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Definitions: Inflexible |
InflexibleAdjective1. Extended meanings; incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose". 2. Not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty". 3. Literal meanings; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade". 4. Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "inflexible" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Inflexible \In*flex"i*ble\, adjective. [Latin expression inflexiblis: compare to the French expression inflexible. See In- not, and Flexible.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: InflexibleSynonyms: rigid (adj), unbending (adj), uncompromising (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: stiffest (engineering & technology). |
| Antonyms: compromising (adj), flexible (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Benevolence | Phrase: " act a charity sometimes "; " a tender heart, a will inflexible "; de mortuis nil nisi bonum; " kind words are more than coronets "; quando amigo pide no hay manana; " the social smile, the sympathetic tear ". |
Hardness | Adjective: hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm; starch, starched; stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding; inflexible, tense; indurate, indurated; gritty, proof. |
Inelasticity | Adjective: unyielding, inelastic, inflexible. (soft); irresilient. |
Obstinacy | Adjective: obstinate, tenacious, stubborn, obdurate, casehardened; inflexible; (hard); balky; immovable, unshakable, not to be moved; inert; unchangeable; inexorable; (determined); mulish, obstinate as a mule, pig-headed. |
Resolution | Adjective: resolved; Verb: determined; strong-willed, strong-minded; resolute; (brave); self-possessed; decided, definitive, peremptory, tranchant; unhesitating, unflinching, unshrinking; firm, iron, gritty, indomitable, game to the backbone; inexorable, relentless, not to be shaken, not to be put down; tenax propositi; inflexible; (hard); obstinate; steady; (persevering) a. |
Severity | Adjective: severe; strict, hard, harsh, dour, rigid, stiff, stern, rigorous, uncompromising, exacting, exigent, exigeant, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, austere, hard-headed, hard-nosed, hard-shell, relentless, Spartan, Draconian, stringent, strait-laced, searching, unsparing, iron-handed, peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary, imperative; coercive; tyrannical, extortionate, grinding, withering, oppressive, inquisitorial; inclement; (ruthless) a; cruel; (malevolent); haughty, arrogant; precisian. |
Straightness | Adjective: straight; rectilinear, rectilineal; direct, even, right, true, in a line; unbent, virgate; Verb: undeviating, unturned, undistorted, unswerving; straight as an arrow; (direct); inflexible. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Inflexible |
| English words defined with "inflexible": acanthopterygian, adamance ♦ calcification, calcify, Catonian ♦ fossilisation, fossilise, fossilization, fossilize ♦ Impersuasible, Impliable, inflexibly, Inflexive ♦ obduracy ♦ personality disorder ♦ rigid, rock-ribbed ♦ spiny-finned fish, Stiff neck, stiffness ♦ unbending, Unflexible, unyieldingness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "inflexible": Embedded Mode ♦ Sword-makers ♦ user-obsequious. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "inflexible": Atropine. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Inflexible" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (hard and fast, immovable, inflexible, obdurate, rigid, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding), Spanish (hard, inelastic, inflexible, nonelastic, rigid, unbending, unyielding). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If we could just throw it off, interrupt the cycle, then he might be stopped by his own inflexible standards. (The Abominable Dr. Phibes; writing credit: James Whiton; William Goldstein) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | British cruiser Inflexible.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Inflexible, British cruiser.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Exaggerating; adamant; determined; firm; fixed; hang tough; hard-nosed; immovable; inexorable; inflexible; inflexible; insistent; intransigent; obdurate; pat; relentless; resolute; rigid; set; stiff; stubborn; unbendable; unbending; uncompromising; unrele. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Marguerite Gardiner Blessington | The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness. |
Maximilien de Robespierre | Terror is nothing else than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible! |
