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Deniable

Definition: Deniable

Deniable

Adjective

1. Capable of being denied or contradicted.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Deniable \De*ni"a*ble\, adjective. [See Deny.]. (Websters 1913)

Antonym: undeniable (adj). (additional references)

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Usage Frequency: Deniable

"Deniable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Deniable" is used about 5 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Deniable

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

Hungarian

  

tagadható. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

dapat disangkal. (various references)

   

Manx

  

so-obbal. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eniableday

   

Portuguese

  

negável. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

спорный (arguable, argumentative, attackable, contentious, controversial, controvertible, debatable, disputable, impugnable, litigious, moot, open to objection, open to question, vexed point, vexed question). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

negable. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yadsınabilir, inkâr edilebilir (controvertible, impugnable). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

спірний (arguable, argumentative, contentious, controversial, debatable, disputable, eristic, impugnable, litigious, moot, outstanding, vexed). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

có thể từ chối, có thể khước từ có thể chối, có thể không nhận. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Deniable

Derivations

Words ending with "deniable": undeniable. (additional references)

Words containing "deniable": undeniableness, undeniablenesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Deniable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dehiwala, Deiniolen, delible, Denebola, Dieniolen, digicable. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Deniable"

Words rhyming with "deniable" (pronounced 'De*ni"a*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. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Deniable

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-i-l-n"

-1 letter: aliened, delaine, enabled.

-2 letters: aedile, aedine, alined, aneled, bailed, bailee, baleen, beadle, beaned, beanie, belied, bindle, blende, denial, edible, enable, leaden, leaned, nailed.

-3 letters: abele, abide, ailed, alien, aline, anele, anile, baled, baned, bedel, belie, bield, binal, blade, blain, bland, bleed, blend, blind, diene, edile, elain, eland, elide, ideal, laden, leben, liane, lined.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-i-l-n"
 

+1 letter: breadline, definable.

 

+2 letters: ascendible, breadlines, declinable, ineducable, undeniable.

 

+3 letters: binucleated, disablement, discernable, dispensable, indefinable, lamebrained, medicinable, undecidable, undefinable, undesirable, unliberated.

 

+4 letters: banderillero, considerable, deliberating, deliberation, determinable, determinably, diagnoseable, disablements, identifiable, imponderable, indeclinable, indefeasible, indefeasibly, indefinables, ineradicable, sedimentable, speedballing, unbridgeable, undesirables, unverbalized, voidableness.

 

+5 letters: admirableness, advisableness, banderilleros, benzimidazole, candleberries, considerables, deliberations, deniabilities, dependability, desirableness, expendability, extendability, imponderables, indefatigable, indescribable, indispensable, nondeliberate, polybutadiene, rattlebrained, thiabendazole, undeliverable, undescribable, unestablished, unmetabolized, unpredictable.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Deniable


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

44 65 6E 69 61 62 6C 65

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)

-..    .    -.    ..    .-    -...    .-..    .

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

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

01000100 01100101 01101110 01101001 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#110 &#105 &#97 &#98 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 006E 0069 0061 0062 006C 0065

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

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

3871807567687871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage Frequency
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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