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Definition: Variable |
VariableAdjective1. Liable to or capable of change; "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses". 2. Marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable". 3. (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied; "a variable capacitor"; "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights". Noun1. Something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation; "the weather is one variable to be considered". 2. A quantity that can assume any of a set of values. 3. A star that varies noticeably in brightness. 4. A symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "variable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Variable \Va"ri*a*ble\, adjective. [Latin variabilis: compare to French variable.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | A language object that may take different values, one at a time. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A quantity or condition whose value may be subject to change and can usually be measured. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A symbolically named entity which may assume an assigned value, or a number of values. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Statistics | Generally, any quantity which varies. More precisely, a variable in the mathematical sense, i. e. a quantity which may take any one of a specified set of values. It is convenient to apply the same word to denote non-measurable characteristics, e. g. 'sex'is a variable in this sense since any human individual may take one of two'values', male or female. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A characteristic that is common to a number of individuals, objects, groups, events, etc. , and that has different degrees of magnitude or different categories so that individual cases differ in the extent to which they possess the characteristic(expressed in numerical values)or in the category of the characteristic into which they fall. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A variable is something which is subject to change; the term is most commonly used in computer science and mathematics, where it denotes a quantity or symbolic representation (one which is often unknown).
General Overview
Variables are used in open sentences. For instance, in the formula: x + 1 = 5, x is a variable which represents an "unknown" number. In mathematics, variables are usually represented by letters of the Roman alphabet, but are also represented by letters of other alphabets; as well as various other symbols. In computer programming, variables are usually represented by either single letters or alphanumeric stringss.
Why Are Variables Useful?
Variables are useful in mathematics and computer programming because they allow instructions to be specified in a general way. If one were forced to use actual values, then the instructions would only apply in a more narrow, and specific, set of situations. For example: specify a mathematical definition for finding the square of ANY number: square(x) = x * x.Now, all we need to do to find the square of a number is replace x with any number we want.
etc...
- square(x) = x * x = y
- square(1) = 1 * 1 = 1
- square(2) = 2 * 2 = 4
- square(3) = 3 * 3 = 9
In the above example, the variable x is a "placeholder" for ANY number. One important thing we are assuming is that the value of each occurrence of x is the same -- that x does not get a new value between the first x and the second x. In computer programming languages without referential transparency, such changes can occur.
Computer Science
In C++, there are 2 types of variables: global and local variables. Global variables exist throughout a program; whereas, local variables only exist within a given statement block or function. The variables are defined via a declaration.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Variable."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Most stars are of nearly constant luminosity. Our own Sun is a good example which goes through practically no measurable variation in brightness. There are, however, stars which do vary in brightness, called variable stars. They fall into two main groups:
Intrinsic variables
These are stars which have intrinsic variations in brightness, that is the star itself gets brighter and dimmer. There are many types of intrinsic variables, the main types being:
- Mira variables
- Cepheid variables
- Semiregular variables
- Irregular variables
- Eruptive variables
Extrinsic variables
Extrinsic variables have variations in their brightness, as seen by terrestrial observers, due to some external source. One of the most common reasons for this is the presence of a binary companion star, so that the two together form a binary star. When seen from certain angles, one star may eclipse the other, causing a reduction in brightness.
In some binary stars the components are so close to each other that mass transfer between the components occurs. These systems are called interacting binary stars. The mass flow forms an accretion disk in many cases. On the receiving star, the extra mass may cause various phenomena seen as nova outbursts, X-ray pulsars or X-ray bursts.
