| accident-prone |
tending or likely to have more than the average number or rate of accidents. |
| adhesive |
able or likely to adhere; clinging; sticky. [1/2 definitions] |
| appear |
to be likely to be true or to have happened. [1/5 definitions] |
| apt |
likely. [1/4 definitions] |
| at swords' points |
mutually hostile and likely to engage in combat; antagonistic. |
| auspicious |
likely to be followed by favorable events. |
| bargaining chip |
something that can be used in negotiating or making deals, esp. if likely to yield an advantage. |
| be going to |
used as an auxiliary verb to express a plan or intention to carry out some action, or to express a prediction of what seems likely to occur based on certain evidence. |
| brush fire |
a sudden outbreak of some threatening activity, as in a military situation, that is likely to spread if it is not controlled. [1/2 definitions] |
| bud1 |
a flower that has just begun to open or remains tight but will likely begin to open soon. [1/8 definitions] |
| calculated |
done or made after carefully estimating the likely result. [1/2 definitions] |
| candidate |
one who seems likely to achieve or suffer a particular end. [1/2 definitions] |
| changeable |
capable of changing; likely to change; variable; inconstant; fickle. [1/2 definitions] |
| collectible |
likely to be collected, as by a connoisseur or hobbyist. [2 definitions] |
| contingency |
a future event that is possible but not likely. [1/3 definitions] |
| contingent |
likely to happen, but not certain. [1/4 definitions] |
| crackly |
tending or likely to crackle; crisp. |
| creaky |
making or likely to make a creaking noise. [1/2 definitions] |
| crumbly |
likely to crumble; easily broken, esp. into crumbs. |
| cui bono |
the legal principle that the responsibility for a certain act is likely to lie with one who had something to gain as a result of that act. [1/2 definitions] |
| dangerous |
likely to cause or permit harm; full of risks; unsafe. |