Phrase Hound found 49 phrases and 80 compound words that contain stable. The most common are listed below. Open stable in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 49
- stable boyA boy or young man who attends in a stable.
- stable viceAn undesirable habit or stereotypy in a horse or other equine, often the result of confinement in a stable with insufficient exercise, companionship, etc.
- shelf-stableOf foods, storable for extended periods at room temperature.
- stable equilibriumAn equilibrium in which a small disturbance causes it to move back to its original state.
- heat stableThat does not break down at high temperatures.
- stable flyAny of several medium-sized flies in the genus Stomoxys, of the family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.
- stable fliesplural of stable fly: Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus Stomoxys, of the family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.
- stable marriage problemThe problem of finding a stable matching between two equal-sized sets of elements, given an ordering of preferences for each element.
- stable matching problemSynonym of stable marriage problem: The problem of finding a stable matching between two equal-sized sets of elements, given an ordering of preferences for each element.
- boarding stableA livery yard.
- evolutionarily stable strategyA strategy that, when adopted by a population, is effective and not foreseeably likely to be replaced by another strategy.
- stable ladSynonym of lad (“a groom who works with horses”).
- stable vicesplural of stable vice: An undesirable habit or stereotypy in a horse or other equine, often the result of confinement in a stable with insufficient exercise, companionship, etc.
- livery stableA livery yard.
- observationally stableOf a nuclide (isotope): theoretically capable of radioactive decay (on the grounds that it would be energy-profitable), but not having been observed to do so.
- acid-stableAlternative form of acidostable: Chemically stable in the presence of acid
- stable boysplural of stable boy: A boy or young man who attends in a stable.
- stable girlA girl or young woman who attends in a stable.
- stable girlsplural of stable girl: A girl or young woman who attends in a stable.
- close the stable door after the horse has boltedTo attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred; to design and implement a preventive mechanism that is too late (after the first failure instead of before).
- stable marriage problemsplural of stable marriage problem: The problem of finding a stable matching between two equal-sized sets of elements, given an ordering of preferences for each element.
- stable matching problemsplural of stable matching problem: The problem of finding a stable matching between two equal-sized sets of elements, given an ordering of preferences for each element.
- evolutionary stable strategyMisconstruction of evolutionarily stable strategy.
- evolutionarily stable strategiesplural of evolutionarily stable strategy: A strategy that, when adopted by a population, is effective and not foreseeably likely to be replaced by another strategy.
- innermost stable circular orbitThe closest radius at which a particle can maintain a stable, circular orbit around a massive, compact object, such as a black hole.
Compound words 80
- unstableNot stable.
- metastableOf or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.
- stablercomparative form of stable: more stable
- stablehandA person who works in a stable.
- stablemasterThe person in charge of a stable.
- semistableDescribing a form of elliptic curve having congruent roots
- stablecoinA cryptocurrency with price stability by design, often pegged to a stable asset such as the US dollar.
- biostableRemaining chemically stable within the body
- unistablestable when resting on one of its faces
- stabilimentThe act of making firm