See also Variable star designation.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Variable star."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| VAMOS | English | Variable Message Signs | N/A |
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Synonyms: VariableSynonyms: varying (adj), variable quantity (n), variable star (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: invariable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Changeableness | Adjective: changeable, changeful; changing; mutable, variable, checkered, ever changing; protean, proteiform; versatile. |
Irregularity of recurrence | Dj. irregular, uncertain, unpunctual, capricious, desultory, fitful, flickering; rambling, rhapsodical; spasmodic; immethodical, unmethodical, variable. |
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Screenplays | O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, who monthly changes in her circled orb, lest that thy love prove likewise variable. (Romeo + Juliet; writing credit: Craig Pearce) Mr. Spock, have you accounted for the variable mass of whales and water in your time re-entry program (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; writing credit: Leonard Nimoy; Harve Bennett) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Variable Geo (1999) Sous un ciel variable (1995) | |
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 | The virion is variable in shape and size (average diameter of between 120-300nm). RSV is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia among infants and children under 1 year of age. Credit: CDC. |  | Variable Stars in a Distant Spiral Galaxy. Credit: NASA. |
 | Variable Density Tunnel. Credit: NASA. |  | Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Hermissenda, Hermissenda crassicornis, also known as the Opalescent Sea Slug, is found in a variety of habitats including mud flats, rocky shores and wharf pilings. Its body is up to 80 mm long. Its dorsal surface has a single orange stripe and bright "electric blue lines, but otherwise is variable in color. Kodiak to Baja California. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Tridacna Crocea - Giant clam embedded in coral Demonstrating variable zooxanthellae colorization in mantle. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Figure 42. Buchanan hydrometer made at the request of John Y. Buchanan during the CHALLENGER Expedition. These were instruments with variable weight and volume. Two of these instruments were improved and modified by Victor Chabaud and used during the Belgium Antarctic Expedition from the BELGICA from 1897 to 1899. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 43. Nansen total immersion hydrometer, an instrument of variable weight and constant volume. The fact that the instrument is completely immersed during use explains the term "constant volume." Its principle was first put forth by Giuseppe Pisati in 1890 and adopted by Fridthof Nansen in 1900. In 1901 it was used by Jacob Schetelig, Nansen's assistant, from the MICHAEL SARS. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Students from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School used the NF-16D variable stability in-flight simulator, or VISTA, to test a design tool that could help prevent pilot-induced oscillations in future aircraft. (P.; photo by Tom Reynolds).. |
 | Variable. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | This is not much to be feared in governments where the legislative consists, wholly or in part, in assemblies which are variable, whose members, upon the dissolution of the assembly, are subjects under the common laws of their country, equally with the rest. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The clinical course is highly variable. (references) | |
The presence of Negri bodies is variable. (references) | ||
Variable, depending on epidemic activity. (references) | ||
Business | Genesis offers two types of services related to data transmission; Internet connection at fixed and variable speeds. (references) | |
Under the Uruguay Round Agreement, the variable levy on dairy products has been replaced by a fixed tariff equivalent. (references) | ||
This equally applies to all statements relating to an industry, city, country, region, economic variable or company financial situation. (references) | ||
Economic History | Colombia | Prices of coffee, the other principal export product, have been more variable. (references) |
Singapore | Only a minority of firms have thus far implemented the monthly variable component. (references) | |
Bahrain | Class B shares are participation ones that represent the variable capital traded between investors. (references) | |
Political Economy | INDONESIA | Almost $25 billion of this debt is at variable rates linked to SBI rates. (references) |
COLOMBIA | A special Andean price-band system (based on domestic and international prices) is applied to calculate variable tariffs of agricultural imports. (references) | |
MOROCCO | It replaced quantitative restrictions with tariffs (both ad valorem and variable) on the importation of politically sensitive items such as flour, sugar, tea and cooking oil. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | The interest rates are variable, set at half a percentage point above the Bank's average cost of borrowing or LIBOR. (references) |
Ecuador | Under this system a variable additional duty is established for third country imports in relation with international market prices. (references) | |
