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Definition: REFRANGIBLE |
REFRANGIBLEAdjective1. Capable of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | Capable of undergoing refraction. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: REFRANGIBLE |
| English words defined with "REFRANGIBLE": Irrefrangible ♦ Refrangibility ♦ Ultrared. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Diagram of experiment with prisms that led Newton to conclude light is a mixture of differently refrangible rays; with surrounding text.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "REFRANGIBLE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i thyeshëm (breakable, brittle, crisp, fragile, frangible, weak). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قابل انکسار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διαπλαστόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megtörhetõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aarheynnagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | efrangibleray refrangível. (various references) refrangibil. (various references) преломляемый. (various references) prelomljiv. (various references) refractivo (refractive). (various references) brytbar (breakable, brittle, fragile, frangible). (various references) kırılabilir (breakable, fragile, frangible). (various references) заломлюваний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "REFRANGIBLE": refrangibleness, refrangiblenesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "REFRANGIBLE" (pronounced 'Re*fran"gi*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-e-f-g-i-l-n-r-r" | |
-2 letters: barreling, befleaing, ferreling, frangible, inferable. | |
-3 letters: afebrile, algerine, balefire, befinger, befringe, blearier, blearing, enlarger, ferriage, filagree, finagler, fineable, fingerer, fireable, flanerie, fleering, gnarlier, lingerer, nearlier, regainer. | |
-4 letters: aliener, aligner, angrier, barfing, barnier, barring, bearing, beefing, berline, blaring, briefer, bringer, earlier, earring, enabler, engrail, enlarge, fabling, fearing, febrile, feeling, feigner, fenagle, fernier, filaree, finable, finagle, flanger, flaring, fleeing, flinger, fragile, frailer, freeing, friable, garbler, general, gerbera, glarier, gleaner, grainer, leafier, leafing, learier, learner, leering, lineage, nargile, rangier, realign, rearing, rebegan, rebegin, reefing, reeling, refiner, refrain, regaler, reginae, reginal, relearn. | |
-5 letters: aerier, aliner, angler, bailee, bailer, baleen, baling, banger, bangle, barege, bargee, baring, barrel, barren, beagle, beanie, bearer, beflag, beflea, belief, belier, berlin, binger, birler, briner, earing, earner, enable, enrage, erring, fabler, faerie, fainer, fairer, faring, fearer, feeing, feline, feriae, ferial, ferine, ferlie, ferrel, finale, finger, flange, fringe, gainer, galere, garble, garner, genera, genial, gerbil, glaire, glebae, graben, infare, irreal, larger, larine, leaner, librae, liefer, lierne, linage, linear, linger, nailer, nearer, railer, ranger, raring, reagin, realer, reearn, refile, refine, refire, regain, regale, regear, regina, regnal, relief, relier, reline, renail, rifler, ringer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-f-g-i-l-n-r-r" | |
+3 letters: reconfigurable. | |
+4 letters: refrangibleness. | |
+5 letters: refrangibilities. | |
| 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)52 45 46 52 41 4E 47 49 42 4C 45 |
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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)01010010 01000101 01000110 01010010 01000001 01001110 01000111 01001001 01000010 01001100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E F R A N G I B L E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0046 0052 0041 004E 0047 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)5239405235484143364639 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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