amenable, conformable
(adjective) disposed or willing to conform; “someone amenable to the instruction of others”
amenable
(adjective) liable to answer to a higher authority; “the president is amenable to the constitutional court”
amenable
(adjective) open to being acted upon in a certain way; “an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death”; “the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment”
amenable, tractable
(adjective) responsive to suggestions and influences; “a tractable student”; “an amenable child”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
amenable (comparative more amenable, superlative most amenable)
Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
Willing to comply; easily led.
Liable to be brought to account; responsible; accountable.
(math, of a group) Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.
• unamenable
• beanmeal, meanable, nameable
Source: Wiktionary
A*me"na*ble, a. Etym: [F. amener to lead; ad) = mener to lead, fr. L. minare to drive animals (properly by threatening cries), in LL. to lead; L. minari, to threaten, minae threats. See Menace.]
1. (Old Law)
Definition: Easy to be led; governable, as a woman by her husband. [Obs.] Jacob.
2. Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law. Nor is man too diminutive . . . to be amenable to the divine government. I. Taylor.
3. Liable to punishment, a charge, a claim, etc.
4. Willing to yield or submit; responsive; tractable. Sterling . . . always was amenable enough to counsel. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 December 2024
(noun) a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
