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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid.

One of the branches of an ectobronchium or entobronchium.

Fit for pasture.

The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Cheyne.

f being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively. And pierce his only penetrable part. Dryden. I am not made of stones, But penetrable to your kind entreats. Shak. -- Pen"e*tra*ble*ness, n. -- Pen"e*tra*bly, adv.

Durability; lastingness. [Archaic] Chaucer.

Very durable; lasting; continuing long. [Archaic] Chaucer. Shak. -- Per*dur"a*bly, adv. [Archaic]

Capable of being perpetrated. R. North.

The quality or state of being perspirable.

Capable of being perspired. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being pictured, or represented by a picture.

ifying; abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry. Planting of orchards is very . . . pleasurable. Bacon. O, sir, you are very pleasurable. B. Jonson. -- Pleas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Pleas"ur*a*bly, adv.

The quality or state of being ponderable.

Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight. -- Pon"der*a*ble*ness, n.

Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. [R.] J. Young.

The quality or state of being preferable; preferableness. J. S. Mill.

Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme. Addison.

The quality or state of being preferable.

In preference; by choice. To choose Plautus preferably to Terence. Dennis.

Capable of being prepared. "Medicine preparable by art." Boyle.