Colombia | When the reference price falls below the floor price, a variable duty (or surcharge) is applied, which is based on the difference between the floor and reference prices. (references) | |
Travel | Australia | The conversion rate is variable. (references) |
Pakistan | Pakistan's highway system is variable in quality. (references) | |
Pakistan | Delivery times for sea freight are considerably longer and more variable. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | WEATHER, n. The climate of the hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle. Once I dipt into the future far as human eye could see, And I saw the Chief Forecaster, dead as any one can be -- Dead and damned and shut in Hades as a liar from his birth, With a record of unreason seldom paralleled on earth. While I looked he reared him solemnly, that incadescent youth, From the coals that he'd preferred to the advantages of truth. He cast his eyes about him and above him; then he wrote On a slab of thin asbestos what I venture here to quote -- For I read it in the rose-light of the everlasting glow: "Cloudy; variable winds, with local showers; cooler; snow." Halcyon Jones |
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| "Variable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 50.83% of the time. "Variable" is used about 2,158 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) | 50.83% | 1,097 | 6,886 |
| Noun (singular) | 49.17% | 1,061 | 7,066 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,158 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "variable". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Sigionoth | N/A | Biblical | According to variable songs or tunes |
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Expressions using "variable": balloonian variable ♦ be at variable with ♦ bound variable ♦ calculated variable ♦ causal variable ♦ cause variable ♦ centered random variable ♦ centred random variable ♦ chance variable ♦ Common Variable Immunodeficiency ♦ comparative variable ♦ contextual variable ♦ correcting variable ♦ criterion variable ♦ defined variable ♦ dependent variable ♦ dichotomous variable ♦ DOS/OS2 environment variable ♦ effect variable ♦ emitting variable ♦ environment variable ♦ executable variable ♦ experimental variable ♦ explanatory variable ♦ free variable ♦ free variable parameter ♦ generic type variable ♦ hypothetical variable ♦ Immunoglobulin Variable Region ♦ independent variable ♦ infinitely variable ♦ infinitely variable speed transmission ♦ instance variable ♦ instrumental variable ♦ intervening variable ♦ latent variable ♦ logic variable ♦ manipulated variable ♦ measured variable ♦ mediating variable ♦ metasyntactic variable ♦ mib Variable ♦ observable variable ♦ ordinal variable ♦ original variable ♦ predicated variable ♦ qualitative variable ♦ random variable ♦ schematic type variable ♦ set at variable ♦ shell variable ♦ singleton variable ♦ source variable ♦ standardized variable ♦ start variable ♦ step by step variable gear ♦ stochastic variable ♦ superfluous variable ♦ theoretical variable ♦ to unset a variable ♦ undefined variable ♦ unobservable variable ♦ variable address ♦ variable area propelling nozzle ♦ variable capacitor ♦ variable cost ♦ variable costs ♦ variable ear ♦ variable exhaust ♦ variable factors ♦ variable focus lens ♦ variable gear ♦ variable gears ♦ variable hedge ♦ variable life ♦ variable message sign ♦ variable message signing ♦ variable number of tandem repeats locus ♦ variable number tandem repeats ♦ variable pitch propeller ♦ variable quantity ♦ variable rate mortgage ♦ variable ratio write ♦ variable resistor ♦ variable slope delta modulation ♦ variable speed limit and enforcement ♦ variable speed transmission ♦ variable star ♦ variable stars ♦ variable surface glycoprotein ♦ variable sweep ♦ variable text ♦ variable transmission ♦ variable velocity ♦ variable winds ♦ volatile variable. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "variable": variable-area, variable-duration, variable-focus, variable-geometry, variable-grained, variable-heat, variable-interest, variable-length, variable-mu, variable-mutual, variable-pitch propeller, variable-pressure, variable-rate, variable-ratio, variable-reluctance, variable-sided, variable-social, variable-speed. | |
Ending with "variable": pseudo-variable. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "variable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | variabël, ndryshore, madhësi e ndryshueshme, i paqëndrueshëm (changeable, cranky, fickle, fluent, fluid, inconsequential, inconstant, infirm, labile, mutable, non-persistent, protean, rocky, soft, tipsy, tottering, unequable, unstable, unsteady, volatile, waggly, wayward), i ndryshueshëm (alterable, changeable, changeful, fickle, flexible, inconstant, labile, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, protean, shifting, transitional, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, various, varying, vertiginous), i ndërrueshëm (changeable, commutable, convertible, ding-dong), i lëvizshëm (dapper, inconstant, live, mobile, movable, moveable, moving, removable, shifting, sliding, spry). (various references) | |
