Definition of considerable

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Considerable (a.) Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons.

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Fractional :: Fractional (a.) Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population..
Little :: Little (a.) Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence..
Odd :: Odd (superl.) Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles..
Slender :: Slender (superl.) Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence..
Hall :: Hall (n.) A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London..
Strathspey :: Strath (n.) A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs; a valley bottom; -- often used in composition with the name of the river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore..
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything..
Geanticlinal :: Geanticlinal (n.) An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal..
Nauscopy :: Nauscopy (n.) The power or act of discovering ships or land at considerable distances.
Reside :: Reside (v. i.) To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.
Minute :: Minute (a.) Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable.
Megalocyte :: Megalocyte (n.) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anaemia..
Tree :: Tree (n.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.
Inconsiderate :: Inconsiderate (a.) Inconsiderable.
Mass :: Mass (n.) A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water..
Mansion :: Mansion (n.) The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.
Principal :: Principal (a.) Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case..
Much :: Much (n.) A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable..
Bore :: Bore (n.) A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China..
Appendant :: Appendant (v. t.) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house..
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