a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
obtainable or accessible; capable of being made use of; at hand
2.
derogatory (US) politics suitable for public office, usually as a result of having an inoffensive character: Smith was a particularly available candidate
availa'bility
—n
a'vailableness
—n
a'vailably
—adv
unavailable (ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl)
—adj
not obtainable or accessible: unavailable for comment
mid-15c., "beneficial," also "valid, effective, capable of producing the desired effect," from avail + -able. Meaning "at one's disposal, capable of being made use of" is recorded from 1827. Related: Availability (1803).
unavailable
1540s, "ineffectual," from un- (1) "not" + avail + -able. Meaning "incapable of being used" is recorded from 1855. Unavailing (1660s) has taken up the older sense of the word. Related: Unavailability.