Arabic | متقلب (capricious, changeable, changeful, choppy, fickle, flighty, fluctuant, fluky, freakish, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, jumpy, mercurial, mobile, moody, mutable, reversible, rough and tumble, shaky, skittish, temperamental, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, versatile, volatile, wavering, wayward, weather vane, whimsical, yeasty), متحول (changeable, fickle, inconstant, unstable, unsteady), متغير (changeable, changeful, changing, fickle, inconstant, mutable, unsteady, weathercock), قابل للتغيير (adjustable, alterable, convertible, labile), زائغ (digressing, vagrant), المتغير, شىء متقلب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | несигурен (build on sand, chancy, dangerous, disputable, dubious, equivocal, faltering, halting, insecure, irresolute, long, pendulous, precarious, problematic, queasy, risky, rocky, shaky, slippy, suspensive, tentative, top heavy, tottery, treacherous, uncertain, uneasy, unreliable, unresolved, unsafe, unsettled, unsound, unsteady, unsure, untrustworthy, versatile, wonky), непостоянен (astatic, capricious, casual, changeable, changeful, discontinuous, erratic, fickle, fluctuating, fluid, impermanent, inconstant, irregular, liquid, lubricous, mobile, mutable, non-persistent, seesaw, sporadic, streaky, uncertain, unequable, uneven, unreliable, unstable, unsteady, vagarious, variant, volatile, wayward, whimsical, yo-yo), на когото не може да се разчита (streaky, untrustworthy), променящ строежа си, променящ функцията си, променчив (fickle, mercurial, mutable), променлива величина (fluent, inconstant), променлив вятър, променлив (baffling, changeable, choppy, erratic, fitful, fluctuating, fluent, inconsistent, inconstant, liquid, mobile, protean, shifting, undecided, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variant, varied, versatile, volatile), изменяем (changeable, inflective, modifiable), изменчив (erratic, volatile). (various references) | |
Chinese | 變量 , 變數 , 會變 , "变 (Instable). (various references) | |
Czech | promìnlivý (changeable, changing, fluctuating, mobile, mutable, uncertain, various). (various references) | |
Danish | variabel størrelse, variabel. (various references) | |
Dutch | wisselend, afwisselend (alternate, alternately, alternating). (various references) | |
Esperanto | varia. (various references) | |
Farsi | متغیر (Diverse, Indignant, Protean, Shifty, Transitive, Uncertain, Unsteady, Variant, Vicissitudinous), تغییرپذیر (Changeable, Convertible, Plastic, Skittish, Supple), بی قرار (Restless), بی ثبات (Impermanent, Shifty, Slippery, Unstable). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaihtelevainen (changeable, fickle, flighty, inconstant, varied, varying), vaihteleva (changeable, fickle, flighty, inconstant, varied, varying), suure (quantity), muuttuva (changeable), muuttuja (variables), epävakainen (changeable, inconstant, unstable, unsteady). (various references) | |
French | variable. (various references) | |
Frisian | ôfwikseljend (alternate, alternating). (various references) | |
German | variabel (mutable), veränderlich (changeable, fluctuating, inconstant, mutable, mutably, shifting, unsettled, variably, varying), Variable (variables), Größe (area, bigness, bulk, deepness, dimensions, extent, giant, grandeur, greatness, growth, heft, height, important figure, largeness, magnificence, magnitude, measurement, quantity, significance, sizableness, size, swell, tallness, vastness). (various references) | |
Greek | μεταβλητόσ (alterable, changeable, mutable), μεταβλητός (changeable), μεταβλητή, ευμετάβλητοσ (changeable, fickle, mercurial, mutable, protean). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משת " (changeable, changing, differential, mutable, uneven, urinal, urinary). (various references) | |
Hungarian | variálható, változó (altering, alternate, broken, erratic, fickle, movable, moveable, varied, various), változékony (alterable, changeable, choppy, fickle, impermanent, inconstant, labile, liquid, mercurial, mobile, mutable, unsettled, unsteady). (various references) | |
Indonesian | peubah, faktor tak tetap. (various references) | |
Irish | athróg. (various references) | |
Italian | variabile (changeable, changing, different). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ヴァチカン市国 (bolt, valid, valkyrie, valve, vampire, variation, variety, Vatican City State, velocity, vendor, Venus, videotape, viola, vision, vocal, vocalist, voicing, volt, volume, vorpal, wizard), 変量 , 変数 , 可変 (changeable, controllable, convertible). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ヴァリアブル , かへ" (changeable, controllable, convertible, outstanding poem, petal), へ"すう (remote region), へ"りょう. (various references) | |
Korean | 변하기 쉬운. (various references) | |
Manx | red caghlaaee, neuchinjagh (indefinite, irregular, undecided), ceaghlagh (transformable, uncertain, uncertain as temper, vaso-motor). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ariablevay.(various references) | |
Polish | zmienny, urozmaicony. (various references) | |
Portuguese | variável (baffling, changeable, choppy, desultory, mutable, uncertain, unequable, unequal, variant, various, versatile). (various references) | |
Romanian | variabil (changeable, choppy, floating, fluctuating, mutable, uncertain, uneven, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variably, variant, varying), vânt variabil, schimbãtor (capricious, catching, changeable, chequered, choppy, fickle, inconstant, mobile, Moody, moonish, mutable, shifty, slippery, switch, unequal, unsettled, unsteady, varied, versatile, volatile), cantitate variabilã. (various references) | |
