-ile, -il
(Latin: suffix; ability to, capable of, suitable for; pertaining to, like, belonging to, tending to)
agile
1. Able to move quickly and with suppleness, skill, and control.
2. The ability to think quickly and intelligently.
3. Mentally quick or alert: "Even though she was a centenarian, she still had an agile mind."
2. The ability to think quickly and intelligently.
3. Mentally quick or alert: "Even though she was a centenarian, she still had an agile mind."
docile (adjective)
1. Willing and prepared to be taught; teachable.
2. A tendency to follow instructions, directions, or to be managed.
3. Quiet, easy to control, and unlikely to cause trouble.
2. A tendency to follow instructions, directions, or to be managed.
3. Quiet, easy to control, and unlikely to cause trouble.
domicile
facile
fertile
fragile
1. Not having a strong structure or not made of robust materials, and
therefore easily broken or damaged.
2. Unlikely to withstand any severe stresses and strains.
3. In a weak bodily condition, usually as a result of an illness.
4. Easily broken or damaged.
2. Unlikely to withstand any severe stresses and strains.
3. In a weak bodily condition, usually as a result of an illness.
4. Easily broken or damaged.
infantile
1. Showing a lack of maturity; childish.
2. Relating to infants or infancy.
2. Relating to infants or infancy.
juvenile
1. Young; youthful; also, immature.
2. Designed for or proper to young people; such as, "Some books are published for the juvenile market."
3. The period in an individual's life cycle that lasts from the eruption of the first to the eruption of the last permanent teeth.
4. Immature or childish: "The man's juvenile behavior made him unacceptable for the position."
5. A description or a plant or animal that has not yet reached maturity.
6. A bird that has developed contour feathers but is not yet sexually mature.
7. Characteristics of water or gas that has risen to the earth's surface for the first time.
2. Designed for or proper to young people; such as, "Some books are published for the juvenile market."
3. The period in an individual's life cycle that lasts from the eruption of the first to the eruption of the last permanent teeth.
4. Immature or childish: "The man's juvenile behavior made him unacceptable for the position."
5. A description or a plant or animal that has not yet reached maturity.
6. A bird that has developed contour feathers but is not yet sexually mature.
7. Characteristics of water or gas that has risen to the earth's surface for the first time.
mobile
1. Moving or capable of moving readily or easily; especially, to move from place to place.
2. Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable.
3. Characterised by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom; such as, benzine and mercury are mobile liquids as opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily.
4. Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; for example, capable of spontaneous movement.
5. A piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wires or twines so that the individual parts can move independently, as when pushed by a breeze.
2. Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable.
3. Characterised by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom; such as, benzine and mercury are mobile liquids as opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily.
4. Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; for example, capable of spontaneous movement.
5. A piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wires or twines so that the individual parts can move independently, as when pushed by a breeze.
puerile
senile
tactile
virile
1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a man; manly, masculine; marked by strength or force.
2. Characteristic of male sex.
2. Characteristic of male sex.
volatile
1. Evaporating readily at normal pressures and temperatures.
2. Capable of being readily vaporized.
3. Changeable, especially, fickle or inconstant.
4. Given to violence, explosive.
5. Flighty, lighthearted.
6. Fleeting, ephemeral.
2. Capable of being readily vaporized.
3. Changeable, especially, fickle or inconstant.
4. Given to violence, explosive.
5. Flighty, lighthearted.
6. Fleeting, ephemeral.
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