Bee English Dictionary

Search Words
You can search or browse for words

appealable
  • a  capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal
    decisions...appealable to the head of the agency"- New Republic
Usages, News, Articles and More
appealing
  • v  take a court case to a higher court for review
  • v  request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
  • v  be attractive to
  • v  challenge (a decision)
  • v  cite as an authority; resort to
  • a  able to attract interest or draw favorable attention
    He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"- Vincent Starrett
    an appealing sense of humor
    the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing
  • a  (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
Usages, News, Articles and More
appeasing
  • v  cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  • v  overcome or allay
  • v  make peace with
  • s  intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
    the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich
Usages, News, Articles and More
appellant
  • n  the party who appeals a decision of a lower court
  • a  of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)
Usages, News, Articles and More
appellate
  • a  of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)
    appellate court
Usages, News, Articles and More
appellative
  • n  identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
  • a  pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
  • s  inclined to or serving for the giving of names
    the appellative faculty of children
    the appellative function of some primitive rites
Usages, News, Articles and More
appendicular
  • a  relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs
    the appendicular skeleton
Usages, News, Articles and More
Next

Bee Dictionary: Search, browse, look at common errors, idioms and more.