Word Meanings - UNCONCEIVABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Inconceivable. Locke. -- Un`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`con*ceiv"a*bly, adv.

LOCKER
1. One who, or that which, locks. 2. A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock. Chain locker , a compartment in the hold of a vessel, for holding the chain cables. -- Davy Jones's locker, or
INCONCEIVABLE
Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion. It
LOCKET
1. A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament. 2. A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.
LOCKEN
of Lock. Chaucer.
LOCKED-JAW
See LOCKJAW
GLOCKENSPIEL
An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.
UNDERLOCKER
A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also underviewer.
SLOCK; SLOCKEN
To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
LANDLOCKED
Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon. (more info) 1. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land.