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  1. "Extensible" vs. "extendible" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    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. …

  2. Best word for "unable to change" - English Language & Usage …

    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 …

  3. Why "motherboard" is used to refer to main board of computer

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

  4. What verb is best used to remedy/fill/... a lack of something?

    Nov 23, 2021 · For example, in scientific articles you could see "The proposed methodology may be extensible to similar tools and tries to fill the lack of scientific studies in the validation and …

  5. What is the difference between "practical" and "practicable"?

    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.

  6. What’s the term for an acronym that refers to another acronym?

    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 …

  7. "Good at" or "Good in" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    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.

  8. Questions about history and usage of the word "paren"

    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 …

  9. Word for the possibility of being many things at once

    Nov 20, 2016 · I'm searching for a term describing the possibility of an entity to be seen many different things at the same time. The general concept of being able to categorize an entity into …

  10. verbs - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    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 …