Shaw | Hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | This power to act according to discretion, for the public good, without the prescription of the law, and sometimes even against it, is that which is called prerogative: for since in some governments the lawmaking power is not always in being, and is usually too numerous, and so too slow, for the dispatch requisite to execution; and because also it is impossible to foresee, and so by laws to provide for, all accidents and necessities that may concern the public, or to make such laws as will do no harm, if they are executed with an inflexible rigour, on all occasions, and upon all persons that may come in their way; therefore there is a latitude left to the executive power, to do many things of choice which the laws do not prescribe. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | On this point he was inflexible, although it was the only one in which he was in any degree rigid. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Germany | An inflexible labor market is the main cause of persistently high unemployment. (references) |
Panama | Panama's inflexible labor laws are a source of concern for prospective investors. (references) | |
Germany | Another criticism is that the system is too inflexible with regard to occupational categories and training standards. (references) | |
Political Economy | SOUTH AFRICA | Further, inflexible labor laws, particularly with regard to collective bargaining, impede competitiveness gains and discourage investors. (references) |
GERMANY | The government has not undertaken formal structural reform of the labor market and has instituted some changes that make the market more inflexible. (references) | |
Japan | Strong bureaucrats, close links between the long-ruling LDP and key interest groups, and a traditional deference to authority make the Japanese economy much more inflexible than that of the United States. (references) | |
Trade | Trinidad | Customs clearance can consume much time because of bureaucratic inefficiency and occasional inflexible interpretation of regulations. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Important principles may, and must, be inflexible. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | The old way dispensed services through large, hierarchical, inflexible bureaucracies. |
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| "Inflexible" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.19% of the time. "Inflexible" is used about 246 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.19% | 244 | 19,120 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.81% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 246 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
inflexible | 10 |
inflexible yoga | 2 |
yoga for inflexible people | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "inflexible"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i shtangët (fixed, rigid, stiff, unbending), i papërkulur (immovable, inexorable, unbowed, uncompromising), i papërkulshëm (determined, inductile, iron-bound, never say die, relentless, rigid, unbending), i pandryshueshëm (changeless, constant, dyed in the wool, equable, final, hard and fast, immutable, inalterable, invariable, set, static, unalterable, unchangeable, unexceptional), i paepur (adamant, cast iron, dogged, firm, hard bitten, hard boiled, implacable, indefatigable, indomitable, inexorable, pertinacious, rigid, stiff, tough, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متعنت (adamant, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, stubborn), متصلب (adamant, hard line, inexorable, intransigent, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, sclerotic, stick in the mud, stubborn, uncompromising, wilful, willful), قاس صلب (callous, concrete, firm, hard, harsh, relentless, rigid, rough, ruthless, severe, solid, stiff, strict, tough), قاس (austere, callous, concrete, cruel, cutthroat, drastic, firm, gauge, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, inclement, measure, merciless, pitiless, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, rugged, ruthless, scale, severe, solid, standardize, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, tape, tough, try on, unfeeling, unkind, unyielding), غير قابل للثني, عنيد (adamant, asinine, contrary, coriaceous, die hard, dogged, dour, fractious, hardheaded, headstrong, heady, implacable, incorrigible, inelastic, inexorable, intractable, intransigent, inveterate, irreconcilable, mulish, nagging, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ornery, peevish, persevering, pertinacious, perverse, piggish, pigheaded, refractory, rigid, scabrous, scratchy, self willed, stiff, stiff necked, stout, stubborn, sullen, tenacious, thwart, uncompromising, unruly, unwilling, unyielding, wilful, willful, wrongheaded), صلب (adamant, aguish, callosity, callous, cast iron, concrete, consolidate, corneous, cross oneself, crucifixion, crucify, cruel, firm, harden, horny, loin, metallic, out and out, persistent, ramrod, resistant, rigid, robust, sear, solid, solidary, stabile, stark, stiff, stiffen, stubborn, temper, tenacious, tough, unkind, unyielding), جامد (hard, immobile, inactive, indeclinable, inert, insensible, motionless, muscle bound, rigid, solid, standstill, static, stationary, stiff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | несломим, неогъваем (rigid), непреклонен (adamant, adamantine, austere, cast iron, implacable, inexorable, inexpiable, iron-bound, ironclad, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rugged, stern, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding), без гъвкавост. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 坚定 (Adamant, Determined, Determinedly, stalwart, unshakable, unshakably), 死板 (rigid), 死 (inpassable, rigid, to die, uncrossable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nezlomný (steely), nepružný, neohebný (rigid, unyielding), neoblomný (adamant, hard, obdurate, relentless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ubøjelig (rigid, stiff), stiv (rigid, stiff), hård (hard, indurated, rigid, stiff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stijf (rigid, stiff), onbuigzaam (adamant, rigid, stiff, unbending, uncompromising). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | انحناء ناپذیر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jäykkä (rigid, stiff, stubborn, unbending). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | inflexible. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unbiegsam (inflexibly, rigid, stiff, unbending, unyielding), unbeweglich (immobile, immovable, immovably, inert, irremovable, motionless, rigid, set, steadfastly, stiff, unbudging, unmovable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκληρός (cruel, grim, gruelling, hard, harsh, rigid, rough, stiff, tough), άκαμπτοσ (adamantine, obdurate, rigid, rocky, stark, stiff, stiff necked, unbending), άκαμπτος (adamant, obdurate, rigid, stiff), αλύγιστοσ (stiff, unbowed), δύσκαμπτος (firm, rigid, stable, stiff, stilted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לא 'מיש (stiff), וקש" (coarse, dour, frigid, hard, hardliner, horny, intractable, rigid, rough, severe, starchy, stiff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | merev (angular, austere, cast iron, ceremonious, hard and fast, hard-shell, inductile, muscle bound, rigid, stark, steady, stiff, stiff style, tense, unwinking, unyielding, wooden), makacs (bullet-headed, bull-headed, contrary, contumacious, cross-grained, dogged, dour, froward, hard bitten, hard set, headstrong, hide-bound, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ornery, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, self willed, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff, stiff necked, stubborn, stuffed shirt, tough, wrong-headed), hajthatatlan (adamant, grim, hard as a flint, hard bitten, have a heart of flint, indomitable, inexorable, intractable, intransigent, obdurate, relentless, steely, stiff, stiff in the back, uncomplying, unrelenting, unyielding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | membeku (become immobile, clot, congeal, congealed, dry, freeze, over, rigid, unbending), kejur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rigido (harsh, martinet, numbly, primly, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rugged, severe, stark, stern, stiff, strait laced, stringent, taut, wooden), inflessibile (adamant, relentless, resolute, rigid, steely, stern, stiff, tough, unbending, unfaltering, unrelenting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | が固い (obstinate, thickheaded), "子定規 (a hard-and-fast rule, a stickler, hidebound system, stick fast to rules), 不'" (indomitableness, tenacity, unbending), 一徹 (obstinate, stubborn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゃくしじょうぎ (a hard-and-fast rule, a stickler, hidebound system, stick fast to rules), ふとう (disparity, ice-free, impropriety, indomitableness, inequality, injustice, invalid, nonparticipation, pier, tenacity, unbending, undeservedness, unfair, unreasonableness), いってつ (obstinate, stubborn), あたまがかたい (obstinate, thickheaded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 부'릴 수 있". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | stark (starch, stiff), neulhoobagh (formal, intractable, rigid, stiff, unbending, unfaltering), neuchassagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | ubøyelig (adamant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inflexibleay rígido (accomplished, dour, firm, frigid, hard, inelastic, iron-fisted, relentless, rigid, set, severe, stable, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, unbending, uncomplying). (various references) inflexibil (hard and fast, immutable, unbending, unyielding), rigid (angular, buckram, cast iron, hard and fast, hard set, harsh, incompressible, rigid, rigidly, stark, steady, stern, stiff, stiffly, strait laced, wooden), neînduplecat (cast iron, hard bitten, inexorable, relentless, rigid, rugged, sticky, unyielding), ferm (decidedly, firm, fixed, hard, hard bitten, resistant, resolute, resolved, set, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sturdy, tight, unbending, unfaltering, unflinching, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding). (various