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7,129 words match “ABLE”

EQUITABLENESS n.
The quality of being equitable, just, or impartial; as, the equitableness of a judge, a decision, or distribution of property.
ERADICABLE a.
Capable of being eradicated.
ERASABLE a.
Capable of being erased.
ERECTABLE a.
Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather. Col. G. Montagu.
ERRABLE a.
Liable to error; fallible.
ERRABLENESS n.
Liability to error. Dr. H. More.
ESCAPABLE a.
Avoidable.
ESCHEATABLE a.
Liable to escheat.
ESTEEMABLE a.
Worthy of esteem; estimable. [R.] "Esteemable qualities." Pope.
ESTIMABLE a. 4 definitions
Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage. Paley. .
ESTIMABLENESS n.
The quality of deserving esteem or regard.
ETERMINABLE a.
Interminable. [Obs.] Skelton.
EVAPORABLE a.
Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.
EVITABLE a.
A voidable. [R.] Hooker.
EXAMINABLE a.
Capable of being examined or inquired into. Bacon.
EXCEEDABLE a.
Capable of exceeding or surpassing. [Obs.] Sherwood.
EXCEPTIONABLE a.
Liable to exception or objection; objectionable. -- Ex*cep"tion*a*ble*ness, n. This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem. Addison.
EXCHANGEABLE a. 2 definitions
Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged. The officers captured with Burgoyne were exchangeable within the powers of General Howe. Marshall.
EXCISABLE a.
Liable or subject to excise; as, tobacco in an excisable commodity.
EXCITABLE a.
Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.
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