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• able — ab·sorb·able; ac·count·able; ac·tion·able; adapt·able; ad·vance·able; ad·vis·able·ness; al·lege·able; al·ter·able; ami·able·ness; bounce·able; brib·able; bridge·able; buff·able; build·able; burn·able; can·cel·able; change·able; change·able·ness;… …   English syllables

• wear — mens·wear; wear; wear·abil·i·ty; wear·er; wear·ing·ly; wear·ish; active·wear; wear·able; …   English syllables

• Wear leveling — (also written wear levelling) is a technique[1] for prolonging the service life of some kinds of erasable computer storage media, such as Flash memory used in solid state drives (SSDs) and USB Flash drives. There are a few wear leveling… …   Wikipedia

• wear´a|ble|ness — wear|a|ble «WAIR uh buhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. that can be worn; suitable for being worn. 2. able to stand wear; lasting. –n. wearables, something wearable; an article of apparel: »He…moved off with Mrs. Dutton s wearables and deposited the …   Useful english dictionary

• wear|a|ble — «WAIR uh buhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. that can be worn; suitable for being worn. 2. able to stand wear; lasting. –n. wearables, something wearable; an article of apparel: »He…moved off with Mrs. Dutton s wearables and deposited the trunk… …   Useful english dictionary

• wear out — verb 1. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress (Freq. 2) We wore ourselves out on this hike • Syn: ↑tire, ↑wear upon, ↑tire out, ↑wear, ↑weary, ↑jade, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Able Seaman (rank) — Royal NavyIn the Royal Navy in the middle of the 18th century, the term Able Seaman (abbreviated AB) referred to a seaman with at least two years experience at sea. Seamen with less experience were referred to as landmen or ordinary seamen.In… …   Wikipedia

• wear something out — USE UP, consume, go through. → wear * * * wear something out (or wear out) 1) use or be used until no longer in good condition or working order wearing out the stair carpet | the type was used again and again until it wore out 2) wear… …   Useful english dictionary

• Tyne and Wear — /wear/ a metropolitan county in N England. 1,192,600. * * * Metropolitan county (pop., 2001: 1,075,979), northeastern England. It was named for its two main rivers, the Tyne and the Wear. Settled since prehistoric times, the area was occupied by… …   Universalium

• Tyne and Wear Metro — Overview Type Rapid transit/light rail …   Wikipedia