able : Idioms & Phrases


able seaman

  • noun a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills
    able seaman.
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able-bodied

  • adjective satellite having a strong healthy body
    able.
    • an able seaman
    • every able-bodied young man served in the army
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A`ble-bod"ied adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. "Able-bodied vagrant." Froude. -- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..
Webster 1913

able-bodied seaman

  • noun a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills
    able seaman.
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able-bodiedism

  • noun discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
    able-bodiedism; ableism; ablism.
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able-bodism

  • noun discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
    able-bodiedism; ableism; ablism.
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able-minded

A`ble-mind"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having much intellectual power. -- A`ble-mind"ed*ness, n.
Webster 1913

come-at-able

  • adjective satellite capable of being attained or accomplished
    attainable.
    • choose an attainable goal
    • art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study
  • adjective satellite capable of being reached or attained
    getatable; come-at-able.
    • a very getatable man
    • both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations
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get-at-able

  • adjective satellite capable of being reached or attained
    getatable; come-at-able.
    • a very getatable man
    • both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations
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un-come-at-able

  • adjective satellite difficult to reach or attain
    ungetatable; un-come-at-able.
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un-get-at-able

  • adjective satellite difficult to reach or attain
    ungetatable; un-come-at-able.
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willing and able

  • adjective satellite not reluctant
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