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134 words match “INABLE”

DETERMINABLE a.
mined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion. Not wholly determinable from the grammatical use of the words. South.
DETERMINABLENESS n.
Capability of being determined; determinability.
DISCIPLINABLE a. 2 definitions
Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense.
DISCIPLINABLENESS n.
The quality of being improvable by discipline. Sir M. Hale.
DISCRIMINABLE a.
Capable of being discriminated. [Obs.] Bailey.
DISTRAINABLE a.
Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained. Blackstone.
DOCTRINABLE a.
Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
DRAINABLE a.
Capable of being drained.
ETERMINABLE a.
Interminable. [Obs.] Skelton.
EXAMINABLE a.
Capable of being examined or inquired into. Bacon.
EXPLAINABLE a.
Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. Sir. T. Browne.
FINABLE a.
Liable or subject to a fine; as, a finable person or offense. Bacon.
GAINABLE a.
Capable of being obtained or reached. Sherwood.
ILLUMINABLE a.
Capable of being illuminated.
IMAGINABLE a.
Capable of being imagined; conceivable. Men sunk into the greatest darkness imaginable. Tillotson. -- Im*ag"i*na*ble*ness, n. -- Im*ag"i*na*bly, adv.
INCLINABLE a. 2 definitions
Leaning; tending. Likely and inclinable to fall. Bentley.
INCLINABLENESS n.
The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination.
INDECLINABLE a. 2 definitions
Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; as, nihil (nothing), in Latin, is an indeclinable noun. -- n.
INDEFINABLE a.
Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable. Bp. Reynolds.
INDETERMINABLE a. 2 definitions
Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.
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