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Definitions: Nimble |
NimbleAdjective1. Moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it". 2. Mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nimble" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Nimble \Nim"ble\, adjective. [Comparative Nimbler; superlative Nimblest.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: NimbleSynonyms: agile (adj), quick (adj), spry (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Nimble, nimble as a squirrel; agile; light-footed, nimble-footed; featly, tripping. |
Velocity | Adjective: fast, speedy, swift, rapid, quick, fleet; aliped; nimble, agile, expeditious; express; active; flying, galloping; Verb: light footed, nimble footed; winged, eagle winged, mercurial, electric, telegraphic; light-legged, light of heel; swift as an arrow; Noun: quick as lightning; Noun: quick as a thought. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nimble |
| English words defined with "nimble": agile, agilely, agility ♦ Gilbbery ♦ legerity, light, light-fingered, Light-legged, lightness, lightsome, lightsomeness, Lively stones ♦ nimble-fingered, nimbleness, nimbly ♦ quick, Quick with child, quick-witted ♦ slough grass, Snell, Sprightful, spry, Swiftfoot, Swipper ♦ Tith, trip, tripping ♦ Whipster. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "nimble": CAW-HANDED, CAW-PAWED ♦ Hip! Hip! Hurrah! ♦ Jephunneh ♦ Nimble as a Cat on a hot Bake-stone, Nimble as Ninepence ♦ QUICK AND NIMBLE ♦ THOROUGH GO NIMBLE ♦ Yumboes. (references) |
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Lyrics | So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick ("American Pie"; performing artist: Don McLean) | |
Tongue Twisters | Nine nimble noblemen nibbled nuts. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Adventures of the Nimble Dollar (1914) Jack Be Nimble (1993) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Transformer manufacture. Men with nimble fingers make good coil winders. These two employees of a large Eastern electrical company are producing transformers essential to war industries. Westinghouse, Sharon, Pennsylvania.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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William Shakespeare | Nimble thought can jump both sea and land. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | From time to time the young bandit, vigorous and nimble, made the efforts of a beast caught in a snare. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The old man was a nimble walker in spite of his corns and often ten or twelve miles of the road were covered. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They tied the bags to their waists and they slapped their hands together to warm stiff fingers that had to be nimble. |
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Economic History | Singapore | Singapore's overall labor policy focuses on ensuring full employment, while at the same time making sure that the economic structure continuously moves to higher development levels, and that Singapore remains nimble in the face of global economic changes. (references) |
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| "Nimble" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 70.30% of the time. "Nimble" is used about 101 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 70.3% | 71 | 39,674 |
| Noun (singular) | 20.79% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 8.91% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 101 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "nimble": nimble footed ♦ nimble of foot ♦ nimble Will. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "nimble": nimble-fingered, nimble-footed, nimble-limbed, nimble-looted, nimble-witted. | |
Ending with "nimble": monkey-nimble. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nimble boat | 24 |
nimble | 22 |
jack be nimble | 11 |
nimble wheels | 7 |
nimble technology | 5 |
nimble thimble | 5 |
back be nimble | 4 |
nimble v5 | 4 |
ent.com nimble | 3 |
24 nimble | 3 |
b jack nimble | 3 |
jazz nimble | 3 |
nimble finger | 2 |
momonga nimble | 2 |
kodiak nimble | 2 |
nimble nomad | 2 |
nimble yacht | 2 |
