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7,129 words match “ABLE”

FELLABLE a.
Fit to be felled.
FERMENTABLE a.
Capable of fermentation; as, cider and other vegetable liquors are fermentable.
FERRANTI CABLES; FERRANTI MAINS n.
A form of conductor, designed by Ferranti, for currents of high potential, and consisting of concentric tubes of copper separated by an insulating material composed of paper saturated with black mineral wax.
FIGURABLE a.
Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape. Lead is figurable, but water is not. Johnson.
FINABLE a.
Liable or subject to a fine; as, a finable person or offense. Bacon.
FINDABLE a.
Capable of beong found; discoverable. Fuller.
FITTABLE a.
Suitable; fit. [Obs.] Sherwood.
FIXABLE a.
Capable of being fixed.
FLAMMABLE a.
Inflammable. [Obs.]
FLOATABLE a.
That may be floated.
FOILABLE a.
Capable of being foiled.
FORDABLE a.
Capable of being forded. -- Ford"a*ble*ness, n.
FOREKNOWABLE a.
That may be foreknown. Dr. H. More.
FORFEITABLE a.
Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture. For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain, and forfeitable, like the lands themselves. Blackstone.
FORGETTABLE a.
Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten. Carlyle.
FORGIVABLE a.
Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial. Sherwood.
FORMIDABLE a.
d deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming. They seemed to fear the formodable sight. Dryden. I swell my preface into a volume, and make it formidable, when you see so many pages behind. Drydn.
FORMIDABLENESS n.
The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread. Boyle.
FORTIFIABLE a.
Capable of being fortified. Johnson.
FRAMABLE a.
Capable of being framed.
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