Nov 7, 2012 · Extensible was, through the mid-20th century, the most common form, but today it trails extendable by a substantial margin, while extendible continues to appear infrequently. Writers and …

Aug 23, 2012 · I'm looking for a word that is the opposite of "adaptable." I would like to say "unadaptable," but that's not a real word according to my dictionary. So, what's the best word out …

Why is motherboard used to refer to the main board of a computer? What is the relationship with the word mother here?

Apr 8, 2022 · For example, AIM stands for AOL Instant Messenger, and AOL stands for American OnLine. This isn’t quite the same thing as a recursive acronym, which refers to itself. Maybe the term …

Nov 13, 2015 · The distinction that I've drawn in my mind is that practical means easily practiced and practicable means capable of being put into practice.

Good - I thought of "good in bed", but hadn't noticed it was extensible. But I concur that its complement must be a place, not an activity.

May 25, 2015 · What does "too on the nose" mean, especially as applied to art? I use the expression but struggle to explicitly articulate what I mean. My best attempt is that I use it to refer to film, music, e...

May 19, 2021 · The character lists and extensible specifications are defined at the beginning of the program file. Then come the programs for individual characters, most of which use subroutines from …

Dec 23, 2016 · Misspoken and unspoken in contrast, are the past participles of the verbs misspeak and unspeak, respectively, and are not extensible, as with forespoken and respoken, among others.

May 12, 2011 · The problem with anything other than the first option is that if you then quote those, into a third level of siccing or beyond, then you will be required by poetic imperative to quote it as …