25 nimble | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "nimble"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mendjemprehtë (acute, cute, penetrating, perspicacious, quick-witted, sharp-witted, shrewd, witty), i zgjuar (apt, artful, astir, awake, awaken, bright, cagey, cagy, clever, exalted, ingenious, intelligent, quick, quick-witted, ready-witted, reasonable, responsible, sagacious, sharp, sharp-witted, sleepless, smart, wakeful, waking), i shkrydhët, i shkathët (adroit, agile, artful, brisk, catlike, clever, cunning, deft, dexterous, dextrous, facile, feat, habile, knacky, light-handed, lightsome, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, loose-limbed, lubricous, natty, neat, neat-handed, quick-witted, ready, resourceful, shifty, skilful, skillful, slick, smart, spry, supple, swift-handed, tactical, vivacious), i mprehtë (acute, astute, bright, clairvoyant, Clarion, discerning, edgy, exquisite, fine, high, high pitched, incisive, ingenious, keen, keen-witted, knowing, penetrating, penetrative, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, piping, pointed, pungent, quick, ridged, ridgy, sagacious, salt, sharp, sharp cut, shrill, subtile, subtle, tart, trenchant), i gjallë (above ground, alive, animate, animated, breathing, brisk, buckish, buoyant, busy, canty, colorful, colourful, crude, dapper, dashing, dynamic, elastic, erect, fresh, frisky, glowing, graphic, graphical, green, humming, intense, jocund, keen, larky, live, lively, living, mercurial, noisy, perky, pert, picturesque, playful, poignant, quick, raw, red blooded, saucy, skittish, smart, snappy, spirited, sprightly, spry, uncooked, vital, vivacious, vivid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ماهر (adept, adroit, astute, clever, consummate, deft, ingenious, proficient, shrewd, skilful, skilled, skillful, slick, sound, subtle), نبيه (intelligent), حازق (ingenious, resourceful, smart), خفيف (agile, brisk, easy-moving, light, light footed, lively, quick, sprightly, spry, swift), رشيق (active, agile, airy, alert, brisk, clever, dapper, facile, fleet, fluent, fluid, graceful, lightsome, limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, lively, merry, nippy, quick, ready, sharp, spry, svelte, swift, willowy, zippy), بارع الى الحد الإستثنائى. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | схватлив (apprehensive, apt, comprehensive, docile, prehensile, quick, quick-witted, receptive, teachable), чевръст (alert, light footed, prompt, ready, slippy, smart, spry), жив (above ground, active, agile, alert, alive, animate, breezy, brisk, cheerful, dashing, high-colored, high-coloured, jaunty, jazz, jazzy, live, lively, living, lusty, mercurial, mobile, nervous, organic, peppy, perky, pert, picturesque, pregnant, quick, racy, rattling, round, saucy, sharp, skittish, snappy, spicy, spirited, sprightly, spry, swinging, vital, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, whippy, zappy, zippy), пъргав (active, agile, alert, alive, deft, elastic, lissom, lithesome, lively, nifty, nippy, pretty, prompt, quick, ready, resilient, sinuous, smart, snappy, spring, spry, versatile, volatile, wanton, warm, whippy, zippy), подвижен (adjustable, adjusting, agile, airy, ambulatory, detachable, drop, flexible, floating, light, limber, lissome, lithe, live, lively, mobile, movable, moveable, moving, nippy, ready, removable, resilient, shifting, sliding, traveling, travelling, versatile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 趫 (walk on stilts), 遫 (alert, quick), 靈活 (agile, flexible), 灵活 (flexible), 敏捷 (shrewd), 佽 (to help), 剽 (swift, to rob). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | svižný (deft, rattling, spanking, spry, swinging), svìží (breezy, brisk, fresh, picturesque, sweet, vivid), pohotový (adroit, offhand, Pat, prompt, quick, ready, swift), mrštný (agile), hbitý (agile, deft, light-heeled, prompt, sprightly, swift, voluble), bystrý (acute, alert, astute, bright, discerning, exquisite, keen, keen-witted, penetrating, perspicacious, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, subtle), èiperný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فرز (Agile, Quick, Spry, Swift), چست (Brisk, Quick), چالاک (Adroit, Deft, Dexterous, Dextrous, Handy, Jimmy, Lissome, Natty, Nippy, Pawky, Peppy, Prompt, Sprightly, Spry), چابک (Adroit, Agile, Brisk, Clever, Handy, Light, Lissome, Perky, Quick, Rapid, Speedy, Spry, Swift), تردست (Adroit, Juggler, Yare), زرنگ (Adroit, Agile, Apt, Bright, Clever, Dapper, Jaunty, Pawky, Shifty, Shrewd, Slicker, Smart, Snide, Spry), جلد (Case, Copy, Cover, Epidermis, Holster, Jacket, Quick, Sheath, Sheathe, Shell, Skin, Tome, Volume, Yare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | nopsa (agile), ketterä (agile, alert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | agile (nippy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | flink (adroit, agile, alert, brisk, briskly, deft, keen, nimbly, nippy, quick, rapid, slippy, smart, swift, swiftly, zippy), behende (able, adroit, agile, clever, dexterous, nimbly, proficient, quick, skillful, swift). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σβέλτοσ (alert, dapper, fleet, lissom, lissome, mobile, natty, nifty, nippy, spry, svelte), εύστροφοσ (agile, shifty, versatile), ευκίνητοσ (agile, light footed, lithe, mobile, nippy, spry, svelte, vanquishable, vincible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מיומן (adept, dexterous, proficient, skilful, skilled, skillful), מזורז (accelerated, brisk, quick, summary), מ"יר (fast, fleet, nippy, quick, rapid, snap, spanking, speedy, summary, swift), קליל (jaunty, light, scanty), פזיז (careless, fickle, harebrained, hasty, headlong, impetuous, impulsive, precipitous, rash, slapdash, slaphappy), זריז (adroit, agile, alert, dexterous, mercurial, quick, spanking, swift). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyors felfogású (apt, bright, keen-witted, nimble-minded, nimble-witted, quick child, sharp-witted, smart, to be quick on the uptake), okos (advised, brainy, bright, canny, clever, cunning, judicious, nimble-minded, nimble-witted, prudent, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, sly, smart, sophisticated, wise), hajlékony (ductile, flexible, limber, limp, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, pliable, pliant, supple, tractable, willowy, yielding), fürge (agile, beany, brisk, deft, fleet, limber, lissom, lissome, lithesome, lively, mercurial, nifty, nippy, perky, quick, rattling, smart, spry, swift), ötletes (imaginative, ingenious, shifty, smart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | gesit (adroit, skillful), galir (agile, articulate, fluent, glib, spry), cekatan (adept, adroit, deft, handy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | agile (agile, dexterous, dextrous, fleet, lean, light, limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, quick, slippy, supple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 身軽 (agile, carefree, casual, light), 軽捷 , 軽快 (casual, light, rhythmical), 速い (agile, quick), すすり泣く (all, all of a sudden, bitch, briskly, broke, clear, completely, directly, do something completely, erect, even, face with no make-up, gently, men's underwear, neat, ought to do, penniless, quick, quickly, quietly, shapely, should do, sleeping soundly, smart, smooth to the touch, smoothly, softly, straight, thoroughly, to leaveundone, to make refreshed, to make relieved, to neglect, to sob, to standup, upright, utterly stark naked, wearing only one's birthday suit), 手早い , 敏捷 (agile, prompt, quick, shrewd, smart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すばしっ"い (quick, smart), すばし"い (quick, smart), すばやい (agile, fast, prompt, quick), び"しょう (agile, prompt, quick, shrewd, smart), けいしょう (accession, alarm bell, court nobles and state ministers, figure, fire bell, image, inheritance, minor illness, minor injury, picturesque scenery, scenic beauty, shape, slight, strong and nimble, succession, title of honour, trifling), けいかい (admonition, casual, light, rhythmical, vigilance, warning), みがる (agile, carefree, casual, light), てばやい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 민첩한 (Agile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | skibbylt (acrobatic, active, active as person, agile, bouncing, jig, light-footed, skip, vivacious), loor (able-bodied, lusty, stout, stouthearted, strapping), gastagh (brightness, champion, hero). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imblenay veloz (arrowy, clipping, fast, quick, rapid, speedy, swift, swift-handed, tantivy, winged), relativo ao nilo, rápido (active, clear-sighted, crisp, double quick, expel, fast, fleet, fleet-footed, hasty, hurry, light-legged, nippy, prompt, quick, rapid, rattling, riffle, safe and pleasant, speedy, sudden, swift, swift-handed, tantivy, tripping, volant, winged), ligeiro (fleet, hasty, light, light-handed, lightly, quick, ready, speedy), ágil (able, active, adroit, agile, alert, brisk, clever, deft, dexterous, keen, kittenish, light footed, lightsome, limber, lissome, list, lithe, lithium, skillful, springy, spry, volant). (various references) vioi (active, alert, animated, breezy, bright, brisk, briskly, cheery, chirpy, crisp, full of beans, gamy, hasty, hoity toity, lightsome, lithe, live, lively, living, mercurial, merry, mettlesome, nimbly, pleasant, quick-witted, racy, Randy, ready, smart, snappy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, spry, vigorous, volatile), sprinten (agile, agilely, alive, fleet, fleet-footed, light footed, lightsome, lissom, lithe, lively, nimbly, nippy, quick, trippingly, wanton, wing-footed), receptiv (acquisitive, alive, apprehensive, open minded, perceptively, pervious, receptive, recipe), prompt (nimbly, Pat, prompt, promptly, quick, quickly, readily, ready, ready-witted, smartly, speedy, swift, unhesitating), agil (agile, agilely, quick). (various references) проворный (adroit, agile, brisk, deft, dexterous, dextrous, light-footed, limber, lissom, lissome, lithesome, nippy, on the jump, quick, rash, zippy). (various references) luraiche (lively and delightful, pretty), lurach (delightful, lively, pretty), ealamh (expert), durrasgach, cliste (agile, expert, swift). (various references) spretan (adroit, deft, dexterous, habile, handy, neat-handed, skilled, wieldy), okretan (agile, rangy, swift-handed, tripping), bistar (bright, clear, comprehensive, limpid, orient, pellucid). (various references) ágil (able, adroit, agile, clever, deft, dexterous, limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, nifty, nippy, proficient, quick, skillful, spry, zappy). (various references) vig (agile, lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome), flink (dapper, deft, dexterous, facile, prompt, quick). (various references) ว่องไว (expeditious, swift). (various references) uyanık (alert, argus-eyed, astir, awake, aware, canny, conscious, enterprising, fly, guarded, heady, leery, on the alert, open-eyed, sharp, shrewd, sleepless, smart, unwinking, vigilant, wakeful, waking, wary, watchful, wide awake, with it), tez (discourse, disquisition, dissertation, expeditious, hasty, prompt, promptly, quick, quickly, thesis, treatise), tetik (alert, awake, detent, trigger), atik (agile, alert, lissom, lissome, quick, snappy), açıkgöz (alert, astute, canny, cunning, fly, heady, hip, knowing, leery, open-eyed, sharp, shrewd, smart, spry, up and coming, vigilant, wide awake), çevik (agile, brisk, dapper, fleet, glib, light footed, limber, lissom, lissome, nippy, spry, swift, tripping, volant), çabuk (apace, be quick, come, come on, early, expeditious, fast, hasty, hurry, hurry up, in double time, in good time, light footed, lissom, lissome, precipitous, presto, prompt, pronto, quick, quick-action, quickly, rapid, ready, sharp, snappy, soon, speedy, swift, swiftly). (various references) яьwrьk (deft, quick). (various references) спритний (adroit, agile, alert, arch, artful, canny, cunning, deft, dexterous, dodgy, fly, handy, light fingered, light-handed, natty, nifty, nimble footed, nimble-fingered, pert, politic, practical, shuffling, slick, tactical, whipping, wide awake, zippy), рухливий (agile, flexile, running), кмітливий (acute, alert, apprehensive, clever, cute, dexterous, grasping, intelligent, nimble-witted, quick, ready-witted, sagacious), гострий (abrupt, acrid, acrimonious, acute, argute, bad, barbed, biting, eager, edgy, incisive, keen, nutty, piercing, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick, savoury, sharp, splitting, subtile, subtle, trenchant, zestful), винахідливий (adroit, apposite, daedal, dedal, ingenious, inventive, quick-witted, ready-witted, resourceful, shifty), моторний (adroit, agile, alert, dapper, dashing, deft, dexterous, lissome, lithesome, mercurial, motor, nippy, ready, spry, volant), меткий (arch, artful, brisk, canny, saucy), жвавий (active, agile, airy, alert, alive, alive and kicking, animated, breezy, brisk, canty, chirpy, crisp, dashing, exhilarated, gleg, jaunty, live, living, mobile, peppy, perky, slippy, sprightly, vivid, whisky, youthful, zippy), легко, жваво рухатися, дотепний (attic, brainy, cute, dodgy, facetious, ingenious, jocular, nimble-witted, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, spiritual, waggish, witty). (various references) lanh lẹ (nippy). (various references) sionc (active, agile, brisk), heini (active, agile, brisk, lively), gwisgi (agile, brisk, lively, ripe), chwimwth (brisk), chwim (agile, quick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | bernice, levana, leve, levem, levi, levia, leviora, leviores, levis, levius, leviusque, praepes. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | revîm. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nimble": nimbleness, nimblenesses, nimbler, nimblest. (additional references) | |
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"Nimble" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: neble, Neibel, niable, nibel, nible, nimal, nimb, Nimbies, nimbled, Nimbley, nimbloe, nimple, nnimble, numble, Onambwe, simble. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "nimble" (pronounced ni"mbul) |
| 5 | -i" m b u l | cymbal, symbol, thimble. |
| 4 | -m b u l | amble, assemble, bramble, Bumble, crumble, disassemble, dissemble, ensemble, fumble, gamble, grumble, humble, jumble, mumble, preamble, ramble, reassemble, resemble, rumble, scramble, shamble, stumble, tremble, tumble, umbel, unscramble, wamble. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, abominable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, babble, Babel, bankable, bauble, bearable, believable, bible, billable, biodegradable, breakable, bubble, buildable, burnable, cable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, cobble, coble, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, corbel, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, dabble, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, Dibble, digestible, disable, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, double, Drabble, dribble, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ennoble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fable, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gable, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, gullible, habitable, hardscrabble, harvestable, herbal, heritable, hobble, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, ignoble, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immeasurable, immiscible, immobile, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intertribal, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, kibble, knowledgeable, label, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, libel, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marble, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mislabel, mobile, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, nibble, noble, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, nonverbal, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, pebble, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, psychobabble, punishable, questionable, quibble, quotable, rabble, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, rebel, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redouble, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, relabel, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, sable, salable, saleable, salvageable, Scrabble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, table, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tunable, turntable, typeable, unable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unserviceable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, valuable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verbal, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, wobble, workable. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: milneb. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-l-m-n" | |
-1 letter: limen. | |
-2 letters: bile, bine, blin, lien, limb, lime, limn, line, mien, mile, mine. | |
-3 letters: bel, ben, bin, elm, lei, lib, lie, lin, mel, men, mib, mil, neb, nib, nil, nim. | |
-4 letters: be, bi, el, em, en, in, li, me, mi, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-l-m-n" | |
+1 letter: milnebs, minable, nimbler. | |
+2 letters: bailment, bailsmen, bemingle, bimensal, bromelin, imbolden, mandible, mineable, nimblest, nobelium, unlimber. | |
+3 letters: bailments, balminess, becalming, belemnite, bemingled, bemingles, besliming, besmiling, bigeminal, bromelain, bromelins, columbine, embalming, emblazing, embleming, flambeing, imbalance, imboldens, lamebrain, limbering, lumbering, mandibles, nobeliums, nonmobile, trembling, unamiable, unlimbers, unmixable. | |
+4 letters: abominable, ambivalent, assembling, becomingly, bedimpling, beglooming, bejumbling, belemnites, bemingling, bemuddling, bemuzzling, bepimpling, blemishing, bromelains, clambering, columbines, combinable, embattling, embezzling, emboweling, embroiling, examinable, habiliment, hemoglobin, imaginable, imbalanced, imbalances, imboldened, impugnable, inimitable, lambencies, lambrequin, lamebrains, lesbianism, limberness, machinable, mindblower, misbalance, nimbleness, reblooming, replumbing, resembling, slumbering, snowmobile, terminable, terminably, timberland, timberline, unlimbered. | |
+5 letters: abolishment, ambivalence, amblygonite, amenability, amiableness, balminesses, beclamoring, bedevilment, beglamoring, beguilement, bimillenary, bimonthlies, blaspheming, chamberlain, confirmable, crumbliness, disablement, dissembling, emblazoning, emboldening, embowelling, embracingly, embrangling, embrittling, embroilment, habiliments, hemoglobins, illuminable, imboldening, implantable, impregnable, impregnably, indomitable, inestimable, inestimably, inflammable, innumerable, innumerably, lambrequins, lamebrained, lesbianisms, libertinism, machineable, mandibulate, manipulable, marbleising, marbleizing, medicinable, mentionable, mindblowers, misbalanced, misbalances, mislabeling, molybdenite, plebeianism, snowmobiler, snowmobiles, sublimeness, subterminal, timberlands, timberlines, umbrellaing, unblemished, unclimbable, unlimbering. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 69 6D 62 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. .. -- -... .-.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101001 01101101 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N i m b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0069 006D 0062 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)487579687871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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