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Definitions: Libel |
LibelNoun1. A tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person. Verb1. Make slanderous statements against; "The paper was accused of libeling him". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "libel" was first used: sometime around 1300. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Law | A defamatory publication upon a person by writings, pictures, or the like. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Libel means a little book (Latin, libellus). A lampoon, a satire, or any defamatory writings. Originally it meant a plaintiff's statement of his case, which usually "defames" the defendant. The greater the truth, the greater the libel. The dictum of William Murray, Earl of Mansfield (1704-1793). "Dost not know that old Mansfield, who writes like the Bible. Says: `The more 'tis a truth, sir, the more 'tis a libel'?" Burus. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accusation | Denunciation, denouncement; libel, challenge, citation, arraignment; impeachment, appeachment; indictment, bill of indictment, true bill; lawsuit; condemnation. |
Detraction | Verb: detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; run down, cry down; backcap; belittle; sneer at; (contemn); criticize, pull to pieces, pick a hole in one's coat, asperse, cast aspersions, blow upon, bespatter, blacken, vilify, vilipend; avile; give a dog a bad name, brand, malign; muckrake; backbite, libel, lampoon, traduce, slander, defame, calumniate, bear false witness against; speak ill of behind one's back. |
Personality, libel, lampoon, skit, pasquinade; chronique scandaleuse; roorback. | |
Personality, libel, lampoon, skit, pasquinade; chronique scandaleuse; roorback. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Libel |
| English words defined with "libel": backbiter, Belibel ♦ defamer ♦ Interlibel ♦ Libeled, libeler, Libeling, Libelled, Libelling ♦ maligner ♦ Privileged communication, Publication of a libel ♦ slanderer ♦ traducer ♦ vilifier. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "libel": libel bond ♦ Marino Faliero ♦ satire. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "libel": Liber. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Libel" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (dragonfly, pamphlet). |
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Movie/TV Titles | A Case of Libel (1968) Libel (1959) Sued for Libel (1939) A Case of Libel (1983) | |
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Albert Einstein | Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. |
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Civil Liberties | Yugoslavia | Libel remained a criminal offense. (references) |
Bulgaria | Libel is punishable under the Criminal Code. (references) | |
Georgia | Libel laws inhibit investigative journalism. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ghana | In July Parliament repealed the Criminal Libel and Seditious Laws through an amendment to the Criminal Code. (references) |
Comoros | On April 12, the libel case was settled out of court, and the charges against the attorney were dropped immediately. (references) | |
Equatorial Guinea | In 1998 Ondo and Nguema were convicted of libel against the Government and sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment after security forces repatriated them involuntarily from Gabon with the consent of the Government of Gabon. (references) | |
Political Economy | Ghana | Unlike in the previous year, only one libel suit was filed by a minister. (references) |
Ghana | The NPP government recently repealed the criminal libel law that dated back to the colonial era. (references) | |
Slovak Republic | On at least one occasion the Government used libel laws to suppress criticism of political leaders. (references) | |
Political Rights | Singapore | Government entities also have used libel or slander suits, and dismissal from positions in government-related entities, to intimidate prominent opposition politicians. (references) |
Cameroon | Municipal elections were rescheduled for July 2002. There were no new developments in the 1999 criminalized civil libel case against SDF Party Chairman John Fru Ndi by a disgruntled former SDF official. (references) | |
Singapore | It intimidates the members of the opposition through the threat of libel suits and the subsequent loss of their political future, since large judgments in libel suits can lead to bankruptcy, and under the law bankrupt persons are ineligible to sit in Parliament. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this country satire never had more than a sickly and uncertain existence, for the soul of it is wit, wherein we are dolefully deficient, the humor that we mistake for it, like all humor, being tolerant and sympathetic. Moreover, although Americans are "endowed by their Creator" with abundant vice and folly, it is not generally known that these are reprehensible qualities, wherefore the satirist is popularly regarded as a soul-spirited knave, and his ever victim's outcry for codefendants evokes a national assent. Hail Satire! be thy praises ever sung In the dead language of a mummy's tongue, For thou thyself art dead, and damned as well -- Thy spirit (usefully employed) in Hell. Had it been such as consecrates the Bible Thou hadst not perished by the law of libel. Barney Stims |
