| ABLATIVE | • ablative adj. (Grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the… • ablative adj. (Archaic) Pertaining to taking away or removing. • ablative adj. (Engineering, nautical, astronautics) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect… |
| ABRASIVE | • abrasive adj. Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. • abrasive adj. Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation. • abrasive n. A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice… |
| AVOWABLE | • avowable adj. Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged with confidence. • AVOWABLE adj. able to be declared. |
| EVADABLE | • evadable adj. That can be evaded. • EVADABLE adj. able to be evaded. |
| LAVABOES | • lavaboes n. Plural of lavabo. • LAVABO n. (Latin) a fixed basin or washstand. |
| SALVABLE | • salvable adj. (Now chiefly forestry) Salvageable, recoverable; allowing for recovery. • salvable adj. (Obsolete) Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation. • SALVABLE adj. capable of being saved. |
| SAVEABLE | • saveable adj. Alternative form of savable. • SAVEABLE adj. that can be saved, also SAVABLE. |
| SHAVABLE | • shavable adj. Alternative form of shaveable. • SHAVABLE adj. capable of being shaved, also SHAVEABLE. |
| VALUABLE | • valuable adj. Having a great value. • valuable adj. Estimable; deserving esteem. • valuable n. (Usually in the plural) A personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value. |
| VAMBRACE | • vambrace n. (Historical) The piece of armor designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist. • vambrace n. (Historical) The pieces of armor protecting the arm from the shoulder to the wrist. • VAMBRACE n. (historical) a piece of armour designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist, also VANTBRACE, VANTBRASS. |
| VARIABLE | • variable adj. Able to vary or be varied. • variable adj. Likely to vary. • variable adj. Marked by diversity or difference. |
| VARTABED | • vartabed n. Alternative form of vardapet. • VARTABED n. a member of an Armenian order of clergy. |
| WAVEBAND | • waveband n. (Physics) A range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies; for example shortwave or mediumwave radio. • WAVEBAND n. a range of radio frequencies. |