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Ponderable

Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight.

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Assessable 84% connected

Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.

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Assessable 84% connected

Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.

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Thinkable 84% connected

Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable.

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Thinkable 84% connected

Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable.

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Cogitable 92% connected

Capable of being brought before the mind as a thought or idea; conceivable; thinkable.

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Imponderable 94% connected

Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

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Imponderable 94% connected

Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

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Appreciable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity.

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Arroba noun · 78% connection

A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avo…

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As noun · 78% connection

A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.

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Baric adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to weight, esp. to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by the barometer.

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Capable adjective · 78% connection

Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investi…

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Carat noun · 78% connection

The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.

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Combining weight noun · 78% connection

the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

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Counter verb · 78% connection

A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are la…

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Counterpoise verb · 78% connection

To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

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Dasymeter noun · 78% connection

An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an…

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Deliberative noun · 78% connection

A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.

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Dent noun · 78% connection

an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account"

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Dimensionless adjective · 78% connection

Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent.

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Dram noun · 78% connection

A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce…

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Eq noun · 78% connection

the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

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Equivalent noun · 78% connection

That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual e…

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Equivalent weight noun · 78% connection

the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

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Gram equivalent noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the weight of an element or compound that will combine with or displace 8 grams of oxygen or 1.007 97 grams of hydrogen; t…

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