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| "Libel" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.81% of the time. "Libel" is used about 720 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) | 96.81% | 697 | 9,565 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.53% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.11% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.55% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 720 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "libel" 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 |
| Libel | Last name | 200 | 40,098 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "libel": blood libel ♦ libel bond ♦ obscene libel ♦ publication of a libel. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "libel": libel-free, libel-prone. | |
| 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 |
libel | 78 | associated press stylebook and libel manual | 3 |
libel and slander | 29 | autobiography libel writing | 3 |
libel law | 10 | lawsuit libel | 3 |
definition libel | 9 | libel policy | 3 |
libel and defamation | 9 | libel suit | 3 |
award libel slander | 8 | email libel | 2 |
internet libel | 7 | false lawsuit libel light | 2 |
citibank citicorp citifinancial citigroup defective fraud libel | 5 | defamation slander libel | 2 |
law on libel and slander | 5 | definition legal libel | 2 |
blood libel | 4 | journalism libel | 2 |
libel case | 4 | autobiography libel | 2 |
defamation of character slander libel | 4 | libel project | 2 |
libel per se | 4 | define libel | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "libel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shpifje (backbite, calumniation, calumny, defamation, denigration, detraction, mud, slander, slur, vilification), shpif kundër, botoj shpifje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فرية, نشر الكتابات البذيئة, قذف (accuse of, aspersion, calumniate, cast, casting, charge with, defamation, defame, discharge, disgorge, ejaculation, eject, ejectment, emit, expel, extrude, extrusion, fling, malediction, malign, mud, mudslinging, obloquy, pelt, pelt with, pitch, projection, puke, row, scandal, slander, speak evil of, strike with, striking, throw, throw out, throwing, toss, vilify, vituperate, vomit), قدح (dispraise, glass, goblet, invective, percuss, slander, slur, snap, tumbler, vituperate, vituperation), تشهير (aspersion, mud, mudslinging, scandal, slander), طعن (aspersion, impale, jab, jag, knife, pike, put a knife into smb., put off, recourse, remedy, slander, stab, strike, thrust, thrusting, transfix), الجريمة الناشئة عن التشهير. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | клеветя (asperse, bad-mouth, bespatter, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, slur, spatter, traduce, vilify), клевета (aspersion, backbite, calumny, defamation, scandal, slander, slur, smear), очерняне (defamation, denigration, disparagement, vilification), нещо което излага, нещо което дискредитира, неточно описание (misrepresentation), неточно предаване (misrepresentation), злепоставям (belie, calumniate), погрешно описание (misrepresentation), погрешно предаване (misrepresentation), петня (blaspheme, blemish, cast reflection on, denigrate, disfigure, pollute, slur, smear, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigmatize, sully, tarnish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 誹謗 (slander), 醜化 (defame, to defile, to smear, to vilify), 诽谤 (Calumniate, Calumniated, calumniating, Defamation, Defamatory, Defame, Defamed, Defaming, libellous, slander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | urazit (give offence, injure, insult, offend, upset), nactiutrhat, nactiutrhání, hanopis (lampoon), hanobit (defame, dishonor, dishonour, revile, slander, vilify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | smædeskrift (lampoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | laster dmv geschriften of afbeeldingen, smaadschrift (lampoon), schotschrift (lampoon, pamphlet), scheldproza, pamflet (broadside, lampoon, leaflet, pamphlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هجو (Lampoon), تهمت (Abusive, Defamation, Scandal, Slur, Tax), توهین (Insolence, Insult, Offense, Vituperation), افترازدن (Blemish, Calumniate), افترا (Defamation, Mud, Obloquy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kirjallinen panettelu, herjauskirje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | libelle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | beleidigung (abuse, abusive language, affront, defamation, defamatory speech, diatribe, indignity, insult, offence, offense, scathe, slander, slur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λιβελλογράφω, λίββελοσ, λίβελλος (lampoon, pamphlet), δυσφημώ (bespatter, black, blacken, decry, defame, denigrate, discredit, disparage, malign, slander, slur, traduce, vilify), δυσφήμιση διά του τύπου (lampoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לוז", ל"עליל (accuse falsely, frame