Word Meanings - ARABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.

Related words: (words related to ARABLE)

• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• PLOWFOOT; PLOUGHFOOT
  An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow. Piers Plowman.
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• PLOWGATE; PLOUGHGATE
  The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland. Not having one plowgate of land. Sir W. Scott.
• APPLICATORILY
  By way of application.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• TILLOW
  See TILLER
• PLOWTAIL; PLOUGHTAIL
  The hind part or handle of a plow.
• PLOWLAND; PLOUGLAND
  the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide. (more info) 1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.
• TILLER
  One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
• TILLODONT
  One of the Tillodontia.
• OFTENNESS
  Frequency. Hooker.
• TILLEY; TILLEY SEED
  The seeds of a small tree common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• PLOWWRIGHT; PLOUGHWRIGHT
  One who makes or repairs plows.
• OFTEN
  Frequently; many times; not seldom.
• TILLODONTIA
  An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta.
• PLOWGANG; PLOUGHGANG
  See PLOWGATE
• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• SCINTILLOUSLY
  In a scintillant manner.
• SNOWPLOW; SNOWPLOUGH
  An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.
• ARTILLERIST
  A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.
• TRENCH-PLOW; TRENCH-PLOUGH
  To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.
• INSTILL
  To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
• PISTILLIFEROUS
  Pistillate.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• STILLBIRTH
  The birth of a dead fetus.
• OCTILLION
  According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• BERTILLON SYSTEM
  A system for the identification of persons by a physical description based upon anthropometric measurements, notes of markings, deformities, color, impression of thumb lines, etc.
• ARTILLERY
  fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm, prob. from L. ars, artis,
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• DISTILLABLE
  Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
• DISTILLATION
  The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
• FINESTILLER
  One who finestills.