references) негибкий (stiff). (various references) rag (a rag, a wrinkle, benumbed, disinclined, obstinate, rigid, stiff). (various references) nesavitljiv (unbending, unyielding). (various references) inflexible (hard, inelastic, nonelastic, rigid, stiff, unbending, unyielding). (various references) oböjlig (indeclinable, rigid, stiff, unbending, unyielding). (various references) inatçı (balky, bullet-head, bull-headed, cantankerous, contrary, contumacious, cussed, die hard, difficult, dogged, dour, fractious, hard bitten, hard-headed, hard-mouthed, hard-nosed, headstrong, heady, indocile, insistent, intractable, mule, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, obstinate person, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, self willed, self-opinionated, set, spiky, stern, sticker, stickler, sticky, stiff necked, strongheaded, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, wilful, willful, wrongheaded), kararlı (bent, decided, decisive, determined, dogged, firm, flat-footed, hard core, high pressure, immovable, intent, professional, resolute, resolved, set, settled, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, stable, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, undeterred, unfaltering), eğilmez (rigid, unaccommodating, unbending, uncompromising), boyun eğmez (challenging, indomitable, inexorable, unrelenting, unyielding). (various references) негнучкий (non-ductile, unbending, unpliant), непохитний (adamant, adamantine, die hard, granitic, granitical, hard and fast, immovable, impregnable, inviolable, never say die, relentless, rocky, stable, steady, unbending, unshaken, unswerving, unyielding). (various references) không uốn được, không bẻ cong được. (various references) anystwyth (rigid, stiff), anhyblyg (rigid, stiff, stubborn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dora, doram, dura, durae, duram, dure, dureque, duri, duriora, duriorem, duris, durissimae, durissimam, durissimo, durissimos, durissimum, durius, duro, duros, durum, durus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "inflexible": inflexibleness, inflexiblenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Inflexible" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inflexable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "inflexible" (pronounced i'nfle"ksubul) |
| 9 | -f l e" k s u b u l | flexible. |
| 6 | -k s u b u l | fixable, nontaxable, taxable. |
| 5 | -s u b u l | accessible, addressable, admissible, collapsible, compensable, comprehensible, crucible, defensible, dispensable, Embraceable, enforceable, erasable, forcible, immiscible, impassable, impermissible, impossible, inaccessible, inadmissible, incomprehensible, incompressible, indefensible, indispensable, inexplicable, invincible, irascible, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresponsible, irreversible, leasable, miscible, noticeable, ostensible, passable, peaceable, permissible, possible, reducible, replaceable, reprehensible, responsible, reversible, sensible, serviceable, submersible, traceable, unenforceable, untraceable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | abominable, acceptable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, adjustable, admirable, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, employable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, flammable, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immovable, immutable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irresistible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontransferable, notable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, palatable, palpable, parable, patentable, payable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, reportable, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, retractable, returnable, reusable, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, teachable, tenable, terrible, tolerable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, 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, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-f-i-i-l-l-n-x" | |
-2 letters: flexible, lifeline. | |
-3 letters: flexile. | |
-4 letters: befell, belief, biflex, billie, feline, nellie, nielli. | |
-5 letters: belie, belle, blini, elfin, exile, exine, fille, infix, leben, libel, nixie. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-f-i-i-l-l-n-x" | |
+4 letters: inflexibleness. | |
+5 letters: inflexibilities. | |
| 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)49 6E 66 6C 65 78 69 62 6C 65 |
| 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)01001001 01101110 01100110 01101100 01100101 01111000 01101001 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n f l e x i b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0066 006C 0065 0078 0069 0062 006C 0065 |
| 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)43807278719075687871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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