up), פלסתר (deceit, fraud), חלול "שם (blasphemy), "לש " (delation, informing, reporting, slander), "לז" (rumour, slander), ' ות (defamation, disgrace, slander), רכילות (chat, gossip, hearsay, scandal, slander, tale taling, tattle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | becsületsértés (defamation, slander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | fitnah (calumny, defamation, obloquy, slander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | libello (lampoon, pamphlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | '謗 (defamation, slander), 謗り (calumny, disparagement, slander, vilification), 名誉毀損 (defamation, slander), 中傷 (defamation, slander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そしり (calumny, disparagement, slander, vilification), ざ"ぼう (defamation, slander), めいよきそ" (defamation, slander), ちゅうしょう (abstract, defamation, slander, small to medium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | caartrey screeuit, caartrey ayns screeuyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | injuriere, injurie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ibellay libelo (lampoon, pamphlet). (various references) pamflet (lampoon, pamphlet, pasquinade, squib, tract), defãima (asperse, belie, black, blemish, bring reproach upon, calumniate, cast a slur upon, defame, denigrate, depreciate, disparage, put a slur upon, slander, slur, smear, spatter, traduce, vilify), calomnie (backbiting, calumny, defamation, dirt, obloquy, scandal, slander), calomnia (backbite, besmirch, calumniate, decry, defame, malign, slander, spatter, stab smb. in the back, traduce). (various references) клевета (aspersion, aspersions, backbite, calumniation, calumny, defamation, denigration, mudslinging, slander, traducement). (various references) tužba (accusation, claim), podići tužbu, oklevetati (asperse, defame, denigrate, hurl, malign, slander, smear, vilify), kleveta (aspersion, calumny, detraction, obloquy, slander, slur, smear), javna kletva. (various references) libelo (lampoon). (various references) förtal (aspersion, backbiting, blood libel, calumniation, calumny, defamation, denigration, detraction, obloquy, scandal, slander, vilification), ärekränkning i skrift. (various references) ถ้อยแถลงของโจทก์, กล่าวโจมตี (let fly at, sail into), ตีพิมพ์เรื่องที่หมิ่นประมาทผู้อื่น. (various references) yazılarıyla iftira etmek, onurunu lekelemek, karalama (blackening, calumny, defamation, doodle, rough copy, scandal, scrawl, scribble, smirch), iftiralı yazı, davacı dilekçesi. (various references) myjabat. (various references) скарга (appeal, beef, belly ache, bill, complaint, gravamen, grievance, information, moan, peeve, quarrel), наклеп (calumniation, calumny, defamation, denigration, malediction, mud, mudslinging, slander, slur, smear), зводити наклеп (bespatter, calumniate, cant, cast aspersions, defame, denigrate, malign, slander), подавати скаргу (bill, complain, inform against), дискредитувати (discredit), дифамація (vilification). (various references) b i viết có tính chất phỉ báng, điều phỉ báng, điều bôi nhọ. (various references) enllibio (slander), enllib (aspersion, slander), athrodi (defame, slander), athrod (slander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | libellus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 10, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oi de eipon mwshV epetreyen biblion apostasiou grayai kai apolusai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui dixerunt Moses permisit libellum repudii scribere et dimittere |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Hyo saigden. Moyses lyfde þt man writehiw-ge-dæles boc. & hyo for-leten. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei seiden, Moises suffride to write a libel of forsaking, and to forsake. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they sayde: Moses suffred to wryte a testimoniall of devorsement and to put hyr awaye. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her. |
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| Language | Mark Chapter 10, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Sila miingon, "Si Moises mitugot sa lalaki sa paghimog sulat-pamatuod sa pakigbulag, ug unya sa pagbulag kaniya." |
| Chinese | 他 們 說 、 摩 西 許 人 寫 了 休 書 便 可 以 休 妻 。 |
| Croatian | Oni rekoše: "Mojsije je dopustio napisati otpusno pismo i - otpustiti." |
| Danish | Men de sagde: "Moses tilstedte at skrive et Skilsmissebrev og skille sig fra hende." |
| Dutch | En zij zeiden: Mozes heeft toegelaten een scheidbrief te schrijven, en haar te verlaten. |
| Finnish | He sanoivat: "Mooses salli kirjoittaa erokirjan ja hyljätä vaimon". |
| French | Moïse, dirent-ils, a permis d`écrire une lettre de divorce et de répudier. |
| Gaelic | Thuirt iad: Thug Maois cead litir-dhealachaidh a sgriobhadh, `s a cur air falbh. |
| German | Sie sprachen; Mose hat zugelassen, einen Scheidebrief zu schreiben und sich zu scheiden. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Musa mengizinkan orang menceraikan istrinya, asal menulis surat cerai dahulu," jawab mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kata mereka itu, "Musa meluluskan orang membuat surat talak, lalu menceraikan dia." |
