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Capable of being ignited.

c herbivorous dinosaurs having a birdlike pelvis and large hind legs with three-toed feet capable of supporting the entire body. Its teeth resemble those of the iguana, whence its name. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix.

Capable of being insnared or entrapped. [R.] Cudworth.

Capable of being illuminated.

Capable of illustration. Sir T. Browne.

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.

Capable of being immersed.

Not capable of being mixed or mingled. A chaos of immiscible and conflicting particles. Cudworth.

Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased. Coleridge.

Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin. Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. Milton.

Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of change; unchangeable; unalterable. That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation. Heb. vi. 18. Immutable, immortal, infinite, Eternal King. Milton. -- Im*mu"ta*ble*ness, n. -- Im*mu"ta*bly, adv.

Capable of being imparted or communicated.

Not capable of being borne; impassible. A spirit, and so impatible of material fire. Fuller.

Capable of being impeded or hindered. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. [Obs.] -- Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]

Capable of being obtained or moved by petition. [Obs.] Bailey.

Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable. [Obs.] Spenser.

Capable of being imported.

Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond.

Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.