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7,129 words match “ABLE”

EXPLICABLENESS n.
Quality of being explicable.
EXPLORABLE a.
That may be explored; as, an explorable region.
EXPORTABLE a.
Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products.
EXPUGNABLE a.
Capable of being expugnded.
EXTINGUISHABLE a.
Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.
EXTIRPABLE a.
Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant. Evelyn.
EXTRACTABLE; EXTRACTIBLE a.
Capable of being extracted.
EXTRADITABLE a. 2 definitions
Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice.
EXTRICABLE a.
Capable of being extricated. Sir W. Jones.
EXUPERABLE a.
Surmountable; superable. [Obs.] Johnson.
EXUVIABLE a.
Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviæ.
FABLE n. 6 definitions
enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue. Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant. Addison .
FABLER n.
A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Br. Hall.
FALSIFIABLE a.
Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted. Johnson.
FARMABLE a.
Capable of being farmed.
FASHIONABLE a. 5 definitions
he fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.
FASHIONABLENESS n.
State of being fashionable.
FATHOMABLE a.
Capable of being fathomed.
FATIGABLE a.
Easily tired. [Obs.] Bailey.
FAVORABLE a. 3 definitions
Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. Lend favorable ears to our request. Shak. Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1.
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