Word Meanings - DESCRIBABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
That can be described; capable of description.
Related words: (words related to DESCRIBABLE)
- DESCRIBER
One who describes. - DESCRIBENT
See GENERATRIX - DESCRIBABLE
That can be described; capable of description. - DESCRIPTION
1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. 2. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species. Milton has descriptions - CAPABLENESS
The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency. - DESCRIBE
write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F. décrire. See Scribe, and 1. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to - CAPABLE
1. Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault. Concious of jou and capable of pain. Prior. 2. - UNCAPABLE
Incapable. "Uncapable of conviction." Locke. - INCAPABLE
Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit - OVERCAPABLE
Too capable. Overcapable of such pleasing errors. Hooker. - MISDESCRIBE
To describe wrongly. - UNSCAPABLE
Not be escaped; inevitable. Wyclif. - INDESCRIBABLE
Incapable of being described. -- In`de*scrib"a*bly, adv. - INESCAPABLE
Not escapable. - INCAPABLENESS
The quality or state of being incapable; incapability. - ESCAPABLE
Avoidable.