| Italian | Dissero: «Mosè ha permesso di scrivere un atto di ripudio e di rimandarla». |
| Maori | Ka ki ratou, I tukua e Mohi kia tuhituhia he pukapuka whakarere, ka whakarere ai. |
| Norwegian | De sa: Moses har gitt lov til å skrive et skilsmissebrev og skille sig fra henne. |
| Rumanian | ,,Moise``, au zis ei, ,,a dat voie ca bqrbatul sq scrie o carte de despqryire, wi s`o lase.`` |
| Russian | пОЙ УЛБЪБМЙ: нПЙУЕК ПЪЧПМЙМ ЙУБФШ ТБЪЧП"ОПЕ ЙУШНП Й ТБЪЧП"ЙФШУС. |
| Shuar | Tutai "Papíjiai iin ajapatniun tsankatramkamiaji" tiarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Nao wakasema, "Mose aliagiza mume kumpatia mkewe hati ya talaka na kumwacha." |
| Swedish | De sade: "Moses tillstadde att en man fick skriva skiljebrev åt sin hustru och så skilja sig från henne." |
| Uma | Ratompoi' to Parisi: "Musa mpiliu tomane mpogaa' -ki tobine-na, asala nababehi ncala' sura mpogaa'." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "libel": libelant, libelants, libeled, libelee, libelees, libeler, libelers, libeling, libelist, libelists, libellant, libellants, libelled, libellee, libellees, libeller, libellers, libelling, libellous, libelous, libels. (additional references) | |
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"Libel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hlobil, ibel, jibel, Labem, labeo, labex, lable, lebel, leibel, Lexell, liabel, liba, libal, libe, libea, libelo, Liben, liberl, libet, lible, libo, Liboi, libol, libre, lidba, lieb, liebe, liebel, lieben, Liell, linel, lisbay, Lisbeg, Lisbet, lisel, litel, livel, lizel, lobal, Lobel, loble, Loebl, Loibl, lubei, luitel, lybel, nibel, Olbiil, vibel, zlabek. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "libel" (pronounced lī"bul) |
| 4 | -ī" b u l | bible, intertribal, tribal. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, abominable, acceptable, accessible, 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, billable, biodegradable, bramble, breakable, bubble, buildable, Bumble, burnable, cable, 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, disable, 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, enable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ennoble, ensemble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fable, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fumble, fungible, fusible, gable, 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, 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, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, 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, label, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marble, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mislabel, 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, relabel, 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, sable, salable, saleable, salvageable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, shamble, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, symbol, table, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, thimble, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tremble, trouble, tubal, tumble, tunable, turntable, typeable, umbel, unable, 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, unstable, 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 "b-e-i-l-l" | |
-1 letter: bell, bile, bill. | |
-2 letters: bel, ell, ill, lei, lib, lie. | |
-3 letters: be, bi, el, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-l-l" | |
+1 letter: alible, billed, biller, billet, billie, labile, liable, libels, rebill. | |
+2 letters: ballies, bellied, bellies, belling, billers, billets, billies, braille, bullied, bullier, bullies, legible, legibly, libeled, libelee, libeler, liberal, likable, linable, livable, lobelia, pliable, prebill, rebills. | |
+3 letters: alliable, bailable, balkline, balletic, ballsier, balmlike, bastille, bdellium, belittle, bellbird, bellying, beltline, billable, billeted, billeter, billhead, billowed, blearily, blithely, bluebill, bluegill, blueline, boilable, bollixed, bollixes, bowllike, brailled, brailles, brollies, bulletin, bulliest, elidible, eligible, eligibly, fallible, fileable, filmable, fireball, flexible, flexibly, foilable, gerbille, gullible, isolable, labeling, lamblike, lapsible, leviable, libelant, libelees, libelers, libeling, libelist, libelled, libellee, libeller, libelous, liberals, lienable, liftable, likeable, limberly, limbless, lineable, linkable, listable, liveable, lobelias, lobeline, mailable, millable, mislabel, overbill, prebills, rebilled, reliable, reliably, sailable, shoebill, slablike, slidable, tillable, tiltable, tullibee, unbilled, violable, willable. | |
| 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)4C 69 62 65 6C |
| 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)01001100 01101001 01100010 01100101 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i b e l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 0062 0065 006C |
| 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)4675687178 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Bible Trace 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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