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1,144 words match “SIB”

TENSIBLE a.
Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensible. Gold . . . is likewise the most flexible and tensible. Bacon.
TORSIBILLTY n.
The tendency, as of a rope, to untwist after being twisted.
TRANSFUSIBLE a.
Capable of being transfused; transferable by transfusion.
TRANSMISSIBILITY n.
The quality of being transmissible.
TRANSMISSIBLE a.
Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.
UNACCESSIBLE a.
Inaccessible. Herbert.
UNADMISSIBLE; UNADMITTABLE a.
Inadmissible. [R.]
UNDEFEASIBLE a.
Indefeasible. [Obs.]
UNDIVISIBLE a.
Indivisible.
UNEXPRESSIBLE a.
Inexpressible. Tillotson. -- Un`ex*press"i*bly, adv.
UNFUSIBLE a.
Infusible. [R.]
UNPOSSIBILITY n.
Impossibility. [R.] "Utter unpossibility." Poe.
UNPOSSIBLE a.
Impossible. [R.]
UNRESPONSIBLE a.
Irresponsible. Fuller. -- Un`re*spon"si*ble*ness, n.
UNSENSIBLE a.
Insensible. [Obs.]
UNVISIBLE a.
Invisible. [Obs.] Wyclif.
UNVISIBLY adv.
Invisibly. [Obs.]
VISIBILITY n.
The quality or state of being visible.
VISIBLE a. 2 definitions
Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper. Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. Bk. of Com. Prayer. Virtue made visible in outward grace. Young.
VISIBLE SPEECH n.
A system of characters invented by Prof. Alexander Melville Bell to represent all sounds that may be uttered by the speech organs, and intended to be suggestive of the position of the organs of speech in uttering them.
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