Russian | вариабельный, непостоянный (casual, changeable, changeful, fast and loose, fickle, impermanent, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, unabiding, unstable, unsteady, volatile, wanton), переменный (alternate, rotational, rotative, varying degrees), переменная величина, переменная переменный, изменчивый (changeable, fast and loose, fickle, inequable, mobile, mutable, protean, streaky, vagrant, wayward). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | varijabla, varijabilan, promenljiv (changeable, changing, declinable, fickle, impermanent, mutable, shifting, unsettled, unsteady, variant, volatile). (various references) | |
Spanish | variable (changeable, changeful, unsettled, up and down, varying, wayward). (various references) | |
Swedish | variabel, ombytlig (changeable, fickle, inconsistent, inconstant, vertiginous, volatile). (various references) | |
Turkish | uyuşmazlık (clash, contrariety, disaccord, disagreeableness, disagreement, discrepancy, disunity, divergence, divergency, division, incompatiblity, incongruity, intransigence, rupture), tutarsızlık (abruptness, contradictoriness, desultoriness, discrepancy, incoherence, inconsequence, inconsistency, repugnance), fikir ayrılığı (clash of ideas, collision, conflict, difference, disaccord, discord, dissidence, divergence, divergency, rent), değişkenlik (capriciousness, changeability, fluidity, incalculability, inconstancy, inequality, instability, mobility, uncertainty, unsteadiness, variability, versatility), değişken (capricious, changeable, changeful, choppy, erratic, factor, fickle, fitful, flexible, flexile, fluid, fluxional, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, inequable, labile, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, sliding, streaked, streaky, swinging, uncertain, unfunded, unstable, unsteady, variant, versatile), değişen şey, çelişki (antinomy, cleavage, contradiction, contradictoriness, contrast, discrepancy, excursion, paradox). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | мінливий (capricious, changeable, changeful, chatoyant, chequered, choppy, floating, inconsistent, interchangeable, mutable, non-permanent, skittish, stayless, uncertain, vagrant, varied, wanton, wavy, wayward), змінна величина, змінний (alternant, alternate, alternating, alternative, removable), перемінний (alternate, alternating, rotational). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có thể thay đổi hay thay đổi; thay đổi. (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dubiae, dubio, dubium, incerta, incertam, incerti, incerto, incertum, incertus, variabilis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "variable": variableness, variablenesses, variables. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "variable": invariable, multivariable. (additional references) | |
Words containing "variable": invariables. (additional references) | |
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"Variable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ariable, aviable, varible, variola, varitable, vvariable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "variable" (pronounced ve"rēubul) |
| 5 | -ē u b u l | amiable, enviable, irremediable, malleable, permeable, pitiable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | 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, acceptable, accessible, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, 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, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immiscible, 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, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, 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, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, perishable, permissible, personable, persuadable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, 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, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, tolerable, traceable, 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, 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, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, 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, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, 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, 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 "a-a-b-e-i-l-r-v" | |
-1 letter: reavail, velaria. | |
-2 letters: abelia, aerial, arable, bailer, larvae, librae, realia, verbal, viable. | |
-3 letters: abler, aiver, alive, areal, ariel, arval, avail, baler, birle, blare, blear, brail, brava, brave, bravi, ervil, laari, labia, labra, larva, laver, liber, libra, liver, livre, ravel, rival, varia, velar, viler, viral. | |
-4 letters: able, abri, alae, alar, alba, area, aria, aril, aver. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-i-l-r-v" | |
+1 letter: adverbial, variables. | |
+2 letters: abrasively, adverbials, behavioral, invariable, labiovelar. | |
+3 letters: adverbially, elaborative, invariables, labiovelars, vaporizable. | |
+4 letters: behaviorally, microwavable, variableness, vocabularies. | |
+5 letters: adumbratively, collaborative, microwaveable, multivariable, nonbehavioral, observational, overbalancing, rebarbatively, variabilities, verbalization. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Derived from 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Abbreviations 16. Acronyms | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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