, tamper, terbia, timbal, timber, timbre, toiler, tombal, tramel, tribal, triple, trompe.

-5 letters: abler, aboil, abort, aimer, alert, alter, amber, ambit, amble, amole, amort, ample, aport, apter, ariel, armet, artel, atrip, baler, biome, biota, birle, biter, blame, blare, blate, blear, bleat, blimp, blite, bloat, boart, boite, bolar, boral, botel, brail, bream, broil, brome, email, embar, impel, irate, labor, lamer, later, leapt, lepta, liber, libra, limba, limbo, limpa, lirot, liter, litre, lobar, loper, maile, maple, mater, mbira, merit, metal, metro, miler, milpa, miter, mitre, moira, moire, molar, moper, morae, moral, morel, motel, oater, obeli, oiler, omber, ombre, opera, orate, orbit, oriel, paler, palet, pareo, parle, parol, pater, patio, pearl, peart, peril, petal, pibal, pieta, pilar, pilea, pilot, plait, plate, pleat, plier, polar, poler, prate, prima, prime, primo, probe, proem, prole, ramet, ramie, ratel, ratio, realm, rebop, relit, remap, remit, reoil, repot, retia, roble, taber, table, tabor, taler, tamer, taper, tapir, telia, teloi, tempi, tempo, tepal, terai, tiler, timer, toile, tolar, toper, trail, tramp, trial, tribe, triol, tripe, tromp, trope.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-m-o-p-r-t"
 

+1 letter: problematic.

 

+2 letters: problematics.

 

+3 letters: perambulation, problematical, unproblematic.

 

+4 letters: computerizable, hypermetabolic, perambulations, performability.

 

+5 letters: comparabilities, hypercatabolism, hypermetabolism, imponderability, improbabilities, improvabilities, problematically, promotabilities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: IMPORTABLE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4D 50 4F 52 54 41 42 4C 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001101 01010000 01001111 01010010 01010100 01000001 01000010 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#77 &#80 &#79 &#82 &#84 &#65 &#66 &#76 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004D 0050 004F 0052 0054 0041 0042 004C 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43475049525435364639

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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