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Capable of being adopted.

A cannon capable of being trained at very high angles for use against aircraft.

Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.

Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

Capable of being aggrandized.

Capable of being agitated, or easily moved. [R.]

(Aëronautics) A small plane or surface capable of being manipulated by the pilot of a flying machine to preserve or destroy lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral stabilizing or balancing plane.

he genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long- continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.

Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.

The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. -- Al`ka*hes"tic, a.

Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.

Capable of being alleged or affirmed. The most authentic examples allegeable in the case. South.

To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.] Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense. Evelyn. Those large bladders . . . conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds]. Ray.

Capable of being allotted.

Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.

Capable of being altered. Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by a thousand accidents. Rogers.

Capable of being amassed.

Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding Milton.

Capable of being ameliorated.

Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error. -- A*mend"a*ble*ness, n.