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Look up: Able

  1. ABLE
    acronym: Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment
    Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html#

  2. able
    [adj] - having a strong healthy body 2. [adj] - have the skills and qualifications to do things well 3. [adj] - having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity 4. [adj] - (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. ABLE
    Adaptive Battery Life Extender + Agent Building and Learning Environment [IBM]
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab

  4. ABLE
    (language) A simple language for accountants. ["ABLE, The Accounting Language, Programming and Reference Manual," Evansville Data Proc Center, Evansville, IN, Mar 1975]. [Listed in SIGPLAN Notices 13(11):56 (Nov 1978)]. (1994-11-08)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/

  5. ABLE
    Association for Biology Laboratory Education
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/~mlshams/acrony

  6. able
    Able Rating or Ordinary Rating = non-officer personnel,category OR-2(NATO),UK Navy.Seaman = idem,US Navy(1) Category: Management in the public and private sector
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. Able
    A"ble adjective [ Comp. Abler ; superl. Ablest ] [ Old French habile , Latin habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful, from habere to have, hold. Confer Habile and see Habit .] 1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [ Obsolete] « A many man, to ben an abbot able . Chau …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/5

  8. Able
    A"ble transitive verb [ See Able , adjective ] [ Obsolete] 1. To make able; to enable; to strengthen. Chaucer. 2. To vouch for. "I 'll able them." Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/5

  9. able
    -a·ble (-ȧ*b'l). [ French -able , Latin -abilis .] An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, mov able , able to be moved; amend able , able to be amended; blam able , fit to be blamed; sal able . The form -ible is used in the same sense. » It is difficult to say when we are …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/5

  10. able
    able-bodied adjective having a strong healthy body; `an able seaman`; `every able-bodied young man served in the army`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. able
    capable adjective have the skills and qualifications to do things well; `able teachers`; `a capable administrator`; `children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. able
    adjective having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; `able to learn`; `human beings are able to walk on two feet`; `Superman is able to leap tall buildings`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. able
    adjective (usually followed by `to`) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something; `able to swim`; `she was able to program her computer`; `we were at last able to buy a car`; `able to get a grant for the project`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. Able
    • (superl.) Fit; adapted; suitable. • (superl.) Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person ab...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. Able
    Able is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Breath` Abel,Able Alternative meanings (African) Born on Tuesday (Arabic) Full Figured The name Able doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Able seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Able

  16. able
    able (AY buhl) 1. Having enough power, skill, or means to do something [followed by to plus an infinitive); capable: "A cat is able to see in the dark." 2. Having more power or skill than usual; skillful: "She was an able teacher for more than 40 years." 3. Expertly done; effective: "He presented an able speech even though he had j...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  17. Able
    Able second stage of a Thor-Able rocket being set in place prior to launching TIROS I. Credit: US Navy • A modified form of the Aerojet AJ-10 second stage of the Vanguard rocket used as the second stage of the Thor-Able, Thor-Able Star, and Atlas-Able launch vehicles. &...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

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9 January 2009

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