English words for 'ableist'
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adj
noun
- ability
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- one of two sides of an issue
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- a round of applause to signify approval
- physical assistance
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- something written by hand
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a card player in a game of bridge
- A round of a card game.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
- An instance of helping.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied.
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- Applause.
- (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- A performer more or less skilful.
- (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
verb
- guide or conduct or usher somewhere
- place into the hands or custody of
- (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail).
- (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
noun
prep_phrase
noun
verb
- make capable
- make legally capable or qualify in law
- cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg
- (transitive, zoology) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
- (transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
- (transitive, mathematics) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.
noun
noun
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- the amount that can be contained
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- capability to perform or produce
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- a specified function
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
adj
noun
noun
verb
- provide with abilities or understanding
- provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
- (transitive, gaming) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
- (transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.
- (transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
noun
verb
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
- determine by choice
- decree or ordain
- leave or give by will after one's death
noun
- (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
noun
- mental ability
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the brain of certain animals used as meat
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- (informal) Mind.
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- (in the plural) Intellect.
verb
noun
- mental ability
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
- A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
noun
- mental ability
- a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
- The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
- Humour, especially when clever or quick.
- Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
- Intelligence; common sense.
- A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
prep
verb
noun
noun
verb
- render capable or able for some task
- To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
- To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
- (chiefly electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- (electronics) To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
- To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
- To affirm; to make firm and strong.
- To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
adj
- Not capable (of doing something); unable.
- Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit.
- (followed by ‘of’) not having the temperament or inclination for
- not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by ‘of’)
- not meeting requirements
- (followed by ‘of’) lacking capacity or ability
adj
adj
intj
verb
noun
- ability
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- one of two sides of an issue
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- a round of applause to signify approval
- physical assistance
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- something written by hand
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a card player in a game of bridge
- A round of a card game.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
- An instance of helping.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied.
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- Applause.
- (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- A performer more or less skilful.
- (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
verb
- guide or conduct or usher somewhere
- place into the hands or custody of
- (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail).
- (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
noun
noun
noun
noun
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- the amount that can be contained
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- capability to perform or produce
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- a specified function
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
adj
noun
noun
noun
- mental ability
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the brain of certain animals used as meat
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- (informal) Mind.
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- (in the plural) Intellect.
verb
noun
- mental ability
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
- A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
noun
- mental ability
- a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
- The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
- Humour, especially when clever or quick.
- Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
- Intelligence; common sense.
- A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
prep
verb
noun
noun
verb
- make capable
- make legally capable or qualify in law
- cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg
- (transitive, zoology) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
- (transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
- (transitive, mathematics) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.
verb
- provide with abilities or understanding
- provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
- (transitive, gaming) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
- (transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.
- (transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
noun
verb
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (now uncommon or literary, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
- (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
- (transitive) To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
- determine by choice
- decree or ordain
- leave or give by will after one's death
noun
- (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Firmness of purpose, fixity of intent
- a legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
- a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
verb
- render capable or able for some task
- To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
- To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
- (chiefly electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- (electronics) To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
- To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
- To affirm; to make firm and strong.
- To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
adj
adj
- Not capable (of doing something); unable.
- Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit.
- (followed by ‘of’) not having the temperament or inclination for
- not being susceptible to or admitting of something (usually followed by ‘of’)
- not meeting requirements
- (followed by ‘of’) lacking capacity or ability